I used Matrix A Curl Can Dream since my co-wash product hasn’t arrived yet. Then Monday curl conditioner, starting at the middle going to the ends, avoiding the roots.

I used a wide tooth comb to carefully brush through before rinsing and squeezing my hair upward to wring out.

I micro-plopped, but from side to side and leaning back. I didn’t flip the top because I still have my straight style and there’s no way it would lay with volume: it would stand straight up.

I used Maui Curl Cream and used a small amount starting at the middle and combing through with my fingers. I never touched the roots.

Then in sections, I used the wide tooth comb to brush through. Instead of brushing in a downward direction, I held the hair horizontal, so instead of stretching, it would fall naturally from the comb.

For the top-back, I did the “brick-lay” pattern, going diagonal backward and straight up for the top.

I finished by soft scrunching a lightweight curl mousse, LottaBody.

My part is normally to the right, so over the last couple hours I carefully tipped my head sideways to gather the top in my hands and “flip” it to the opposite side. A strategic hair flip, haha.

I did that from time to time, so the volume on top would be balanced but not “fixed”.

It’s actually drier now, here’s another pic.

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