Find your curl type
as water as it sounds, you can't expect all hair products to work just because it says "made for curls" so here's a list of all curl types
Time for advice
products for looser curls
Riza curls is a great brand for high porosity and low porosity hair (I'll explain porosity soon)
Light creams, light weight gels, and detanglers will be your best friend, unlike with other hair types you don't need heavy products. Using heavier creams and gels will weigh down your hair and clump up. The only time you should use "heavy duty" gels is when you want updos and hairstyles that require strong hold.
When you apply products like this have your hair damp so it can absorb as much moisture as possible and sink into your roots, remember DAMP hair not soaking wet hair (unless if your putting on a hair mask) if you use products on soaking wet hair all that gonna do is make it drip everywhere and be uncomfortable.
Tighter curls
Personally I like brands like Aunt Jackie's, Shea Moisture, Carol's Daughter, and African pride's moisture miracle (i'm too lazy to put pics)
depending on what hair style you want to do heavier creams and gels are your go-to products, light gels won't do anything except keep away some frizz but it'll eventually get frizzy again.
Do NOT stack hair products, don't mix curling cream, gel, mousse, and more products at once if they DONT go together. Plus your hair doesn't need all of that product if you use it correctly.
I understand one or two products isn't going to fix everything, so if you are going to mix products here's some steps on how to do that
light curling cream + heavier gel
gel + mousse
heavier curling cream + light gel (the gel with help keep curly in place and defined)
curling cream + mousse
the more and more products you add is only going to lead to flaking and clumping, just because every single bottle you have has healthy ingredients that doesn't mean you have to use multiple products at once. That is also stressing your hair follicles out you're giving them too many things to process then your hair is gonna look like shit.
like with any hair type SECTION YOUR HAIRRR WHEN YOU'RE DETANGLING/ STYLING. You'd think most people would know this right? No, no they don't there's so many people I know who don't do this.
Slapping creams onto your hair and calling it a day is stupid if you expect having controlled defined hair (this applies to when you're wearing your hair down)
depending on your thickness of hair smaller sections will help, that gives the products more room to really get into your hair and look polished. smearing cream all over your hair obviously isn't going to give you the same results as sectioning will. Work from the bottom to the top, that method always worked for me !!
Examples of well taken care of hair
im gonna be so mad if the spoiler thingy didn't work
This is my first guide so I wanted to start off with simple info so you guys can get an understanding of what I want to talk about. Later on I'll make more posts for 4c hair protective styles etc etc
Yes a lot of this is water but hopefully it was helpful
as water as it sounds, you can't expect all hair products to work just because it says "made for curls" so here's a list of all curl types
Time for advice
products for looser curls
Riza curls is a great brand for high porosity and low porosity hair (I'll explain porosity soon)
Light creams, light weight gels, and detanglers will be your best friend, unlike with other hair types you don't need heavy products. Using heavier creams and gels will weigh down your hair and clump up. The only time you should use "heavy duty" gels is when you want updos and hairstyles that require strong hold.
When you apply products like this have your hair damp so it can absorb as much moisture as possible and sink into your roots, remember DAMP hair not soaking wet hair (unless if your putting on a hair mask) if you use products on soaking wet hair all that gonna do is make it drip everywhere and be uncomfortable.
Tighter curls
Personally I like brands like Aunt Jackie's, Shea Moisture, Carol's Daughter, and African pride's moisture miracle (i'm too lazy to put pics)
depending on what hair style you want to do heavier creams and gels are your go-to products, light gels won't do anything except keep away some frizz but it'll eventually get frizzy again.
Do NOT stack hair products, don't mix curling cream, gel, mousse, and more products at once if they DONT go together. Plus your hair doesn't need all of that product if you use it correctly.
I understand one or two products isn't going to fix everything, so if you are going to mix products here's some steps on how to do that
light curling cream + heavier gel
gel + mousse
heavier curling cream + light gel (the gel with help keep curly in place and defined)
curling cream + mousse
the more and more products you add is only going to lead to flaking and clumping, just because every single bottle you have has healthy ingredients that doesn't mean you have to use multiple products at once. That is also stressing your hair follicles out you're giving them too many things to process then your hair is gonna look like shit.
like with any hair type SECTION YOUR HAIRRR WHEN YOU'RE DETANGLING/ STYLING. You'd think most people would know this right? No, no they don't there's so many people I know who don't do this.
Slapping creams onto your hair and calling it a day is stupid if you expect having controlled defined hair (this applies to when you're wearing your hair down)
depending on your thickness of hair smaller sections will help, that gives the products more room to really get into your hair and look polished. smearing cream all over your hair obviously isn't going to give you the same results as sectioning will. Work from the bottom to the top, that method always worked for me !!
Examples of well taken care of hair
im gonna be so mad if the spoiler thingy didn't work
This is my first guide so I wanted to start off with simple info so you guys can get an understanding of what I want to talk about. Later on I'll make more posts for 4c hair protective styles etc etc
Yes a lot of this is water but hopefully it was helpful
