Curly Girls - Page 3

Babylonia · 09-30-2006, 01:22 AM

AliPies: Your black hair does suit you. I was speaking generally and I guess it's a matter of finding what suits your coloring and personality. Marilyn Monroe wouldn't have been a bombshell without going blond and Elizabeth Taylor wouldn't have been stunning if she'd changed her dark hair.

Tim'ema and Shakira: I wash my hair the same way except I use a plastic shower cap instead of a barrette.

tim'ema · 09-30-2006, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Babylonia

..... I guess it's a matter of finding what suits your coloring and personality. Marilyn Monroe wouldn't have been a bombshell without going blond and Elizabeth Taylor wouldn't have been stunning if she'd changed her dark hair..........

I noticed that once I dyed my hair from dark brown to soft black I had to completely change how I did my make-up. Doing my make-up as before with golds and chocolate browns and brown/black eyeliner...the black hair looked like a wig! I switched to warm frost and dark blue eyeshadows and blue/black eyeliner. Suddenly my black hair suited me much more.
Odd.

AT

nisha · 10-06-2006, 11:58 PM

Oh my gosh NOONE knows of the #1 curly hair saver!

REDKEN "SPIN CONTROL" LEAVE IN CONDITIONER!

green bottle,18euro about $12.

I wash my hair,sometimes condition.....
Then when soaking wet,flip my head over and scrunch in a blob of the white stuff. No drier no fuss.

Then just leave to dry naturally and voila! Perfect ringlets,curls,waves,it depends on the hair.

Theres coconut oil in it. It moisturises and defines. I have searched the land for the perfect product and redken gave it to me. also neals yard rosemary and cedarwood conditioner,amazing result.very cheap.

tim'ema · 10-07-2006, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nisha

Oh my gosh NOONE knows of the #1 curly hair saver!

REDKEN "SPIN CONTROL" LEAVE IN CONDITIONER!

green bottle,18euro about $12.
.................

OOooo! I think I've seen that around these parts! Gotta try it!
Thanks for the tip!

AT

tim'ema · 01-08-2008, 04:53 AM

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

Brea · 01-08-2008, 05:17 AM

I don't know exactly if I qualify for 'curly' but my hair is fine and very wavy/curly..it frizzes. I never dry it. I use Mark Anthony stuff for curly hair and this curl oil stuff my Iranian hairdresser suggested. However, it still has a tendency to look stupid. Like...long and draggly against my head. Rarely do I get it the way I imagine it to be; big and floofy but not like an afro. 'Sex hair' is what my friends and I call it. LOL I wish I could make it behave all the time! Even at my last show it was doing the draggly wet-noodle thing.

adiemus · 01-08-2008, 06:39 AM

huh! my hair does what it does without any thought for what I want it to do!!!
it's fine, wavy (I can persuade it to be curly with a bit of encouragement from a diffuser thingy for the blowdryer), and there is lots of it.
Like lots of you I 'had' what they call 'dark blonde' hair which is basically mouse coloured, now it's liberally peppered with grey (yuk). I colour it dark because I prefer that to 'mouse'.
I've decided I can't straighten it, so I'll just go with waves - and now I'm growing it, after inspiration from all you ladies with long hair. Wish me luck, it's been long for a ages, short for about 6 years, and now down to just past my shoulders.... I wash it once a week, no more, and condition heaps - but the kind of conditioner is important, too heavy and it will just hang but frizz if you know what I mean!!

Moon · 01-08-2008, 06:43 AM

If you want to grow healthy hair, please try not to straighten or blowdry! Just my two cents.
My hair is straight (but not stick straight) and I never understood why suddenly everyones straightens their hair. It's not good for the hair. If you comb curls instead of brushing it, they won't frizz so much. At least that's what I heard from several curly women who were growing their hair.

lizaj · 01-08-2008, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Moon

I want to grow healthy hair, please try not to straighten or blowdry! Just my two cents.
My hair is straight (but not stick straight) and I never understood why suddenly everyones straightens their hair. It's not good for the hair. If you comb curls instead of brushing it, they won't frizz so much. At least that's what I heard from several curly women who were growing their hair.

I have very curly frizzy hair. No I never brush. I wash in conditioner and use serum and mousse. If I have time I allow it to dry naturally.
I recently bought or thought I bought Curly Girls book from an American book store but they never sent it or it got lost and have never responded to my emails.

tim'ema · 01-17-2008, 06:14 AM

Yes, my hair has been long to my mid-back for most of my life. VERY baby-fine and wavy/curly...Translation: limp noodles on top end in frizz, with a light frizzy halo all over. What my new hairdresser calls "the Christmas tree" because it creates a triangular shape.

Following these little videos - awesome results! Strangely, I now have 5 products in my hair, but it looks like I have none. Learning to use them properly, I guess. Love those little vids!

I never used a dryer (it caused my hair to FRIZZ to oblivion) and used a straightening iron twice in my life (static flyaway hair and dried it out). I have since gotten my hair cut and I can follow the vids and it looks great curly, or I can straighten it and I look like Victoria Beckham (well....my HAIR does anyway! LOL!). My hairdresser has taught me how to straighten my hair without damaging it - they have great products out now that protect your hair from heat, as long as you don't do it every day.

