WASH DAY ANATOMY - Muna & Luchi

It’s been a wonderful season this year and trust me every new day comes with a new expectation, one of which has prompted me to begin the ‘Wash Day Anatomy ‘.

Depending on the part of the world where you are located, I’ll still remind you to be safety conscious as the season of pandemic is gradually fading away. Always stay safe by all means and follow the Rules of the New Normal by washing your hands often, observe social distancing and of course, always keep a hand sanitizer and nose masks close by.

Let me first enlighten you about the Word ‘ANATOMY’. What is anatomy and where did it all begin? The term ‘anatomy’ derives from ancient Greek meaning ‘dissection’ or ‘to dissect’ and involves a study of the structure or internal workings of something.

However, In Wash Day Anatomy, I will be dissecting the processes of Wash Day for your child’s hair. I will break down the five main aspects of a wash day, taking it one-aspect-at-a-time, so that you will understand it and apply them in your child’s hair routine. There are five (5) main aspects of a washday which are; Takedown and detangling, Pre-poo, Shampoo, Conditioning and Moisturizing/Styling. By mastering the basics, what’s the best place to start? In a nutshell, let’s break down the basics of the first aspect which is “STYLE TAKE-DOWN AND DETANGLING”.

STYLE TAKE-DOWN AND DETANGLING

This involves the process of how to loosen your child’s hair style with no hair loss and detangling the hair for a full wash day.
What you will be needing:
1) Your fingers
2) Water in a spray bottle
3) Ouchless bands and clips to secure sections of hair.
4) Light weight leave -in conditioner
5) Wide tooth comb

As much as possible, avoid things like toothpicks, tight tooth comb because this will cause snags and mid section splits that causes weak strands resulting in breakage.

STEPS TO TAKE – DOWN AND DETANGLING

STEP 1 – Secure the entire head of hair with an Ouchless band. Click to Shop at our store for your child’s hair Ouchless band and other accessories .

STEP 2 – Take the hair 1 twist at a time or 1 corn role at a time.

STEP 3 – Spray water on that section to be taken down in order to lubricate that section, Moisten it and make it easier for your fingers to take it down. Do this for 3 – 5 mins.

STEP 4 – Begin loosening the hair with your fingers by taking one corn role at a time. You have to be as gentle as possible as you can in this step.

While loosening your child’s hair, you may come across some stubborn twisted knots heads, DON’T, I REPEAT, DO NOT PULL IT OR RUSH IT.

All you have to do is to lubricate that strand with water or conditioner and take your time to loosen the knots.

When taking down your child’s hair, it’s very important to do it with TLC (tender, loving care) because this is when your child would experience the most mechanical manipulation during the entire wash day session.

STEP 5 – Put away the chunk. After loosening about 10 twists, the chunk is a portion of the loosed twist or corn roles that needs to be set aside in loosed Jumbo twists.

The reason for putting this away is so that, the particular section of hair would not get tangled and matted up again while loosing other twists.

At the end of this Style Take – Down and Detangling Session, you should have a head of hair that is filled with Jumbo Twist all ready for the PRE – POO session.

You can buy all hair accessories and tools needed to be used from our store. If you need a one-on-one hair consultation session with me, send an email to munaandluchi@gmail.com and tell us if this information is helpful to you for your child’s wash day in the comment section. You can also invite your friends to read this blog post, drop a comment acknowledging you and stand a chance to win one of our hair care products!

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