Gel Casting Changed my Life!

Hi All!
I'm relatively new to the site, but just wanted to ask whether gel casting has changed anyone else's life! I started putting my hair in a very very thick gel cast at night, and letting it dry until morning (as I slept). I sleep on a satin pillowcase- but don't have to plop or anything- as long as I used enough gel. In the morning- I use a light oil to SOTC, and it's amazing!!!! I don't even have to re-wet! Any others out there that have had this experience? I'm a wavy, so I never got good results with anything except this!
I'm relatively new to the site, but just wanted to ask whether gel casting has changed anyone else's life! I started putting my hair in a very very thick gel cast at night, and letting it dry until morning (as I slept). I sleep on a satin pillowcase- but don't have to plop or anything- as long as I used enough gel. In the morning- I use a light oil to SOTC, and it's amazing!!!! I don't even have to re-wet! Any others out there that have had this experience? I'm a wavy, so I never got good results with anything except this!
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Low poo: Giovanni 50 50
Co-wash: aia, suave coconut, salon care
R O: Tresume Naturals, gvpcb
L I: KCKT, gvpcb
Stylers: cjpp, re : coil, kccc, brhg
Oils: coconut, argan
Experimenting with: curls rock amplifier, pantene mousse
Welcome!
It's great that your getting such great results using this technique. As it's always exciting when you find something that works really well.
(Don't hair type/loose curl pattern/fine texture/low density/high porosity
Current Regimen (Ayurvedic Based):
Cleansers- Bobeam Shampoo Bars
Stylers-Rotate between Camille Rose Naturals Almond Jai Twisting Butter and Camille Rose Naturals Aloe Whipped Butter Gel
I only wear my hair in wash n gos or buns. Also,
I do not use conditioner on my hair on a weekly basis. And, my hair is A ok with that!
It's what I do to for an early morning as well: shower in the late afternoon/evening, let my hair dry while watching TV, whatever, then off to bed with crunchy hair.
In the morning I get up, run a comb through it lightly, mist and scrunch with a flour sack towel, maybe pixie diffuse the ends a little, and it's off to the races.
Best of all, a gel that I wasn't liking for first day hair works amazingly well as "second day" with this routine; now I know how to keep using it!
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:thumbdown: humectants outside of optimal dews, PVP, oils/butters, anything remotely comedogenic
poos: Giovanni TTT, WF365FF, Suave Clarifying
condishes: VO5 VMT, KLS; IonEC
stylers: FSG, 4NSBCC, VolumaxMega, AIF, GFPC
Mod CG since 11/2012. My waves occasionally look best when combed out, so you can pry my combs from my cold, dead hands :laughing6:
I've never heard of this method and am sincerely curious.
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Using a silk pillowcase also helps.
Morgan
Baby Fine 3B, low porosity, normal density and elasticity
CGing since July 2008
But, I thought it was maybe 'first time luck' ... then I tried it later in my journey using more conditioner and little gel and the result wasn't that bad either (mind you, my hair it's not as curly as some of you)
I will have to try it again and see if it works now that my hair is longer...
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PT: AIgirl's gelatin recipe
Testing: LALSAG, AVG,
I'm a fussy sleeper (toss and turn, leg thrashing, blankets over head if I'm cold) so I wonder if I could get used to this?
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Baby Fine 3B, low porosity, normal density and elasticity
CGing since July 2008
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M/C, High Porosity,Normal Elast. 2c/3a Boticelli/Corkicelli
M/C, Low/Medium/High Por, Normal Elast. Medium Density
LP: INSIGHT DAMAGED HAIR Restructurizing Shampoo
CO: Generic protein conditioner, Hair Academy Deep Cleansing CO
DET/RO/LI: GNC Avocado And Shea Butter Conditioner +/mask,
Styler: Schwarzkopf Taft Fixing GelWellaflex Instant Volume Boost Mousse
DT: EVOO, C.O
HG
Goal: WL when curly
CG since Feb 2014
It's not quite as awesome as 'real' first day hair I have on the weekends, but it much better than second-day hair
I'm a huge fan of gel actually, and it's a shame it gets such a bad name! I think most people don't realise about SOTC and so always say 'ohh I hate gel it makes my hair hard and crunchy'. I'm always like 'nooo that's a cast, scrunch it and fall in love!' Hehe
LP: Shea Moisture (currently JBCO)
Conditioner/CW: Jason Aloe Vera
LI: Aunt Jackie's Curls & Coils Quench
Refreshing: TRESemmé Naturals Aloe Vera & Avocado
Gel: DevaCurl Ultra Defining Gel
DC: Aunt Jackie's Soft & Sassy Super Duper Softening Conditioner
Treatments: Coconut oil/Coconut milk
UK curly. CG since Oct 2013.
Growing my hair to WL when dry :thumright:
FWIW, I get better curls when I sleep on newly washed hair, just scrunching the curls again as I lay my head down. I think it may be related to my having super-fine hair. Without gravity pulling down the length of the curls, they have an easier time forming fully.
I like that my hair is bouncier when I do this. Once I embraced my curl, I stopped getting upset about jump, sometimes known as shrinkage. So what if my hair sometimes looks like it's chin length, and sometimes looks like it's collarbone length, as long as the curls are well formed. I don't have to have my hair cut to have a variety of looks, and it's part of the adventure of having naturally curly hair.
Morgan
Baby Fine 3B, low porosity, normal density and elasticity
CGing since July 2008