In case you're wondering why my hair looks so much fuller in the old footage: I went through a massive bout of hairloss in 2011 and it grew back a lot, but never quite to the thickness I had before :(

You do NOT have pin straight hair! But if you keep treating it like that, that's what you'll get. I know from experience. I had big curls as a child, but the minute I stopped using baby shampoo, which has less harmful ingredients, and my mom started making me brush my hair all the time (she has straight hair and didn't know what to do with my hair), it went straight and frizzy. I transitioned only a year and a half ago, and believe me, it takes a LONG time for hair to go back. You have to use this method every day for months to see real results. Keep at it, and I think you'll surprise yourself!

I have straight hair and I assure you that your hair is not straight, no matter what other commenters say. The texture and appearance of your hair are completely different than mine. Also, when I scrunch my wet hair, it is still straight mo matter what products I use, while yours holds some curl. Your hair is very similar to my 2 sisters (I have many female relatives with varying amounts of curl to draw examples from ). Both the texture and the amount of curl you get in long hair is very similar to theirs. They are in the 2B - C range, with maybe some 3A.

A lot of people are saying you have straight hair, I disagree and do think, especially from seeing older photos, that your hair is slightly wavy and could eventually get to 2a waves. Creams are very heavy on wavy hair! I have 2c/3a hair, and most creams loosen my curls quite a lot. Also the drying time you mention makes It sound like your hair is low porosity, which means you really don’t need much product. I would recommend products meant specifically for wavy hair (try devacurl wavemaker! Or the herbal essence totally twisted mousse for a cheap option), or a very light, strong hold gel (like the LA sports extreme blue gel- sounds scary, but it’s great at preserving texture without weighing the hair down). Also, diffusing doesn’t work for everyone. For me, it makes my pretty darn wavy/curly hair practically straight! Just a few tips if you decide to try again.

You should do this for a longer time, it gets better with time. Edit: in your old videos you definitely have texture so I think you should go to a virgin state of hair and then try the cgm.

I think if you had layers in your hair, the texture/waves would stay better. Since your hair is long, the weight of your hair probably pulls them right out. My hair is similar and when I have layers, it stays wavier.

You definently have some waves. Not crazy waves, but It's not pin straight either.

Hi Loepsie, I have veeeeery curly hair - like tendrils / coils. But when my hair was not "virgin" hair, it would NEVER get any texture, no matter what. So I think the only way this method actually works, is on people with virgin hair. Once you grow out your whole head of hair then you could do some occasional heat (with protectant) but no chemicals, and still get texture. Also Jamaican black castor oil massaged into the scalp, will help regrow thickness. It takes about a year of regular massaging and low manipulation styles. Good luck!

From your older pics, I would definitely say you have natural waves. I also have fine, lower dense hair like yours. I've always thought I just had straight hair, but after detoxing my hair from all chemicals, one day I noticed I had waves in my hair. I took interest in the CG community shortly afterwards. I started a little over a month ago, but then gave up because I was only getting results like yours. For some reason I decided to try again and make a longer commitment this time. It's getting much wavier each time and my hubby loves it. I like to keep the process super simple. I shampoo my hair upside down. Then, I add conditioner. At this point I take wide tooth comb to evenly distribute the conditioner over my hair....and comb out tangles while having some slip from the conditioner (still upside down). Do a little scrunching and rinse it out. Leave in conditioner is too much for my fine hair. While my hair is really wet, I add small dollops of gel three different times to make sure I have all areas of my hair is covered. I scrunch that in, while squeezing out excess water. I then plop my hair for about 10-15 minutes. I allow it to air dry and form a cast. (I tried drying it like you do before, but this actually wipes out my waves instead of enhancing my waves.) If I sleep with the cast on my hair over night and scrunch it out in the morning, I have much better results. For this reason, I wash my hair early evening when I know I'm not going anywhere else for the day. Really, this has become a very simple, fuss-free method for me... and I'm actually beginning to get a few spirals here and there. Cutting layers in also made a huge difference. Oh, and the real game changer that really helped was after I did the rice water protein treatment. I immediately saw results with wavier hair... so now I'm going to do that once a week.

I wonder how your hair would look if you would continue using the method. I was really interested in your results, because I've got naturally really straight hair myself and wondered how it would look like if I used the method.

In my experience I have found that the CG method works better once you’ve committed to transitioning into it for at least 3-5 months. That means all the products CG approved, using styling products like gels, no heat... but also: getting a new cut! The cut does change A LOT when you’re doing the CG method. I think you should definitely give it a thorough try. My hair looked similar to yours before I began, and now I’m a 2b/2c/3a!

As someone with thick, straight hair, I can confirm you have some curl/wave to your hair. You're definitely not 1b...lol

If you don't have pin-straight hair, but a slight wave, the LOC/LCO method for styling, from the CG method is the best way to go. It is about layering your styling products. To give you an idea. I have fingertip length hair and use about a coin size of each layer of product, so that goes to show how *little* you need! I usually use a curl cream, a gel, and a serum. All a coin size, that's it. Shorter hair, use a pea size amount. No joke! Also, the straighter your hair, the less product you need. Do mix your cream with the gel up front in the palm of your hand; if it curdles, it's going to flake in your hair. Some creams don't go well with gel. Just FYI!

