I grew my hair out and was surprised to find that I actually have some curls going on toward the bottom (but never at the top when my hair was short?). I have very fine hair and prefer more natural ingredients and I don't know how to keep the curls. Coming out of the shower, I can see them. I don't brush my hair until it is dry but by then, most of the time the curls have gone pretty straight. I haven't figured out the rhyme or reason but some days my curls are there and some days they're not. I wish they were there all the time but have no idea how to keep them. Any ideas?
Thank you
I love Aveda Be Curly Enhancer. It's a cream and doesn't make your curls crunchy like lots of other products do.
I have baby fine hair, I have been perming my hair since 1979. I get it cut in layers and a tight perm about every 3 months. As long as I use salon quality shampoo and conditioner I don't damage my hair. I can't color, tried that a couple of times and ended up with gun metal gray hair that felt like dry straw.
One piece of advice never brush wet or damp hair. Use a large tooth comb and start from the bottom and work up to remove tangles. Also never rub your hair dry, just wrap in a towel and allow to dry naturally.
2kidmama I"m going to try that product by Aveda - thank you. I like their products.
This is a great question - thanks for asking it.
I have fine, greying hair, with curl on ends.
My stylist gave me a texturizer called Kevin Murphy Hair Resort. It's a thick kind of liquid that you run through and scrunch. It's supposed to give you that beach look, so waves and volume.
It worked, but I don't love it. The key for me (with any product to get curl) has been to air dry and scrunch. Layers are kind of key too. My sister (curlier hair) uses those giant hair clips (drugstore) to clip up the top of her hair to allow the bottom to dry without weight of top hair. That gets the curl going. Then she lets the top bit down to dry at end and that curls up.
For me, on wet/humidity days, I get more curl. When it's dry out (air), I don't. It also depends on my hormones I think. Don't flatten it out with too much conditioner. I use just on ends.
I also do not brush my hair once dry as that takes out my curl (same for my sister with a lot of curl). I run one through before I apply my product and to get the water out, but that's it.
Try using a diffuser and blow dry your hair scrunching the "curls" as you go along. That will do more than any product you might find. Product is important - but it is hard to find one without simply just trying different stuff until you find "the one." I will say that salon quality product is key to getting good results. Perhaps talk to a hair dresser to see what they recommend.
I have fine hair too, but a lot of it. Mine gets curly at the bottom but the weight pulls the curls out of the top half. I think that's pretty common.
You can use any curl enhancer you like based on reading the ingredients. I use whatever's on sale. I use something with some oil in it to moisturize the ends. I don't put a lot on the roots of my hair - too much weight. When I come out of the shower, I rub in the product and comb it through, then scrunch up the hair and twist it, then clip it with whatever clip I have. I let it dry most of the way by itself and then usually fluff it out in the car to make it fuller. The less brushing, the better. Just use your fingers.
I pull up the sides into a sort of pony tail, twist it, and loosely clip it on top of my head. Then I take the back part like a pony tail and twist it, and clip that on the back of my head.
If I don't do that, I blow dry the whole thing so it's smoother.
Good luck!
Might be easier to put your almost dry hair into a bun and sleep on it.
In the morning you will have curls.
I have the same issue, fine hair, and in my case, it just won't seem to hold a curl. I have spent all kinds of money and tried different hairstylists, with no success. The only thing that mildly helped, without adding more to the damage, which a curling iron will do, was to after blow drying hair, twist the hair around my fingers, into ringlets, and pin each strand with bobby pins. It would look like this: https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/VBjDqmuk... Then, use humidity-proof hairspray and work on my makeup, getting dressed, and hanging out, and after 30 minutes of having the hair pinned, take the bobby pins and let the ringlets fall down on their own. Even then, if I touched them too much, they'd end up going straight again, same if it was an especially humid day (rain, on top of the humidity we always have down in the south). Keep in mind these are going to be loose curls, not tight curls. If you want tight curls, I hear this helps as long as you sleep on it, and do small strands of hair: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT_Y..., but I have never given it a try.
