Dealing with curly, Hispanic hair?

Question

I have pretty curly hair. I am mixed, and my hair is extremely frizzy and almost Afro-like in the first 3" on the crown on my head, and on the under layer of my hair. I want to make my curls tighter, less frizzy, and more defined without making them crunchy or weighed down. Any ideas?

Answer 1

- 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 (sodium laureth sulfate, sodum lauryl sulfate, ammonium laureth sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, etc.). 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 evenly distributed everywhere in your hair. If you use too much you can always scrunch out the crunchy texture later.
- Use paper towels or an old t-shirt to gently scrunch some of the water out (generic towels can make hair frizz). You can either let your hair air dry or wait ten minutes and then use a blowdryer with a diffuser. Dry until your hair is almost dry, and then let air dry the last bit. 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) or Activate Hydrating Conditioner (drugstore). 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 or Body Envy Gel, but there are more conditioners, gels, etc. on the websites. The products I recommended are my personal favorites and contain no silicones or drying alcohols.
- Your hair may seem worse at first, but it is just adjusting. This may take a couple weeks to begin working. Before you decide to quit shampoo, do a final cleanse with shampoo and stop the use of any products with silicones in them. Hope this helps!

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Answer 2

if you have frizzy hair, but want curly hair, try this:
use Denise McAdams hair serum shampoo stuff, or Nicky Clarke. you have to wash your hair in warm water, not hot because heat activates certain hormones and your hair will be lifeless and limp.
dont brush your hair when it's dry; only when its wet, that will help to get proper curls. dont use a hair dryer cuz that will just dry your hair out and make it REAL frizzy!
hope this helps! phants x x x

Answer 3

I have curly hair also! and it type of feels to get all poofy after 2 hours too! , what i exploit to do is positioned in hassle-free words gel yet understand i exploit the organic essences series hairspray or aussie hairspray which suits applicable i also imagine you should apply vast alluring hair hairspray it really is bought at marshalls for decrease than $7. also, pass on youtube and positioned the thanks to scrunch hair and %. on the first video and she or he tells you ideas to do it. desire i helped;]

Answer 4

maybe you could buy a diffuser & you should also try garnier frutis products for curly hair and also john frieda prducts for frizzy hair they sell this serum that you put in your hair when its wet to make it less frizzy,im mexican 2 and i have curly wavy,kinda frizzy hair and i use john frida products for straight hair & then i use a hair straightner i also use garnier frutis products for straight & curly hair they both work really great.hope this helped

Answer 5

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