Tips and Tricks for Curly Hair

Hair styling routine.
Here is a preferred way to style your hair:
After you get out the shower, I would recommend not wrapping it up in a towel. With curly hair, it's easy to dry out that way. Wring it out or pat dry. Next, you will want to apply a leave in conditioner, no specific brand. The focus here is to condition the hair and alleviate the tangles. Once applied, do not brush your hair, comb it with a wide toothed comb. Brushing curly hair, especially when wet stretches it out and is more easy to break and damage. Then apply your styling product. Try and look for something water soluble to keep from the product building up on your hair. Two main ingredients you will want to look for is METHYL GLUCCETH-20 which is a naturally derived water soluble emollient, humectant and moisturizer and POLYSORBATE-20, a naturally derived emulsifier and solubilizer to facilitate the coupling of water soluble with water insoluble ingredients in the formulation.

Now, the difference between gel and mousse is the over all outcome. Gel is heavy but intended for more control over your curls. Mousse is intended to make your hair lighter with little control. One problem we encounter when styling with a Gel product is that hard, crunchy feel. To bypass that, try sectioning your hair instead of just throwing the gel in and scrunching it. Doing so will just make it frizzy. Try sectioning into 4. Then you will want to apply the gel section by section from root to ends. Make sure to evenly distribute the gel. Comb the gel in with your fingers, the better you apply and evenly distribute, the more control you will have over your curls. Instead of scrunching, place the hair in the palm of your hand and just fluff it up. Once done, stop touching! The more you play with it, the greater chance you have of creating frizz; motion creates frizz.

If you have a diffuser, diffuse until it's about 80% dry. This helps to enhance the curls. Once the hair is 100% dry, then you can go ahead and make any adjustements or toss it around.

If you still have too much "crunch" try pinching the hair. Running your fingers through it may produce frizz. You can also try placing your palms on your forehead then run your palms down your hair as if you were going to flatten out to create a ponytail. Then, twist the ponytail part in one direction and let go. This should minimize the crunch and give it a more natural, soft look.

I will make a video on this over the weekend!

Peace!
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