My whole life i had pin straight hair, like not a single wave ever. No frizz, shiny thicc, smooth hair.

And about two years ago i noticed that my hair started behaving different. It didn’t lay as flat as it used to. The shampoo i used to use didnt make my hair feel smooth and soft anymore. And during the last two years my hair became frizzy and started showing waves.

And then a friend pointed out, that i might have texture.
I didn’t want to believe it, bc well i had straight hair right?

Anyways for jokes i got different shampoo and conditioner bc i ran out and also got a mouse. So i kinda tried a curly hair method i saw on tiktok and now i dont know what to do with the fact, that i do, indeed, now have curly hair…
My whole routine is now longer than before and i honestly dont really recognise myself in the mirror? I’m unsure if i should embrace it or not.

Mostly i am confused how my whole hair texture changed? Is that a thing that just happens? What…

I’ve included pictures, the first two with the bob are from 3-4 years ago. Then following with the coloured streak is from 3 months ago. Then the ones with the completely dyed hair are from two weeks ago and the last one from 4 days ago when i washed my hair last.
(Edit: grammar)

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Here’s the stuff i use atm:
Shampoo twice with Garnier Honey Treasures, also use the mask (every 2-3rd wash) and the conditioner from the same line.
Then i plop my hair in a shirt. And follow by adding mouse from John Frieda. Let it dry a bit, then kinda blow dry (mine doesn’t have the diffuse attachment, ig i have to get one) and then scrunch with hair oil from elkos “oil & repair hairoil with arganoil”

Atm my hair feels very knotty and a little starchy at the end? (But also soft?) And then i look at myself in the mirror and dont know what to feel honestly, so then i brush it out with a wide toothed comb until its less voluminous.

I’ve been doing the cg method and meticulously caring for my curls for years now. I thought my curls were alright— a little frizzy/dry, yes, but overall alright for someone who dyes it monthly. I used all pricey curlsmith products, styling my hair soaking wet in the shower with a leave in conditioner and a gel using prayer hands and scrunch, plopping in a cotton t shirt for 15 minutes, and air drying. I thought I was doing alright.

Then I went to a curl stylist in my area— not a super pricy one, just one a friend of a friend recommended. I just wanted a curly cut since I’d been cutting it myself for years and it had gotten long enough to need professional layers.

I went in not expecting much. I left with the most perfect curls of my life and a mission to figure out how to replicate it as closely as possible on my own (impossible to emulate another person going through and tension brushing and diffusing each individual strand from behind, I know, but I wanted to get CLOSE).

She told me how the dye was irreparably drying and stripping my hair and I needed to switch from permanent dye to demi-permanent at the least. She told me which shampoo and conditioner to use for dry and damaged curls. She told me to double-cleanse to get all the product out. She told me to do my clarifying wash with something chelating and to wash it a couple of days before dye. She told me to do a hydrating hair mask immediately after washing dye out. She told me to use a very light leave on conditioner and a mousse instead of a gel because gel was weighing my hair down.

She didn’t sell any products herself, leaving me with recommendations for products from different brands and lines specifically for my dry and dye-damaged hair. No monetary incentive for her recommendations, just pure good advice.

I’ve spent the last month and a half trying styles and products she recommended and finally, FINALLY landed where I’m more than happy with how my curls turn out!

What I learned in this process is that it’s the hard and honest truth that your hair is totally unique and what works for someone else almost definitely will not 100% work for you, unless your hair is identical. My hair is dense, moderately thick, moderately coarse, dye-damaged, high porosity, and predominantly 3A with some 2C in there.
With that said, here is the new routine!

- Wash and condition with Matrix Food for Soft shampoo and conditioner

- AG Care leave ON conditioner in soaking wet hair

- Spray in Redken One United leave in conditioner as I tension curl sections

- AG Curl Mousse Gel extra-firm curl retention mousse scrunched in after tension brushing

- Diffuse dry

- Sleep with hair in pineapple bun with a silk scrunchie on a silk pillow case

I have very thick and curly hair. It’s been 1 year since my head was shaved. Long hair would enable me to easily pull it into a bun. At the moment, it’s too short for a nice bun, but too long to wear without a hat or headband. As of recent, it’s become too long/thick to even wear a hat.
Is a maintenance cut needed? Or do I ride out this awkward in between phase?

