 Okay you guys, I'm really excited about doing this video today because it's all about natural curls. We are going to be going through my natural curly hair routine and thank you Nexus for sponsoring this video. So let's get this curl party started. So it's been really cool to actually read through your comments and a lot of them have been about my natural curly hair routine and there's actually going to be another hair routine in a couple of weeks on the House of Life. Nexus actually has new hair products that are targeted toward individuals with naturally curly hair. It's called Curl Define and is scientifically proven to give your curls strength from within. So they have figured out what hair needs on the inside so that it can actually look amazing on the outside. One of the most important things about having absolutely gorgeous natural curly hair is moisture. Your hair needs moisture, moisture, moisture. So that's why we're going to start with the Ultra8 pre-wash treatment. It's full of just that moisture. So first we're going to wet the hair. Don't be afraid to look wet. Like just go for it. In the winter this is the part that I hate the most because you're cold. But thank God it's not the winter now. All right so we're just going to add our pre-wash treatments in our hair. First I just like to kind of like rub it through the entire hair. Make sure you do not forget the scalp area. So I call it like just one big sweep. Just make sure you get all of your hair from top. Don't forget to love on your ins. Then to make sure. Sometimes we need to just do this to ourselves. This makes sure that it really gets in there. Oh my goodness. Now we're going to section the hair. Just part the hair in half. I'm going to do one side. Make sure you get it all in there. Then you get the other half. So we split it in half then we split it again. So in total you'll have sectioned your hair in fours. Oh my goodness. This feels like butter. Actually I think there is. Oh there's J-butter in it. I was right. We're just going to make sure all the hair strands get some of that treatment. And don't forget about your kitchen which is the back of your hair. That's what we say. Oh you see how it just kind of just... Oh my goodness. It just works through the hair. It detangles your hair for you so you don't really need a comb. And honestly the best thing you should do with natural curly hair is try detailing your hair with your hands first. Right so now we're getting the other half of it. Like so. And then once you've done that you're going to do the other side. You've done the other side. Now we're just going to let this treatment sit in the hair for about 10 minutes. And this will be great for you to kind of like maybe catch up on your work emails. Maybe look at social media. Meditate. Self-care. That's important. Now it's time for steps two and three. Shampoo and conditioner. That's the unit bit. So I have showered with the curl-define shampoo which is sulfate free. And I'm putting in the curl-define leave-in conditioner that has marula oil. And the curl-define leave-in conditioner actually helps lock in the moisture or curls 3a to 4c. I love how diverse it is. Your curl pattern actually changes. I feel like with growth and with pregnancy and with how you actually treat your hair. When I was younger it was straighter. And then once I hit puberty it got really curly. And then when I got pregnant and had my kids it went straight. And then once all my new growth came in I had a completely different head of hair. I had to learn through trial and error on how to take care of my curls. I had to learn the importance of protective styling. I can't really blow-dry my curls. Some curly hair individuals can but the moment I blow-dry my hair it actually damages the curls. So if you ever see me with straight hair it's probably a wig or a weft. So it's not really my hair because I want to keep protecting my own curls which is the reason why we call it protective hair styling. You want to make sure that all your curls are evenly coated. So don't be afraid to as I mentioned before to really wet the hair. I think that is a step that a lot of people confuse or miss because either they wet their hair too much so that you don't get enough product in it or you don't wet it enough so that your hair won't get that curl that you want. When I was younger my mom did my hair so well. Like it was so healthy, so good and I think it's because she kept it moisturized throughout the day, morning, noon and night. So I had to learn how to do my hair through trial and error. So there were times where I wouldn't put the right amount of moisture in, I would put too much water or not enough and then eventually it just becomes habitual and then also it's interesting about curly hair too is you want to make sure you have the right products. That is key. So Nexus actually did some research and found that the actual protein in curly hair is different than the protein in straight hair. Don't be afraid to really get your hands in there. When I go to a hair stylist and they do my natural curly hair and they're like then I know oh god this is going to be a bad situation. Yes your hands are going to get dirty, yes your hands are going to get oily and moisturized. That is a good thing. We have marula oil in this one so you're definitely going to feel that goody goody goodness. I think a lot of the times too people don't understand how long it takes to do your curly hair too. Like it's a process. Adam loves my hair naturally curly so he understands that it takes time so he'll kind of just let me know if we if we have the time to do it say if we're going somewhere. So say we have to go somewhere like at six he'll be like are you gonna wear your curly? And now what I'm gonna do is scrunch scrunch scrunch scrunch scrunch scrunch scrunch. Make sure I really get all those areas. There are some curls that don't want to act right so then I will kind of like um just kind of define them around my finger and then I scrunch. If you don't hear like that scrunch it means you don't have enough water in your hair. You want there to be a little drip drip. You it's okay if you see like globs of water or product kind of when you go through it. Like oh you hear that? That's me hydrating the hair. That tells me I have enough water in it. I started my natural curly hair journey when Adam was born so maybe about seven years ago and I noticed that there are lots of people who were going through the same thing and I became a part of this natural curly hair community and that was nice because you get lots of support. Because growing up I didn't see a lot of people like me. I didn't see a lot of people that had curly hair like me. So I think with me posting my natural curly hair online I guess curly hair people it was nice to see that they weren't alone. So now what you're going to do is you're going to style it in the direction that you want your hair to go in and naturally my hair is telling me it wants to part this way. This product is actually infused with protein fusion which is great for curly hair because it gives it the strength that it needs. Curly hair is easily broken off. You can get split ends if it's dry. See how every curl is taken care of? No frizz which is nice. That's what we like. Although sometimes a little frizz it means your hair is actually healthy. We call that good frizz and so now I'm just going to diffuse these curls and then we'll see what it looks like. So the key in diffusing is don't touch your hair. If you see me you see them patting it and then you'll see me kind of lean to the right, lean to the left and then I'll flip my head once it starts to get a little bit more dry. If you do touch your hair too much you're manipulating your curl and that's what you don't want. It'll really start to get frizzy and you'll lose that definition that all of us curly hair people absolutely love. This takes forever but here we go. Fitting the hair actually creates volume and a crook in your neck. So you see how I'm starting to get that volume at the top of this really cool trick from this hair stylist. You don't want your curls to look sometimes too put together. You want it to feel a little frizzy and what he taught me here should does how he did here. He taught me to get the blow dryer without the diffuser afterwards. You kind of just like go through it a bit. You see that? I'm gonna break it up a little bit. To reform is that what's the fun in that? I always say the bigger your hair is when it's curly the better. My goal is to have my hair like all the way down the back. That's my goal. I've been on my natural curly hair journey for some time. My hair is actually this long but because of the curl and because it's very healthy it seems shorter. So for me it's all about framing your face with a hairstyle so far so good. You don't want to mess with your curls too much because then it'll really frizz but so I let it dry a little bit and then I get a a pick and I start just picking through my hair and that helps me get the volume. I'm just gonna let my hair dry fully and I'll come back. So as you can see my curls are on and popping. Perfect amount of oil, perfect amount of moisture so the hair isn't weighed down. It's bouncy. We have those curls that are gorgeously defined. If you guys want to learn more about curl defined from Nexus all you have to do is go to nexus.com. You can get these products at anywhere you shop. They're affordable and easy to find. Thank you Nexus so much for sponsoring this video and also don't forget to subscribe to the Housely Life.