u/Em_claff

I’m looking for help tweaking my routine. It seems like no matter what I do, my hair always
- doesn’t curl on the top/back of my head
- looks dry even though it feel hydrated
- has different curl patterns even within the same strand
- can’t be refreshed without making everything stringy as hell

I’m just at my wits end. My hair has looked like this basically since I started using curly products and there’s nothing that seems to make it better. Adding protein makes it stringy. Adding hydration makes it fluffy and stringy. Less product means it’s frizzy and doesn’t maintain shape throughout the day/overnight. More product makes it greasy and still doesn’t hold overnight. Yes I use a silk pillowcase. No I don’t sleep in a bonnet because all that does is squish my hair onto my head like a helmet and then I have to do even more of an extensive refresh.

Someone please help!!!

My current routine is this:
Shampoo once a week with V&Co peptide shampoo
Conditioner = garnier hair food banana
Let soak for ~5 min then fully rinse out
Flip upside down
Rake through and scrunch shea moisture coconut and hibiscus hair smoothie
Rake through and scrunch innersense I create hold gel
Historically I would brush style with denman brush but recently the clumps I’ve been getting just from scrunching have been more consistent so I just leave it at that and flip back up, micro plop with a tshirt a few times and then air dry

For a refresh, honestly idek. I usually just give up once the curls stop holding and put it up for the rest of the week. Sometimes that’s after 4 days, sometimes it’s after 1

Also I should note my hair is pretty fine and is easily weighed down by heavy products

I’m looking for help tweaking my routine. It seems like no matter what I do, my hair always
- doesn’t curl on the top/back of my head
- looks dry even though it feel hydrated
- has different curl patterns even within the same strand
- can’t be refreshed without making everything stringy as hell

I’m just at my wits end. My hair has looked like this basically since I started using curly products and there’s nothing that seems to make it better. Adding protein makes it stringy. Adding hydration makes it fluffy and stringy. Less product means it’s frizzy and doesn’t maintain shape throughout the day/overnight. More product makes it greasy and still doesn’t hold overnight. Yes I use a silk pillowcase. No I don’t sleep in a bonnet because all that does is squish my hair onto my head like a helmet and then I have to do even more of an extensive refresh.

Someone please help!!!

My current routine is this:
Shampoo once a week with V&Co peptide shampoo
Conditioner = garnier hair food banana
Let soak for ~5 min then fully rinse out
Flip upside down
Rake through and scrunch shea moisture coconut and hibiscus hair smoothie
Rake through and scrunch innersense I create hold gel
Historically I would brush style with denman brush but recently the clumps I’ve been getting just from scrunching have been more consistent so I just leave it at that and flip back up, micro plop with a tshirt a few times and then air dry

For a refresh, honestly idek. I usually just give up once the curls stop holding and put it up for the rest of the week. Sometimes that’s after 4 days, sometimes it’s after 1

Also I should note my hair is pretty fine and is easily weighed down by heavy products