What do I do with my curly hair?!?

My hair is very curly; if I leave it as it is naturally, it is in tight, tiny little ringlets. My main problem: the poof! It's frizzy and out of control, and I have no clue what to do with it. I'd love to leave it curly, but I don't know of any styles that will look really good and that I will feel comfortable with. My hair is brown and goes just a little bit past my shoulders (I can't cut it too much shorter, I need to be able to get it into a bun for ballet every night), any ideas?

What do I do with my curly hair?!?

- Read the book and visit the sites below about curly hair. I did and my once horrible curly hair is now virtually frizz-free ringlets. Now I get compliments on my hair all the time! Straighten your hair- be happy for a day, learn to manage your curly hair- be happy for life!

- To style your hair using the curly-girl method you will need gel, a leave in cream, and conditioner at the minimum. Some less useful, but still nice stuff would be a blowdryer, a diffuser (reduces frizz in curly/wavy hair when used with dryer), and a microfiber hair turban (to dry wet hair while sleeping or in the morning).

-The main philosophy of the curly-girl method is to not use shampoo. This may sound unhygenic but it has actually made my hair less oily and dandruffy. Most shampoos contain some of the same chemicals found in laundry detergent (aka sodium laureth sulfate or anything close to that). They dry out curly hair. Also you shouldn't brush your curly hair dry because it damages the hair and makes it poof.

- Massaging of the scalp with conditioner to remove dirt is all that is needed. It will clean everything but super clingy silicones (cyclopentasiloxane and dimethicone are examples). Then rinse and spread conditioner on the outside layer of hair and the hair at the nape of your neck. Gently comb tangles out with your fingers or a wide toothed comb and rinse with cold/cool water.

- Do not brush/comb your hair after this point because it wil disturb the curl pattern (make sure you already have a part). It is also important to use gel on sopping wet hair and scrunch the hair with your fingers. Make sure gel is distributed everywhere in your hair. If you use too much you can always scrunch out the cruchy texture later.

- Use paper towels or an old t-shirt to gently scrunch some of the water out (generic towels can make hair frizz). Then let your hair air dry or wait ten minutes and then use a blowdryer with a diffuser. Do not touch the hair while it is air drying or it will frizz!

- Use a moisturizing conditioner, such as Desert Essence Organics Italian Red Grape Conditioner (found at health food/organic stores). The combo of products that I use daily is L'Oreal Out of Bed Weightless Texturizer (comes in a black-colored tub) and then Herbal Essences Totally Twisted Gel but there are more conditioners, gels, etc. on the websites.

- Your hair may seem worse at first, but it is just adjusting. This takes 2 to 4 weeks begin working.This is hard to do if you don't read the book, or at least visit the websites. Naturally curly hair can be beautiful! Hope this helps!

based on the book-

www ylcf org/gotcurl/

book-

Curly girl by Loirane Massey

curly forum, shopping, and info.-

www naturallycurly com/

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What do I do with my curly hair?!?

Thank you soooo much for the advice! I got the book and have gone for a whole week without straightening (or shampooing!) my hair at all! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Definitely the best answer. :D Report It

What do I do with my curly hair?!?

add sum gel into it when you come out of the shower towel dry it then add some gel for curly hair it looks great and it gives it a shine

What do I do with my curly hair?!?

Well you can get a chi iron at Wal Mart and use it every morning.

What do I do with my curly hair?!?

Use Herbal Essence "Totally Twisted shampoo and conditioner" Then use the Totally twisted cream to lessen the frizz! Theres always the idea of straightening it!!!