Curly Hair Chat 👩‍🦱

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I'm hoping it looks like the second picture because that's what I asked for! It's quite short.

Mine's been chopped today and it was blow dried fairly straight!
I await to see what tomorrow brings.

It's difficult to photograph the back of your head, when I tried I managed to get a picture of the conservatory blinds 🤔

Lovely, Jaxjacky 🙂

Oh, that’s lovely Jacky

This

Mine 2a, I wide comb it in the shower with the conditioner in, (usually Garnier), towel off so it’s not dripping, then leave it. It’s rarely combed, unless by my fingers.

Sunbar your’s sounds similar to mine in texture.
I don’t get on with gel and am prone to fluff

Strongcoffee12

FannyCornforth small world! We might even know each other in RL

I know very few people in the real world! I’m practically a hermit.

Unless you work in a school it’s very unlikely!

I’m in Littleover.

I wondered if anyone at Sally Montague can do curly cuts.
They have a new salon in the village

Thank you Fanny. I noticed I wrote "African-American" and then wondered about that and have now learned that in UK it's "Afro-Caribbean"! Anyway someone mentioned Cantu products an I have found those and Shea Moisture to be the best so far for fine weightless (like when I have a messy bun and take out the elastic, the hair stays up there and doesn't fall down!) curlies. Plus you have to use a LOT! Gels just dry mine out. (and diffuser would just make me fluffy)

FannyCornforth small world! We might even know each other in RL

Sorry: Keratin by TRESemme

I use mouse for curls, Kirtin shampoo & cond. I leave mine to dry naturally in the warm months, curl the bottom bit for the sea wave look, once dry I use Argan oil and fluff/rough it up, then a little Kirtin hair spray, I sometimes straighten the fringe bit with straightening iron. In the winter I use a diffuser, but I feel it dries out the hair. I moved about 17mnths ago and although the saloon is lovely, I've yet to have a good cut for curly hair, so may key in 'hairdresser for curly hair' as mentioned up stream.

Sunbar I love your post! Your hair sounds amazing

Strongcoffee I’m in Derby.
Please let me know how you get on 😊

Hi there. Little late to the party but I had a really busy day yesterday. I am a major curly person. I suffered greatly in the 60s when I was in high school. Right now I'm part human part French poodle. I let my hair grow out, no more coloring it's all white and I really do like it. It took me forever to figure out what is right for my particular kind of hair which is kind of like walking to a spider web. It is fine. The weightless, it gets stuck on my lips and it tickles my face and pokes me in the eye. Sometimes I don't know if I should go to a hairdresser or groomer. I do need products that weigh down my hair. I recently found them in the aisle where they sell African American hair products. They work the best for me. Seldom wash my whole head I usually just put a little bit of purple shampoo in my hand and I scrub my roots and my scalp and then I rinse it out. I have Not combed it or brushed it in years. Once again, as a lot of people had mentioned, it all depends on the type of curls you have. There are a couple of websites that can help you with this.

Some years ago I was getting keratin treatments, and I was quite enamored with what it was like to have poker straight hair. I loved my haircuts I loved this straight hair that looked the same in the morning as it did when I went to bed at night. Keratin treatments are expensive and straight hair is just not me, so I gave it up

Woe is me - after years of keeping my curly hair pixy-cut short I decided to let it grow this year. I was just getting it to a good length for a reshape so found a new hairdresser who seemed to know exactly what I wanted. Well, she nodded in all the right places. Sadly I’ve ended up with another pixi-cut with the top layer longer. It’s a mess. All my lovely curls gone so back to square one. I should have said something at the time - I was just glad to leave - but once it’s cut what can she do? I hate feeling a mess but I hate hairdressers too.

I gave up straightening my hair about 14 years ago. I used to straighten it religiously. Now when I look back of old pics of me with straight hair it looks horrible. Now I embrace the curls and just wash and go. The only thing that annoys me is that the curls don't seem to start from the roots. So I've got a flat bit at the top. We're never satisfied, are we?