Your hair definitely has wave to it. I had "straight hair" my whole life, but my 3 year old daughter has curly hair. In the process of trying to learn how to care for her hair I learned my hair may not be straight after all. Your natural hair has similar characteristics to mine pre curly girl. So I too started experimenting. I'm 2-3 months in and every time I wash I see change happening. I have had spiral curls. I personally would look into custards. I use the mop top curly hair custard. Curl creams are too heavy for my hair. I will also say that moisture is KEY. I get weighed down very easily, so I never thought my hair could handle the amount of weekly deep conditioner and leave in conditioner. Keep experimenting and will be surprised!

Funny thing I have virgin hair and I use heat on my hair about once every two months if at all. After you did your first video I was curious and started to research the method and tried it(air drying) and now I am getting actual spirals in the back of my head. I have alays known I have had a little wave to my hair, but was not expecting to get spirals! I also added an oil routine the night before my wash and the has help tge overall health of my hair and scalp. So keep having fun cuz it opened my eyes to a new world. Love your content its always fun! 💞

You have to use the CG method every day for weeks/months. It doesn’t occur after just a couple of half-hearted tries. The cut also matters.

AAAaaaaand I heard the gasping from the curlies as you were scrunching out the crunch before it was dry, lol....for us that need to coax our curls you really can't touch it till it's 100% dry. Sucks, I know. Also, us fine hair girls need straight up gel - NOT a cream based product. I tried a product similar to the one you used - no curl definition whatsoever. Pure gel is the way to go. Think Dippity Do gel, lol. Can't wait for round 3!!!

It looks really good! Kind of like a messy/chic look :)

Doesn't help if you use this just randomly on some days! You should try like 2 weeks and make a video!!

The CG method isn't a 1 time fix, it's a way of treating your hair and the longer you follow the method the better your hair becomes and your curls or waves will look... OVER TIME. And if you were to start the method with the intentions of truly seeing your waves potential you would need to actually do it correctly because your still not doing it right. Your hair isn't straight but it takes time to fix your texture when you have treated it like straight hair for so long. The reason it looks more wavy when wet is because it is moisturized.

maybe u should try doing this everytime u wash ur hair since for some ppl it takes time for their hair to return to its original curl/wave pattern. i think you might have 2a/2b wavy hair.

Your hair doesn't look greasy, it looks shiny & healthy.

My hair is honestly a mess! I have some curls in my hair, some waves, and straight hairs!!! I diner even know what to do anymore 😂 my hair was very wavy when I was little but then it just went away

Its amazing how much hair texture depends on how you treat it. I used to over brush my hair and straighten it every day, leading to my natural texture being somewhat wavy. Now that I treat it properly it turns out my hair texture is actually 3B, with beautiful spiral curls about the thickness of a finger. Treat your hair well and it will repay you

I have naturally curly hair and switched to CGM a few months ago, and I have honestly been so tempted to give up many times. I only stuck with it because my curls definitely do look better and healthier, but... I have no idea why you would even bother with this when you have SO little texture. Like, if I could not do this and my hair would still look good, I would opt right out.

You did so good!! I'm a wavy/curly girl and here's my humble suggestions: leave some of the conditioner in - even if your hair is fine, it needs the conditioner to encourage curling; next, put the gel on right after the conditioner - this will help keep the moisture in your hair. I'd suggest "scrunching" in the gel too (praying hands always makes my hair straighter). Moisture = happy waves :) And it takes a few weeks of commitment to the CGM for straightish hair to produce waves every time it's washed. So unless you have very curly hair, the CGM won't necessarily make your hair obviously wavy unless you decide to do this for a month or so. Either way, you're adorable, your hair is gorgeous, and it's fun to try something new once in a while!

Hola soy mexicana, no te entiendo mucho, pero me encanta ver tus videos ❤️🇲🇽

From the old footage clips, I just realized I think I followed your bang cutting video from about 8 years ago. I cut my own bangs at 16 fairly successfully! Lol. Flashback to high school.

I just recently saw a DevaCurl stylist for the first time and she gave me some amazing tips that I'd love to share with you! 1. DevaCurl believes that curls/waves start to form right when you start conditioning, so try to do your hair brushing and make your part when you're shampooing, since parting it after washing will loosen the waves you do have. 2. Try putting gel in your hair when there's still water in it, it varies for person to person but some do it when the hair is soaking wet and others squeeze a little out first, it helps adhere the gel to your hair and makes it much more effective. 3. After putting in product, don't touch it while it's drying! Don't part, tuck behind ears, nothing that could disrupt the curl pattern. When you diffuse, use the strainer gently by lifting it from the tips of your hair, letting it sit in its natural pattern inside the strainer, and don't press it right onto your head. Also, don't continuously lift and lower it as you're drying, just blow dry the same sections for a while on low heat since the more you move your hair, the more wave pattern you're disrupting. 4. Waves can be picky with treatment, experiment with diffusing for varying periods of time, like air dry until it's 70% dry and then diffuse the rest, or diffuse gently for a few minutes when it's damp and air dry the rest of the way. 5. When your hair is almost dry, try gently twirling some clumps and then twist the twirled hair around your finger, both in the direction that your waves naturally curl in. Hope this helps maybe?? It has for me!! ❤ P.S. I have wavy-curly hair and plopping ruins my curls in my experience, so maybe try this routine without plopping and see if it helps you preserve your waves!

