r/CurlyHairCare

Hey guys! I struggle with frizzy and just generally weirdly shaped hair, it started going curly a couple years ago and I’ve never really gotten used to it I just wanted to see if u think it has improved since my last post here? ( https://www.reddit.com/r/CurlyHairCare/s/z9PFnYaCXo ) thanks! :]

I have 2B wavy hair with medium porosity. My concern is to define my waves, reduce frizz, and achieve a healthy shiny look without weighing down my hair, making it greasy, and leaving clumps.

My biggest concern is I am new to haircare and I don’t know what products to choose. Your help on choosing the following products is highly appreciated:

Shampoo

Conditioner

Leave-in conditioner/serum

Curl cream or hair butter

Gel or mousse

How frequently should I wash my hair?

How much product should I apply?

Should I air-dry my hair or use a diffuser?

Are there any other hair care advice for 2b medium-porosity hair?

As I live in India, your recommendation on products that are easily available here is more appreciable.

If you have 2B hair, it would be great if you could also suggest what hair care routine works best for you.

I prefer something simple as I am a newbie.

Hello all, I've been experimenting with my natural hair for some time now and have happily gotten to this point so far.
I have very soft-finish hair that is somewhat fine and low density.
I am getting a trim today which should hopefully help a bit, but I was wondering if anyone had any product/technique tips that would benefit my hair type?
Looking to prioritize volume while having a pretty good hold for both said volume and also curl structure. (this pic is right after I finish, it definitely falls some after this point).
Also if anyone has tips for getting/maintaining waves/curls within the midsections (+volume in general in the roots) for hair like mine that would be nice! (Soft finish+less curl def near roots makes it very difficult lol)
I did alot better when I took this than I usually do with achieving this, but volume still falls in the mid-sections+roots pretty fast even if I manage to get it in the start.
(I also struggle with side parts as my hairline is less than ideal lol)

Thank you for anything!!

Current routine:

-Shampoo twice with Giovanni Root 66 Volume shampoo (or occasionally a cleansing one for the first go)
-condition and detangle with Curlsmith Full Body Milk Conditioner
-(after washing) re-brush and plop with microfiber towel lightly
-apply a tiny bit of Curlsmith Hydro Style Flexi Jelly and scrunch
-apply TreLux ReFlex Curl Styling Serum and scrunch
-apply The Doux Mousse Def Texture Foam and scrunch
-diffuse upside-down; some time all hair in diffuser for volume, then in alternating sections
-switch to diffusing with head up, bringing hair+diffuser up to my roots in sections (sometimes with a claw clip at my middle part to keep hair off of scalp)
-alternate between these while scrunching lightly throughout
-halfway through ish apply a bit more mousse
-keep alternating with drying methods
-once hair is mostly dry add very light hairspray and finish drying
-fluff it out

I pineapple it up to sleep with a silk scrunchie and use various refresh methods.

What’s my hair type? And if we have the same hair type pls give me tips on products you use, what works best? Thank you🥹 i detangle it on wash days before i wash and it still ends up getting tangled easily after being wet. I need tips on what leave in conditioner i should use also, the ones i use I feel like they don’t absorb into my hair. Any help would be appreciated!

I posted in another sub but didn’t get a response so branching out, hope that’s okay!

Ive attached some photos but I went to bed with my gel cast on and it looked really promising when I scrunched out the crunch! And then progressively through the day it got quite a bit frizzy and it’s like the curl at my roots dropped?

1st photo is with gel cast the next morning

Second photo is immediately after scrunching out the crunch

3/4/5/6 are at the end of the day

Routine:
First shampoo - either ouai detox shampoo or Umberto Giannini Curl Jelly Wash Curl Defining Shampoo every other wash - last night I used the UG curl jelly wash curl defining shampoo

Second shampoo - Davines Love Curl Shampoo

Conditioner - Davines Love Curl Conditioner

While still in the shower on sopping wet hair
Leave in - CURL MANIFESTO CRÈME DE JOUR ANTI-FRIZZ CREAM FOR CURLY HAIR

Mousse - Umberto Giannini Curl Whip Curl Activating Mousse

Gel - not your mothers curl talk gel

I then diffused, hovered until my roots were dry and then dried the rest

Edit: wanted to add that I live in Melbourne Victoria

Idk what my hair type is and my mom just bushes my hair thinking it's gonna be straight

( Sorry for the shitty pics btw I tried to take them by myself cause I didn't wanna ask someone else 😭)

This is my hair after a full curly hair routine (leave in conditioner, gels, mousses by Umberto giannini and diffusing), but I’d just really like it to be curlier. Is that possible or is this as curly as my hair can get?

This is how my hair is with no product in it, I usually put mousse and that helps keep the structure a bit on my curls but I’m really trying to find something to take down the frizz

This is the last post in a series of posts documenting my experiments with a silicone serum and several popular gels. I’ve had great fun trying everything, but chile I’m tired!!! 😪 

I was asked what I thought about mousse in the previous post. I said my experience was dissatisfying because it didn’t give me enough hold and frizz control in humid conditions. I said I’d try it again with a silicone serum underneath, and that is what I did this weekend with a half-full bottle of mousse I dug out of my cupboard.