I have thick natural curly hair between 2c and 3a. Didn't like it when I was young spent forever trying to straighten or cut short (think young man cut). Quite a few years ago after various issues I decided to go natural. Came across the original British Curlies forum and never looked back. It's important to clarify the hair to get rid of product build up. To find which products to avoid (no sulphates etc) and use natural shampoos and conditioner which suit your hair. Took a while but now my hair virtually looks after itself. I wash once a week at most. Use nothing but natural shampoos and conditioner. Wrap it afterwards in a cotton T (old camisole). Never use a dryer or diffuser just add a tiny bit of argan oil to my hands and scrunch it in then leave to dry. After daily shower I spray water over with a de-mister with a tiny amount of conditioner added, run fingers thru and I'm good to go. For info mine is cut in layers on top which is what my hair needs otherwise it gets too heavy. Once you find the right products and style it's easy to look after.

Pjcpjc77 I pin curl mine 😁 Every two nights, quick mist with water (if I haven't washed it), pin curl and a satin cap on top (to stop any pins falling out overnight and stabbing me in my sleep), pins out the next morning, quick shake and I'm done. Curls drop slowly over the next two days. My hair is almost at my waist so it takes me 40 minutes to pin curl but it's worth it not to have to do anything else for two days.

I am not blessed with naturally curly hair, I was as a teenager but hated it and used to iron it flat, yes I regret that now.
I have tried and been burnt physically by a myriad of heated hair curling devices on the market but my best tip is this.
I wash my hair once a week using a really good quality shampoo and conditioner. I then sit for an hour in front of a mirror putting my hair in rags, my mum used to do it to me and my sister when we were going to a special occasion.
I cut up an old cotton tee shirt into six or seven inch strips, then taking my hair in sections about 2/3 inches wide I wrap my hair around the cotton strip and then tie it in one loop through. I usually spend the rest of the day doing household jobs and by the evening take all the strips out and those curls and there's lots of them make my fine hair look awesome and easily last a week a quick comb through each morning with a brush or wife tooth comb. I can even pin it up in an amazing top knot and when I take it out at the end of the day my curls and volume still there.
My adv look on YouTube there's loads of videos and advice for curling hair and curly hair. I could if I wanted to dry my hair on the day I wash it but I generally pick a day I don't go out so it saves on electric too and we all know how much electricity a hairdryer uses!

I have thick wavy hair, which I have been keeping short the last few years after going from coloured to natural grey.

I bought a diffuser attachment for my dryer and it works well. I use John Frieda Dream Curls Styling Spray on damp hair, and some days leave it air dry, sometimes use the diffuser. I find some mousses leave hair a bit crunchy, but this spray doesn't, it just adds a bit of body and shine.

The right cut makes a huge difference though. I've got waves over my ears that will stick straight out if cut at the wrong length.

@Lizzie54 thank you. I live about 10 miles from Loughborough so I will check them out

I've tried everything on my frizzy curly hair.
I 've come to the conclusion that I'll have to live with it .
I've tried all sorts of hairstyles and products .
It's usually long and in some sort of bun or French pleat . I wash it once every three days and comb through conditioner allowing it to dry naturally .

The only person , who has been able to create any sort of successful style is my daughter .
She's not a hairdresser , but an artist .
Otherwise , I've come home in tears from the hairdressers .

It takes a very short cut well , but I feel I don't feel feminine .

It's just me .

I could always get in a Tardis and go back to the Victorian period and have ringlets - curly hair was celebrated and desired then !

I must admit that I love straight shiny hair that swishes when it moves then I recall the hours wasted as a teenager trying to achieve the Cathy McGowan look !

I had two totally bald friends and whenever I felt sorry for myself I thought how silly I was .

Mine is just a frizz if I do it myself. I've given up and go to the hairdresser every week. He smooths it with a mixture (don't know what it is) and then blow dries. Very happy with this, but I still wear a hat in humid weather.

I've taken photos to hairdressers of shortish, layered bobs then they seem to get scissor-happy and I end up with very short layers.

They then say "Oh! Your hair is so curly when it's short!

I haven't been for four months because I couldn't get a styling brush in it last time.
Definitely living up to my username 🤔

Doodledog

I haven't heard of salt spray, but might look out for it. I find that just water (with a tiny bit of product) works as a refresher, and the misting bottles are good as they don't drench the hair. would kitchen salt dissolved in the water work, or is that way off beam?

I think that it’s actually quite drying
Without sounding dismissive to the lady who suggested it, I haven’t seen it recommended on the umpteen Curly Girl sites / forums that I’m on.
I definitely wouldn’t advocate introducing actual salt onto your hair!