I have wavy hair, and you clearly do as well. Ours are similar, though I would say I'm a little bit more wavy. I recommend using as little product as possible. Nothing will bring out your natural waves as good as your own sebum, as well as wooden and bone combs. Go water only. Use luke warm to hot water to cleanse the scalp. About once a week, clarify with distilled water. You can scrunch like you do here (without squeezing the water...without product in it, the squeezing will just cause breakage). Personally, I generally "shake out" my waves and then scrunch a little bit. And then hair dry. I like comb and brush my hair before I bathe. I start with my hands, then a wide toothed comb, thinner toothed comb, and then I might use my wooden bristle brush. I don't know why the wood and bone emphasize my waves, but really works. My hair was never this wavy when I used store bought product. Of course, nowadays I boil an onion and some garlic for a couple ours, strain it, and then wash my hair in that. Works well enough for me!

I have fine, wavey hair and have tried the strainer hack and (for me anyway) that was the downfall of getting my waves to come out looking nice. You really do need a diffuser of some kind. It has to do with how it cups your hair, it’s like scrunching your hair while drying it at the same time. Hope that makes sense. Good luck! 😊

I think your virgin hair is about a 2a

I use a spray in gel when I’m trying to curl my hair and it seems to work well. That could be something you can try! Loved your video today!

The curly girl method seems a little complicated - I'm just starting to research it for my daughter. I have straight hair, but she has unbelievably curly hair (got it from her dad) and I know that I'm gonna have to learn and teach her how to maintain them more diligently as she gets older. This video was good to watch. thanks!

Sounds like it's time to treat yourself and your hair to a new hairdryer with attachments! 😊

You have lovely wave potential! Try focusing on getting the waves to clump, or they will frizz and fall out as they dry. If your hair is soaking and you gently finger-comb to separate it out, then you can scrunch in the product while it's still wet without breaking up wave clumps too much. Then be very gentle when you scrunch/squeeze your hair with a t-shirt tip get out excess moisture. The wave clumps are essential when you have such a delicate wave pattern!! I think we have very similar hair wave types, and I had some similar issues at first. If you have any questions, I can can share all the other little tips that worked for me! :)

As someone with curly hair, I can't blow dry my hair even with a diffuser if I want my curls. The winds from the hair dryer always makes my hair frzzy, then when brushed out it's more wavey than curly. I have to ploft my hair over night if I want my natural curls, and I use a tiny bit of leave in and hair curling gel on soaking wet hair. I also only use deva curl, I use the decodence no pooline though because I dye my hair but you would need just the low poo line If you do this again try avoiding the hair dryer

I didn’t know just how curly my hair was until I started using a spray in/ leave in conditioner and just letting my hair air dry without brushing or combing it

I have used this method a couple of times, and all of the times, I left the shirt on overnight because I read that you should keep it in until it's dry. If you take it out too early, it's not going to help. My hair isn't really that curly, but it's wavy on good days and my hair is also on the thin side, albeit a lot shorter than yours. :)

I think you might just have straight hair. I have fine, straight hair that's currently in a pixie cut. When my hair was longer (a few inches shorter than yours now), I tried the curly girl method several times and got the exact same results as you. However, fine hair is often just weighed down too much, so perhaps you could try leaving out some of the conditioner you use. Maybe that'll do the trick.

You have wavy hair. I really loved your style from your old video by the way, your bangs were absolutely adorable. If you took some weight off your hair, and possibly got layers your wave would show up more. Right now it’s straightening because it’s long. Even the long waves are pretty tho so go with whichever makes you happy ♥️

I find the longer my hair gets, the less curls I have. The length “weighs down” my curls. So if you want curls, consider getting layers cut into your hair or a shorter cut if you want something different. You are beautiful regardless!!!!

Just use the leave-in and diffuse the hair. I believe you can skip the plop in fact I'm not a fan of it, it just makes the hair tangled and frizzy. I wonder if your hair gets tangled washing it and styling upside down because if I do that my hair becomes a knot nightmare. Anyways I'm loving these CGM videos keep going!

Hi Lucy, I understand how weird it is to have waves when your hair is wet, but to have it dry straight. My hair is naturally wavier than yours, but I used to struggle with it drying straight. The method I have found that works best for me is kind of similar to setting pin curls. After washing, blot your hair so it’s not soaking wet, then wrap it in a microfiber hair turban or t-shirt. Keep doing this multiple times until the towel no longer feels damp on the outside, meaning that it has absorbed as much water as possible. This means your hair will sit in the turban for at least an hour or two. I might combine the step of adding product and scrunching like you did PRIOR to putting in a turban, but I personally don’t use any product. Once the towel won’t absorb any more, take your hair out and let it air dry. Either keep it loose or clip it loosely to keep your hair scrunched. I find that if your hair goes straight easily, blow dryers will take out the texture just due to the movement of the air, even if you use a diffuser. So it’s best to air dry fully if your wave pattern is not strong. If you try this, hope this helps! The main differences between this method and what you did are making sure your hair sits in a turban for a long time (the part that to me is like setting pin curls), then avoiding moving air altogether when drying.

