Motions UK.
Our full range of motions, curated for curly, coily and wavy hair. Free 24-hour UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Motions for relaxed and transitioning hair
What Motions is built for
Motions is a salon brand that has been part of British Black hair care since the nineties. It was built around relaxed and heat styled hair, and the Active Moisture line still does that job better than almost anything at the price. Hydrate My Curls was added later for natural curls and coils, so the range now covers both.
The Active Moisture line
This is the core of it. The Nourish and Restore lavish shampoo cleans without stripping, and it comes in a 32oz bottle for anyone getting through it quickly. Active Moisture Plus conditioner is the follow up, thick enough to work as a short deep conditioner if you leave it on under a cap for ten minutes. The Active Moisture leave in detangler is the wet hair step, sprayed section by section before you comb.
Together those three cover a full wash day, and for a lot of people that is all they buy.
Relaxed hair benefits most from the pairing, because it is the moisture step that keeps the ends from snapping between touch ups. Natural hair uses the same three products differently, leaning on the detangler for slip before a twist out rather than before a wrap.
Oils, sheen and hairdressing
Marula natural therapy hair and scalp oil is the lightest, and it goes on damp hair or a dry scalp. The weightless daily oil moisturiser is the between wash product for the length. Hair and scalp daily moisturising hairdressing is the thick one for dry, coarse hair, applied in sections.
Oil sheen and conditioning spray is the finishing layer for a wrap, a press or braids. Spray at arm's length in short passes and keep it off the roots, since it settles and dulls the hair if you overdo it.
Styling
The versatile foam styling lotion is for roller sets, wraps and blow dries. Apply to damp hair, dry fully, and the hold stays flexible rather than crunchy. Hydrate My Curls hair pudding is the one for wash and go styles and twist outs, thicker and creamier, and it defines without a hard cast.
A weekly routine
Shampoo, condition, leave in detangler, then either the foam lotion for a set or the hair pudding for curls. Between washes, use the daily oil moisturiser on the ends and a little marula oil on the scalp. In winter, when indoor heating drops humidity to around 30%, add a second pass of the oil moisturiser midweek. Hard water in the south east dulls the shine this range is known for, so clarify roughly monthly.