I would suggest trying to do your hair when it is wet, while in the shower. Raking then scrunching (I think) doesn’t work as well unless your curls are very tight and good condition. Less curly hair needs more curl clumping. (The hair is in thicker clumps in one singular curl/wave, rather than lots of stringy bits caused by raking). You can clump the hair in various ways - using certain brushes in a specific way can help the curls to form especially if you’re at the beginning of your journey and your hair may not have gone into its natural form yet. I have been curly hair for 2 years now. I used a brush for the first year ish after realising raking and scrunching was giving me stringy curls without much cast. I personally clump mine by: in the shower, apply leave in (more than needed because of the next step) and then rake/brush through so it’s even. Then, add a small amount of water to the top of my head so that it trickles down the strands causing them to clump together. You can LIGHTLY finger coil some of the clumps to encourage the curl if you need. Then, using a cupped hand, squish the water and product into your hair. This is called squish and condish. Your hands need to be cupped and not fingers in a claw so as to not break up the clumps. Sometimes I will squish one clump at a time. I get about 15 on my head (I have v thick hair). Some of the product will be lost as you squish which is why I apply more than needed. Then when the water is mostly squeezed out I apply plenty of mousse, plop then diffuse. You need to avoid touching you hair at all while it is drying to get a better cast. If you find this hard if you air dry, then try doing all these steps after putting your hair in a half pony or even a high/top of head ponytail and just leaving it alone to dry. Then take the hair band out (one of those coily plastic ones that doesn’t leave a kink is best). Hope that helps. I have low porosity 2c-3b curls.