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How To Fix Limp Wavy Curly Hair

January 28, 2022 by Emily Evert 1 Comment

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Your hair used to feel bouncy, but now it feels lifeless and even looks kinda limp, maybe stringy as well. This has happened to most people with wavy curly hair at some point. While it’s unpleasant, it’s not a huge deal, as long as you’re able to determine the cause, and learn the fix.

In this post I’m going to jump cover the various causes of limp curls, and how they can be corrected.

9 causes and 9 solutions for fixing limp wavy curly hair

What Causes Limp Waves or Curls?

Limp curls can be caused by damage, moisture-overload, product overload, water weigh-down, uneven ends, a lack of hold in your styling products, product build-up or changes in humidity. 

That’s the short answer. Of course, I’ll go more in-depth about each of these so you can determine what the cause is in your case!

Damage. If you’ve dyed, bleached or used high heat on your hair, sometimes this damages hair in a way that makes waves or curls straighter and/or less bouncy.

  • How to fix limp waves caused by damage: There are “bond rebuilding” products on the market that claim to be able to repair damage. However, from listening to a podcast on cosmetic chemistry (including hair products) they said these are not scientifically proven (despite one brand having a patent!). So according to them, we do not yet know how to truly repair hair once it has been damaged, we can only make it feel better or lookb better, not actually be better. Which makes sense,a after all, camage is the result of a chemical process occurring in the hair. You can try bond rebuilding products if you’d like, but most likely, you’ll may have to wait on your damaged hair to grow out before you’ll be able to repair your curls fully.

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Identifying Protein Hair Products

September 3, 2022 by Emily Evert 1 Comment

Once you’ve learned that your hair needs protein, it can still be confusing to figure out how to incorporate it into your routine. If you’re new, it can even be challenging to figure out which hair products have protein and which don’t! Thankfully, you don’t really need to learn every hair product ingredient out there in order to learn to detect protein-based ingredients in hair products. You can make an educated guess based on how the product is marketed.

protein hair products. How to tell if a hair product has protein in it and some of my favorite protein containing wavy hair products.

Signs That A Hair Product Has Protein

The product describes itself as…

  • Repairative
  • Strengthening
  • Fortifying
  • For bleached hair
  • For damaged hair
  • Restoring
  • Renewing
  • Reconstructing

Protein is not just for damaged hair, but damaged hair does need protein so most protein products are marketed at damaged hair. In a nutshell, protein-containing hair products will market themselves as lending strength to your hair.

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Ingredients that are protein

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Wet Frizz In Wavy Hair

March 29, 2022 by Emily Evert 4 Comments

Wet Frizz in wavy hair - causes and fixes

What Is Wet Frizz?

Wet frizz is when hair is frizzy while still wet. Rather than forming “clean” curl clumps, the curl clumps will have strings of hair sticking out. A small amount of wet frizz is normal, but having a lot of we frizz can be a sign that your har isn’t getting what it needs.

If your hair is really frizzy while wet, it will likely dry very frizzy, too. If you struggle with frizz and that frizz is present even when your hair is soaking wet, your core issue may be wet frizz rather than regular frizz.

What Causes Wet Frizz?

Wet frizz can be caused by a lack of moisture or conditioning, product build-up, having high porosity hair, flash drying or moisture overload. 

If your hair is frizzy while it’s wet, it’s usually lacking moisture and needs to be better conditioned.

In some cases, wet frizz may be caused by build-up. If your hair has significant build-up, it may disrupt your hair from clumping “nicely” in its normal way.

High porosity hair is more likely to experience wet frizz due to the raised cuticles making nearby hairs tangle rather than align together. If you’re new to the concept of hair porosity, I’d recommend checking out my blog post how to determine your wavy hair type.

For some people, moisture overload can include wet frizz. If your hair feels really soft (almost mushy?) and has lost its ‘strength’, gotten very poofy/fluffy or lost its regular definition, and your curls are looser than usual, these are signs of moisture overload and you may benefit from doing a protein treatment.

Flash drying causes wet frizz for some. Some people have hair that responds poorly to certain ingredients. If you find that your hair is soaking wet, and you apply a product and your hair instantly frizzes up while feeling like it got drier – that’s flash drying. In this case, you’ll need to learn what ingredient your hair has flash drying from and avoid that ingredient in your hair care products.

How To Correct Wet Frizz

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About Me

My name is Emily, I have been blogging since 2009. I found the curly girl method in 2018, which helped me to discover my naturally wavy hair. Since then, I’ve continued to wear my hair wavy, reading and watching tons about wavy hair. This blog is where I share what I’ve learned, in hopes of helping others. More about me and my backstory can be found on my about page.

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