How to Maintain Your Faith and Hair Under Your Hijab

Culturing Success tell you how you can successfully maintain the health of your hair while observing your Muslim faith

Culturing Success

“As we know the cleansing ritual of Ghusl can be a struggle at the best of times, but with winter here it can put even more pressure on our precious strands. The cold and dry air can make hair feel and look brittle, and if you’re not too careful can lead to breakage. However, as this is a required ritual of the Muslim faith there are techniques you can adopt that can serve your hair and will make life that much easier.”
Event organisers Culturing Success has put together their top five tips to keep your hair-health flourishing.

Co-washing

As women we can be required to make Ghusl many times in the week for varying reasons. Having to wash your hair this often can lead to dry and frazzled hair. Incorporating co-washing into you Ghusl routine will help to avoid stripping your hair of natural oils. This will help to prevent your hair from becoming dry and breaking. The conditioner will help to keep your strands nourished and hydrated.

Avoid heat

Leaving the house with wet hair, especially in winter can be a nightmare, so we tend to blow-dry our hair more often. It can seem tempting to run straight for the blow dryer but excessive use can cause heat damage. Towel drying can also break your hair when there’s too much friction but a T-shirt can work wonders! Using an old T-shirt or microfibre towel can dry hair effectively without causing friction which in turn causes breakage. Be sure to squeeze your hair thoroughly all the way to the roots and do not rub

L.O.C. method

Water is your friend, it’s just about keeping it locked in. Using the L.O.C method will keep your hair nourished after Ghusl and also ensure we are keeping as much moisture in our hair. After making Ghusl and removing the excess water from your hair, apply a light leave-in conditioner. This can be anything from a hydrating spritz to a leave-in conditioner, or if you don’t have either of these, you can skip this step and the water in your damp hair is still a great start. You then apply an oil to help moisturise your hair strands as well as help lock the water in. Lastly, you apply a hair cream to seal in both the liquid and oil. Everyone’s hair is different and depending on your porosity you may require more or less of each step, so finding out what products your hair loves will be of great benefit

Satin pillowcase

This point may seem a little out of the box but there is a method to our madness. A lot of us sleep on cotton pillowcases which causes a lot of stress and friction along our hairline. Even when we go to the effort of wearing a silk scarf it always ends up at the opposite end of the bed! Using a satin pillowcase removes the need for a scarf and will help stop the rubbing friction across our edges as we drift off into dreamland.