Del's Spritz & Condition Method

So Del finally got around to creating a thread about this method. I've been using it for about three months now (with the exception of that two-week period where my hair got semi-dry) and I LOVE it. I'm so glad she filled me in on it, because it's made such a difference!

I didn't post anything earlier because it wasn't really my method to be sharing and I wasn't sure if anyone reads this blog regularly.

Here is my version:

1. Spritz hair thoroughly with a water bottle
2. Apply rinse-out conditioner (GVP CB). I tend to concentrate on the lower half of my hair (basically not my roots), where it can get drier
3. Put up in bun, do other things for at least 20 min
4. Step in shower
   - If it's a co-wash day, I'll quickly put my head under the water and then co-wash as normal (like I didn't already have conditioner in my hair)
   - If it's not a co-wash day, I still put my head under the water but go to the next step
   
5. Next I add a little bit of conditioner (skip this if I didn't co-wash) before brushing through with my Denman brush
6. Scrunch upside-down and clip up
7. Later rinse upside-down in cold water while scrunching
8. Turn off water, apply leave-in
9. I still scrunch out water, but I have to be VERY careful not to overdo it. Using this method means absorbing less water, so I have less to scrunch out. It's very easy to take too much water out at this step
10. Scrunch in KCCC and the rest of the routine is the same

I really love this method because it's completely changed my hair. I have very consistent results - my hair stays moisturized and defined for longer periods of time. I've been washing every 2-3 days (so basically I co-wash every time I wash). I always get second day hair and sometimes real third day hair (not just up in a bun or something). It cuts down my drying time by a LOT. As porous curlies know, that is really a feat!

I just started back on this method last week after being off for two or three weeks (mostly due to time; I had forgotten to or didn't have the time to spritz and condition before I had to wash since I do this at night). Remember when my hair got dry? That was really weird to me. I hadn't experienced that since early to mid summer (with the exception of the protein incident, but we all know what caused that).

It's just so effortless. I'm really amazed at how far my hair and routine have come in the last 16 months (has it been that long?). Doing my hair and figuring out what was working and what wasn't used to take up so much time. I barely think about it now. And that's kind of awesome. So big thanks to Del for being a genius!