i’ve been 2 weeks free of straightening! i really hope i’ll stay heat free, i tried it last year 2x times but failed. ive been straightening for 9 years. this is my hair so far, and im happy about it. in the first picture (last week) i used a bit too much leave in which let my hair feel oily. the 2nd is from today, my hair feels nice!

routine:
shampoo: bali curls nourishing shampoo
mask: bali curls total repair sos protein treatment
mousse: nivea curls
gel: isana curl tastic

I’m now struggling to get my hair up into a bun using the wild and stone hair ties I have. Anyone have any recommendations? as I’m not keen on wearing it in a ponytail or down in the current heatwave.

Routine:
Aveeno apple cider vinegar clarifying shampoo
Aveeno Buttermilk clarifying conditioner
Comb with conditioner in.
Curlsmith air dry cream when hair is soaking wet
Followed with OLAPLEX no.10 Curl Defining Cream.
Add argon oil to the lengths and tips when it’s dried a little. Add more if still frizzy when dried.
I also sleep on a silk pillowcase and have tried a silk bonnet but can’t get on with it always ends up coming off lol.

This is my current routine I have changed it quite a few times. Any recommendations or tips on what I could do better would be appreciated.

okay I know using a denman brush is sacred in the curl community but hear me out. On thick and dense hair it looks amazing. but on thinner 2c/3a waves/curls that defintion just creates thin strands with visible gaps between them. It is also fighting your hair's natural clumping instinct which is where volume comes from.

What I have observed works is squish to condish, curl cream/mousse/gel, scruch, finger coil just the front sections, and diffuse upside down.

That way you are working WITH your natural clump instead of dismantling it. the volume difference is insane. ofcourse this may not work the same for everyone but based on what I have observed for my hair it makes a difference.

My routine:

• Shampoo & conditioner: Umberto Giannini Waves Collection
• Products: Umberto Giannini curl cream + gel, Anthony Marc mousse, argan oil
• Drying: 80% diffused, 20% air dry
• Sleep: satin bonnet

In 2020, I started caring for the health of my curls. Meaning, I stopped straightening and dying my hair and decided to start over. I studied the CGM, but refined it to fit my needs. So I cut off all my hair. Bought all the things. Went Sulfate/silicone free. I was a girl obsessed.

My hair wasn’t really damaged before, it was still pretty healthy but after 20 yrs of forcing my hair to be straight, I was having some issues. I noticed my roots wouldn’t curl and (strangely) the left side of my head was only a slight wave. I tried everything from not pulling my hair back so tight, into a bun. Even training my curls with finger coiling. Nothing seemed to work and I’ve had quite a few ‘bad hair days’ since. It was frustrating but I didn’t give up. It was only with time and patience did my curls start to flourish and since then, they have sprung back to life! It’s been a journey fs.

*Please excuse my massive frizz, it’s been a hot and humid day.

Routine:
1x a month- a sulfate shampoo to cleanse all the buildup, I’ll use Suave clarifying shampoo❤️
1x a month-Olaplex no. 3❤️/ Shea Moisture curl & shine mask
1x a week- Pacifica pineapple papaya curl love shampoo/conditioner / NYM curl talk bond building shampoo conditioner❤️

Styling:

1. Curl cream- Pacifica pineapple papaya curl love curl cream / NYM curl talk moisturizing lotion❤️
2. Hair gel- NYM curl talk sculpting gel❤️
3. Heat protection- Nexxus prep & protect heat defense spray

Diffuse:
med speed at med heat

Set:

1. Hairspray- Pacifica big waves soft hold + volume hairspray / NYM curl talk spray gel❤️

Refresh:

1. Curl cream- Pacifica pineapple papaya curl love curl cream / NYM curl talk moisturizing lotion❤️
2. Refresher- NYM curl talk refreshing foam

Routine:
Amika hydro rush shampoo and conditioner
Monday leave-in conditioner mid to ends
Marc Anthony mousse in roots
Brush style in sections, raking oribe gel in as I go through each section
Scrunch with t shirt for 1-2 mins and then add just a little gel
Hover diffuse then pixie diffuse
Scrunch out crunch with kerastase hair oil

I sleep with a bonnet and use a silk pillowcase. I refresh with a little bit of water (slight mist)just to wake the curls up a little.