ALSOOO if u dont have a diffuser, a strainer wont do the same thing! Ur better off using ur hands in a claw shape and scrunching ur hair while drying! Same low setting, i wud use warm then cool to finish for less frizz, or alternate

so i have a mix of type two hair and i think that without a gel you won't get anywhere. there isn't anything holding your waves so i suggest you find a gel like La sports with a really strong hold and if you want you can use a light leave in like kinky curly knot today. if your hair is greasing definitely use a shampoo.also for applying products put your hands together and instead of clapping the products in smooth it down with the hair in between your hands. then you have to scrunch a lot.also touching your hair while its wet can cause frizz. stick with the method for a while , doing it twice won't give any results. i also suggest a trim as your ends seems dead. the cows could be weighing your hair down, i suggest continuing sulfate free product and mild shampoo.

Nothing wrong with using a strainer! I used one over christmas because i didn't pack a diffuser!! Excited to see the results this time around!!

One last comment. Once you put the gel in don't break the gel cast until your hair is 120% dry. If if you SOTC early you get frizz and lose definition. Honestly, if I were you I would probably also conclude that your hair isn't textured enough to justify the extra effort, since you can get nice looking heat free styles without the method. That said, I LOVE the extra volume you're getting!

My hair was the same exact way and especially when it was long. It gets really weighed down. Your hair is really beautiful.

Love the experimentation! It is definitely a part of the CG process. And I would agree with others, you do have texture it's not "straight", so it's really about finding the right techniques and products + giving it the time it needs. A few recommendations that may or may have not already been said: The praying hands method was almost right 😅 Instead of patting it into the hair you want to smooth it downwards without separating your palms. Another option is to try roping in the product. I only recommend roping because it's a method many wavies use. Secondly, really make sure your hair is dripping wet before you apply products. I have a spray bottle I use when I apply my products to make sure my hair is dripping wet each time I apply and even inbetween to keep the hair saturated. Especially since you're going to squeeze out water as you squish in product. Finally, I would try not squishing out excess water before plopping. That is one of those things that can either work for you or against you. Product wise, you can use a mousse. Just make sure it is without alcohol. Mousses can be great for wavies since it is such a light product. I use a mousse and a gel to get best results. For reference, my hair texture ranges from 2b-3b (I have curly spots and wavy spots. It's not homogenous), and I'm low porosity. I hope this helps!!

Try sleeping in the plop. It will allow the hair to dry in the shape. I feel like the plop should stay in longer. I have a large to medium shape c shape curl. I wash and condition and then use a curl creme and wrap in a towel and leave the towel in as long ad i can. Also, you can use flax seed to make a gel. I saw a youtuber do this and tried it. I liked it as a gel and that it was natural but i like to use product before getting out of the shower and kept forgetting to get the gel out of the refrigerator.

Please don't give up! I'd love to see your results after a few months. I'm 3 weeks in on cg and i'm so discouraged I wanna give up so bad. About half of my hair is destroyed from 6 yrs of bleaching so the back of my head gets so wavy almost curly but the top layer dries completely flat and it's so ugly and not soft like it normally is. I dont want to give up because I miss my old texture and going through this with you makes me feel not too bad about it 💕

I've only recently discovered the CG method and I've really seen an improvement in my hairs condition and the state of my curls now that I'm using it. For the entirety of my life I've brushed and combed my dry hair, obliterating my hairs natural curl into a horrible frizz which was exacerbated by under conditions my fine hair. The only good thing I've done for the last few years is to not heat style, but that was out of frustration of years of being forced to straighten my frizz. The CG method might seem cumbersome, but I find it a lot more manageable than the 30 minute blow dry sessions of the past. With each new was my curl pattern improves. I only comb my hair when I'm conditioning, I have stopped brushing my hair at all, and I'm seeing the hair regrowth. I lose a lot less hair now, which is good, because my hair is fine and thinned out by brushing damage. The curls give me more volume than I've had in years, and the curls are lasting longer between washes as time goes by. The best gel cast I got was from a clear eco styling gel, my hair was actually crunchy after a plop and air dry, but I'm also happy with my curling creme curls, where there's no crunchiness to scrunch out. I just have to be sure not to put in too much product as that weighs my hair down far too much. Lastly, don't be scared to plop longer. As I saw in a previous comment here, it allows your hair to dry without any weight billing down on the curls. I've let my hair dry in a plop, which does allow your heads natural heat to assist in drying your hair. I've adopted your over the sink post wash leave in condition and product scrunch, as I didn't like washing my hair upside down all the time and doing g the product in the shower, so thanks for that, it's far more comfortable. I look forward to your next visit to this topic

Oooh, you do have some waves! Lovely ♡ it takes *months* if not a bit longer for hair to really start to show what it's capable of using this method. It takes patience and dedication, but it's worth it if you would love to have more body in your hair.

i think you probably just have straight hair- drying it using the strainer just gives it that wave shape and the products are holding it like that, you def did have more waviness in those old clips but its possible for your hair texture to change as you grow up and since you mentioned its not as thick anymore its probably lost that wave unfortunately :/ my hair can sometimes look as straight as yours even without heat but when i leave my hair alone as much as possible and let it air dry it gets curly/wavy on its own, and the curly girl techniques just help to enhance it, i think thats how you know if these tricks are giving you waves or enhancing ones you naturally have

You could try finger coiling as a styling method, I think it'd help your hair curl better. I agree with those who say that your hair isn't 100% straight, cause then it wouldnt curl just by scrunching, you'd need to use heat.

