with and without canopy...in pictures!

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• Riot Crrl Registered Users Posts: 3,135

  July 2008

  What about cutting more layers in the canopy? They wouldn't have to be all the way to the top of your head or anything, but maybe if the shortest layer was somewhere between ears and jaw, you can show off more of the curly part.

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• CalamityM Registered Users Posts: 541 Curl Novice

  July 2008

  I have the opposite problem, but it's at the back of my head. The hair around the nape of my neck doesn't really curl. It's more wavy. It's SOOO odd compared to the hair on the rest of my head if you look at the pic in my aviatar. I scrunch and scrunch and scrunch, but it doesn't really make much of a difference. It just wants to hang out and be wavy. Heheh. Thankfully it's hidden by the rest of my mop, so if it's cut a tad shorter, you don't really see it.
  
  I agree that you should get some layers put in. Do you have access to a salon that specializes in curly hair? Maybe they can give you a cut that works with what you have? If I was you I'd try working with my hair as if it was wavy, and not curly, and see what kind of results you can get. Have you read Curly Girl yet? Lorraine Massey has some goot tips for girls who are wavy.
  
  I know it's frustrating having two different hair types. I have contepmplated putting my hair in rollers, just at the back. Three would do the trick! It's too much work though, and my hair tends to shrink up to my head if a roller comes near it. Have you considered this option?
  
  
  Good luck!

  
  
  
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• Christinab Registered Users Posts: 15

  July 2008

  Thanks for your replies. The hair is actually layered, but it's been cut when the hair is wet. So although the canopy is much shorter, by the time the curls underneath have shrunk up, it all looks pretty much the same length! I've told my hairdresser about this ad infinitum, and stressed that the layers on top need to be really short, but he's never got it. (Another stylist who hasn't got a clue - despite telling me he's brilliant with curly hair, he scrubs shampoo agressively into the ends of my hair leaving it majorly fluffy for about a week after.) At the moment, I'm trying to get an appointment with Michael at Unrulys in London - trying to find a curly haired specialist in the UK is pretty desperate! So maybe that would help.
  
  Calamity M - I would like to treat my hair as wavy, but the hair underneath the canopy is definitely curly. I realised the photo I included doesn't really do my curls justice - it was taken towards the end of day 2, and the hair had been combed a few times. Generally, it's less fuzzy and more spirally. I'll try and get a better photo on here. Would you suggest evening out the hair by partially straightening the under layers? I've never used rollers - what kinds would you suggest, the tubular ones or those bendy things?
  
  I have read CG as well - really liked the tips about avoiding shampoo and silicones (I only use [buylink=http://www.curlmart.com/DevaCurl-LowPoo-p-54.html?utm_source=naturallycurly.com&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=curltalk-post-text&utm_campaign=devacurl-devacurl-lowpoo]Deva Low poo[/buylink] to wash my hair now), and putting clear gel on it. But I didn't find her tips for styling wavy hair very useful. Didn't understand that clipping business at all! And her washing routine involved waaaaay too much conditioner - my hair was seriously gross after about a week of doing that!

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• nursegogo Registered Users Posts: 12

  July 2008

  Hi Christina!
  
  I feel your pain! I have the same issue with my canopy being straiter than the rest of my hair. I would recommend a few things.
  
  1) Find a new hair stylist. It sounds like the people you are going to aren't listening to your needs and ultimately that's their job. To make you happy.
  2) Go to http://curllove.blogspot.com/ This is a website of a CG on this board who has videos that walk you through clipping your hair while drying it. This has helped my hair a bit and hopefully it will help yours.
  3) Try new products. I'm currently really loving LOOB and it's helped curl my canopy. Maybe your hair needs more than clear gel to get it to do what you want. It's good (not to mention fun!) to try new things.
  
  I hope this helps. If I find anymore tips I'll be sure to share them!

  cowash: Suave ocean breeze
  Leave in: KCKT
  Gel: KCCC
  pixie dry
  DT: CJ everything, toying with coconut oil

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