How To Speed Up Growth With An All-Natural Transition Kit

What can I say? I am a nutcase when it comes to using things in my hair that are truly all-natural. I personally can’t accept certain ingredients being placed into my hair, like synthetic vitamins* (like vitamin E* aka Tocopherol), emulsifiers (made with chemicals like polysorbates) and preservatives that are also made with chemically-made ingredients (used in all water-based leave-ins).

During my seven years of being natural, I never heard of a transition kit or thought to use one. However, I grew my hair from bra strap to tailbone length anyway.

However, if I was to relax my hair and do it all over again, I would do so with the help of a transition kit. I would, of course, use my very own transition kit made with all-natural ingredients (meaning grown straight from the earth…not someone’s lab).

But not everyone is as picky as I am*. But for those who are and for those who like to do it themselves, here are ideas for putting together your own all-natural transition kit.

Cleansing and conditioning your hair with nature’s herbs

The first step to an all natural transition kit is to have a cleansing shampoo that isn’t laced with parabens and sulfates. This is easy when you’re using mother nature’s ingredients.

They say that these ingredients strip your hair of its natural oils*, which it does. My go-to cleanser right now is also a conditioner, which is why I love it so much. It actually promotes sebum production — your hair’s natural oils*.

The ingredients I speak of are my favorite to talk about — shikakai*, amla, aritha*, brahmi* and bhringraj. This combination of herbs give you a super conditioning shampoo that helps to detangle, moisturize, cleanse, grow, thicken and darken your hair naturally.

So goodbye flaky scalp, hair thinning and premature graying. And if you have excess shedding or even balding, this will help with that as well.

The best way to use this combination is as a paste. Anyone who has done a face mask or hair mask will find this simple.

Another option would be to use the herbal powders as a liquid, which can be done by adding it with water and allowing it to sit over night, then straining it the next day.

Some also cook it like a tea and strain it, then use the tea as the shampoo. Whatever works best for you. You can find examples of how to use this mixture on YouTube — it’s quite popular!

Nourishing your hair follicles with natures oils

All I find that I need to keep my hair looking healthy are natural oils. There are many different ways that you can use oils* for nourishing your hair — you can rub it directly onto your hair, mix together oils and put it into your hair, mix the oils in water and spray it into your hair or mix oils in butters* and apply it to your hair.

How you get it on there doesn’t really matter, just as long as you get it in your strands and scalp. The oils* that I think are best for hair nourishment are baobab, marula, argan and moringa*.

The butters* I prefer are mango, murumuru, tucuma and avocado because they help to restore damaged hair and are great at seeping into your hair.

I like to use a variety of oils either mixed in a spray bottle of water or inside of hair butter. Then to deep condition, extra virgin unrefined/cold pressed coconut oil* is still my fave.

Detoxing and refortifying your damaged hair with nature’s clays

Once a month, or more if you’re still using chemical products, you should detox your hair and scalp. This will keep away build up, dryness in hair and scalp and restore the health of your hair and scalp. It replenishes your hair with its natural oils by removing the toxins that get into it from the environment and your hair care products.

The clays that are my go-to for these detoxing masks include rhassoul, bentonite and kaolin. Just mix these into a paste and apply the mask to your hair.

I sometimes like to mix my clays with the nourishing oils I mentioned above. I leave the clay on until it dries, then wash it out with my herbal shampoo/conditioner.

I find that growing natural hair doesn’t really take a lot of different products. The lot of us are product junkies, so we fill our bathrooms and our hair with these products unnecessarily.

We’re convinced that we need help with the elasticity of our hair, the protein levels and the list goes on. If you eat a proper diet and use natural ingredients, your hair and scalp will naturally restore themselves.

Just provide the nutrients and let it be. And don’t forget to protect your hair with scarves, twists and buns! When wearing buns, make sure to go with fabric covered hair bows, so as to prevent breakage.