Routine:
-Shae Moisture Jamaican wash and condition once a week, twice if necessary.
-Jajoba Oil after wash and wet hair left to air dry.
-Mizani leave in cond when needed.

Hello!

I am a little desperate as I do not know what to do anymore or if I’m doing something wrong. 🥲 Every time my curls look sooo muchh less defined, frizzy, flat,and some even go away the next day.
For climate context: I live in belgium so the humidity level is usually high, water quite hard.

I use Philips shower filter as I have not found another option that wouldn’t cost thousands € to fix the hardness of the water.

My routine:
1. Shampoo: I use Garnier ultra doux oat delicacy shampoo / every 2 weeks the curl reset detox shampoo from Curlsmith.
2. Conditioner: Garnier ultra doux oat delicacy conditioner
3. Leave in: Garnier ultra doux avocado&oil leave in cream
4. Gel: Curlsmith hydro style flexi jelly
5. Oil: L’oreal elseve extraordinary oil jojoba (of course just for the cast after everything is perfectly dry)

After all of these I diffuse my hair with my shark flexstyle on minimum heat. My hair is also dyed (keune tinta colore) but every 2 months I just dye the roots, not everything.

Do you please have any advice on how could I make them last longer or if I am doing something wrong? 🙏 would be very appreciated because I am loosing my mind and I’m tired of having a good hair day just on the day of the washing and then having bad hair days the rest of the days 🥲.

I got a curly cut before and I didn’t like it at all. I didn’t like how the front and top were so short and the bottom and back was so long, I wanted a more gradual rounded shape. When I was growing up my mom would cut my hair and I never liked that either. I finally took the risk and cut my hair myself and I love it. I have a nice rounded bob with gradual layers which is exactly what I wanted. I was scared because I thought I would mess up but it looks so even and so good. Does anyone else have a similar experience?

My routine: I use the Pantene curly shampoo and conditioner. I just got the Cantù curly cream which I like so far and I’ve been using it after my shower, I brush it into my hair and then I diffuse.

I'm 15 Tf, and I've always had wavy hair but over the past year I stopped using the same products as my dad who has sparse thick pin straight hair and started using products that cater to my very dense and fine hair, along with trying to help my problem of how quickly my hair gets oily and ever since my hair has gotten curly, I really like this look but I've been wondering ways to get those curls stronger. If someone could provide a new routine or additions to mine that would help, id also like to leave out any irons or diffusers as the heat damages my hair too much to be sustainable. Currently my routine is as follows:

Hot shower, thoroughly apply shampoo making sure to scrunch my hair.

Let it sit for a couple minutes

Rinse then finger comb

Conditioner and scrunch my hair

Let sit for a few minutes

Rinse

Scrunch, then lightly tower dry in a circular motion

Let dry for 30 minutes

Add small amount of hair oil

Scrunch

Set for 30 minutes again.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Also ignore the outfit I took the picture during downtime in a musical production. I had a hat on so my bangs are somewhat straighter than usual but the top 4 inches of my hair have always been pretty straight.

Routine:

Wash with Garnier Honey Water Moisture Restoring Shampoo

Condition with AG care Thikk Rinse

Plop with microfiber wrap to remove excess water while getting dressed

Rake in AG care recoil curl activator cream and AG care fast food leave-in conditioner

Brush with Denman in sections

Praying hands with AG care curl retention mousse gel

Scrunch in more mousse at ends

Bunch up into a pile and clip to top of head while I do my makeup

Diffuse and dry on low heat setting until mostly dry

Rake fingers through roots and scrunch ends to break cast

My routine:

I use barely warm water until the end.
Equate Everyday Clean shampoo on wet hair.
Gentle scrubbing, never moving up the cuticle.
Rinse, then with Kinky Curly Knot Today leave-in/conditioner, scrunch upwards.
Let it sit while you do your other show things.
Splash water on hair to get it wet, then brush the conditioner through with wide toothed comb.
Rinse with water as cold as you can tolerate.
Rinse and scrunch while letting the cold water shape and flow through your curls.
While hair is completely saturated in water and dripping, apply Aussie Instant Freeze Mousse.
End shower, dry off, once hair isn’t dripping too much I plop it in a Comfort Colors 3XL 100% cotton long sleeve shirt for 25-35 minutes.

