Hi there!
It’s summer, which means spending days at the pool, beach or outdoors, and not wanting to spend time straightening your hair or just spending to much energy on it. Today I am sharing my curly hair journey and my easy hair routine.
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| 2 years ago. More wavy than curly, and it looked dry and damaged. |
I have natural curly hair, but my hair was more wavy than curly, maybe because I didn’t know how to manage it properly. I used to wash it every day and I started using styling gel on my hair very young, thanks to my brother, (funny story, I wanted to have straight hair and he heavily coated my hair with gel and brush it, yes, it was kind of straight and very ugly). I later went thru a face where I didn’t do anything to my hair, I will only wear it in a very tangled bun, it was not pretty, dark times, I think I was 10 at the time. If I remember correctly, it was in my first years of college that I started using conditioners or creams to style my hair.
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| Before getting a trim, no curls at the ends. |
Since last year I decided to embrace it and learn how to take care of it and make it look more curly and healthier. I started using products for curly hair, like shampoo, conditioner and hair creams. But I think what really made the difference was coconut oil. After I started using it I noticed my hair looked better, moisturized, shinny and healthier, and also it grow out a lot. I use one exclusive for hair and body, but, you can use any organic coconut oil and I am pretty sure it will do the same.
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| The Coconut Oil I have been using for almost 2 years. |
I’ll tell you what I do and how I do it.
- Apply coconut oil to hair and finger comb it. Leave it between 5-30 minutes.
- Shampoo hair, concentrating at the roots.
- Condition hair, concentrating at the ends.
- Detangle hair with a wide comb, while you still have the conditioner on.
- Hair mask (every other wash, once a week).
- Gently squeeze excess water from hair. (Do not towel dry)
- Apply hair cream and finger comb.
- Take off excess water and product with a cotton shirt and do scrunching motions to define curls.
- When the hair is dry I fluff the curls with my hands to add volume.
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| The cream I recently started using and really like. |
I only wash my hair twice a week. At nigh I do a very high, almost in my forehead not to tight, ponytail and that way the curls don’t break while I sleep. In the mornings I fluff my hair with my fingers, and if I feel like they need more definition or moisture I apply a little bit of hair cream. I usually like my hair better the second day, because is curlier and it has more volume.
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| My hair now. Curls from roots to ends. |
In this past year my curls have definitely become more define and my hair looks healthier, and even more since I got my ends trim. The trick is time and consistency.
I still haven’t find something or some way to style my hair so it doesn’t have frizz, but in the mean time I am very happy with how it looks. If you have master the no frizz look, let me know what you do in the comments below.
Never stop dreaming,
♥ Steph