Curly Hair

Frizz Free Diffusing

When I diffuse my hair I use Garnier Fructis Smoothing Milk first on soaking wet hair and comb through. Then I scrunch in the Curl Defining gel cream and scrunch with a cotton T-shirt. After air drying, or plopping for 15-30 minutes, I spray on a heat protecting spray (I use and love Tresemme Thermal Creations) all over my curls and scrunch once more, but try not to touch again till all the way dry! You can diffuse upside down, or right side up, which ever way the wind blows, really just which ever way works best for you (I learned how to diffuse on you tube :). Try using low speed and heat settings which keeps your hair more in line and doesn?t fry it. Take a section at a time and gather it gently into the diffuser bringing it all the way to the root and hold for a few sections, then move on. I will diffuse for 5 minutes or so to define curl and start the drying process, and then leave it alone for 15 to dry naturaly(no touching). Then spray on more heat spray(no touching) and diffuse till dry.[ Im not kidding about the no touching thing either. I used to have out of control frizz because I touched and scrunched my hair while it was wet all the time. Do not make my mistake.] For extra humid/rainy days before drying the second time I take a very small amount(about a dime size for my just past the shoulder length hair) of Garnier?s Style Body Boost Volumizing Gel with Ginseng and scrunch that in evenly, separating and shaping a bit (the only exception to touching your hair) before spraying with Thermal Creations. The gel defines and gives a lot of body but does not leave your hair crunchy or stiff (if you do not use too much and distribute it well. Do not leave the heat on too long or you will over dry/fry your hair, not a good look for anyone. After a few minutes your hair should set itself, do not make the mistake of apply products right away after diffusing. It could be the difference between a good and a great hair day! Hope this helps :) view more

Learn to Love and Live with your curls

I co-wash with herbal esscense conditioner(I love all of them, they get my hair squeaky clean and smell amazing) but Wen is the best for frizzy hair if you can afford it, I cant :( But if you try Wen you may find you don?t need any product after washing (following the directions, they are quite literal) and putting just a bit more in your hair after rinsing. I would air dry or dry with a diffuser(using Tresemme Thermal Creations Heat Spray, never use heat without it) and have perfect frizz free and defined curls with no gel, cream, spray, mousse or the like. Anyways, back to the co-washing, try it if you normally shampoo, it works great for me. I notice less frizz and hair fall-out while washing and detangling. But only co-wash if you use water soluble products, if not you need to use shampoo or else the product will build up in hair, not very fun. After I condition I gently squeeze my hair to get some of the water out and then evenly distribute Garnier Fructis Smoothing Milk. At this point I use a wide tooth comb to part my hair and comb back the hair behind my part (if you have fine hair this will give more body to your curls and will also evenly distribute your smoothing product). Before I only combed my hair in the shower, now I only do it a little when my hair is very wet out of the shower. Then I use Garnier Fructis Curl Sculpting Cream Gel and distribute in sections from root to tip, scrunching a bit after. I have long layers cut in my hair, the longest falls just under my shoulders curly (about 2 ½ inches longer straight) but I find with the Curl Sculpting Cream Gel I do not need to style each layer separately, as I would with other styling products, and I still get pretty and defined curls that fall nicely on top of each other. (1 more...) view more

Curly Hair help.... Curly Sexy Hair prod...

I have fine, curly hair so I need products that aren't heavy. I find if you buy better products you get better results. Salons usually have good return policies. I really like the Sexy Hair line. I use the Spray Foam Curl Enhancer and then a little Curling Gel (or BedHead Curl Spray) to help control the frizz. http://www.sexyhair.com/products_curly.aspx# view more

A mind of its own, but GORGEOUS!!!

I never used to embrace my natural curls, but now that I have the right long layers, I go curly most of the time! I really like Aveda's Be curly conditioner and garnier fructis cream gel! I just air dry -- too intimidated to try my diffuser. Any tips? view more

Sunsilk Cream Gel

I have curly hair and while I love my curls I never could find a product that worked. Everything I have tried left my curls hard or limp. I have been using the Sunsilk cream gel and I love it. The product leaves my hair so soft and bouncy, but at the same time keeps my curls in shape and best of all, no frizz. It's really cheap too, I get mine at Walmart which normally costs around three dollars, but it will last me a few months. I recommend trying it. view more

Limited Styles

Sometimes I love my curly hair, other times I want to shave my hair off. I've gone through three huge haircuts (which I later regretted) because I would get so tired of my hair. I barely even know how to style my hair. I put it in a ponytail everyday. It's too short and thick to wear down. It straightens really well, but it doesn't last long. Last time I cut my hair, I also straightened it and cut bangs, but when my hair was curly again, the bangs were messed up and I had to pin them back everyday. view more

Wonderful curly hair products

Sexy Hair has a line of curly hair products, Curly Sexy Hair, that is so great. It really adds to the curl of my hair. I use the spray foam with the gel (to control frizz) and I love it! wonderful stuff!!! view more