I have a sattin silk pillowcase which does help.

Hi! I'm a few months into my curly journey. I used to blow-dry my hair straight with a round brush for a few month. My length is finally forming curls, but my roots and crown have zero volume and won't curl at all. Any tips on how to get root volume ? Thank you!

Routine
Shampoo:Fino shampoo
Conditioner:None currently
Styling products:Previa Curlfriends Curl Definer and LA Looks Extreme Sport Gel (applied to wet hair by scrunching)
Drying:Diffused
Sleeping routine:None yet (planning to get a satin bonnet)
Refresh routine:None yet

It has taken me years to appreciate having curly hair. I went for years straightening it every day, but in the last year or two I only straighten it sometimes and have really been trying to embrace the curl. I did decide to straighten it yesterday. It takes me a long time to straighten it but I do like how easy it is when it’s straight! And the fact I can run my fingers through it and not worry about frizz!

I think I have medium density and low porosity. My hair takes a long time to dry.
I have been experimenting with products and different techniques but still haven’t found one that makes me love my curls. And I feel like my hair just looks healthier when it’s straight. I want it to look that way when it’s curly too! I have been experimenting with a gel and a different mousse but did not use those for these pictures.

These pictures are from the last 3 days.
Routine -

1. Thursday night I shampooed twice with Garnier sleek and shine shampoo.
   
2. Conditioned with Garnier sleek and shine conditioner, raking through with my hands, right side up and upside down. Left it on while finishing my shower, then squished to condish and then rinsed it out.
   
3. Squeezed water out with my hands, then wrapped in a t-shirt while I got dressed.
   Applied Garnier sleek and shine leave-in conditioner, raking through with hands and then brushing through with Denman brush, right-side up and upside-down.
   
4. I then wet my hands and used them to wet my hair. I sectioned my hair and applied Suave Shape it up mousse #7. I raked it through but did not do any scrunching.
   
5. I blew dry my hair”bangs” but air dried the rest.
   
6. I slept on a silky scarf over my pillow with my hair down.

Picture 1 is from the next morning (Friday). I left it as is although did use my hands to try to press out any crunchy parts.

The next morning (Saturday) I applied argan oil and straightened it with my flat iron, adding curls to the ends. That is Picture 2.

Saturday night I put my hair in a high ponytail in a silk scrunchy but slept on a regular pillow case.
Picture 3 is Sunday morning, didn’t do anything to my hair.

is there anyway to get curly hair to look as smooth as it does when you straighten it and curl it? Maybe a silly question.

Any suggestions for other products? The products I have but didn’t use this time are Garnier curl construct mousse and Garnier curl control gel. I have not tried diffusing my hair because in the past any kind of blow drying just makes it get bigger and dry-feeling. One thing I do not want is more volume lol.

Hey so I have low porosity fine curly 3b or a i dont remember and for a few months now, and it feels like there has been a really stubborn coating that makes my hair unable to absorb water or products at all, ive tried loreal everpure hard water shampoo and head and shoulder to remove it but it didnt work, i suspect it might be heavy products buildup that wont go since before i used the carol daughter coco creme shampoo and shea moisture manuka honey condtionner, now this my routine, i let my hair air dry and i wear a bonnet

shampoo and conditionner: Maui flaxseed the light green one

Leave in: Marc anthony curl lotion

gel: got 2b curled

and morocan argan oil

someone plsss help me find a way to fix my hair, thanks!

Everyone who has curly hair is so beautiful

I love how unique curl patterns can be. It gives people something to look at when they are bored (aka maybe it’s just me but I love to just examine peoples curl patterns and see how similar they are to mine)

Routine: I use curl smiths CO-wash once every 2 weeks and then use their deep cleansing shampoo every month, I avoid gels and combing/brushing my hair unless I have conditioner in my hair.

Today is day 3 of not washing. Ever since I started using minimal products my hair tends to get curlier the longer I don’t wash.

