Wavy hair techniques Archives

Caring For Dry Wavy Hair

August 26, 2023 by Emily Evert Leave a Comment

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 Care For Thin Low Density Wavy Hair

March 24, 2023 by Emily Evert 3 Comments

What Is Low-Density Wavy Hair?

Hair density refers to how many hairs you have. Someone with low density hair would have fewer hairs per square inch of scalp than someone with medium or high density hair.

What’s The Difference Between Thin Wavy Hair and Fine Wavy Hair?

People often confuse thin hair, fine hair, and low-density hair! Thin hair and low-density hair mean the same thing. So thin hair means someone who has a lower amount of hairs across their scalp than “average”. Where fine wavy hair means that the individual hair strands are not as thick as ‘average’.

How To Tell If You Have Low-Density Hair

Hair density is primarily determined by analyzing how much of your scalp you can see. People with high-density hair can see very little of their scalp even when their hair is wet. People with low-density hair tend to have a wider/more visible part and can see more scalp when their hair is wet.

Another way to estimate your hair density is to look at your ponytail circumference. I have a blog post that goes into detail about how to determine your wavy hair type which covers density.

How Common is Low-Density or Thin Wavy Hair?

Cowashing Wavy Hair

January 21, 2023 by Emily Evert 3 Comments

What is Cowashing?

Cowashing is using a regular conditioner or a specifically formulated “cleansing conditioner” or “cowash” to wash your scalp and hair instead of shampoo.

Can Cowashing Effectively Clean Your Hair?

Parting Wavy Hair & Cowlicks

November 19, 2022 by Emily Evert 1 Comment

If you used have straight hair but it became wavy with age, or maybe it was always wavy but you used to treat it like straight hair…you may find yourself confused about how and when to part your hair when styling it wavy.

With straight hair, you can part it whenever you want to, really. Many with straight hair find it easier to part it after it’s dry. With wavy hair, people usually use styling products and that locks in our style before it dries. As a result, parting your hair after it is dry is less effective. So when do you part it? You have a few options!

When To Part Wavy Hair On The Curly Girl Method

There are two main options for when to part your wavy hair. You can part your hair in the shower when you have conditioner in or after rinsing the conditioner out but before scrunching (or whatever else you do to assist with curl clump formation). This way, your part will exist before your curl clumps form which should ensure that your clumps don’t disrupt your part. This requires parting your hair in the shower though, which some may not find ideal.

If you prefer to part your hair when you aren’t in the shower, you can create (or “fix”) your part directly after getting out of the shower, or near the end of your styling routine. The downside of this method is you may have to separate some curl clumps while creating or ‘fixing’ your part.

Personally, I think you’re likely to get the cleanest part if you part your hair before working to form your curl clumps. However, I personally often forget to intentionally part my hair! My hair usually falls in roughly the same part if I don’t do anything. So the habit I’ve formed is to check my part after plopping but before adding my products and diffusing. Sometimes my hair has started to “set” in a bad part and I’ll rewet my hair and fix it. Most of the time, I just flip a curl clump or two and that’s it. I’m okay with having a “natural” part rather than a really intentional one with wavy hair…but that’s just me.