r/curlyhair

the packaging kinda reminds of the no name packaging lol. routine!

garnier fructis hyaluronic acid shampoo and conditioner

garnier fructis air dry curl cream

cake beauty gel to foam styler

brush style with bounce curl dupe

spray pantene alcohol free airspray when done drying

overfluff just a little and you're ready for a guitar solo lol

routine:

shower - Suave clarifying shampoo every other day/every two days, Garnier Fructis Curl Nourish conditioner or Tsubaki Premium Moist and Repair conditioner daily, Tsubaki Premium Ex hair mask every week

styling (been experimenting with volume lately) - Luxe Organics Curl & Define cream + lots of water, glazed with Grips strong hold gel, fingercoil/scrunch and airdry, then add keratin+argan oil once fully dry and fluff as needed

Routine!

Hoping this helps others. Had the wife cut my hair. It took a bit to figure out how to work with the short hair.

When my hair was long the process was actually super easy, once I figured it out. A lot of leave-in conditioner and a little curl cream. Scrunch, and that was it.

Tools:

Mason Pearson Military BN1

Aveda Be Curly Curl Cream

Detroit Grooming Deluxe Pomade

Head & Shoulders Smooth & Silky 2 in 1

Curlsmith 3-1 Multi-tasking Conditioner

No shampoo. I only use shampoo every 3 days or so. This makes that brush very important. I use it right before getting in the shower. It's very important for my scalp. If I don't use it, my scalp will itch like crazy. It doesn't hurt that brush feels amazing. With longer hair, it was easier to keep conditioner off my scalp. You really don't want conditioner on your scalp.

I run a lot of water over my hair, just to remove any lose "debris" after brushing it. Then add a small amount of curl cream while it's soaking wet.

Gently apply a towel to my hair to soak up excess water. No sideways motion!

Put a tiny bit of pomade in my dry hands and rub hands together (won't stick to your hands if they're wet), and then add a bit of water. Rub hands together to mix it with the water. Rub it through my hair. Shake my head left to right, and forward and back. This is a big difference from when it was long. The pomade helps to keep things together even when I run my hands through it later. Without it, it frizzes out easily.

When it's almost dry, I gently run my hands through it to give it a little volume. Done.

On a day I use shampoo, I also use the leave-in conditioner.

After months of friends telling me I had wavy hair, I decided to finally get a proper layered haircut so that it would become wayy lighter and manageable.

It used to be a heavy, long block of hair before

Routine

1- garnier ultra dolce shampoo

2- garnier fructis curly method conditioner (scrunched in a lot) every 3 to 4 days

3- cantu shea butter wave whip curling mousse style (also scrunched in a lot)

4- Noah curl reviving fluid with rice proteins

I scrunched and combed my hair with the conditioner in then I scrunched in every styling products with my head upside-down, making sure to saturate the hair with it. In the end I diffused it upside-down after parting it in four sections then I flipped it over

I protect it with a satin bonnet at night and I still don't di any refresh routines

I let my hair grow out when I was younger but did a modern mullet back in '24 then buzzed with #7 clippers on Sep 30th 2025. This is my natural growth and only recently trimmed bangs for myself. I have lost some density over the years and need help getting it back. I currently just use native shampoo and conditioner, wash twice. I let it air dry with no products currently. I have been all over the place in terms of products and how to style it. The first pic is from 2020 and the second pic is from tonight. Any suggestions I'm all ears. My hair goes to shit the next day post wash and the lack of humidity is new to me. So any tips for managing that as well would be appreciated. My hair also tends to go straight in some sections randomly but curls back up again. I'm currently 30. Thanks in advance!! I do not use a silk pillow case (slide too much).

My routine:
1: shampoo & conditioner: native sweet peach and nectar

2: products used: none.

3: drying method : air dried

4: additional info: I don't like silk pillow cases.

TL;DR Promising progress but I need to decide whether to cut off remaining damaged pattern in one go or keep doing it in increments.

Pic 1: My hair before the cut (that was air dried... Never again 😂)

Pic 2: The hair cut that saw the hair dresser layer and thin my hair.

Pics 3&4: I'm about 1 month away from my second actual curly cut.

Pic 5: Fluffed out look.

So, my hair is low porocity, medium thickness, reasonably dense (but not quite high density), 2c-3b (I believe).

It used to be so full and I hated it. I'd have to wash it the day before I needed it to look nice so it could frizz, then flatten while I slept.

I spoke with a normal hair dresser who decided I needed a "manageable" style. This ended up being a heavily layered and thinned bob that I couldn't really curly dry.

I left my hair for a while to grow out a bit.

I now have a curly specialist and we're working on giving it shape while the thinned layers grow out.

I was really pleased with how it turned out today, given the bottom isn't right yet.

The stylist and I are thinking we'll probably try and get my hair full thickness with face framing and have it long to reduce the frizz through weight.

My current routine:

Naughty clarifying shampoo and/or Garnea Curl Method moisturising shampoo (depending what's needed at the time).

Garnea curl method conditioner left to sit for 3-5 mins before detangling and then being fully rinsed out.

Garnea Curl Method air-dry cream (just a pea sized amount) applied to soaking wet hair, mainly the ends.

Wide tooth comb, finger combing or styling brush (depending on the look I'm going for) this was a wide tooth comb, combing roots away from the head.

Micro plop with microfiber towel.

For styling I use a combination of -

Got2B curl gel, just a pea sized amount emulsified and scrunched in (I find praying hands don't work once I microplop).