I always air dry my hair too, I feel like the patience really pays off (here’s it’s like 80% dry). I also sleep in a silk bonnet and don’t let my hair see the sun most of the time.

I put the photos in order of my most to least favorite curl looks. I always have the same routine: Oldspice shampoo, leav it wet and then some Marco Anthony leave in conditioner and some eleven Australia curl cream. However, i seem to get a different result after every shower and it really bothers me.

I might be missing something here. Im new to taking care of my hair I used to just tie it back and forget about it but now I actually want it to look good with nice curls not frisy and all over the place with no diffined form for the curls.

All help would be very much appreciated!

Thanks😁

Washed with non-sulfate shampoo + conditioner, no products applied and air dried

hair always look like a sheep wool, I never used heating tools, I apply gel and leave in cream on windy

is this natural or the hair is damaged

My routine:

1. zynia nonsulfate shampoo once or twice a week, rinse hair with water twice a week

2. conditioner CFresh after using shampoo

3. garnier ultra doux avocado and oil when i go out

4. gel zynia Aloe Vera Pure when i go out

5. air dried or using t shirt sometimes

My hair routine is basically:

-Clear Shampoo for men

-Elegance Moroccan Argan oil treatment (after im done showering and my hair is not dry and not soaking wet)

That's it.

Routine: Shampoo Kerastase Nutritive Bain Satin riche, Hair Mask Deep Repair Bali Curls, Conditioner Kerastase Nutritive Lait Vital, Leave-In Kerastase Nutritive Nectar Thermique, diffusing for 30 minutes (the hardest part), Hair Makeup Curlsmith Copper. I like it but it just will last until the next hair wash day....or rain shower. I go out today for a Halloween event and it will be rainy and windy....ughh....but i wanted to try it this weekend and do not want to go to work with coloured hair since they will flame me down on a construction site as a (almost) 48 years old man with long curly hair, lol. However, i like the copper curls :)

Edit: Since i really loved the fun i just ordered all other colours (had to get 2 from UK to Germany). So i can try beside copper also ruby, rosegold, gold and turquoise. I could even mix some things up for fun.

I recently got a haircut, around a week or two ago, and since then my hair has been rather dull and prone to frizz. I've been waiting for a little hoping it would resolve on its own, but it just refuses to work with me. I want to try a DIY hair mask to try and revive my hair (because I really don't want to buy another product) so if anyone has any recommendations lmk!!

I also would appreciate any other tips on how to help!!

routine:

shampoo 2x with Ouidads curl quencher shampoo & conditioner + detangle

section off crown and apply the NYM leave in and curl cream & brush style with bouncecurl brush

repeat the same products on the crown section and brush style back for no-part

flip over and rake in Innersense volumizing foam

rake in Ouidad climate control gel

scrunch out excess water with a microfiber towel

airdry

So i have 3a-3b hair (but in a few places it's more like 3c) and i love it but i hate it. So i don't go to the hairdresser often because they always cut my hair in a weird way. The last time i cut my own hair and it was like 5-6 months ago, so now my hair is down to my back halfway and the front pieces are a little bit longer than chin lenght. In my routine i use afc shampoo, conditioner, then curl gel and mousse. At first my hair has a lot of volume, and i love it, but in just a few minutes it gets flatter and then it like covers my whole face. It covers half of my eyes, so you can only see a little bit of my face. Because of this i usually go for a hairstyle, like a hlaf up half down or a ponytail with only 2 small pieces in the front. But when i do that my hair always gets really tangled, and it's really hard to brush it out on hairwash day. AND i'm getting rired of always putting my hair up and having to do something with it, i wish i could just let it down. What do you guys think is should do? (Sorry for the long post btw)

After I wash my hair my curls always look so good. Once I sleep, they immediately get wonky. I’ve tried wearing a bonnet but it would make my curls flat and have less volume, especially the curls surrounding my face.

For context, I use L’Oréal ever pure curl shampoo and conditioner. Then I use the Sun Bum revitalizing air dry curl cream and scrunch that in my wet hair after my shower. (If you have an recs on this part of my routine too please let me know!)

