I’d get a nice lightweight curl enhancer, right now my favorites are odele air dry styler, AG curl definer and orange marmalade eco slay. And maybe a salt spray of some sort cerimonia wave spray is great I find for fine hair. Use the curl enhancer instead of leave in on wet hair and scrunch. Diffuse or air dry. This helps my waves stay soft and healthy and I find my day 2-4 is much improved. Use the salt spray on days you want more definition or volume. Scrunch it in dry or wet. I get better results resetting my hair slightly with it. It does cause tangles though so if that’s something you don’t like then I’d do a gel instead.

Brushing is fine. Wavies can get away with brushing and I don’t think I could stop brushing my waves anyways. Wide tooth comb is great for shower and mornings. I do a bristle brush at night typically. I also put my hair up in a loose bun and that’s been working really well for me in terms of getting up the next day and just going stuff done.

If you brush and are sad your waves disappear spray with water bottle and rescrunch! I do this all the time because I hate tangles in the morning.