The CG method does not give you texture if there is none there. You probably don't have a very strong curl pattern, but the soft waves are definitely there! I am also struggling with keeping my wave pattern after my hair dries.

I think your hair may be dead so trim the ends, and KEEP UP WITH IT, you have to change the settings and USE COLD air to set the style and DIFFUSE with an actual diffuser your hair isn’t straight

It seems like we have similar hair types. My hair has always been somewhat fine but, like yourself, I've gone through some hair loss (twice). The way I get my hair to wave is washing normally, then putting volume spray in it and blow drying until it's about half dry using a diffuser. The result is not super wavy but wavier than your hair here. I think us fine haired girls, unlike curly girls, cannot use heavy creams and styling products. I've also had some luck with salt sprays!

I will say that after years and years and years of straightening my hair I have been going through the process of getting my natural curls back. It does take a long time but I’m slowly but surely getting there. The one thing I can see is that when your hair is dry, before breaking the gel cast, your hair should look stringy and crunchy. It’s hard to explain but I don’t think you used enough gel, although if it’s a cream rather than gel that might also be the problem. I use Shea Moisture or Cantu gels and when my hair is dry it’s sort of stringy and wet looking. Then I scrunch out the gel cast and it is very soft but defined. Also if you are going to continue this method a diffuser is a must. My hubby got me two for Christmas and my curl game is even better. He got them from Sally’s Beauty Supply. The ones I had bought before never fit my hair dryer either because it has a smaller nozzle, but the ones he got me does. He actually took my hair dryer with him lol. Before the diffusers he got me I never blew my hair dry so I didn’t even realize they were gone. lol Anyway, it’s worth a shot to see what your hair does. Mine was pretty straight before doing the curly girl method to get back to my curls so you never know. Good Luck! 🍀

Ahh.... long hair community.... I learned a lot there when I started growing my curls out past chin length.

hi Loepsie! Your videos are so fun to watch! I dont know if anyone has mentioned this already but you can always put a clean sock over the nozzle of your blowdryer to "diffuse" the air being blown out as well.

Hmm, I just started out the curly girl method a few months back and I'm still having a bit of trouble, so I'm not really the most qualified to say much, so take what I say with a grain of salt haha ~. I think your hair might just be straight, or 1C. Maybe with a bit of textur, but still straight. My hair is a 2A/2B. When I do my hair wrong (as in using the wrong/heavy products), or when I dry brush it a few times, it looks a lot like yours When I do my hair right, it does dry in my wavy state, though. I also want to mention that my hair also looks like yours when it's wet! Do you have any family members with wavy hair? Interesting video! I liked seeing what happens to a straight haired girl on the curly method.

Hi Loepsie! I find it very interesting to see what the curly girl method does for straight hair and I hope you continue this project. I just want to suggest some changes to your routine. the first thing I wondered was at what point do you you detangle your hair? You shouldn't detangle textured hair as much as straight hair. Ideally you only do it when it's wet and saturated with conditioner to prevent breakage. But I suppose you could also carefully comb your hair before you wash it since it doesn't seem that dry and prone to breaking. secondly i believe you didn't use enough of the curl cream because your hair didn't have much definition once it dried. you can gradually increase the amount of cream with each wash until you get the definition your hair needs to hold the waves. thirdly you should try not to touch your hair until it is COMPLETELY dry. I know it sucks to have to wait so long for it to dry but it's very easy to destroy the texture and definition of wet hair. once it's dry it'll hold the texture much better. and lastly the method works best if you keep doing it every time you wash. so if you really really want to have wavy hair i suggest you use this method for at least a month and then decide if it's really worth it for you because it does take a long time before you can get the most out of your hairs natural texture. I hope you found some of my ideas helpful. But I still encourage you to use the advice of others as well. Everyones hair is different and you just have to find what works for you even if it isn't curly girl approved! :^)

Yay - I'm so glad you tried this again! I love your videos

When I did, BOI MY WAS CURRLED!! The only problem was I used way to much oils in my hair ;-; I'm going to try again too. But this time with less hair products :)

I think your hair has a lot of texture! As many have said, it takes months to get your hair transitioned with the CGM. India Batson and Curly Suzy are two great KZfaqrs for wavy girls.

Hey lucy! Your last video on the CGM, led me to try it out. I knew I had wavy hair, but I had no idea I had extremely curly hair. It was amazing to find that out! So, a trick that I have found that works, is to scrunch the hair up and the hold it for a few seconds. I find that this helps the curl to form better. Also, it was a cool idea, but I don't think the strainer is working. I would recommend a diffuser. Which might lead you to buy a new hairdryer. I apologize if this could be an inconvenience. However, I really think it will help.

Even back in 2009, it looks like you had 1c hair, which is "straight hair with movement" - some wave, but not consistent enough to be considered "wavy," which starts with 2a waves. Most people who discover their hair is really wavy either had super wavy/curly hair as a young teen OR had a LOT of frizz every time their hair dried. You might be able to get to 2a if you work with it a lot every day over a long period of time, but it will take a lot of work and probably not get much beyond 2a. Some tips for getting it to look 2a - you do have the waves when you squish the conditioner, and it sounds like you have fine low porosity hair since it takes like 6 hours to dry. Low porosity hair can't hold a lot of product/a lot of product when it's wet. You might try to squish to condish with handfuls of water to rinse out the conditioner until it feels a bit dry. That has helped me with clumps. Then wait about 5 min before you put in any product, scrunch the wave enhancer in, plop, then praying hands gel over that, then diffuse either half way or all the way.

