A wavy hair blog sharing tips and tricks for embracing naturally wavy hair.
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You’ve used gel or mousse after a shower and have let your hair dry. You have a great, hard cast over your hair. Everything seems to be going well until you try to break the cast. You squeeze, you scrunch, and your hair stays crunchy. You scrunch some more, and maybe it gets a little softer, but mostly? It’s still crunchy.
Fear not, there are a few more things you can try to get this cast out of your hair!
Whether you’ve always known that you have naturally wavy hair, or whether you spent most of your life thinking it was straight and have just found out…you may find great value in joining a wavy hair community.
For many of us who are choosing to embrace our naturally wavy hair, it becomes more of a hobby than just part of our beauty or hygiene routine.
When I thought my hair was straight, I spent little time on it, and little time thinking about it. Once I started the curly girl method, I found myself thinking about my hair everyday and giving it more of my time (And money!).
The thing is, I don’t have anyone close to me with naturally wavy hair who follows the curly girl method. I know some people with curly hair, but they aren’t into the curly girl method. Their hair is more of just a hygiene thing for them.
So, I found myself thinking about my hair all the time, googling all I could about wavy hair, and I had nobody to talk to about it! If you feel the same way, here are some places where you can join wavy hair communities!
More details about each below!
Do you have straight hair that is wavy on the ends? Or maybe straight hair that is curly at the ends? It’s common to wonder why just the ends of your hair are wavy! There are multiple possibilities!
If your hair is only wavy at the ends is likely because you are treating it more like straight hair. Wavy hair is often delicate and requires special care to maintain its pattern. Brushing your hair, using heavy products, or not using the right products can all flatten the top section of wavy hair.
If you aren’t doing anything “special” to take care of your hair, and it’s wavy only at the ends, the reason is probably because you’re caring for your hair as if it’s straight, when it’s naturally wavy. If you just wash and condition your hair, brush it and go – that’s treating it like straight hair.
That type of treatment will often cause wavy hair to be fairly straight, but often with upturned ends. It’s surprisingly common for people with naturally wavy hair to have no idea that it’s wavy because if they treat it like it’s straight, it often looks pretty straight.
If you’re happy with your hair, that’s perfectly fine. If you’d like to see if you have naturally wavy hair, you can try treating it more like curly hair and see what results you get. If your hair waves or curls at the ends when you’ve been caring for it like straight hair, I almost guarantee it will have more waves higher up your strands if you treat it more like curly hair.
To test if your hair is naturally wavy, check out my blog post how to find out if your hair is naturally wavy. It will give you a step by step instructions for how to find out if your hair is straight or wavy. It doesn’t involve starting the full curly girl method or buying new products.
Not convinced your hair is actually wavy? Check out my post Wavy Hair Before And After The Curly Girl Method to see my hair transformation. It goes over several signs that straight hair may actually be wavy.
If you are already treating your hair as wavy, here are reasons why it might only be wavy at the ends.
Throughout most of life, the top complaint I’ve had about my hair has been “My hair is so poofy!”. My boyfriend has straight hair, but when his hair reaches a certain length it gets poofy for a week or so until it gets just long enough to lay flat. He’s always called it ‘fluffy’ instead of poofy. Whichever word you prefer, this post is for you if you want to know how to make your wavy hair less poofy or fluffy.
Making wavy hair less poofy is all about letting your waves stay defined in “curl clumps”. Use gel or mousse to define your clumps, and avoid using a brush or comb to keep it from getting poofy.
That’s the quick and easy answer. When I was new, I needed a lot more information so let’s dig a lot deeper!