The Difference Between DEEP CONDITIONER, PROTEIN TREATMENT, and HAIR MASQUE/MASK

Hi ladies? Ever wondered the difference between a protein treatment, deep conditioner and a hair mask?? I have too, so I got researching. Let’s start with deep conditioning.

 
DEEP CONDITIONING 

 “DEEP CONDITIONER – a substance or cosmetic, applied to something to improve its condition.”

This technique adds moisture back into your hair that has been lost due to everyday styling, weather condition and products. It helps rehydrate, nourish, and soften dry/damaged hair. However, adding too much moisture will make your hair too soft, messing up hair’s natural elasticity, making it difficult to style, and weakening it to the point that it will start to break. Talk about counterproductive. I personally have found that doing a deep conditioning treatment once a week or biweekly (depending on how your hair needs it), replenishes that moisture the hair needs in order to stay soft, healthy, retain length and grow. 
 There are a couple of ways you can deep condition your hair:

1.  Purchase a deep conditioner and follow the instructions on the bottle.  
2.  Do It Yourself (DIY) with ingredients that can be found right in your kitchen. For Example: Coconut milk, vegetable glycerine, aloe vera gel, honey, avocado, banana, olive oil, coconut oil etc. You can also add one or two of these items to a store bought conditioner for a more moisturizing, nourishing deep conditioner if you wish. Which is what I do when I run out of deep conditioners. After you figure out which concoction works best for you, work it through your hair and let sit. My suggestion is 30 minutes under a hooded dryer or with a heat processing cap, or an hour with just a plastic cap. Once you rinse, you should feel the difference immediately! Super soft and shiny hair.    PROTEIN TREATMENT 
   “TREATMENT – an application of remedies, or an intervention for a matter. Such as treatment for an addiction or other medical treatment.”

Human hair is mostly made of protein (primarily keratin). This protein makes our hair strong and able to grow longer. If your hair is lacking in protein (which it needs, because it’s made of it), you could experience breakage, damage, split ends and hair loss. Replenishing this protein is important, but only if it needs it. Protein strengthens hair, but it does not moisturize it. Adding toomuch protein or adding protein when not needed will make hair too strong, brittle, and therefore cause breakage. So if you’re trying to moisturize your dry hair, and you do a protein treatment, you could actually be damaging it. Hmmm!!

  There are a couple of ways you can do a protein treatment:.

1.  Purchase a protein treatment and follow the instructions on the bottle.
2.  A lot of people prefer making their own with ingredients that can be found right in your kitchen. For Example: Eggs, mayonnaise, Yougurt, Coconut milk, avocado, coconut oil etc. You can add two or more of these items to your DIY protein treatment. After you figure out which concoction works best for you, work it through your hair and let sit. My suggestion is 30 minutes under a hooded dryer or with a heat processing cap, or an hour with just a plastic cap. Once you rinse, your hair may feel hard so follow up with a DEEP CONDITIONING TREATMENT!!    HAIR MASQUE

” MASQUE/MASK – a hair masque conceals damage, weakness, and other inconsistencies regarding the integrity of the hair.

A hair mask can be ANY hair treatment for a specific hair problem, from itchy hair mask, oil control hair mask, frizz free hair mask, repair hair mask, smooth hair mask, deep clean hair mask to deep conditioning hair mask, protein hair mask, and so on, it all depends on the purpose of the product. Its consistency varies depending on the ingredients, and is typically instructed to be left on the hair for 15-30 minutes with or without heat. While some require to be massaged onto the scalp and washed off immediately. So when choosing a hair mask, make sure you read the purpose of the mask to know what your hair needs.

   There are a couple of ways you can do a mask treatment:

1. Purchase a mask treatment and follow the instructions on the bottle. 
2. Make a specific DIY (Do It Yourself) hair mask with some ingredients posted below.

I hope this post cleared the air on the differences??

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