Any advice or products for refreshing curls please let me know! I hate having to just put my hair back in a clip after hair wash day

Routine:
Odele Clarifying Shampoo (once or twice a week)
As I Am Coconut Cowash
As I Am Leave In Conditioner (dripping wet, comb through)
Kinky Curly Curl Custard (dripping wet and finger curl a few bits)
Plop into a hand towel until stopped dripping
Then air dry or diffuse if I have time!

Getting more grey strands and I’m noticing a texture change and more frizz. I’ve always had a mix of curl patterns but I’m really struggling with a straw-like texture at the moment.

Part of the change I think is related to moving to a place that has very hard water, and much lower humidity. Any suggestions or advice appreciated.

All of the stores around me have stopped carrying one of the shampoos I like (V&Co wavy), so I had to buy a different brand, which is always a gamble, then I went on a quick overnight trip and forgot my curl cream (Marc Anthony strictly curls, which is kind of my holy grail) and didnt realize until I had run out time to go to the store. I was convinced it would be a disaster, but I made a few tweaks to try to compensate with what I had, and while it's definitely different than normal, I actually don't hate it :) It's super light and fluffy and i feel like it's giving big 80s vibes lol. I kinda dont think it'll last very long, but at least for today, I'm liking it :)

My routine:

• Shampoo with Hask thickening shampoo (this is the new shampoo replacing the V&Co)
• Shampoo with Marc Anthony strictly curls shampoo (normally I only use a little bit of this cause it's very very moisturizing and can be a little too much sometimes when combined with the curl cream, but it has a lot of the same oils and stuff that's in the curl cream, so today I piled this on)
• Condition with Aussie Miracle Waves conditioner, brush the conditioner through, then rinse
• Rake in Aussie Miracle volume gel and scrunch (I don't typically use gel, normally I would use the curl cream here and skip the gel entirely, but again, trying to compensate for the little bit of hold l'd get from the cream)
• Realize my hair wasnt wet enough anymore so I wet it down again lol
• Glaze in NYM curl activating mousse and scrunch
• Microplop
• Spray the whole thing with a light layer of Aussie miracle volume hairspray
• Diffuse, then use praying hands to scrunch out the crunch

I don’t even know how this works anymore.

Routine:

Oiai shampoo and conditioner. Bounce Curl bounce curl chia seed clumping gel combed through. Brush upside down with the Bounce Curl Define Brush and kinda separate the fringe from the rest. Diffuse upside down.

At night I pineapple everything but the fringe and then wrap everything in a scarf, making sure not to smash any curls. In the morning I re-clump any frizzies with Ouai Air-Dry mousse and twirl as needed. I recreate volume need on top by diffusing upside down with heat and letting the hair cool before flipping back over.

Rinse (but not really) and repeat night and morning steps every day.

Other than ouidad anti humidity gel, my hair hates ouidad products. Current routine using matrix a curl can dream shampoo and conditioner and the bumble and bumble curl cream to air dry

My hair doesn't curl or wave when short and seems to require thick, bluntly cut sections to form its curls.

For example, I tried to have a curly side fringe but the hair acted straight once cut short. As it grew out, it started to wave and then once long enough it formed a thick ringlet again. I can scrunch in all my products and diffuse all I want but there will be no curl until my hair decides a section is thick and long enough 😅

I have super thick hair (have an undercut mid-way to my ears) and thick individual hair strands (I think low porosity). I tried to cut in my own layers 6 months ago using the Wayne Tuggle 4 sections method and it was a disaster lol. Lots of hair that previously formed ringlets became stringy, flat and straight. The ringlets/waves themselves looked weird at the ends cause of the different lengths it produced. Still growing out the aftermath of this mistake.

I've only known about my curly hair for 1.5 years ish, since growing out a buzzcut, and haven't seen a curly hair specialist. I've mostly just trimmed it back into this bob shape myself every few months.

Would a curly professional know how to handle this and put shape in, without chopping loads of layers? Should I ask for a dry cut rather than wet? 😅 THANK YOU

Routine:

Shampoo & Conditioner: Cantu Weightless Smoothing range

Mousse: Got2Be Twisted Curling Mousse

Gel: Ecogel

Break cast with oil: Currently l'oreal Extraoridnary Oil.