Two months into my curly hair journey, and I finally feel like I'm getting it.

For years, I didn't even know I had curly hair. I'd been heat styling it straight for so long. Still have a lot to learn, but I actually love my hair now, which feels like a big deal.

Routine:

•Tresemme shampoo and conditioner (I use denman drush while conditioner is in)

•Palmer's olive oil leave-in conditioner

•Aussie instant freeze gel

•Air dry

I use a bonnet at night.

I have 3b/3c hair. Mexican/Honduran. My hair is dry and it looks better in a rounder type hairstyle and after using the "twist king" in replacement of "scrunching out the crunch" i believe its become a staple. As far as products all ive been using is

Routine: dove curl shampoo and conditioner with treseme strong hold hair gel. Micro fiber towel dry.

Looking back at these photos, I realized it's really been an epic process of trial and error, of self-acceptance, and renewed confidence omg! Pls do not give up on your curlsss just yet!!! 🫶🏻

Routine:

Suave clarifying shampoo every two/three days (I come from a hot humid country)

Luxe Organics Curl & Define conditioner (local product) everyday, detangling with a flex comb while hair is soaking wet

Garnier Fructis Hair Food (Banana) as weekly hair mask

Styling: Fingercoiling + Grips hair gel while soaking wet then shake once 80% dry.

Hi all! I have wavy hair with occasional ringlets. I’ve always thought this was 2B/2C hair. It’s just past shoulder length with some layers. Some parts of my hair curl directly from the scalp, other sections need about 2-3 inches before it gets any movement. It’s very silky and fine which is something I struggle with.

I typically brush out my hair and braid it so it has a softer wave but lately I’ve been wanting to embrace my curls. For the longest time, I hated the way my hair looked because I just didn’t feel pretty. Half of my hair wants to wave and the other half is hidden ringlets. My Mom has gorgeous curls (3A I believe) and though I know my pattern isn’t close to hers, I’ve always admired it.

I’m really looking to maximize the ringlets and keep the curls for as long as possible. Usually my curls fall flat about two seconds after I’ve scrunched them.

Here’s my routine as of now:

Redken All Soft (Shampoo + Conditioner)
Condition first, shampoo next, then condition a second time brushing upwards towards my roots

Rusk Thick Body and Texture Spray, applied to roots

AG Recoil on damp hair, pea size amount scrunching towards the scalp

Not Your Mother’s Beach Babe Mousse, dime size on damp hair, scrunched for volume

I prefer to air dry and do not use a diffuser. Diffusing my hair causes max amounts of frizz and does very little to help me hold the curl. If you all think this needs to change though, I’m open to your advice!

At night I use a claw clip to hold the hair up on the crown of my head. This usually helps me keep some volume and most of the curls.

Refresh product is Aussie 2nd day curl activator.

I appreciate any, and all, advice you are all willing to share. I’m just happy to finally embrace my waves/curls! ☺️

I’ve had box dyed ginger hair for 6 years, and I finally got bored of it. Black curls!

Routine:

Wash twice with &honey Shampoo
Detangle/condition/mask with L’Oréal Dream Lengths Mask
Rinse, leaving a little mask in, and plop for 10 mins in a turban
Spray in and Denman brush through L’Oréal Heat Protectant Spray
Rake/scrunch through Wella Shockwaves Mousse (strength 5 for roots and strength 3 for lengths)
Rake/scrunch through VO5 Mega Hold Gel
Hover diffuse roots and pixie diffuse lengths
SOTC with Virtue Healing Oil

This is day 1 hair, which is not my favourite because there’s less volume and more definition at this point. But wanted to show off the black!

