1. How to tie hair for preventing flat roots? 2. How to make the hair look more managed when tied back?
I have 2a/2b curls I think and low to medium porosity hair. Whenever I'm at home, i usually do like a pineapple at the top of my head. But in the gym i tie it up in a pony and it becomes really flat at the roots. Trying to refresh them usually makes it more frizzier for me. Please lemme know what you gurlies are doing to not have flat roots (or is there nothing that can be done and it's my hair type?) I'm attaching my day 3 curls. Plis dont judge but I'm very broke and use ustraas hair cream and set wet gel. I dont think I have the budget to go for expensive products rn. Please give some budget friendly reccos if available. Alsooo, another help I needed was that I'll be starting college soon and we're supposed to keep our hair tied back at all times. Are there any recommendations to make them look less frizzy by curls being more defined (if possible) or should I go for some kind of wax/gel to give it a slick look? (I dont want the smaller hairs sticking out, it makes me look very shabby and unkempt)
Thank you!