Brittle, dried out and lifeless hair requires hydration, while hair that is dull, tangled, and frizzy will require more nutrition. And finally, hair that has recently been subjected to chemical aggression can be brittle, porous, and in need of some intense reconstruction.

Let's begin with a POROSITY TEST:

1. Get a glass of water
2. Take 1 strand of your hair
3. Deposit the strand over the water
1. If it floats, it needs Hydration
2. If it doesn't float or sink completely, your hair needs Nutrition
3. If your hair ends up at the glass bottom, it needs Reconstruction
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What Is a Hair Schedule treatment?

Have you ever heard of a hair schedule? It is nothing more than a specific care program for what your hair needs at a determined moment. 

Normally, the process lasts one month and is comprised of three stages that vary according to what the moment - and hair - require: moisturizing, nourishment, and reconstruction. If your hair is very porous, for example, it will require more reconstruction. If it is just dry, it will be necessary to include more hydration processes.

Before making up your schedule, let’s have a look at each stage and see how it works. This will ensure that you are following the ideal schedule for your hair type. Check it out! 

The 3 stages in a hair schedule

Understanding each stage of the schedule is crucial to seeing what treatment you will need to adopt to best care for your hair:  

1. Hydration

The focus in this stage is on restoring water to your hair. If your hair looks brittle, dried out and dull, it needs to be hydrated. A mask that will meet the needs of the hair, restoring its water content, glossiness, and softness is more suitable for this stage. 

An excellent option is our Curly Hair Nourishing Mask. It’s made of ingredients aimed specifically at hydrating the hair, and is both practical and easy to use.

1. Nutrition

If your hair is brittle, dry, dull, and, in particular, shapeless, it probably needs nourishment. Responsible for restoring the hair’s natural oiliness, this stage, also called humectation, results in numerous benefits, including improved curl definition.

For this stage, it is a good idea to use pure oil and vegetable-based masks. Lumina Curly Hair Nourishing Mask has murumuru butter in its composition to nourish and model your curls. Perfect, isn’t it? 

Another tip is to finalize the ends with Lightweight Repairing Hair Oil, from Lumina, a lightweight repair oil that makes dry hair stronger, easier to control, and with less frizz and fewer split ends.  

1. Reconstruction

The purpose of this stage is to restore the mass of thin, fragile hair that has split or elastic ends. To solve this problem, try Murumuru Restoring Mask, whose formula contains exclusive Amazonian murumuru butter, which penetrates inside the hair fiber and restores the health of the deeper layers of hair strands.  

For an even stronger and more powerful treatment, there is the Murumuru Hair Leave-in Conditioner. It is great for treating hair, repairing damaged strands, restoring, and improving elasticity.

How to elaborate your hair schedule 

Now that you are familiar with the stages of the schedule, it is time to invest in a good hair schedule that is easy, convenient, and essential for bringing your hair back to its best condition. 

Define a monthly treatment agenda 

Each type of treatment will complement the others. Ideally, you should start with hydration and employ more stages of the type of treatment your hair requires most. But remember: at the reconstruction stage, you need to be more cautious. Hair that has suffered damage should be treated to this only once a month. 

Badly damaged strands should undergo reconstruction at most every fortnight. More than this will make the hair very brittle and could lead to breakage - the problem the treatment is supposed to solve.

Hydration  &  Nutrition:  Lumina Curly Hair Nourishing Mask 

Reconstruction: Lumina Lightweight Repairing Hair Oil  and  Murumuru Hair Leave-in Conditioner 

Schedule for dull hair

Below is an example of a basic schedule for hair that requires more hydration: 

In this case, an interval of at least 48 hours between each treatment is fundamental so that the active ingredients do not mix with each other on the strands.

Schedule for dry hair

When your hair looks dry, gets tangled easily and the curls are not defined, you should invest in nutrition. There follows an example of a schedule for hair that requires more nutrition: 

If you follow this schedule, you will begin to see the results in just a short while. So, organize your schedule and shortly you will have hair that is bouncy and glossy with well-defined curls.

Schedule for damaged hair

After aggressive chemical processes, such as discoloration and straightening, the hair should be treated to reconstruction to replenish the mass lost in the treatments. See our example of a schedule for this case:   

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