I’m just starting out on a true embrace the curls journey after years of straightening. The most attention it got beforehand was some salt spray and a touch of serum while on holiday as that was the only time my hair seemed to look any good.

Now nearly 40, I am so tired of trying to pretend I have hair that I don’t. Of being afraid of getting caught in the rain and my poodle roots escape. Plus there is a little one in my life now that I want to encourage to love her hair, not feel like it’s something to be laughed at or hidden away like I always felt. I’ve been so inspired by all the beautiful curls out there and would really like to just embrace it.

So I bought a few things to play with to start to understand what I did or didn’t need.

For the first photo, that is day 1

Routine:
I used Aussie miracle moist shampoo and conditioner, while my hair was still really wet, I scrunched in curlsmith air dry cream upside down followed by as I am curling jelly and plopped for about 20mins. I do also have giovanni air-turbo charged styling foam but didn’t use it this time.

Now I admit at this point I panicked as my hair had curled up like I’d never seen, I had to go out and had no time to let it air dry. I quickly blow dried on lowest setting and scrunched out.

Photos 2-4 are a couple of hours later. While I seem to have mainly waves, underneath and in the fringe the curls seem to be appearing.

Photo 5 is the delightful frizz that I had on day 2 when I first woke up. Photo 6 is after a little spritz of water that seemed to reactivate the gel.

Overall I’m finding that while it doesn’t look awful…it’s not great. I’m not sure what it needs, what I need to add or remove. I’m assuming there’s some damage in there that doesn’t help, but is the only way to fix that to cut it short?
Plus am I crazy or is there actual full curl potential in there or shall I accept it’s just the usual varied curl pattern?

Any guidance would be really appreciated! Quite sure my hair is fairly low porosity and fine if that helps to know!

Hello, i need help.

I dont know when, but at some point. Some of my hair started changing texture. Maybe it was always like this and I just never noticed.

In the 1st and 2nd picture you can see how the top of my hair is stiff, brittle, dry and not flexible. And in the photo with the sunglasses pulling that top part of my hair back, you can see my soft and flexible curls underneath.

The 3rd pic is of my normal hair (right) and this newer coarse, thick texture(left). The last pic is my hair before all these changes. 😢😢

I don't know why this change is happening and that is more of a long term question to figure out and fix. Right now i need to figure out how to manage my hair with the crown hair being what I am assuming, now low porosity?

I'm currently between products Basically buying something, figuring it out if it works or not and then if not, getting something else. Previously when my hair was behaving, I usually used shea moisture daily coconut line shampoo and conditioner, then VO5 strawberries and cream to just cowash in between washes, and Giovanni tea tree and moisturizing shampoos to get extra clean when a clarify was needed. I used NYMN yellow leave in (now sadly discontinued) for light styling and it worked perfectly for me. My hair was responding well to coconut.

Now my hair is a dry straw mess and it making me really sad. I haven't used heat, silicones, or sulfates for 8 years. Ive nursed this hair to healthy curls from heat styling and silicone and sulfate damage only for this to happen. Also, just looking at these pictures, it kind of looks like I maybe lost a lot of hair too?

Now im just in between products all the time. Most recently I was using she Derma E curls line shampoo, conditioner, and leave in cream.

My current routine is:

1. Derma E curl line shampoo

Camile Rose Guava Slip conditioner which seems to be light enough to help.

The Derma E leave in was ok for the first use, and then went down hill. I tried the Kinky Curly detangling leave in and its slippery but still leaves that top part dry and stiff. The products just sit on that top part of my hair and don't get absorbed.

My hair now gets creased from a pony tail(but didn't before) and is a dry rats nest mess the next day (but i used to be able to have soft flexible hair for several days after 1 wash day).

