Step 3 – Styling
Your goal is to get your hair to clump, so once you are out of the shower washed and conditioned, add your leave in conditioner*, oil and your styler.
Use your hands to rake the product in and a denman brush* to help your curls to clump.
Your leave in conditioner* should be water based and if you need the protein make sure you have some protein high up on the ingredient list for added strength.
Be very heavy handed with your leave in and use the styler as needed. If you like a little oil in your hair use the oil after your leave in conditioner but before your styler.
Air dry your hair for 30 minutes and then use a diffuser* to get your roots dry and your hair bigger. Then go in with a pick to get the hair even bigger if that is what you want.
Step 4 Night time routine
Some women, like my cousin, have trouble with pineappleing because the hair gets stuck in the pineapple position the next morning. The most important thing for all curly girls is keeping the hair covered so that it doesn’t dry out. If you do not want to pineapple then just cover the hair and go to sleep.
If your hair stretches easily and you want your curls to wake up in the morning then you need to use a little spritz in the morning to get your hair back to its curly state. Your spritz can be a leave in conditioner, aloe vera juice* with water or conditioner diluted with a little water.
Things to think about
To maintain moisture in color treated hair or curly hair period will require a little help using water based products often. Do not think you can set it an forget it for days at a time especially if your hair is porous. Once you start doing your routine it will get easier.
Figure out your staple products, the stuff your hair absolutely loves. Once you have that down you will be fine and things will get much easier for you.
Check out Jade from lipstick and curls as she demonstrates her curly hair styling routine:
Lynn Gause says
She’s Rocking this look she’s so Beautiful ⚘⚘