The mousse is the Giovanni Curl Habit (purple bottle) with VP/VA Copolymer as a primary hold ingredient and Vinyl something something Methacrylate Copolymer as a secondary hold ingredient. These are great hold ingredients, but I don’t know if I’d recommend the product because the formula is stuffed with a smorgasbord of heavy oils (coconut, olive, avocado), bit of a red flag if your hair is easily weighed down. I hate when companies throw heavy oils into hold products… why would I want all these oils when my leave-in has more than enough?

This is a regular pump bottle that spits out a bubbly and irregular foam, not a pressurized aerosol can that dispenses golf balls of mousse with the consistency of shaving foam.

As with the previous post, the underlying routine is exactly the same. Clarifying shampoo, 2-in-1 conditioning mask and leave-in, silicone serum, bounce curl brush, HOLD PRODUCT GOES HERE, diffuse, SOTC with silicone serum.

Image 1: Giovanni mousse as my sole hold product

Image 2: Giovanni gel (my fave from the last post) followed by Giovanni mousse on top

There seems to be an even split between people who prefer mousse before gel vs those who do mousse after gel. For the sake of consistency I went with mousse last 

Images 3 & 4 from my archives: since someone wanted to see my hair in its natural & undefined state. This is freshly washed and air-dried hair with some leave-in. No bounce curl brush, silicone serum, hold product, diffuser, nothing at all. It’s not disastrous or anything, but I definitely cannot go out looking like this (and imagine the frizz by midday).

Right off the bat: using a mousse as my primary hold product makes my hair look as close to its 3A subtype as possible. It’s less weighty than gel, so it doesn’t elongate my ringlets as much. Because I can apply mousse closer to my scalp than gel, it’s easier to have consistent root-to-tip definition.

Adding a conservative amount of gel for extra hold and longevity (image 2) doesn’t appear to affect the overall look. Would it be better if I did the mousse first then gel after? Does the order matter?

I can’t figure out if these results look better than my gel-only results, so I’ll you guys decide. I’m completely overwhelmed by the assortment of hold products I have on hand. I don’t know what I’m gonna stick with now that I’m at the end of my experiment. I’m very happy with the results I got using just gel, but I do like how the mousse preserves my ringlety curl pattern. I guess I could combine the two, but I’m wary of product creep and don’t wanna use more stuff than strictly necessary.

Maybe i slept with messy hair many days or didn’t get any refreshes between the washes or maybe because i’m using regular pillow case
But after i showered today i got many many knots and i had to cut them off 😭

Shea moisture shampoo (x2) & conditioner, not your mother’s cream and oil, air dry, bonnet to bed. Thinking about trying based products, are they any good?

A few commenters said my hair looks damaged, but I’m confused as to how it could have happened based on my routine. I’ve heat styled maybe 5x in my life all at salons.

On wash day, I use shampoo on roots and conditioner on ends. I follow up with argan oil. I braid my hair in a simple single plait. I sleep in the braid to prevent tangling. I sometimes wear a bonnet to bed.

Hair is thick, wavy and hip length. Because I air dry it, it never looks smooth and the braid gives this clumpy shape.

Every now and then, I experiment (see: Last pic) with the thermal brush on dry hair and notice it doesn’t really smoothen my hair like how I see other frizzy hair people do in TikTok videos. Because of this, people say it’s damaged.

So what do I need to work on first? If hair were damaged, does that mean that you can’t style it for a smooth, voluminous blowout look?

So I have very long thick curly hair (pic for reference) and I keep getting really bad nots at the nape of my neck! Sometime they take about an hr to get them out. I just need a bit of advice to prevent this from happening. I know curly hair is prone to knots but this is crazy.

My routine is

Wash twice a week and the night before hair oil.

Shampoo x2
Condition and sometime deep condition

Then
Curl cream
Moose
Gel
Defuse

Then I add a bit of hairspray.

I love my routine it’s just the knots are crazy!

Hi, my current routine is kinda non-existent, in the attached photos I had only used shampoo and conditioner then let my hair air dry.

I struggle to figure out what type of hair I have, but I assume high porosity because I dye it brown/black? However I have only bleached the underneath sections.

I want to reduce frizz. For my hair type would you suggest a curl cream or mousse, or gel. Or would it be a good idea to try multiple together? I'd be grateful if someone would help me come up with a routine😭

With autumn coming soon I plan to start diffusing my hair.

I am in the UK so would ideally want to use products I can find here, I'm also a student so not working with a large budget :')

Thank you <3

I’ve been trying to figure out my hair type,gpt thinks 4A lmk what u guys think.

Also lint is genuinely my biggest opp. Im constantly finding little bits of lint/fibers stuck in my hair, especially from clothes, towels and bedsheets

Routine: I shampoo once a week. I use ketoconazole based shampoo. If i do any more and hair gets frizzy.

I don't use any other products like conditioner or oils.

Its impossible for me to comb,the first pic took me half a day to detangle and comb.

Help me with managing this mess! Thnx🥹