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The Seven: Must-Have Tools In Your Daily Hair Routine And Their Cost

Investing in your natural hair journey, for black people, does not only involve buying products.

There are various tools that can be used to improve your hair care routine to improve efficiency as well as make your hair that much healthier. Here are 7 essential tools that you may not be including in your hair care routine, particularly on wash-day and their costs:

  1. Tangle Teezer/Detangling Brush

This is your best bet to to detangle your hair. This particular brush protects and maintains your curl pattern and also minimizes breakage. The brush is used at the ‘detangling’ stage of your hair care routine on damp hair with oils or conditioner. Start detangling from the end of the hair working up to the root. It can also be used immediately after applying deep conditioner to detangle one last time and/or distribute the product evenly throughout the hair. They average from Ksh 300-500.

Please note; never detangle dry hair! Always dampen the hair first. 

  1. Spray Bottle 

It is vital to include water in your daily hair routine, especially if your hair is not in protective styling. When wearing an afro or a pineapple, spraying the hair with a mix of water and conditioner can help to make your hair look more ‘alive’ and vibrant. A spray bottle can be used before moisturizing your hair and when styling it. You can also mix cooling essential oils like eucalyptus, tea tree and peppermint in a spray bottle with water as a DIY braid spray to keep your hair hydrated and prevent itching in protective styling. Spray bottles cost about Ksh 400.

  1. Scalp Massager 
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Once you use this once, you will never wash your hair any other way again. The scalp massager can be used in an array of different ways but the indisputably most effective way to use it entails washing the scalp on wash day, distributing shampoo evenly throughout the hair and washing the hair strands, then using the scalp massager in circular motions all over your shampooed scalp to clean the scalp. It is also effective after applying a hot oil treatment because it further stimulates the hair growing follicles in the scalp and aids hair growth. Lastly, you can use it to scratch your scalp without the roughness of your nails which scrape the scalp. Their price ranges from Ksh 300-400.

  1. Wash-day Clips

They come in handy when you are looking to do your hair in section helping to ensure that each strand of your hair is sufficiently coated in the necessary products. They also make styling your hair easier especially for natural protective hairstyles such as twist outs; they help to ensure the sections are neat and proportional. Another of their benefits is to clip your hair back as you do your skin care routine. A set of four can be as low as 200 shillings. 

  1. Satin Bonnet/pillowcase

Cotton pillowcases dry your hair out when you sleep directly on them without covering the hair first. Dry hair becomes brittle and breaks easily, stunting hair growth while the satin case or bonnet will retain the moisture in your hair as you sleep. Using a bonnet or satin pillowcase also maintains your hairstyles for a lot longer because the friction does not cause your hairstyle to frizz and become messy. These products can cost anything from Ksh 500-1000. 

  1. Microfiber towel 

It is not advisable to dry your hair with regular towels as they are coarse and cause the hair to pull and break. They also strip moisture from the hair that will be necessary to hydrate it before applying product. Instead, it is best to use microfiber towels that are much softer and will not cause any damage to the hair strands or strip away any necessary moisture. They cost Ksh 400-700.

  1. Steaming Cap
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We saved the best for last! This tool is life-changing especially for those that prefer to wash hair at home. Add some heat to your at home deep-conditioning routine to allow the hair better absorb the treatment/hair mask, improve elasticity and boost general hydration of the hair. Deep-conditioning at the salon could prove a tad costly but investing in a steaming cap saves you the worry. It also means that you can move around while it is on your head, unlike the traditional steamer or dryer and get some chores out of the way. They cost around Ksh 1000 and are without doubt one of the best tools for a naturalista. 

That’s all for the seven crucial tools for you all naturalistas. Have you used any of them before? No excuse why you are not rocking that natural mane of yours looking its most seamless!

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