As a barely wavy girl myself here's some tips. First try to plop as loung as possible it will help your waves form also when you diffuse your roots need to be almost dry or any waves you do have will fall. I hope this helps

Hi Loepsie, I really enjoyed your video and would love to see you continue the curly girl method. I have a few suggestions. 1) Used 1 cup apple cider vinegar and 2 cups distilled water and spray your hair to clairfy. 2) Try Devacurl low-poo and one conditioner 3) squish and condish 4) Use eco gel (only $9 for a huge tube at sally), 5) Do not diffuse right away, put hair up in a turbon 4) use black orchid diffuser xtava (does not cost much). I used this method and seems to bring out texture. It's difficult with wavier hair if you put too much the wrong product that may weigh down your hair. Good luck and looking forward to your next video.

I enjoyed watching your video 😊, if you are still experimenting with techniques for your hair, try a volumizing shampoo, if possible see if a hair salon has sample or travel size before committing to a full size bottle of such. I've noticed volumizing shampoos help to remove excess heavy hair product that may be present, and may help bring back any waves as seen while you washed your hair. If your hair is difficult to detangle, use a very light conditioner and a wide tooth comb to detangle your hair in shower but be very gentle. Wash off conditioner with cool water, from here you can try 2 things to see which works: remove excess water with a t-shirt in scrunching motion, then avoiding the scalp sparingly apply a Beach Wave Spray as you scrunch throughout and let air dry, experiment with a sugar based one as it is less drying. Alternately on a separate day follow the same volumizing shampoo and then condition and detangle gently in shower, t-shirt scrunch excess water then apply a Beach Wave Spray this time a sea salt based one then air dry. A long layer haircut may also help achieve bouncy waves.

Maybe try committing to air drying just once to see if it makes a difference. My hair is sensitive to heat and my waves fall out even if I use a diffuser, yours might be the same.

Your hair looks a little wavy to me as well, there are different categories of waves and I would consider it that way. Still it should be your choice to wear it straight or wavy, since it looks healthy either way! I only wanted to say that there is so much to hair (thickness, porosity, blah blah blah) and for me the curly girl method is a way to learn about my hair and satisfy its needs! It doesn't matter if at the end is very curly or barely wavy: hair must be happy 😝

I have super fine, slightly wavy hair, and I've found it works better not to ever flip my head over. That just seems to mess up the curl pattern and make things a big stringy mess. So maybe you could try just scrunching with your head upright, and not plopping. Works better for me! Good luck!

I think one thing that would help you is to first squeeze out the excess water in your hair and scrunch with your towel so your hair isn't dripping wet just damp, I put my hair in a bun when wet while I get ready for work and about 1 hr after my hair is around 60% dry and that's when I put in my products. I use shea moisture coconut and hibiscus smoothie on my hair and scrunch and put mousse on my roots to give me some volume as I have long hair. Then my hair is fully air dry around 3-3.5 hours later

A hair cut with layers helps a lot. You are not supposed to break the cast until the hair is 100% dry, not to disturb the pattern and avoid frizz. Keep reading about the CG method and watching videos, we learn a lot by watching. Manes by Mel has a video of a hair defusing technique, without touching the hair. It really worked for me. I'm a wavy, and you are one too. 💕

I'm not a wavy girl (more kinky coily), but I just watched a licensed cosmetologist do her mom's wavy hair. She said you absolutely MUST completely dry your hair. She stressed that the waves will not be truly set until your hair is completely dry and cool. Until then, the weight of your hair and the water will just pull any waves down straight.

I think your strainer trick was just dang brilliant!! 👏 Only sharp minds think of solutions like that, so you really shouldn’t take any criticism from anyone to heart. To be honest? I thought it looked easier to work with than many hair dryer diffusers I’ve seen (or owned), that are out there! So keep doing you girl!! As for your ‘curly-girl’ routine? You’re doing pretty darn well I think. I agree with many who’ve stated that it’s basically a matter of ‘re-training your hair’ -similar to how some girls will work on getting their hair to part naturally in a different spot. It can be done, but the key in all of this is consistency. If you commit to using this routine consistently (or one similar to it), I think you’ll find your curls will become bigger, larger in number, as well as more defined. I also agree with others that you might want to try sleeping on your ‘plop’. I’d probably use one tee to soak up the majority of the wetness, then switch to a dry one before my head hit the pillow. I think if you did this you might find your hair would be mostly dry by morning. By then, if you did have to use the hair dryer, you’d likely be able to just concentrate on your roots which would give you volume. 💁‍♀️ Last step after that would be to run your fingers through any remaining ‘gel crunch’ to soften the look real quick, then head out the door and be on your fabulous way. 💃🏻😉 Keep the dream alive girl! Based on the pics you shared I really think you can get there!! 💕

I did this for years and my hairs like urs. My 2006yr old suggestion is garnier curl spray and straight after washing, use product then immediately use diffuser without ever flipping ur hair until its dry. It works!! I did it for yearsssss ppl thought it was my natural hair

your hair looks exactly like mine when it’s wet and I have the same problem! It does not dry looking like that at all :(

One thing that works for me is to comb my hair with a wild wood comb straight out of the shower. Being gentle and not overdoing it. It helps to distribute products (even if actually, I only use my shampoo and sometimes water and apple vinegar rinsing water) and I think it separates the hairs in smaller groups so when you crunch them up, they have less weight to carry. I am not sure if it will help you but that can worth a try :) using diluted vinegar as rinsing product can also help remove the residue from the tap water if your area is calcareous. It can helped also with avoiding "build up" of products but I don't understand fully this problem yet.

