Wavy Hair Care

Wavy Curly Girl Method Starter Kit From Amazon {& Routine}

December 22, 2021 by Emily Evert 2 Comments

There are affiliate links in this post.

When I started the curly girl method four years ago, I was really excited to get started. I initially thought I would order products on Amazon instead of waiting to go to the store. That is, until I looked up the products I wanted to buy on Amazon and realized they were more than twice the price that they would cost in store!

It’s common for hair care products to be overpriced online because they’re expensive to ship, due to being heavy for their size. For example, a $5 bottle for shampoo might cost $5 to ship.

Anyway. I’ve since learned that you can get good deals when shopping for wavy or curly hair products on Amazon, but you have to be selective about what you order. For example, I often recommend LA looks gel to newbies. The reason why I recommend it is because it’s a good gel at a great price, just $2 at any of the local stores in my area. On Amazon it’s $9. Similarly, I often recommend Suave daily clarifying shampoo because it’s a good clarifying shampoo and it’s just $1 for a regular bottle or $2 for a huge bottle locally. On Amazon the regular bottle is $9.45!

Anyway, I thought I’d pull together a starter wavy hair routine for those interested in starting the curly girl method and wanting to order from Amazon. I’ve specifically looked up products that are to overpriced on Amazon vs in store. These are all products that I’ve personally used and have been happy with.

Starting The Curly Girl Method With Products From Amazon

My recommendations:

Neutrogena anti-residue shampoo (for removing build-up 1-2 times per month) ($5.29 on Amazon)

Pacifica Beauty Salty Waves Texturizing shampoo and conditioner (for regular wash day use) ($17.96 for the set on Amazon). This shampoo is on the stronger side while still being curly girl approved. The conditioner has nice slip!

Garnier Pure Clean Gel ($3.42 on Amazon)

If you are just looking for the basics to get started, those four products are all you absolutely need.

Gift Ideas For Wavy Curly Girls

November 16, 2021 by Emily Evert Leave a Comment

There are affiliate links in this post.

You know someone who likes embracing their wavy hair, or who is following the curly girl method, and you want to get them a gift. What should you get?

Well, I’m here to share some ideas with you! First, a money-saving tip…

Saving Money On Wavy Hair Gifts

First, I want to share a really exciting way to save money when shopping for hair products online. If you aren’t already a Rakuten member, sign up using my link. Rakuten is a mobile app and a browser extension that gives you cashback on your purchases. Most online retailers offer 2-10% back on anything you buy online while using Rakuten. I’ve used it for years to get cashback on my purchases on all sorts of different online retailers. However, they also offer a signup bonus. They always offer at least $25 cashback when you sign up as a new member, but right now (mid Nov 2021) they’re offering $40! To qualify, you sign up with Rakuten, and make any online order that is $30 or more within the 90 days after you join. For a purchase to qualify you just have to open the app before visiting the retailer and purchasing on mobile, or activate the Rakuten chrome extension before purchasing on PC. As long as you do that within 90 days of signing up under my link, they’ll give you the cashback bonus!

Wavy Hair Gift Guide

On this blog I usually only mention products that I personally have used and love. However, for this specific blog post I thought it would be helpful to see what most people with wavy hair really would like to get as gifts. Of course, I know what I would like to receive, but I am just one person.

I turned to one of my favorite wavy hair Facebook groups (wavy girl method – the wavy method international) to poll the community. I listed some items that I thought a lot of wavies/curlies might want. I also told them that I’d love for them to add their own ideas if they wanted something that wasn’t already listed on the poll. It was set up so that people could vote for multiple items if they had more than one item on their wish list.

I’ll be honest, I was surprised by some of these results!

On Diffusing Wavy Hair: Your Questions Answered

October 30, 2021 by Emily Evert 1 Comment

I have two blog posts that cover diffusing wavy hair. There is my how to diffuse wavy hair tutorial that includes 4 different diffusing styles. Then there is my air drying vs diffusing wavy hair post that compares/contrasts those two options.

Yet, I’ve still been asked all sorts of other questions about diffusing! I realized I had even more to share with you guys about diffusing. I decided that I’d basically just do a Q and A style blog post covering different diffusing related questions that I’ve received.

Can a Diffuser Make Straight Hair Wavy?

Wavy Hair Routine For Shorter Wavy Hair or Shags

October 23, 2021 by Emily Evert 4 Comments

First, I want to say that I know my hair doesn’t seem especially short. I got a haircut a couple of months ago, and I only lost about 1-2 inches of length at the longest layer, so it doesn’t look much shorter than it used to be.

However, I got a lot of layers added in, and that has resulted in the shorter layers of my hair being much shorter than they used to be. My shorter layers are about chin length. Because of those shorter layers, I can’t style my hair the way that I used to, and get results that I feel look good. Here is a collage showing my before and after. In the back the length difference is minimal, but on the sides, where I have shorter layers, it’s fairly significant. This is because I was given a shag-style haircut.

I used the same styling techniques in the ‘before’ and ‘after’. As I think you’ll probably agree, my old styling methods did not work as well with my new, shorter haircut!

I wasn’t in love with my haircut mostly because it just wasn’t what I had in mind. You can read more about that in these two posts if you’d like:

Getting a devacut on naturally wavy hair [my experience]

Dry curl cut on wavy hair advice

Anyway! Since getting a shag-style haircut, I’ve had to change up my regular routine. I used to do a lot of methods that encouraged volume. I did almost all of the methods listed in my post 13 methods to get more volume in wavy hair, post prior to my haircut.

After getting a shag haircut and having shorter hair (at least on the sides) I no longer liked the appearance I got when using techniques that aimed for ‘all the volume’. I felt like it resulted in ‘all the poof’ more so than ‘all the volume’.

My hair is growing out more now, but I thought I’d share the routine I’ve been using for shorter wavy hair, for those who have shorter hair and/or shag haircuts, this may work better for you than my other routines from when I had longer hair.