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Curly hair routine builder

Choose your products, decide when to detangle and how to dry, then save a printable plan for the whole wash day.

Not sure about porosity? Start with a regular wash and one conditioning step. We’ve filled in a shampoo and a conditioner to start; swap either one. Optional layers stay off until you add them. See why the order works.

Your wash day

  1. Cleanse PATTERN Hydration Shampoo

    Massage into the scalp and wet hair, adding water as needed.

  2. Condition PATTERN Medium Conditioner
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2 steps · Your wash day
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    Which steps do you use?

    1. Cleanse

    Your regular cleansing step.

    2. Condition

    Rinse-out conditioning follows cleansing.

    How to detangle in sections →

    3. Leave in

    4. Style

    5. Optional layers

    Each one stays off until you tick it. Add only what you already use.

    Finish drying

    Compare air-drying and diffusing →
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    Your wash day

    2 steps selected

    1. Massage into the scalp and wet hair, adding water as needed. Rinse thoroughly; repeat if desired. Follow with the preferred conditioner.

    2. Apply to wet hair from roots to ends. Section dense or long hair if needed, detangle with fingers or a shower brush, and rinse thoroughly.

      Detangle: with your conditioner in, work through small sections with your fingers or a wide-tooth comb. Start at the ends and work up, and don’t pull through knots. Leave the conditioner on and rinse it out as its directions say.

    What this wash day costs

    Type the price you paid, the bottle size and the amount you use for any step. Leave a step blank and it stays out of the total.

    Finish: air-dry

    Let your hair dry, touching it as little as you can.

    A starting sequence you can edit. Follow each product’s directions; a longer routine is not automatically better.

    Your wash history

    Save this wash to look back on later: the products in your plan, any prices and amounts you typed, and your notes. It stays in this browser on this device. It never goes into a routine link and isn’t sent to us.

    Your saved washes

    No washes saved yet. The first one you save appears here.

      A note beside a wash shows what happened together, not what caused it.

      Swap a step before you add one

      A clarifier takes the cleanser position on an occasional wash. A mask takes the conditioning position. For example, Briogeo directs its deep-conditioning mask to replace conditioner; Curlsmith says to choose its rinse-out conditioner or its mask for a wash.

      Read the complete washing order or compare conditioner and mask use.

      You do not need to know your porosity to start

      Start with the steps you use and the directions on your bottles. Where you apply each product and how long it stays on are useful differences to compare. If you want to understand the label, read what hair porosity means.

      To work out a step's cost, use “Calculate this product’s cost” beside that product in your routine. Enter your own price and dose there. Routine links contain only product choices and the settings above; they do not include personal notes or measurements.