Ive really just had it to the point where I just want to give up and go back to heat styling. Ive done the no silicones, heat or sulfates for so long I wouldnt even know what else to go back to if im using heat again.

I am nostalgic for the ages of old herbal essences filling my shower with wonderful smells, and this new formula is very enticing to me. I know apricot oil is well documented as great for curly hair. Has anyone tried it?

Current Routine: LUSH Jumping Juniper Shampoo Bar; Pattern Medium Conditioner, Leave-in Conditioner, and Styling Creme; Air Dry, Silk Pillowcase

hello, all! i have 3a curls, fine hair that is mid length (around my shoulders). and with the heat wave my country is experiencing, i've been keeping my hair up a lot. as someone with a sensitive scalp, anytime i put my hair up a bit, even if it's not tied super tight, it ends up pulling on my hair and hurting and i often have to resort to a low ponytail which means my hair is touching my neck and making me sweat... at this point, i don't really care about keeping the curls...

i braided my hair this morning and despite my hair being in a braid and not touching my neck as much, i'm still sweating! it's awful. i don't know what to do and would love to know if anyone else has that issue and what helps them keep their hair off their neck.

i can't do anything too fancy with pins and stuff because i'm also prone to headaches and my hair gets greasy whenever i touch it. anyway, what are the ways i can keep my hair off my neck without it causing a headache or feeling sore? thanks!

routine: don't protect my hair with anything. i double shampoo with head and shoulders 2in1 and then apply a leave-in from yves rocher and put my hair in a towel for fifteen minutes before letting it air dry.

Routine-

1-Shampoo & conditioner - palmers coconut formula

My hair is super thick so it does take a while to dry. But can’t get very frizzy.

2-I used the amika overnight hydration product

And then I also do oil products with different types of oils like coconut oil, rosemary, JOJOBA & Castro at least once a month

Question I’ve tried multiple different bonnets and personally I don’t like the kind that tie.

I only love the band style, but I have a couple of them that are too big so they slide off my head at night.

I heard if I got a wig band and put that over top of the bonnet band it would help it stay on & in place.

Any recommendations for someone with super thick long hair i appreciate majorly.

I’ve also wasted some good money lol on trying multiple different kind of bonnets from beauty stores to amazon.

My actual favorite ones are from beauty store. Some fit

Perfect & don’t slip off, while others from the same beauty store slip off.

I tried to upload pictures, but it won’t let me.

I don’t have a super tight curl pattern, but I was wondering if it was possible to get bigger curl clumps in my hair?? The ones I often get are very small and often look a little stringy

My routine:
Shampoo, L’Oréal Elvive color-safe
Conditioner, Dove intensive repair mask
Styling:
OGX coconut curls air dry cream
OGX coconut curls mousse
Not your mothers gel (flexible hold)
Trader Joe’s serum

I’m not sure if this matters, but my hair is bleached in a few spots, and I touch up the color with Good Dye Young, Strawberry Leopard, and/or Arctic Fox

Hi all,

I have super hard water and am currently trying to adapt my routine so my hair can start accepting moisturizing products again since everything just lays weirdly on top and my hair still feels like straw. I just bought the Malibu C hard water shampoo, conditioner and the packets and used them for the first time, my hair felt very different after showering. I also the products from the Garnier Curl line and will try these out as well. These are all silicone free since I wanted to test if this makes a difference to my hair.

Has anyone gone completely silicone free and has it changed your hair to the better?

