How do you apply gel?

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• JuicyTube Posts: 2,369Registered Users

  May 2007

  I smooth it into sections on wet hair

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• Suburbanbushbabe Posts: 15,402Registered Users Curl Neophyte

  May 2007

  I rub in my palms/hands and rake my fingers through my hair upside down for the most part, but only over a leave-in. A leave in helps distribute gel more evenly and helps avoid the crunch. IC Fantasia is a pretty heave gel too, a little goes a long way.

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• Libra08 Posts: 242Registered Users

  May 2007

  Okay thanks. I've been scrunching it in and that hasn't been working out too well.

  

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• holly8 Posts: 632Registered Users

  June 2007

  what suburban-said worked better for me,but i shook my head after to make the curls appear because the gel made my hair look straight and i didn`t put in a leave in.Today i just scrunch it in because i didn`t want to use alot of gel like before,i use only 2 spoons of ic gel and some parts of my hair didn`t have any curls and it was a little frizzy,next time when i wash my hair i`ll distribute the gel evenly(with my fingers,i won`t shake my head),i won`t use too much gel like the first time i use the gel.

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• Libra08 Posts: 242Registered Users

  June 2007

  Thanks for your review! I really appreciate these comments. I've been having a hard time with gel.

  

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• holly8 Posts: 632Registered Users

  June 2007

  your welcome

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  Hair length:Started at neck and ears(in its curly state).In Dec 08 (2 years natural) My hair was somewhere near armpit length with bentonite clay in my hair.
  
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• Kell Posts: 201Registered Users

  June 2007

  I worry that a leave-in + gel would be too much product, but Ive never tried it. Im gonna try SB's method.
  
  But for now, I use the scrunching method from the CG book. And it works well, esp. when I plop. After I rinse/comb my conditioner out....I scrunch in generous amounts of gel, starting at the ends and continuing up. I dont rake.
  
  Note: I DO NOT EMPLOY TOWELS, except on my shoulders to prevent water from dripping down my back. After I rinse, I goto the mirror with untouched, soaking wet hair. Then I apply the gel, and plop my hair loosely with a gigantic scarf.

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• holly8 Posts: 632Registered Users

  June 2007

  Kell-i put a leave in and gel on a small section of my hair and it came out white your right its not the best thing to do.

  Natural since Jan 2,07
  I did a BC
  Hair type:3C\3B
  Multi-racial hair
  Hair length:Started at neck and ears(in its curly state).In Dec 08 (2 years natural) My hair was somewhere near armpit length with bentonite clay in my hair.
  
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  Hair products:homemade products.....
  
  
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• holly8 Posts: 632Registered Users

  June 2007

  Kell wrote:

  I worry that a leave-in + gel would be too much product, but Ive never tried it. Im gonna try SB's method.
  
  But for now, I use the scrunching method from the CG book. And it works well, esp. when I plop. After I rinse/comb my conditioner out....I scrunch in generous amounts of gel, starting at the ends and continuing up. I dont rake.
  
  Note: I DO NOT EMPLOY TOWELS, except on my shoulders to prevent water from dripping down my back. After I rinse, I goto the mirror with untouched, soaking wet hair. Then I apply the gel, and plop my hair loosely with a gigantic scarf.

  
  after scrunching it in do you comp it in with your fingers? when i scrunch in the gel before it didn`t work to well,today i just wet my hair and apply watery conditioner to my hair not my roots and rinse it out ,then i apply gel to 3 sections of my hair right away after i just comp hair with my fingers and the curls appear(my hair looks very good today,curl definition),i have some white stuff in my hair i don`t know why.

  Natural since Jan 2,07
  I did a BC
  Hair type:3C\3B
  Multi-racial hair
  Hair length:Started at neck and ears(in its curly state).In Dec 08 (2 years natural) My hair was somewhere near armpit length with bentonite clay in my hair.
  
  Mission: to obtain healthy hair every day!!
  
  Hair products:homemade products.....
  
  
  :angel1::love5:

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