My Hair Journey: How I Pre-poo My Relaxed Hair

It's wash day guys and I'm trying out something new, a pre-poo! Pre-pooing has been around for awhile. It's basically a combination of oils you place on your hair before you wash you hair to keep it from drying out. There is no one way to pre-poo. You can find a recipe online and use that or you can mix it up and make it your own.

I have a dry, itchy scalp and I have to make sure I keep my hair as moisturized as possible. Sometimes I forget and a couple of days go by, I touch my hair and it feels so dry! I have to constantly remind myself not to scratch my hair because all that does is make it worse.

I did a little YouTube research and I decided to you stuff I already have instead of going out and buying specific products which my hair may not like. At least this way I know for sure my hair already works well with these products because I have used them before.

So in this pre poo I am using:

• Coconut oil
• Jamaican Black Castor Oil
• Hollywood
• Shea Butter
• Jojoba Oil

I did not use any specific portion sizes nor did I measure anything out. I just eyeballing it. Looking back, I should have definitely measured it out. I made way too much. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the rest of it. I have short hair now so I won't need much product.

The first thing I did was melt down the coconut oil and the shea butter. The shea butter I'm using comes in a crumbly, rock like form so I'm using one large piece. I also melted two scoops of coconut oil. To melt my oils I simply boiled some water and then poured it into a bowl. I then placed a second container with the oils inside in the hot water to waited for it to melt.

I prefer this over microwaving simply because I have a hot water boiler that heats up super fast. Microwaving takes too long because I'm constantly checking in to see if it's melting yet and trying to make sure my bowl isn't overheating. It's just such a pain.

So after I melted my oils, I added the Hollywood deep conditioner, the jojoba oil and the black castor oil and mixed it together. It didn't mix very well simply because the conditioner has a really weird texture and didn't combine with the oils. It looked gross but it wasn't a problem.

After this, I simply applied the mixture all over my hair paying special attention to my roots. I put a shower cap on and I accidentally left it on for about two hours. My sister came home and we started gossiping as usual, complaining about boys, cooking dinner and I completely forgot about washing my hair.

I shampooed and conditioned as usual but this time I decided to air dry and OMG you guys! My hair was completely tangle free afterward. I usually I try to detangle my hair after washing it and it's always a mess! It's so tangled and I typically tend to get so frustrated because I could never get the knots out. But this time, the comb slid through my hair like butter. It was so easy that I couldn't believe it. Even if that was the only benefit to doing a pre poo, it would be worth it for me.

Overall, I'm very impressed with how it turned out. I think I might be doing this every time I wash my hair now!

So have you tried a pre poo before? If so, what ingredients do you use? Let me know in the comments below!