Ouidad Climate Control
Dear Ouidad: I recently got engaged and am longing for my dry, coarse and kinky curly hair to be more soft, healthy and looser ringlet-like curls before the wedding. (Much like Taylor Swift’s) Any suggestions?
A: Deep treatment intensive conditioning is the key to getting softer, healthier curls. After that I recommend a softening to loosen tight curls, but make sure that the softening process uses a calcium hydroxyl base, not a sodium hydroxyl base. This should be used months ahead of time, though to make sure you like the outcome. For special occasions you can use a Climate Control gel to control frizz and add moisture to loosen your curls.
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September 1st, 2009 at 12:07 pm
(1) I noticed that very frequent deep conditioning treatments help a lot at softening my curls and (2) backing soda treatments gives me good results at loosening my curl patern (3) But the best way to loosen up my curls is by letting my hair dry in loose braided sections after detangling and adding shea butter. [I am a 4b]
September 9th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
The “loosening” suggested is actually a perm and calcium hydroxyl base (no lye relaxer) is gentler on the scalp, a sodium hydroxyl (lye relaxer) doesn’t straighten as fast and doesn’t cause mineral build up so most who use relaxers to texturize or loosen their curls tend to use lye relaxers often mixed with conditioners or oils to slow down processing and enhance moisture.