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The hair routine is at the center of the concerns of TikTok users, who have made it a priority for the year 2023. It is therefore not surprising to discover new tips every week intended to put an end to dull, greasy hair, or lack of vitality. The latest trend is to adopt a minimalist routine adapted to the specific needs of your mane… at the moment T. Explanations.
Faced with the success of ‘skin cycling’ last summer, tiktokers have not failed to extend the method popularized by Dr. Whitney Bowe, a renowned dermatologist from New York, to the rest of the body. And hair is no exception. For the past few weeks, users of the Chinese social network have sworn by ‘hair cycling’, a new kind of hair routine modeled from A to Z on the one that has already proven its worth on the skin. It is a question of adapting its care to the needs of its hair, and this for each wash, in order to offer them all the active ingredients necessary to be shiny and in full health. A program which, despite its expensive nature, has already conquered the TikTok planet.
A variation of skin cycling
To better understand ‘hair cycling’, it is necessary to familiarize yourself, if you have not already done so, with its elder, ‘skin cycling’. Provided in Dr. Whitney Bowe’s office for many years, this method consists of alternating care and recovery periods to let the skin breathe. It is more precisely a question of devoting one night to the exfoliation, one night to the retinoids, then to consider two consecutive nights of recovery.
A ritual supposed to sublimate the skin, and help protect it against external aggressions, which has already generated more than 250 million views on the Chinese social network. And, as we have seen, which has given rise to similar beauty routines for the whole body.
‘Hair cycling’: detox, repair, hydration
Hair cycling works – more or less – on the same principle, except that there is no specific recovery period. However, it is essential to adopt it not to wash your hair every day, a gesture that is far too harmful for the hair, but to be satisfied with two to three hair routines per week, at most. Nothing very complicated, at first sight in any case. Because all the interest of this technique lies in the products used for these routines, which must systematically change. The idea is not to use the same product – shampoo in particular – to be able to target not one but several specific needs.
A 3-step routine
In their videos, users point out that the styling products can be the same, but you need to change shampoo and conditioner for each routine of the week. The best would be to start with a deep or even detoxifying cleanse to remove dirt and residue, then focus on repairing the damage to the hair fiber. For the third wash, hydration should take precedence. An essential step before tirelessly starting this new beauty ritual.
All obviously adapted to the nature of your hair, and to their specific needs. The products, regardless of the order of rotation chosen, can – and even must – evolve over time and according to the seasons, just like the needs of each one.
A real trend on TikTok
It will be understood, this routine is not the most affordable, but it would target all the problems of our manes over the weeks. Something that tiktokeurs do not take lightly, as evidenced by the big trend of the year, skinification, which consists of adopting the same beauty routine for your hair as for your skin… And places the scalp in the center of all the attention.