I straighten it once a week and (as I wash my hair every second day) it last for two days.

I just can't get over how using the same products I already had tried (and considered failures) in the proper way made such a difference!!

The curls I always wanted! Of course, part of it is a good haircut. I learned that long layers allows your hair to do the Sarah Jessica Parker thing, whereas all one length just weighs you down and gives you the limp noodle thing.

Happy-happy!
AT

10-06-2006, 11:58 PM	#23 (permalink)
nisha Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CORK IRELAND Posts: 25	Redken Anyone!? Oh my gosh NOONE knows of the #1 curly hair saver! REDKEN "SPIN CONTROL" LEAVE IN CONDITIONER! green bottle,18euro about $12. I wash my hair,sometimes condition..... Then when soaking wet,flip my head over and scrunch in a blob of the white stuff. No drier no fuss. Then just leave to dry naturally and voila! Perfect ringlets,curls,waves,it depends on the hair. Theres coconut oil in it. It moisturises and defines. I have searched the land for the perfect product and redken gave it to me. also neals yard rosemary and cedarwood conditioner,amazing result.very cheap.

01-08-2008, 05:17 AM	#26 (permalink)
Brea V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,283	I don't know exactly if I qualify for 'curly' but my hair is fine and very wavy/curly..it frizzes. I never dry it. I use Mark Anthony stuff for curly hair and this curl oil stuff my Iranian hairdresser suggested. However, it still has a tendency to look stupid. Like...long and draggly against my head. Rarely do I get it the way I imagine it to be; big and floofy but not like an afro. 'Sex hair' is what my friends and I call it. LOL I wish I could make it behave all the time! Even at my last show it was doing the draggly wet-noodle thing. __________________ www.breamorgiane.com

01-08-2008, 06:39 AM	#27 (permalink)
adiemus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 977	huh! my hair does what it does without any thought for what I want it to do!!! it's fine, wavy (I can persuade it to be curly with a bit of encouragement from a diffuser thingy for the blowdryer), and there is lots of it. Like lots of you I 'had' what they call 'dark blonde' hair which is basically mouse coloured, now it's liberally peppered with grey (yuk). I colour it dark because I prefer that to 'mouse'. I've decided I can't straighten it, so I'll just go with waves - and now I'm growing it, after inspiration from all you ladies with long hair. Wish me luck, it's been long for a ages, short for about 6 years, and now down to just past my shoulders.... I wash it once a week, no more, and condition heaps - but the kind of conditioner is important, too heavy and it will just hang but frizz if you know what I mean!! __________________ He wahine, he taonga- Every woman is a treasure(Maori proverb)

01-08-2008, 06:43 AM	#28 (permalink)
Moon V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 3,642	If you want to grow healthy hair, please try not to straighten or blowdry! Just my two cents. My hair is straight (but not stick straight) and I never understood why suddenly everyones straightens their hair. It's not good for the hair. If you comb curls instead of brushing it, they won't frizz so much. At least that's what I heard from several curly women who were growing their hair. Last edited by Moon; 01-08-2008 at 11:43 AM. Reason: I can't type early in the morning :s

09-30-2006, 01:22 AM	#21 (permalink)
Babylonia Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 404	AliPies: Your black hair does suit you. I was speaking generally and I guess it's a matter of finding what suits your coloring and personality. Marilyn Monroe wouldn't have been a bombshell without going blond and Elizabeth Taylor wouldn't have been stunning if she'd changed her dark hair. Tim'ema and Shakira: I wash my hair the same way except I use a plastic shower cap instead of a barrette.

01-08-2008, 04:53 AM	#25 (permalink)
tim'ema Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Western Canada Posts: 141	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

01-17-2008, 06:14 AM	#30 (permalink)
tim'ema Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Western Canada Posts: 141	Yes, my hair has been long to my mid-back for most of my life. VERY baby-fine and wavy/curly...Translation: limp noodles on top end in frizz, with a light frizzy halo all over. What my new hairdresser calls "the Christmas tree" because it creates a triangular shape. Following these little videos - awesome results! Strangely, I now have 5 products in my hair, but it looks like I have none. Learning to use them properly, I guess. Love those little vids! I never used a dryer (it caused my hair to FRIZZ to oblivion) and used a straightening iron twice in my life (static flyaway hair and dried it out). I have since gotten my hair cut and I can follow the vids and it looks great curly, or I can straighten it and I look like Victoria Beckham (well....my HAIR does anyway! LOL!). My hairdresser has taught me how to straighten my hair without damaging it - they have great products out now that protect your hair from heat, as long as you don't do it every day. I straighten it once a week and (as I wash my hair every second day) it last for two days. I just can't get over how using the same products I already had tried (and considered failures) in the proper way made such a difference!! The curls I always wanted! Of course, part of it is a good haircut. I learned that long layers allows your hair to do the Sarah Jessica Parker thing, whereas all one length just weighs you down and gives you the limp noodle thing. Happy-happy! AT