British Curlies Forum

A red, wavy whirly adventure

2013-01-24T10:53:25Z

I thought I would start a diary to detail my attempts at having proper curls, and healthy hair. I did my last shampoo on 8th January with the Aussie Moist, followed by the gorgeous smelling Superdrug Raspberry and Macadamia conditioner. I tried the plopping, I don’t know if I did it right as I just ended up with a soggy cot sheet full of hair on my forehead, I think possible my hair is a bit heavy for this. Anyway, did the diffusing, an improvement in itself. I think just the extra TLC helps.

Since I have been having fun trying conditioners and creams. I got some Inecto Coconut Conditioner off Amazon, which smells gorgeous. Also some Naked Conditioner from Boots, which I think is a bit richer, but not really enough for all my hair. I’ve just been and bought a massive bottle of tresemme naturals from Savers, for £2.99, so will try that tomorrow.

I have been playing with my oils etc too. I made myself a concoction out of Olive Oil, Almond oil and Geranium, Jasmine and Lavender essential oils, cos they smell nice and are good for hair. I warmed it through with a bowl of hot water, bunged my towel in the dryer while I applied it, mainly to roots and ends, and then left it about 90 minutes while I did my housework. Then washed as normal, even though I was worried that my hair would be greasy as I read that you needed shampoo, the co wash did just fine. Not a huge miracle, but my hair wasn’t as dry, and seemed a bit shinier. Yesterday I had a go at making a serum, I used a mix of Aloe Vera Gel, Olive Oil, Jojoba Oil and Jasmine essential oil. It seemed to do the trick, as my hair felt a bit dry, as it often does after I use the dreaded hair dryer (roll on summer!), and it was a lot shinier afterwards. I think I may have put a bit too much on in parts, I am great at doing that, too much curl cream, too much gel, but it was ok, and felt a lot better today too.

I am trying to get to grips with curl creams and gel. I think I am probably using way too much, but I am gradually trying to reduce. It is hard when you have loads of hair, as the recommended little dollop doesn’t go far on my mop. Although I have read to use it on wet hair and brush before, I have found it easier to make my hair just wet, and then apply, and brush through. If I scrunch and leave it for a few minutes it soon clumps again. But my hair is tidier this way, as washing my hair bent over the bath, doesn’t work as well as when you brush in the shower, then it kind of stays where you put it.

Anyway waffle waffle over, I write so much. My hair will need washing, here is a photo of after I washed it in my super trendy dressing gown, then one from today, when I have just dampened a scrunched a little bite of gel in and a quick blast with the dryer. I would love some feedback on curl type etc. I think my hair is just sort of 2b, maybe 2c in parts, it curls more in summer when I can leave to dry naturally. Coarse texture and high / normal porosity, and pretty dense.

newbie diary! need advice :-)

2013-04-27T17:55:47Z

Hello! Been lurking for a while but joined now to get some help! I have highlighted hair that only had a slight wave til I hit puberty when it went mental. I have children, after each one the curl dropped for a while but then came back. But this time it hasn’t come back and seems thinner. It’s also been very dry.
I’ve been using no-cone conditioner since Xmas but had no luck with co-washing. I’ve found a few things out:
I live in a hard water area so I need EDTA in my shampoo/conditioner
My hair likes protein.
The curl has been enhanced with scrunch and pump and plopping, plus I’ve started using gel to style, but now it’s really frizzy!

So my current routine is either VO5 nourish me truly shampoo, which has keratin and EDTA but also SLS, or body shop rainforest shampoo, which leaves my hair a bit sticky (think that’s the hard water).
Then timotei pure conditioner.
Then a bit of avocado oil on the ends
Then scrunch with UG jelly
Then some plopping

The curl is better, but they are stringy, also I need a lot of gel and then it takes ages to dry ( about 6 hours and it’s only shoulder length.

So, anyone got any suggestions for:
Protein and EDTA lo poo
Leave in conditioners with no cones
Other styling products that might work?

Think my hair prior to this baby was a 3a, 3b, but now its a 2 a/b :-(
It seems quite porous and it’s fine and fly away and very affected by the weather!
If you’re reading this, thanks!

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2013-05-20T08:00:33Z

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Pantene nature fusion

2013-05-19T21:55:31Z

Hi, does anyone know if the pantene nature fusion strength and moisture conditioner is CG? I’m sending my eyes to sleep trying to search each ingredient on the tight curly directory. I have a few bottles of it in my cupboard but not used it since I started CG assuming it was bad for some reason. TIA

Have I got Botticelli curls? Do I have type 2 or 3 curls?

2013-05-19T20:53:53Z

I’ve just gone CG, so your help is really appreciated

Thankyou!

What supermarket co-washes please?

2013-05-18T23:05:46Z

Hi there, it is a long time since I’ve posted, I have just been plodding along with my sainsburys apple conditioner and frizz ease mousse with a side order of mini naked low poo when needed. However the low poo has run out, the co-wash isn’t doing as well as it did so I need a little help please.

