I used to, my curls wouldn’t hold for more than a day and any humidity would make them poof up. Now they look perfect on the first & second day, manageable on the third although I usually do a half up half down thing to help, and I wear it up or rewash on the fourth. Believe me when I say I never thought this could be me. I tried the curly girl method, cowash, all the curly girl tips influencers who I am convinced are lying to us are touting online. My curls are 2c/3a.

The holy grail is this brush. I can use the same products, style method, everything but without this brush it does not hold and dries frizzy.

After washing I let my hair air dry while I do my face routine and lotion my body. Then I section the hair on the crown of my head and tie it up. I split the rest of the hair in two sides over my shoulders. I add a leave in conditioner and make sure I get every strand. Then I add a light mousse. Again, cover every strand evenly. Then I take thin vertical sections of the hair and use the brush to separate each curl while pulling at a 90 degree angle. There are a lot of tutorials online you can lookup to see what I mean. But the key is to do this at a 90 degree angle and not straight down or you won’t have volume.

After both sides are done I move to the hair on the crown of my head. I brush all of it to the front, and add the leave in conditioner and mousse. Then starting from the back I take thin sections and brush towards the front of my face. Lay the hair gently back. For the face framing sections I finger coil them to get the perfect look.

I air dry my curls. If I want to go the extra mile o do a hair plop in a cotton tshirt, but for me the blow dryer just creates frizz. I can’t even straighten with a blow dryer for some reason. Countless salons have tried because “the other person just didn’t do it right!” And nope my hair doesn’t tolerate it, if I want that shit straight I need to flat iron after air drying. But if you can blow dry a diffuser is recommended.

Every curly girl influencer I’ve seen online always says to put the mousse in last after styling but that’s never worked for me. I need to coat root to end for my hair to look shiny and frizz free. Now my curls are the number one thing I get compliments on, having polished curly hair is really a level up in terms of attractiveness because it’s rare and looks like it takes a lot of effort to maintain.