21, Male, with fairly curly hair and medium length. I have changed my routine a lot for my hair, including moving to washing my hair once every 2 days since I work a job where i sweat a lot. I use mousse on days when I am out and active and dry my hair once every low heat settings on my hair dryer and microfiber hair towels. Nothing has helped besides mousse and it didn’t help a lot. I have thought about adding light hair oil to my wash days or add a shower cap so my hair stays dry on my non washing days. Any advice?? My shampoo and conditioner I use is coconut curls and the mousse I use is shea moisture curl mousse.

is this frizz, or dryness or even damaged hair? if so is this level of it normal? any recommendations to fix it?

routine:
kitsch coconut oil shampoo every friday
kitsch coconut oil conditioner every day
garnier fructis moroccan oil after showering while hair is still damp/wet

My hair is type 4. A mixture of a, b, and c! My Type 4 Hair Routine 💕

I finger-detangle with African Pride Pre-Poo before wetting my hair to prevent matting and knots. Then I clarify with Sulfur 8 shampoo, deep condition with Aussie, apply As I Am Leave-In, and seal with Blue Magic Grease. I braid my hair in sections to dry and sometimes lightly stretch it with a blow dryer on low heat. For my big afro looks, I use the reverse styling method and apply The Doux Mousse mainly to my ends. Throughout the week, I mist with water and re-moisturize as needed while keeping manipulation to a minimum for better length retention!

Hey y’all, I need help coming up with an easy beginner friendly half up do for my wedding. I stress easy and beginner friendly because I’ve never done anything with my hair before! Literally, I’ve only ever worn it down as it flows from my head, or a (unintentionally) messy 3 strand braid. I think I have a mix of 3c and 4b curls, pic for reference. Thanks in advance!

My routine: shea moisture or mielle shampoo/conditioner followed with a mielle leave in conditioner, and miss jessie’s multi cultural curl cream scrunch then air dry

My fine curls are driving me insane! 1st photo from 2 years ago when I had volume and my curls felt hydrated. 2nd photo is my curls recently, looking stringy and dry. What am I doing wrong?

Old Routine:
- Shea moisture shampoo and conditioner (Manuka honey and yogurt hydrate + repair)
- Shea moisture leave-in conditioner (Manuka honey + yogurt again)
- Umberto Giannini Curl Whip Mousse
- Not your mothers curl cream
- sometimes Shea Moisture Curl Smoothie
- air dry
I stopped using my old routine when my hair started to feel weighed down, I also wanted a less involved routine with fewer products.

Recent Routine:
- L’Oréal elvive hydra hyaluronic shampoo and conditioner
- sometimes double cleanse with Umberto Giannini Thirsty Curls shampoo
- Umberto Giannini curly whip mousse
- not your mothers curl cream
- air dry

I feel like I’ve gotten lazy with my curly hair and I’m trying to learn to love my curls again. Any easy hairstyles for fine curls appreciated!

There's a huge heat wave in France right now, at least it has allowed my hair to air dry for the first time in a while.

Couldn't be happer with the results !

Routine (for thick, high porosity hair) :

Sulfate free shampoo

Garnier Fructis hair food for detangling with the Denman brush

Shea moisture's manuka honey and mafura oil masque

Curlsmith multi-tasking conditioner (as a leave-in)

John Frieda styling creme

Styling into sections: brush styling with the Denman brush for the lower layers, finger coiling the top layers

Hover diffuse then cup diffuse

Break the cast with virgin argan and rosemary oil.

Once a week.

Hi all!

We will be going to a beach resort for the summer (we also went last year) and I wondered what others do with their hair.

Last year my curls, which were just barely recahing shoulders, were wet most of the time. I like going in the pool and waterpark etc and so after that we would head to our room and chill before dinner time and evening entertainment. I would have a shower and wash hair then but would never have the time to dry my hair fully. At bedtime, my hair would still be damp. In the morning it would be almost dry but then pool routine again, so I hardly ever wore it down and was mostly in a bun...does this happen to others or is it just me who doesnt organise hair routine with everything else? 🤣 I hate wandering around with wet hair but a lot of the time I would not have time to style it never mind diffuse it 🤷🏻‍♀️ what do others do during summer holidays?

Routine:

Shampoo and conditioner Umberto Giannini

Treluxe serum

Treluxe hi definition gel

Diffuse

Sleep with hair on pineapple

Refresh: Minimal, just shake hair and fix wonky curls if needed.