This is how my hair always goes trying the curly girl method. Stringy frizzy with a wave. It doesn’t look like nice curls just thick and messy. Almost like humidity hair.

I think it's mostly styling for you. Wearing the plop with straight hair still gives you texture- you could compare it to braiding your hair over night, or while drying. Your hair is slightly textured, and I don't think you would get much more out of it in the future. The curly Girl method is not great for almost straight hair. See, curly hair care is mostly about giving your hair moisture, and letting it keep the moisture. Healthy Type 1 and 2 hair almost never has a Problem with moisture, because the natural oils have it much easier to travel down. With CG-products, straight haired people will mostly get greasy hair. Sure, don't damage your hair with heat and harsh chemicals, give your hair what it needs, but no more.

Hey, I definitely think you can get a better result. One thing that worked really well for me was going for the 'big chop' . I cut around 5 cms of my hair and my hair was a lot healthier and therefore held curl a lot better afterwards. Also I don't think that curl cream you used has enough hold to it. It definitely doesn't look like it gave you a gel cast at all. A gel cast really means your hair is stiff and crunchy (like boy's hair :P). If you are looking for a cheap curly girl approved gel, try the styling gel extra strong from Hema. It's like 3 euros, easily available in NL and works well enough. Doesn't give amazing hold, but definitely better than that cream you used. Next time I would just shampoo and condition and then just use gel, no other product. I use one almond sized amount on the left side and then another almond sized amount on the right side of my hair, using prayer hands and scrunching. After applying product I use a microfiber towel so squeeze out more excess moisture using the scrunching technique. Then I blowdry with diffuser on cold until it's about 50% dry en airdry the rest of the way, before scrunching out the crunch Few more tips: 'is it cg', an app where you can enter ingredients from products and it tells you if the product is cg approved. I personally don't like to do the whole upside down thing. It's too much of a hassle for me and makes my hair dry weird, so once I get out of the shower I just style my hair while I am upright. It might give me less volume but I have more control over the end result. But my hair is currently shoulder length, so maybe that's just an issue on shorter hair. I'm really curious to see you continue this journey :)

first, find your hair porosity. second, learn how to create a routine for your hair (a balance of moisture and protein). third, deep condition once a week. fourth, once a month do a protein treatment. five, when squishing to condish, always leave some product in. six, microfiber towels can suck moisture out of hair so only use it until hair stops dripping but is still wet. seven, find a gel/mouse or some kind of product that will hold the other products inside the hair. if product is slightly heavy, use little amount. optional, scrunch out the cast. optional, find curly/wavy girl representatives on instagram, they give a lot more info on hair.

Late to the party, but I'm loving these videos. Now, I don't know about you, but for me the product actually holds better when it's not dripping wet. I think being super wet like that would just dilute it too much to be as effective as it's intended to be. If you try it again, I'd still s2c, rinse, but dry it a bit with those microfiber gloves next and then squish in the product. Plop to finish as well. I can't help with the blow dryer as my hair is too short to need one, but even when it was long, I think it always turned out better when it could air dry. Even if it takes a while, I think it'd be a neat experiment. Maybe do this in the evening and plop overnight? See where it's at in the morning and let it air dry from there. Just film check-ins throughout the day.

Hi, Lucy! New follower here. I got to your previous curly girl method video by chance and cringed a little at the mousse and wax, sorry. Just wanted to tell you that in Argentina we have a facebook group for curly-haired people where we share experiences, product reviews and learn more about haircare. There is a lot of non-curly people too! Because the basis of the curly girl method (I think) is to learn how to take care of your hair in the most natural way possible, avoiding silicones, sulfates and heat, and that is why it is said it brings out your "real" hair texture (iit is possible yours is just not wavy!) There's a lot of people with straight hair in the group that follow just the no silicone/no sulfates rule and swear by it. Obviously heat-styling is frowned upon, but you already use a lot of heat protector, so that's okay. For styling straight hair I've seen some people recommend applying some drops of natural oil (almond, coconut, olive...) to the tips to avoid frizz. And that's it! If you'd like to know more about our take on the curly girl method I'll be happy to tell you! PS. Sorry for the long text!

Hey hey! I have curly hair but I just love your channel in general cause it's so different from the rest of the beauty community that's currently having a disaster. So, praying hands. Good effort, but you want to glide the hands down the length of the hair, in the praying position, distributing the product. I also wide tooth comb and finger comb my conditioners in. I ONLY finger comb my other stylers in cause I don't want to break up my curl clumps too much. After applying my conditioners or stylers, with the finger raking, I squish my hair. Then I use praying hands as the final step to create as much clumping as possible. Then do my preferred drying method

That's how my curly hair looked when it was super damaged on the ends, I did a big chop and my curls came right back!

