Wavy/curly/straight all on one head? Help?

tormentated

Sorry for the length but I'm at my wits end!

I am very new to being curly (less than a week, still experimenting), but my hair does so many different things at once, sometimes I want to strangle it. Plus I live in Florida, can anyone say humidity?

I've read all over trying to come up with a solution, but I keep failing miserabley.

I didn't figure out that my frizz was actually curl until I started using infusium 23 to help combat my pool water dry/fry.

So I got a cut to help. I'm a 2b (I think), and have always had an 'almost straight/barely wavy' part of my hair (top layer and front), another part which I'd consider wavy, then yet more that makes lovely bouncy (as my fiance says - luxurious) curls.

So here's my problem, I've been trying different ways of styling. One way I found works really well for me is simply washing/wetting my hair before bed, using the leave-in and lying on my back with my hair up over my pillow. I wake up with beautiful bouncy curls.

Tried wash during the day let it air dry. Again, leave-in (also tried a curl spray which just made my hair look greasy and stringy), ok still got the curls, took a little more coaxing, I preferred the over night look, but still came out ok.

So the problem? The top layer of hair. My crown lies flat and the hair in the front and the top layer just lays there. No matter what I've tried, the end result is just frizz (more like fly aways), or stringy. Since there are no curls to bind together in clumps, it just looks like a mess. Then when humidity hits it the top layer looks like Hermoine's off Harry Potter rather than the lovely curls underneath.

I don't want to use curlers, but am not adverse to pinning my hair to make curls overnight maybe? I just don't know what to do to control the craziness! They're long loose waves so I can't do any of those mini bun type curls or anything, I can't think of something else I can use - product / method.

Any suggestions? Help!

Thanks in advance!

P.S. I get up for work at 4am, anything that takes more than a few minutes in the morning or that I can do the night before won't fly.

wavy wonder

Your hair sounds A LOT like mine. My crown is pretty straight, maybe a little tiny wave, underneath is pretty curly as well as my back.

Have you tried CG? It should help your waves/curls tremendously.

My hair can also go any direction. I will go to sleep at night with nice waves and wake up with straight hair. I never get 2nd day hair. It sounds like you do well with sleeping and your hair.

shorticurlz

If you are doing well with sleeping with your hair up on your pillow, can I suggest 'pineappling' and mixing your leave in with a tiny bit of gel?

kjwavy

Your hair sounds a lot like mine. I have highlights; therefore, the top of my hair always seems drier & straighter. I also have a tendency to not condition near my roots at all, so I think I miss conditioning the top of my head a lot.

What I've found works somewhat is to coat my whole head in conditioner, comb through to detangle, then low poo my roots & scalp only with my hair still protected by the conditioner.

Also, when I deep treat on the weekend, I really make sure that area is covered. For my head, it's lack of moisture & damage from the highlights that strips the curl from that part of my head:dontknow:

The problem is that I really LOVE my highlights, so I have to compensate with more moisture

tormentated

Okay, so I do NOT do CG, there's no way I could pull it off, however I did some more research and followed kjwavy's suggestion (although I AM going to try pineappling this week as soon as I get a scrunchy), and my hair is actually much better this morning.

It's not perfect but the wave/curl starts just 2 inches from my scalp now rather than the 5+ it was before.

I think once I find good products (I'm always really nervous to try products) and get the plopping and pineappling down, I will be ok. Just gotta make sure I am not neglecting moisture all through my hair. I've always been so greasy people told me to avoid conditioning anything but my tips.

No more neglect!

Thanks so much for everyone's help.

wavy wonder

kjwavy--
So do you notice when your hair is nice and moisturized you have better curls? I always feel like there is a fine line between getting the right amount of moisture in MY hair.
I highlite too. How often are you doing DT's?

kjwavy

wavy wonder - yes, I definitely notice my hair is curlier when it's moisturized; however, it's a very thin line for MY hair between not enough moisture & being overconditioned.

What I've found is that my hair needs MOISTURE - not CONDITIONING. It's a real struggle for me to find conditioners that truly moisturize.

I cannot use the VO5's at all because of the stearyl... chloride. This ingredients seems to leave a film on my hair & weigh it down - really yucky!!

I absolutely love the Shea Moisture leave-in, & for my rinse out (coating hair before low poo), I love the Nature's Gate Herbal.

Your hair is gorgeous, & I see that beautiful spiral in your siggy pic:blob:

ETA: I do DT's once a week, always on a Sat or Sun. I put my hair up in a high ponytail, then coat the whole pony & top of head in a heavy conditioner, like [buylink=http://www.curlmart.com/Jessicurl-Too-Shea-Extra-Moisturizing-Conditioner-p-105.html?utm_source=naturallycurly.com&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=curltalk-post-text&utm_campaign=jessicurl-too-shea-extra-moisturizing-conditioner]Jessicurl Too Shea[/buylink] or WDT.

wavy wonder

thanks KY...I usually do a GVP conditioning balm once a week where I leave it on for 30-40minutes and then if I'm feeling dry within the week I'll use a little but will wash it out right away. That FINE line kills me:happy4:
That spiral shows up every once in a while. so random!!!!
ETA-- I don't seem to have a problem with vo5 moisture conditioner?!?!??!

kjwavy

Yes, I noticed the VO5 in your siggy!! I think everyone's hair is so different - it really makes it difficult to know what products are going to work for you unless you can try them. Thank goodness for the swap board & kathymack:cheers:

thick_n_wavy

Don't know if this will help, but I read this:

Dickey: Getting regular trims will help keep hair from tangling at the ends. Be sure to apply your styling product to very wet hair. This is the only time where all your multiple textures become more pliable and easy to shape. Hair Rules Curly Whip is an ultra light gel that will make all those textures submit to your command while stretching and elongating your curl pattern.
http://www.naturallycurly.com/curltalk/showthread.php?t=78054

I have multiple textures (I have all three textures in my hair).

HTH

sfaithj

my hair is like that too. straight at the crown, wavy starts at my eyebrows and curly at the tips. it's so annoying.