Healthy Hair Tips: Co-Washing

Here’s a quick rundown of what co washing is and why you should implement it into your hair care routine.

Benefits of Co-Washing:

• Restores moisture to hair to reduce dryness and breakage.
• Gentler on damaged or colored hair than washing with shampoo. 
•  Better option for women who exercise often and need to cleanse their hair after a workout.
• Great for maintaining healthy weaves. Although the hair is not growing from your scalp, it is still human hair that can become dry and damaged and suffer breakage.

How-To Co-Wash:

• You can use your regular hair conditioner or a special cleansing conditioner made exclusively for co-washing.
• Use a co-wash in place of washing your hair with shampoo, not treatments such as hot oil, protein or deep conditioning.
• Do not use a deep conditioner to co wash regularly because it will make the hair too soft. However, you can do a deep conditioning treatment (as well as any other hair mask or treatment) and co wash it out.
• Be careful not to co wash your hair too frequently because it can become too soft and prone to breakage. Limit your co washing to a maximum of 2-3 times a week.
• Use shampoo to wash hair once a month to properly cleanse the hair and remove any excess buildup. Your shampoo should be free of harsh sulfates.