I very very rarely go to any high street or shopping centre. I can’t afford to spend much so most online stuff is out of my price range which leaves me with whatever the supermarkets have to offer, the cheaper the better :D

I have no idea if my hair needs protein/moisture and don’t have time for anything more than a quick co-wash every day. I can’t do anything with my mop if I don’t wash it so it gets done every day, on the occasion I miss a day, the following it is so tangly it takes ages to comb through the condish in the bath.

What current products are out there in the supermarkets? I can get to Tesco, S’burys and Asda relatively easily, Morrisons is a bit further away but doable for bargains. I have an energetic toddler and reading labels to check the ingredients when I’m out is impossible so I need to know what I’m looking for before I go.

Thanks in advance x

Diary of ‘Dougal’

2013-01-03T21:32:34Z

I will start off by explaining why Dougal. My nick name was Dougal ( from the magic roundabout )! A name I had through years of marriage to my 1st husband. Needless to say I am not called it now! When I look back the 80’s Buffant certainly made me look like Dougal! Photographs I cringed at, which of course did nothing for self esteem. I ended up having my hair cut so short it was clippered to the back, just to stop the curl and look ’ normal’ In my late 30’s I decided to grow this boy style out and go blonde. Everything went very well, but my hairdresser would insist on cutting my hair wet and blunt to the edges, the same as straight hair. Constant colouring did nothing for the curl, so I either tied it back or had it straight. 2 years ago I stopped the highlights and went back to brown, but the curl was really loose and not as it had been. I even bought a curling wand!
So here we are, my hair has grown and I am no longer blonde. My hair was an unruly flat mess which I was tying back constantly, a waste of long hair.
By chance I came upon information on caring for curly hair. I thought it was too good to be true, but how wrong I was! Reading up about the CG routine I decided to give it a go. To my surprise the results were immediate. My hair started to respond relieved of all the frizz ease I had been piling on in the vain hope of controlling my hair. My hair was dry and I didn’t know it, so simply moisturising helped immensely.years of highlights had starved it of protein.
Keeping this diary I hope, will help myself with products, styling techniques and maybe just maybe help some other poor Dougal!

Finding my curls with CG - Improvement :)

2013-05-13T00:54:57Z

Hi there :)

I’m desperate to enhance my natural curl after years of blowdrying to straighten. I’ve been avoiding silicones and sulphates (as far as I know) for about 3 weeks, and though there’s an improvement in terms of how I treat my hair, I’m not really seeing the results other people get yet. I know it takes time and that my routine is not anywhere near perfect, so I’m trying to keep track of my progress here.

To start off, I think I’m a type 2c/3a with a lot of variation (definitely some 2b/3b in there), but I don’t know if that’s because of my routine or not.
I have low/medium porosity, medium strands (with some thinner and coarser ones in there), and quite long (see picture, though the angle is slightly exaggerating the length). I think I’m botticelli, but Ï find it so hard to tell due to the amount of variation plus long length of my hair dragging everything down.
I haven’t tested elasticity yet, will try to get onto that soon. I’ve never dyed my hair (the colour is off in the pictures due to the lighting), and only very rarely straightened it, but never used heat protectant with blowdrying. My hair is very dry, and I tend to get dandruff once in a while. It used to be much worse a year ago, but it occasionally resurfaces.

I had a haircut shortly before going CG, but my mother did it with kitchen scissors (ahem). I wouldn’t mind getting a proper cut to chop off quite a bit more, but I’m at uni and I don’t really know which hairdressers are any good here.

The pictures were taken a few hours after washing my hair, which was followed by plopping, air drying and then blowdrying (no diffuser — ordered one online last week) to get it dry. In-between the two I did go outside in the wind and even some slight rain. I don’t think my hair changed a lot though, it looked pretty much the same before.

I know I’m missing a lot of things in my routine, which will follow soon + product list :)

Am I the only one who thinks Trevor Sorbie Original Curl Cream is nothing like the original?!

2013-05-19T17:59:28Z

The old fashioned Trevor Sorbie Curl Cream was the only product I found that suited my hair, I stocked up on it and have just ran out!! Yes I bought a lot of it!

I have recently tried their replacement product ‘original curl cream’ but I have found its nothing like the old product. Does anyone else think this?

I’m now back to having a frizzy mop as cannot find a product that suits my fine, frizzy, wavy hair. My hair also breaks easy and any sign of moisture in the air sends it into an even bigger frizz. I have spent a fortune on trying to find a replacement product!
I have tried the CG method but it doesn’t suit my hair.

Any advices please? Would be really appreciated.

Thank you

I’m New! please help!! :)

2013-05-13T22:41:08Z

Hi! Just discovered this website.. just wondered if anyone could help me with some product recommendations or ideas on how to control my crazy hair!??

I’ve attatched a pic just shampoo’d and conditioned with vo5 ‘nourish me truly’, no products just left to dry natural.. I usually put extensions in and use vo5 heat protection spray, then use curlers to make my hair into ringlets, but I don’t want to have to do all that every day :(

it’s really really fine but there’s lots of it, i get my hair highlighted so its not in the best condition haha, just wish it would go into soft ringlets instead of messy frizz!