Good evening, Melaninaires. If you already posted your routine, take a few minutes to read a few others. Look at how different they are. Look at how similar some of them are. Sometimes you’ll notice something in someone else’s routine before you recognize it in your own. And if you haven’t posted yet, this is your reminder. Write it out exactly how you do it. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 📩 Decode My Routine

Someone sent this to the Rinoure inbox. Posting it here because this community needs to see it. • Hi, I’ve been putting this off, but I need to figure this out. Over the past few months, I’ve noticed I’ve been doing less and less with my hair. It wasn’t really intentional at first, I just got busy and started pushing my routine back more than usual. At one point, I was consistent. I had a set way of doing things, and I didn’t feel confused about what I was doing. But lately, it’s been different. I’ll go longer than I should without touching it, and when I finally do, it feels like more work than I expect. Like it takes longer to get through, and I don’t feel as in control of it as I used to. Because of that, I end up putting it off again. It’s like the more I delay it, the harder it feels when I come back to it. Now it feels like every time I try to get back into a routine, I’m starting from scratch. I don’t know if I messed something up, or if it’s just because I haven’t been consistent, but it doesn’t feel the same anymore. I just know it’s starting to feel like more effort than it used to. — Anonymous 💬 What do you think is making this feel harder over time?

Good evening, Melaninaires. If you haven’t posted your routine yet, this is your reminder. Don’t fix it. Don’t simplify it. Don’t try to make it sound right. Write it exactly how you do it. And if you already posted, go read a few others. You’ll start noticing things you didn’t expect.

📬 RINOURE INBOX This might sound small, but it’s been bothering me. Hello, A friend of mine has been doing her own hair for a while now, and she keeps saying her results never last. She’ll finish styling it, and everything looks fine in the moment, but by the next day it feels like it’s already starting over. She told me she follows the same routine every time. Same products, same steps, nothing really changing. But every time she explains it, it sounds slightly different. Not enough to notice right away, but enough that it doesn’t feel exactly the same either. One time she said she sections her hair. Another time she said she just works through it. Sometimes she says she takes her time, and other times she says she just tries to get through it quickly. When I asked her to walk me through it step by step, she kept going back and forth trying to explain it. It was like she knew what she was trying to do, but not exactly what she was actually doing. Now she’s frustrated because she feels like nothing holds, and she’s starting to think her hair just doesn’t keep styles the way it should. I don’t know if it’s the routine itself or how it’s being done, but something about it doesn’t feel consistent. I just can’t tell where the disconnect is. — Zariah 💬 What feels inconsistent or unclear about this routine?

Good afternoon, Melaninaires. If you haven’t posted your routine yet, this is your reminder. Don’t fix it. Don’t simplify it. Don’t try to make it sound right. Write it exactly how you do it. And if you already posted, go read a few others. You’ll start noticing things you didn’t expect.