No "cook" FSG - and no frizz!

RafterBat

I am way too lazy to make FSG on the stove, so when I read a passing comment about just letting it sit overnight I figured it was worth a try. I let the flax and water sit for 24-30 hours, and it was still quite runny. It did not encourage curl at all, but I was astounded at the lack of frizz, so today I mixed the FSG with some SoCozy Boing and diffused for about 10 minutes. I'm pretty happy with the results!

Curls80

Looks great! Homemade FSG is the best.

Therese1

How did you hair hold up during the day?

RafterBat

Therese1 wrote: »

How did you hair hold up during the day?

Normally my hair will curl up a little more once fully dry, which did not happen. A few curl ends sort of lost definition, hairs sort of flaring out of the curl - which would likely be fixed by applying the gels more evenly overall or just more on the ends. However, there was almost no frizz, which I had given up on ever achieving (it's been really bad). My hair also stayed soft, not crunchy, which was great.
I just took my hair out of the pineapple - have not done anything else with it (I can live with this!):

WavyKfromNJ

Very interesting. I have some flax seeds sitting around waiting for me to get motivated to make some FSG. Did you start with room temperature water? I may try heating up some water then dump the seeds in.

RafterBat

WavyKfromNJ wrote: »

Very interesting. I have some flax seeds sitting around waiting for me to get motivated to make some FSG. Did you start with room temperature water? I may try heating up some water then dump the seeds in.

Funny you'd say this! The first batch was with room temperature water and I left it out while "soaking", but then it started going bad really quickly, even though I refrigerated it after straining. Today I was curious if hot water would speed up the process, so I started with hot and plan to refrigerate as soon as the water cools. I'll let you know how that turns out!

RafterBat

Heating the water made the gel significantly thicker - which is a good thing, I think. I don't want to deal with wet hair so soon before bed, but plan to try it out tomorrow.