Got2B soft hold mousse (2 pumps scrunched in).

And Panten Perfect waves scrunched in.

I NEVER use all of them at once. But I mix and match them depending on how much hold I need, the weather and activities. This was the 2 Got2B products.

Diffuse drying I hover dry the roots until they're nearly dry then pixie diffuse until 80% dry then leave to air dry, scrunch the crunch and lightly fluff the roots. If needed I use olaplex oil on my hands while scrunching but only 1 drop.

If I want a frizzy look I diffuse until 100% dry making sure I've done it really tight and short then fluff it out in a stylistic way.

The question I have for you guys though is do I now cut off the remaining thinned and layered ends or is that going to make it too short and mean I'll have to battle with the frizz all over again?

I have some decent curls on the top of my head, but the back of my head is completely straight! What's going on here and how do I fix it?

I use a custom mix from Prose for shampoo and conditioner (sulfate free). Oribe Curl Gloss gel for styling and air dry after showers. For my routine, I typically wash my hair 2-3 times a week and I run my fingers through it with the conditioner on my hands to "brush" it while in the shower, but that's the only brushing I do.

I'm a pretty low maintenance person so for styling I just put some gel in my hands, flip my head upside down, and scrunch my hair (top and back). If I have the need to dress up, I will diffuse my hair, but that doesn't seem to help much with the back.

I don't wear any headbands or other hair accessories that may be flattening the hair at the back. I try to keep the hair at the back of my head short because it looks ridiculous having 2 different textures when I grow it out, but the length doesn't seem to impact the hair shape either.

i have never really had the opportunity to know how to take care of my hair, idk how to make it look nice and my curls healthy? it became worse after a blow dry i had a year ago, which destroyed my hair

my routine:
shampoo: ultra doux rice water infusion and starch
conditioner: herbal essence golden moringa oil
curl cream: shea moisture curl enhancing smoothie (coconut and hibiscus)
i occasionally use a rosemary infused olive oil as a hair mask before showering
i scrunch my hair while rinsing my conditioner off, then i apply the curl cream after.

i use a satin bonnet sometimes? not a lot

i think my hair is a 3b ish? some parts of it never curl and are just pure frizz. low porosity coarse hair with a rough finish
3 first pics are the before and the rest is the after the blow dry
i desperately need help with this hair
i genuinely im very sad because i never really knew what to do about my hair, i can embrace less definition but i just want my hair to be healthy and nice

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Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/curlyhair/comments/1wetsth/what_is_this_haircut_called_any_advice_on_how_to/

Since I asked for help on here, I thought I'd update how it turned out, and also share the experience in case anyone else was interested.

After a lot of digging (some of you made it sound fairly easy to find videos but I kinda struggled), I found some videos that cut a "curly mullet" - "wolfette" - "curly haircut with layers and disconnect", under which people were (often viciously) commenting on the competence of the hairstylists. To each their own I guess

Then, I found some even harder to find other videos that showed specifically how they cut my hair texture.

What I learned was a little infuriating tbh, because it seems to me that the structure of the haircut, whether the hair be curly, wavy or even straight is often the exact same. So I feel like the leap from cutting straight hair to curly hair — as long as you take into account and are willing to learn the specifics of curly hair like shrinkage — is really not that big. To me, everything looked technical and difficult, but I feel like professionals could manage it fairly easily.

Curly hair even seems more forgiving at times, since in multiple videos, they mentioned that there is less need to keep an intense and consistent tension and supremely neat cutting line, since the point is more to keep the curls bouncy and flowy, with some movement throughout the haircut.

Anyway, I went in armed with a lot of time, the idiot's confidence, my three-way mirror and some nice cutting shears, and well. I had honestly little idea what I was doing, but I took my time, didn't panic, and tried to be conservative with the amount I cut.

I also bleached the underside twice on the same day, felt like it didn't show enough, so bleached a little more hair the next week, and voilà.

Obviously not a professional result, but I absolutely love it, everyone else loves it, and I feel like myself for the first time since childhood. Can't wait to see how it all grows out.

Routine: same as previous post for the non bleached parts, so I will post the one for the bleached hair that turned high porosity.

• In the shower
  • Separate the bleached from the non bleached hair with a comb so that I am extra gentle with the bleached hair.
  • Keratin hair mask for 5 minutes: french brand Kerasoin professionnel - Masque reconstructeur spécial cheveux très abîmés enrichi en kératine
  • Shampoo with Garnier Ultra Doux avocado oil and shea butter
  • Conditioner: Bounce curl super smooth cream conditioner
  • Detangle very gently. No pulling. If there are tangles, I go in very gently with the fingers until i can use the brush. Then I put the bleached hair back into clips and deal with the rest of the hair.
• Once out of the shower: LOC method
  • Reapply water with conditioner (Authentic beauty concept hydrate conditioner)
  • SHITTON OF OIL. This hair is a sponge I cannot even believe how fast all the product disappears. I use 1. Avocado Oil (goes to the core of the hair), 2. Shea butter (outer layers of the hair), 3. Castor oil (coat on top to seal in the moisture.) All from Aromazone. I apply them one after the other and not all at once.
  • Kurl potion superfood milk (additional available moisture and oil so whatever the hair needs, it can absorb)
  • Gel: Authentic beauty concept hydrate curl enhancer

3-4 days later it's already dry again (with no buildup), so I rewet it, reapply the Kurl potion superfood milk, and then a little oil. I think I will wash it like the rest, once every two weeks.

Edit: moved a parenthesis + wording