My mom has hair a lot like yours. I don't know how you feel about cutting your hair, but the only way my mom can keep her wave is to cut it (hers is a little lower than shoulder length) and put layers in it. Just be careful not to layer it to much or the bottom layer may get frizzy. As for myself, I have wavy hair and I did get more definition after layering it. When you go to style your hair, mousse might actually be better because it is more light weight than gel. Also, before you put in that, you should try putting a very small amount of leave in conditioner. I think this will help your hair to wave and might be shinier. If you do that, the product you use to lock it in, might have something to lock in haha. After I wash my hair and put conditioner in, I use a wet brush to detangle my hair. Then I scrunch it. I don't know if this would work for you, but if you try it, you might be able to see if your hair has a wave or, if it is just kind of tangled. I don't know if this is helpful, but there you go! :)

I have 3c curls and I have followed a lot of methods for my hair just to see what fits best. The curly girl method is basically trying to keep your hair moisturized by less striping of oils when shampooing and having “breathable” conditioner afterwards. Silicones in conditioner can be either water soluble or not, and the reason we opt for soluble is because the insoluble one is hard to wash off even with a sulphate shampoo. This makes putting any other product after it kind of useless because it just sits on top of the hair cuticle unable to penetrate it because of the “protective layer”. Another thing, the strainer diffuser thing might not be doing exactly what the diffuser is designed for. A diffuser spreads the air blown in a wider area, decreasing the force of blow as well. Just being gentle on drying the hair. Curly hair is easily prone to frizz even when using the same products that worked before that’s why some just air dry without any manipulation. I can write down here chronicles about hair stuff but just to be short: curly products can work on any other hair but not necessarily give the texture because they are designed to keep curls deeply moisturized since they are not as good at holding it. And with variable hair porosity levels that could also affect how well your hair soaks up different conditioners. There’s this blog called the sciency hair blog that gets into scientific details of why hair behaves in ways with different people. It should help.

Lots of hope!! I use waaayy more gel than that on my hair that’s shorter than yours. Blue LA Looks is my favorite. Leave in conditioners and creams weigh down my hair, so I rinse my hair completely after squish to condish. I also get the best results with a mix of raking and scrunching the gel into my hair. You want your hair to curl up with itself in clumps or it DOES go Hermione Granger in the first movie. I rake the gel through while my head is upside down, then bring it together into one big clump, then gently scrunch that clump out, being careful the clumps stay big. Even if you don’t style your hair curly every day, letting your hair go back to virgin in the meantime will help your next trial go better.

maybe a strong hold hair gel- scrunch, scrunch and arrange how u want it then don't touch it until completely dry. then scrunch out the gel cast. you could purchase an inexpensive diffuser--might make a difference. some curlies/wavies like LA sports gel for hair. I do best with Devacurl's Wave Maker.. try it

It's great to see your follow up video. I have really thin, long, wavy hair and after reading the Curly Girl book realised that for my type the best thing to do is wash, use no conditioner, but use a spray leave in conditioner [I actually just use my heart protectant spray] and finally I now have bouncy hair instead of rat tails. I love your hair experiments but think your hair looks it's very best the way you normally wash and style it. We each know what is best for us really. :D

It can take months. to bring out natural texture in hair. Try using curly girl friendly products, try using them on SOAKING wet hair, in the video your hair did not look that wet. I noticed when you were trying squish to condos, your hair was not wet enough, and you also didn’t use enough conditioner. Your hair when you do it should feel like wet seaweed, you are going to rinse it out, so it is fine to use a fair amount of product. I would also try to deep conditioning once a week before you wash (apply a decent amount of a good deep conditioner to wet hair place on a shower cap over top and then trap the heat and moisture in by wrapping in a towel or heat cap and leave on for 30 mins or so) then wash, condition-detangle, apply your stylers to WET hair scrunch, scrunch , scrunch, then diffuse with a proper diffuser. For stylers i like a volumizing root spray, a curl enhancing spray, and a decent amount of curl cream. My hair is fine and thin 3b curly hair and I try to use CG only products, and products to give the appearance of “thicker” hair (my family ALL of us are very fine/thin haired sadly). So I use enough product to get results, but not weigh my hair down. I would say try Deva Curl wavy line, and they're deep conditioners are brilliant as well. Watch curly You Tube channels, you can pick up LOADS of tips. I got all the info I needed when I decided to go back to my natural texture. Bianca Renee is awesome, Curly Penny, is another good one as well. Just look the YT is chock a block. Best of luck on your CG experiments.

Use a curl cream and booster it’ll help and work better and don’t use it on soaking wet hair use it on damp hair. I’m a hairdresser and this is what I do for my clients

I love that you're trying I'd go for the LOC method which stands for leave in, oil, cream and in that order (using the scrunched method) only using a very small amount. Try to leave your hair in the plop for as long as you can and also use clips on the roots when drying. I think a defuser attachment is a god send. I have 3a hair but I rarely do the curly girl method because it's also very fine so breaks easily when using even a tangle teaser

So you have to understand that it is a work in progress. I started my journey last november. It is all about time. You have to get used to treat your hair differently and your hair has to get used to it too.

I have wavy hair/some curly hair and the plop method did not work AT ALL for me! But scrunching and then hover drying works sooooo well!😍 so that basically when you have a diffuser on but you don’t cup your hair up in it you just hover over it and dry it! Works so well, would definitely recommend trying that!✨