Scrunching vs. Plopping

KurlyPrincess

Which one gives you better results? Feel free to post pictures of what your hair looks like both times!

I would much rather scrunch, but plopping gives me wayyy better results.

Here's mine:
The first one is when I scrunched and the second one is when I plopped

wavynwild16

Plopping, hands down!! Just scrunching never works well for me -- I really need a plop to get good waves and curls. I would post pics, but I don't think I have any of when I didn't plop (because I was too horrified to take a snapshot ). Maybe I'll find one and post pics then. BTW, your hair looks amazing both ways, but I really do like the plopping pic.

nynaeve77

I do both. I plop first, then scrunch upside down when I remove my plopping t-shirt. I only plop for about 15 minutes, though. Longer than that gives me too much frizz.

ETA: Your hair looks pretty both ways, KP.

Calypso

I actually do both. After I put gel in my hair, I scrunch with just my hands and then again with a T-shirt to remove extra water. After that, I plop. 😌


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KurlyPrincess

Thanks ladies!
@nynaeve, I've noticed if I plop more then 15 minutes too that my hair gets flattened out at the top and I don't have any volume. : (

I've done both before too, but personally I don't like taking a lot of time for my hair so I try to get it done quickly.

@WavynWild, you should post a pic!!

Jas76

I mostly just scrunch, Then either air dry or diffuse. When i do plop, tho, there is a good deal of scrunching beforehand!

If I diffuse I don't ever plop tho.

And sometimes if i do plop it's with a net rather than a towel or shirt.

Maganda

I only scrunch. When I tried plopping before I ended up with a tangled mess. But I haven't plopped in a long time and I should probably try again because my hair is much healthier now!

I love the way your hair looks in the plopping picture!!

KurlyPrincess

Thanks Maganda!

You ladies are supposed to be posting pics of your hair both ways so we can compare!

Fmasuhr

i do both as well, i plop for awhile then i scrunch my oils in helps to keep fizz down and define my curls

asianrunner

I scrunch my products in and then plop. I scrunch instead of rake because my lazy waves would go totally straight otherwise. I plop to get some of the water out of my hair as well as encourage those clumps!

luvs2sinnnggg

I scrunch in gel and use a t-shirt to scrunch and then I plop and after I plop I scrunch again. I'm all about the scrunching but plopping helps too!


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CalamityM

I comb in my products, flip my hair over and scrunch it (making sure that my hair is still really wet and "squelchy"), plop my hair and then diffuse it. So I'm with the "I have to do both" camp! It's the only way for me to get enough body in my hair because if left to its own devices it would dry way to limp for my tastes.

hippiechic81

I'm a scrunching gal all the way!! I tried plopping for a while and it just wasn't doing it for me. Team Scrunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!:salut:

Spiralli

LOL Team Scrunch!
Plopping gave me weird kinks on my crown area, and made my hair look broken off up there.

rymorg2

I do both too.

I start scrunching with a CLU towel after I scrunch in my products, and now that my hair is getting longer plopping works again so I'll plop for maybe 5 mins, then scrunch with my towel again.

Calypso

The main reason I plop is to lessen the amount of time it


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Calypso

Sorry about the above post. I tapped on the send button before I finished my post. LOL

What I was going to say is the only reason I plop is to cut down on drying time but I am curious as to how my hair will turn out of I just scrunch instead.

I'll be washing my hair today so I'll just scrunch this time to see how my hair takes to it.


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KurlyPrincess

^Be sure to post pics!! : )

wavysue

I have a lot of hair so if I don't scrunch & plop the water just weighs down my wurls plus it takes too darn long to dry with scrunching alone.

Calypso

It didn't turn out as great as I had hoped. It seems that the plopping does more then just soak up water. It gives my curls more definition whereas just scrunching weighs them down.

Here are a couple of pictures anyway. 😌 I just woke up so I covered my face when I took these. Lol





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KurlyPrincess

^your hair is sooo pretty!!!

CurlyStephie

Calypso wrote: »

I actually do both. After I put gel in my hair, I scrunch with just my hands and then again with a T-shirt to remove extra water. After that, I plop. 😌


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I do exactly the same thing! I love plopping!!!

plunkybug

I scrunch and plop too...I scrunch product in and go straight into my plop. I find that my hair frizzes if I scrunch with a shirt or microfiber towel. I can only scrunch so much with my hands even. I also plop because my hair is fine and I feel that plopping is better at removing the water which weighs my waves and curls down, and less agitation with scrunching is less possible breakage.

JJJungleJim

I dunno how to plop. Is there a video somewhere?

Thanks.

plunkybug

JJJungleJim wrote: »

I dunno how to plop. Is there a video somewhere?

Thanks.

There are several on youtube...some call it plunking as well.

plopping curly hair - YouTube

KurlyPrincess

I tried posting the video this morning...I guess it didn't work. Thanks Plunky!

missbanjo

I'm in the scrunch and plop group. Just scrunching and leaving to dry will weigh my hair down and plopping doesn't give me wonky curls.

rapunzel4ever

missbanjo wrote: »

I'm in the scrunch and plop group. Just scrunching and leaving to dry will weigh my hair down and plopping doesn't give me wonky curls.

Me too! First I scrunch product in and then I plop. Only scrunching gives me a lot of volume, but it breaks up the curls. When I plop my hair is more curly.

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LAwoman

KurlyPrincess wrote: »

Which one gives you better results? Feel free to post pictures of what your hair looks like both times!

I would much rather scrunch, but plopping gives me wayyy better results.

Here's mine:
The first one is when I scrunched and the second one is when I plopped

First off, your hair is gorgeous!!

I scrunch, then plop. My curls really need extra encouragement these days.

KurlyPrincess

^Thank you!

Calypso

KurlyPrincess wrote: »

^your hair is sooo pretty!!!

Thank you!

I tried just scrunching again and I must say I'm rather impressed with how my curls look this time around. I use to scrunch only before I found out about plopping. The one thing I've noticed is that my hair gets a wee bit frizzy at the ends of the back of my hair when I plop but it doesn't when I only scrunch.