Curly Hair Care Tips and Advice

Seeking insights that make living with curly hair bearable? Then this is the right place. So let’s talk curls.

For one, curly hair needs to have layering of some sort in order to eliminate weight and help boost overall volume. Doing so will help it be both better behaved and easier to maintain.

Styling products are most often best applied when your strands are damp. Working in the conditioner using a wide tooth comb. But once it’s dry leave it alone. That’s right, keep your hands away from your hair. If it helps just remember FOCF. Fiddling Only Creates Frizz!

Curls verses Frizz Defined: Loosely speaking 10 strands of hair in harmony results in a curl. 10 going in 10 directions is frizz.

Here’s a smart move. You’re better off showing not telling when trying to convey to your stylist what haircut you desire. It’s the ole “a photo is worth 1000 words” kind of thing, you know? I’m sure you realize this yet many cheerfully ignore this bit of advice.

Generally it is better to have your curls cut when they are dry. That way the stylist can see how they stack up, so to speak, and can cut appropriately. However if cut when wet you risk having too much cut off – because as you know as curls dry they shrink.

Ever tried shoulder length locks? This length flatters all face shapes and works with curly hair because curls need length to stay in control. Just be careful if you go shorter than that or you risk poofiness. The only exception might be a curly bob?

Then just like cats crave catnip your curly locks crave moisture. That’s due in part to the fact curly hair is dry to begin with so it needs to be kept as moist as you possibly can. Which means don’t chintz on the moisturizing conditioners and so forth.

I’ve never smart to brush curly hair.

Also girls with curls are better off if they shampoo less. To revive your second day hair simply spritz a mist of water on it. This should help the curls spring back to life. Of course shampooing less does not mean conditioning less.

Curly hair care really comes down to controlled chaos in may ways, doesn’t it? Sure curls like to have fun and all. You just want that to happen I a predictable fashion. Hopefully this list of curly hair care tips and advice will let you do so with less fear and less stress.