Thought I would resurrect this thread as I found a couple of FANTASTIC websites for people with naturally curly hair!
NaturallyCurly.com -- Where Curls Come to Life
This is a great site with lots of resources!
But this?...THIS was it! This SAVED me!
yourhair
They have little videos that play - like YouTube - and you watch someone as, step-by-step, they go from "right out of the shower" wet hair to finished hair. You watch how they use the products, how they dry, etc. They have a different videos depending on how curly your hair is.
Now of course, they are advertising THEIR products, but I just wrote down what they said to use, then explored elsewhere on the site for the descriptions of the products and what they do.
I then went to the forest of partly used bottles of product I have in the bathroom and read their labels and came up with a suitable substitute for each product from my own "collection".
Took me three showers to get the quantities right - but WOW!
From uncontrollable frizz to soft, natural, movie-star ringlets! I have FIVE products in my hair, but you'd never know it! Bouncy, shiny and not "crunchy" or "crispy".
I recommend these little videos! Try them! I didn't spend a dime and my hair is like a different person's!
AT