connie.kvien

I am new to all of this so please bear with me!

From what I can tell curl type is 2B or 2C. Porosity - medium to high, density - medium to high and width/texture - medium to coarse. I'm not sure on elasticity.

I was still debating on CG products and didn't have any so I just tried some of the methods in here - ice queen for shower, scrunch dried hair with flour sack towel, plopped my hair and used pixiecurl method for diffusing. Wow what a difference just those did!


I was shopping at Target and saw they had some of products I had considered so I got KCCC shampoo, KCKT, HETT mouse and KCCC. I just used my old conditioner (but just got DevaCareOne in the mail!)

It tooked out great, except it was a bit crunchy so I looked up how to SOTC. I think doing that (and using a bit less KCCC) will help.

But I ended up with lots of straight underneath. It was mainly in the back. My back wasn't as curly as the sides either but curly enough that I was fine with it. I wouldn't mind the straight pieces so much if they were concealed but the other pieces in back, but they hang SO much lower that they really stick out.

Any advice for those?

Also any advice for 2nd day hair? It seems when I sleep on it, it really kills the curls plus encourages those straight pieces more.

Thanks!

kstan

I am a 2c in the back with 2b in the front. My underneath will not wave for the life of me. never has. also right on my crown is a section of like 2a. lol. So i have bangs to disguise most of that. I'm looking now to schedule an appointment with a curly stylist to see if she can do some layering to help hide my underneath better. Its never really bothered me before (I used to straiten every day), but now that i'm embracing my curls, I really want a style that i can wear everyday without having to worry about it.

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started CG on 6/25/12.

• 2c with a strait underneath
• normal elasticity on top, none on the underneath
• Fine side of Normal
• Thick hair
• Poriosity is a mystery. I think its all over the place.

sarstang

2b/c with underlayer completely straight?!

Here's a link that addresses the straight underneath problem.

I'm still pretty new here too and have 2b/c hair that is straight-ish underneath. I can coerce some wave to it, but it's like 2a under there. I think this is a fairly common issue with us 2's. Super fun, right??

Good luck!