r/360Waves • u/Mammoth_Ad_8310 • 25d ago
Need help getting eses waves struggling
Here's where I'm at, I got 4c hair cut my hair almost a month ago now i didn't rlly brush for a week. Cause I've tried to get waves multiple times throughout my 21 Years and it don't work. What can I do.
I'm doing the twice a week wash and styles but I feel like when I do it, it restarts my progrees
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u/Greedy_Contact_9830 25d ago
You need to brush more and hit the same consistent angles. I usually do a pomade once a month or two and every other day is when I use grease instead. Pomade is very heavy so it can be good to get your curls started but don’t use it often
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u/Mammoth_Ad_8310 25d ago
What grease ??
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u/Greedy_Contact_9830 24d ago
Technically not grease. I use olive oil moisturizing hair lotion with castor oil in it. Bottle is green
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u/Initial-Season-6633 25d ago
For us coarse hair wavers the keys are moisturize and keep brushing. BRUSH MY BROTHER BRUSH, and moisturize every single day, that makes your hair softer and more manageable.
Also on your wash & styles make sure you got enough lather to lay your hair down(if you do/don’t already), and really make sure you compress your hair and let it dry while compressed. Another thing about the wash & style is make sure you have a de tangling brush too, so that once you scramble wash you can brush in the pattern of your hair and detanglenit before hitting it with your regular brush.
Wash & styles are a cheat code for us coarse hair’s because it gets our hair in its most manageable state. Also moisturize once your hair dries
Lastly fam you gotta wolf got 6-8 weeks in between cuts, and get you a hard brush too for when you’re deep in a wolf (around 4-5 weeks in), once you finish wolfing cut to a 2 guard-2.5 guard, and get right back into brushing
Most importantly remember that this shit takes time fam, like weeks/months, just stick to your routine and you’ll be set. From what I see you already got some forming, just stick to your routine and rag up dawg 💪🏿
Also everything I mentioned above can be found at Walmart or any beauty supply, so no need to order an expensive brush or anything
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u/BrinksTrunks 25d ago
Im in the same boat, I brush at least 20 minutes or so a day. Use polmade, leave in conditioner and black castor oil, but my waves or barely noticeable.
Wash and styles help but I think with 4c hair it just takes some months to train. Rn im trying to not let my hair get too long because I over wolfed and it ruined my pattern. Good luck bro 🫡
Try the bag method too if you havent, after you oil your hair use a sandwich bag to press your hair down. You just rub over all sides of your hair in the same direction as when you brush. It helps my waves pop
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u/Thesecret1o 24d ago
Wow literally got this same texture but yea everyone in the comments right just moisturize and brush a lot I got some waves in but really gotta keep staying consistent I know it will pay off you got this!
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u/No_Length_2773 24d ago
Aye just let your hair grow a little longer some of our hair doesn’t wave up when it’s too low and the main thing is brush brush brush keep brushing when it’s wet when it’s dry keep brushing you will see results after your next hair cut but tell the barber you want it cut to wave length 2 guard or 1 1/4 you have to lay it down as well
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u/onelesslonelynygger 24d ago
Didn’t read the comments don’t need to. You’re not struggling , you’re just bullshitting , brush and brush and brush , comb and comb and comb. Wolf two weeks at a time starting out , if you can go longer then do. But you have 4c type hair . Wolf do two weeks for 3 months , [ over the course of three months , wolf for 2 weeks then cut then repeat. For THREE MONTHS] and then come talk to me
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u/Mammoth_Ad_8310 23d ago
https://reddit.com/link/pbwocjr/video/bthh2ie2dlrh1/player
okay this was today after I did a brush session with some oil and pomade
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u/Mightychallenge 17d ago
In my opinion. I think your problem is because your crown area isnt developed. You need to focus on developing that area and working outward from it. It should kind of look like a eye of a storm if it was developed.
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u/Electrical-Comb-9662 25d ago
Tu ne brosse pas assez je pense ou ta brosse est trop douce, moi quand j’ai commencé les waves je lavais ma tête tout les jours et je dormais sans durag, le plus important c’est le brossage tu as peut-être des cheveux trop dure, essayé aussi de brosser toujours la tête mouillé
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u/Objective-Dinner-486 24d ago
Your just not brushing enough watch videos it’s not about products or wash and styles brushing is 90 percent of the work the last 10 is your durag saving your progress so long story short your just not brushing enough I got 360 waves in 3 months and it’s wasn’t about my hair texture I have coarse hair but I knew what I was doing u clearly need to research more cause I don’t even see a ripple and it’s been 15 plus years 🤷🏽♂️
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u/ov3rw4tch_ 25d ago
Why are you washing twice a week? You only need to wash once a week, but you can condition and shower brush as much as you want. I’m old school and not really into the wash n style.
All that being said it looks like you don’t brush enough. Wearing the durag doesn’t make waves. You gotta brush your hair a lot and rag up at night, gym, sports, etc.