Curly Hair Help!!

Dec 21, 2014

Arlette G.

Girls I need help with my curly hair.
those who have curly hair know the struggle that sometimes our hair can be really dry. what products can I use that will help me keep my curls and not have dry freeze hair?

Dec 21, 2014

Candy M.

For anti freeze, it is the its a 10 leaving conditioner.

Dec 21, 2014

Candy M.

But for the curls, I think you should search a curl cream or something.

Dec 21, 2014

Hannah K.

Okay, frizzyness can be easily kept at bay by two types of products: deep conditioners/masks and post-shower styling creams.

I Have tried a whole bunch of hair masks and deep conditioners, so here are my reviews on them:
1. My ultimate favorite right now is the L'oreal Power Moisture Mask. It's not expensive, and it's sulfate and sodium chloride free. It's super light, kind of a jelly like texture that melts into your hair, and when you rinse it out your hair doesn't feel heavy or greasy, just hydrated. This is the blue one. I really, truly love it.
2. Aussie 3 Minute Miracle, which I leave on for a lot longer than 3 minutes. It's really nice, also cheap, smells lovely, and hydrates your hair. It's pretty light, but make sure you rinse it all out or your hair will be a grease pit.
3. Macadamia Deep Repair Masque. This was my favorite for a while, until I found the L'oreal one. After that, I find this to be a little too heavy for my hair. I have to be really careful with this one, otherwise my hair gets greasy the same day. If I rinse well enough, my hair feels super clean and hydrated, but there's a thin line between greasy and too dry if you rinse too much, so this mask can be tricky.
4. Keratin Complex Vanilla Bean Deep Conditioner (also used as a hair mask) it's awesome. It smells like vanilla and hydrates your hair flawlessly. It's also color protective, which is part of why I love it so much. It's not heavy, so if you leave it in for a while it's not going to weigh down your hair, but it is a bit more expensive than others.
5. Organix Renewing Argan mask. It's also a bit on the heavy side, because it's oil based, but it seems to work fine so far. Also color safe, and also $6. It's a pretty good find :)
6. L'oreal Total Repair 5 hair mask. It's like $6, has a super smooth consistency and hydrates hair really well. You do have to rinse pretty well, or your hair gets greasy quickly, but after you rinse, you can add a tiny bit to the ends of your hair and it will work really well.
7. Alterna Bamboo UV+ masque. It's awesome. It smells really light and nice, it's safe for colored hair and it's super lightweight so you don't have to worry about rinsing everything out incredibly well. I also find it super smoothing, I like this a lot.
8. Garnier Damage Erase Butter. It's thick, really thick, actually, but it's pretty great. I like how easy it is to work with, it really moisturizes hair and prevents it from feeling super dry and frizzy. It's pretty good for $5
9. It's A 10 Miracle Hair Mask. It's decent, I like the packaging on it a lot, and the product itself is nice enough. It feels like my hair is hydrated and it works through really easily and gets rid of any tangles I have.

Those are just my opinions and what has worked for me.

As for leave in creams...my personal favorite is the Alterna Caviar CC cream, it's wonderful and it works to leave your hair super smooth and shiny without making it greasy or weighing it down. Other good options are the Living Proof Perfect Hair Day and the DevaCurl Curl Creme. All will help keep your hair smooth without detracting from the curl or weighing your hair down. Hope this helps :)

I used to have amazingly frizzy hair, and now that I've found products that work my hair is pretty easy to control and absolutely never frizzy.

Dec 21, 2014

Alexandra C.

I use anti-frizz creme then suave spraying gel and suave mousse and brush your hair in the shower with conditioner.

Dec 21, 2014

Hannah K.

Not to be rude, but you should absolutely never brush your hair in the shower. Your hair is weakest when wet and if you brush it when it's wet it will break and give you horrible split ends. I recommend finger coming your hair in the shower with a hair mask on, that will help detangle your hair.

Dec 21, 2014

Jack B.

For a mask I like the ion repair mask, can buy at Sally's in a red and white packet for like $0.99. A DIY option is coconut oil, avocado and banana blended to a conditioner-like consistency. For products I don't rinse my conditioner out 100%, scrunch dry with an old t-shirt instead of a fluffy towel (using something smooth to dry will avoid ruffling the cuticle and creating frizz), then a leave-in conditioner and a Garnier spray-in gel. The gel dries around your hair and physically holds frizz in place. Then when hair is totally dry you can scrunch to break the gel cast and wind up with soft, frizz-free curls.

Dec 21, 2014

Hannah K.

Combing* apologies for the typo.

Dec 21, 2014

Kenna H.

Not to be rude either but I have always brushed my hair in the shower and have never had problems. But you probably know better than me because you are a moderator.

Dec 21, 2014

Hannah K.

It's definitely always happened to me. Every hairdresser I've had has also 100% cautioned against doing this. I think you're very lucky if you've never had problems doing so, that's great, but I really, really do not recommend it :)

Dec 22, 2014

Winnie B.

I agree with Jack about not washing all of your conditioner out. I am glad I was told this sooner than later! I'm part of the group that co washes and detangles with a brush in the shower, and this is because when my hair dry and long I can't get anything through it and then end up ripping and pulling ten times more than I would with my co wash.

I would totally recommend the Marc Anthony curl creme to keep those bouncy curls. I also seal with the deva curl ultra hair gel. :) good luck!!

Dec 22, 2014

Hannah K.

I will admit that I have never tried the wet brush since I'm terrified of destroying my hair more, as it's already bleached, dyed and styled to high heaven =)

Dec 22, 2014

Arlette G.

Thank you so much girls every opinion help and I can't wait to try these out!!(:

Dec 22, 2014

Alexandra C.

@Hannah w. it doesn't damage my hair and I brush with conditioner my hair hair gets really really tangled. finger combing doesn't work for me.

Dec 22, 2014

Alexandra C.

I cut my hair maybe once a year or less. I rarley use heat on my hair so don't often get split ends.

Dec 22, 2014

Jack B.

Curly hair (specifically super-curly hair, not so much wavy hair) is better to comb (fingers, wet brush or a wide-toothed comb) while wet and loaded with a detangling conditioner. Curly hair should really never be brushed - it's too rough on the complicated tangles and matting it can experience and totally destroys the curl pattern leading to an extra frizzy, puffed out look. That's the advice I follow and have gotten from "The Curly Girl Method" (written by the founder of DevaCurl) and stylists at Ouidad Salon.

Dec 22, 2014

Jack B.

Since hair is more delicate when wet you need to be extra gentle while combing, splitting hair into sections and starting at the ends and working your way up.