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Under $20 Simple Wavy Girl Method Starter Routine From Walmart

November 28, 2020 by Emily Evert 19 Comments

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I’ve received a couple of emails asking me to share a starter routine. I considered sharing my own wavy girl method routine, and probably still will eventually. However, I know that this blog has been getting a lot of people who are brand new to the curly girl method and/or brand new to embracing their naturally wavy hair.

The method I currently use is not how I would recommend most others start out because it’s customized to my exact hair type. If you are more interested in my specific routine, you can see my drugstore CGM wavy hair routine in that blog post by clicking the link.

I thought I’d share an affordable, super simple starter routine that is more likely to work for most people than my specific routine is. I did use this routine n myself to show you guys that it does work for me. Here is my results from the routine that I share in this post:

How to Care for Gray, Silver, or White Wavy Hair

May 26, 2023 by Emily Evert 2 Comments

This is a guest post from Angela Norman.

If you have wavy hair that’s gray, silver, or white in color, you may be clueless as to the best ways to care for it. Having naturally wavy hair is enough to know that you need to be specific in your routine, but when you have hair embracing aging gracefully, learning to love and care for your gray, silver, or white strands can lead to making some changes.

Naturally wavy hair can require some extra steps within your hair care routine, but when it’s light in color due to aging or going blonde, some other hair products can help. Regular trims are essential for all hair types since no product can help split ends once they begin to occur.

Maybe your waves are starting to go gray, or as a natural blonde, you’re beginning to notice the lighter white and silver-colored strands. Or maybe you long for that bleached-white look, so you’re working with a hair care professional at the salon to dye and color your hair.

Of course, you still have to take care of your wavy light color at home since you can’t afford to go to the salon that often. Let’s dive into some commonly asked questions on caring for your gray/silver/white hair.

How to care for your naturally wavy hair?

Caring For Dry Wavy Hair

August 26, 2023 by Emily Evert 2 Comments

Signs That Your Hair Is Dry

Lacks shine
Feels rough
Looks its best right after it dries from a shower, gets frizzier and duller as time goes on.
Is really long because the ends may get dry due to oil not traveling all the way down your hair.
Is frizzy (dry hair will be frizzy, but frizz can be caused by many other things as well! See my post on frizzy wavy hair for more info)
Your facial skin or skin in general is dry. While we don’t always think of our hair as just part of our skin, it is – and if your skin produces less oil your hair will be more dry.
Tangles a lot. Dry hair is just one of many causes of tangling, but it is one potential sign. Check out my post on wavy hair tangles for more info.

What Causes Dry Hair?

How To Plop Your Wavy Hair – Step By Step Guide With Photos

November 24, 2020 by Emily Evert 33 Comments

“What does ‘plop’ mean?”

This was my first-ever comment on this blog. I immediately thought, oh my gosh, I have to do a post about that! It’s a strange term, and something that I am sure literally every person with wavy or curly hair has asked before, if they have come across it.

It’s a made-up word, so of course we all have to learn what it means. I just am so used to the curly girl method communities that I take part in, that I had to be reminded to go back to the basics!

So, this post is for those of you who are new and wondering what the heck plopping is!

What is plopping hair?

Plopping your hair means to wrap your wet hair in a cotton t-shirt in a way that preserves your natural curl pattern. The goal is to allow your hair to dry (partially or all the way) while holding onto its natural pattern, and keep it from being stretched out.

Typically plopping is done after showering when hair is wet. For many with naturally wavy hair, our hair will be really wavy while in the shower. However, if we just step out of the shower and do nothing else, our waves may flatten quite a bit, especially towards the roots of our hair.

In some cases, it may flatten so much that it looks straight – especially if we brush or comb our hair, too. This happens because the weight of the water in our hair can weigh down our hair before it has a chance to dry. The weight of our hair pulls from the roots down, which is why the roots can be flattest.

So, plopping is something that we do to try to reduce this effect, and keep our curl pattern from being stretched out while it begins to dry.

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