So I came across an article in Allure Magazine this week the
title is Curls Gone Wild written my Lexi Novak . She gives us the 10 commandments
of Curly hair. I have natural curly hair
and I the girl that straighten her hair all the time because I don’t like my
curly frizzy hair, for the past year and half I’ve hated my curls so much I
been doing a couple Smoothing Treatments the first was Thermafuse amino fusion
smoothing treatment, and Bio ionic agave smoothing treatment that I don’t at
the salon. I now also wear my hair shorter than before. So as my hair is
growing out I am departing on going all natural and bring out my curls or keep
on doing the treatment... But then I came across this article so maybe I’ll try
this for a while. This is a breakdown of the 10 Commandments of
curly hair.
1 Wash your hair less-or
not at all .(her words not mine) The best way to wash curly hair is with
100% sulfate-free shampoo this kind of shampoo is always good for your hair
shampoos the have sulfates strips your hair as it cleans in that is why it lather
. It also strips your hair color. The article also says to wash your hair with
Conditioner witch is called Co-washing umm
something new... Another thing that I think that would work is Dry shampoo.
TiGi has an awesome Dry shampoo that I use, since I have dark hair I like this
one because it doesn’t get dusty looking in my hair. Ill post a picture of it below
2 Condition, condition
and Condition. This helps keep the curls moisturized. The curlier the hair the
longer it for natural oils to travel from the scalp to the ends. That why your
hair looks dry at the ends.
3. Style your hair when it’s sopping wet. Hands off your bath towel.
4 Limit Alcohols. (jeje)
Styling Products with high alcohol in them sucks out the moisture
in your hair and can cause split ends
5. Leave it alone. The more you manhandle your curls
the more you ruffle the cuticle and it creates Frizz. In the article it says
use a microfiber towel to dry your hair and blot.
6. Don’t blow dry
without a diffuser.
I did go to sally and this week they have a universal Diffuser for 12 buck
and it collapses for easy storage.
7. Throw out your
brush. Wide
tooth combs are awesome
8. Always get a dry
cut.. Ok as
a stylist I can go both ways with is. I
cut a lot of my curly hair clients wet because I am using a razor and if you
cut your hair dry with a razor it will Explode your cuticle no good .
9. Take down the
heat. This is
good for ALL hair types
10. Switch to a silk
pillowcase. The article
says that cotton soaks up the moisture in your hair causing it to frizz.