The woes of a Wavie. - Page 8

californiawaves · 12-16-2004, 01:24 PM

Three cheers for just using a leave-in and no styling product! I love the way my hair feels and am finding it is a little less frizzy... it needs so much extra moisture!

Chelle · 12-16-2004, 02:53 PM

Is the Aveda leave in mentioned in your signature the one you used w/o a gel? I have never tried that....atleast that I can remember.....I have tried no product at all and that was quite ugly

What was your usual styling product before you tried just a leave in? and when you tried just a leave in did you comb/figner comb it through and air dry or diffuse?

Chelle

BohemianRenegade · 12-16-2004, 03:07 PM

eastcoast~
The point you made about not using products when you were a child really makes sense! I look at pictures of my hair when I was a toddler, and I had gorgeous frizz free curls!

One day last summer, I just left conditioner in my hair and I had perfect curls. That was right before I cut it all off though and I never was able to get it to look like that again. I am growing it out again now and am trying to get back to using nothing!

Thanks for the posts!

californiawaves · 12-16-2004, 04:02 PM

Hi Chelle,

Yeah, I have been using the Aveda Elixir after a recommendation from eastcoastwaves. I like it because it contains a cone, so my hair feels soft and it controls frizz a bit, but it is a water-soluble one so I don't have to worry about it building up. This also means I can use a gentle shampoo as opposed to a harsher one needed to get it out.

Before, I was using either gel or Boots (Boots is still great, but I am finding that I am enjoying my waves right now as opposed to curls with more hold). I apply the Elixir to the length of my hair and finger comb through gently. Then I let it air dry, either down or sometimes up in a clip.

I also really enjoy eastcoastwaves comments about not using products when you were a kid... so true! I am finding that my hair is getting healthier with just some extra moisture.

Kirochka · 12-17-2004, 02:50 PM

I've been away from nc.com for quite a while... a lot of the reason had to do with frustration with my hair, and feeling, you know, I'm just not a curly girl. But I just came back for a quick browse and saw this thread, and I have to say thanks to all who've posted on it over the months, because so much of it sums up my situation. I'm a 2a with rather thin hair, around shoulder length and layered mostly in the front, and in the summer it was wavier, and now it's just driving me berserk - not as wavy, but certainly not straight, and frizzing something awful if I so much as look at it. I have a haircut appointment in an hour and have been thinking, Man, I should just cut it all off. But I won't... and I'll keep trying to deal with it. But it's just nice to see other wavies dealing with this in-between can't-make-up-its-mind hair!

UP Lisa · 02-09-2005, 10:41 AM

Hi. I am a 2a. My hair is very fine, and it does not frizz. This goes along with what it says in the hair typing section. I see a lot of you talking about frizz, so I assume your hair is not really all that fine. Is that true, or does some fine hair frizz?

Lisa

petitfox · 02-09-2005, 01:03 PM

Thanks all for the inspiration!!
It so easy to get carried away, it's so easy to find something bad about oneself and ones hair.
But it's such a waste of time and energy. I am really happy to see that many of you have come to accept their hair as it is.
A lot of my experiments with hair is figuring out what will let my true type shine out....
I haven't tried the "less is more" but I definitely wondered why as a little petitfox I has such wonderful curls and waves free of frizz!
Well, I wasn't making such a fuss out of my hair then, ha!

I am on the quest to simplification!! and I can see land!

SuZen · 02-09-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by UP Lisa

Hi. I am a 2a. My hair is very fine, and it does not frizz. This goes along with what it says in the hair typing section. I see a lot of you talking about frizz, so I assume your hair is not really all that fine. Is that true, or does some fine hair frizz?

Lisa

I'm a 3a with fine hair, and yes, I do get frizz sometimes. Unfortunately.

UP Lisa · 02-10-2005, 06:00 AM

Maybe if it's just wavy it doesn't frizz, but if it's curly it does?

Lisa

Kirochka · 02-10-2005, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by UP Lisa

Maybe if it's just wavy it doesn't frizz, but if it's curly it does?

Lisa

Ah, if only that were true!

My hair is definitely 2a wavy, not curly, and it frizzes something fierce! Back in the old days before I read Curly Girl and realized I had wavy hair, not just straight hair that wouldn't behave, I did know that it had a layer of frizz, the more so the more humid it was out.

No, wavy hair definitely can frizz!

UP Lisa · 02-10-2005, 06:17 AM

Well, it's nice to find another fine and wavy person. I don't know much about even my own wavy hair, since I just recently discovered that it is wavy after thinking it was straight my whole life. The top layer is pretty straight, but underneath there are really nice waves. I wish it was the other way around, but I'm thrilled anyway!

Lisa

californiawaves · 03-07-2005, 03:47 PM

I have been using Dove Define and Shine gel lately, and it has been really good for shine and more control/hold. At the same time, I apply it in the morning and always have high hopes that my hair will stay looking great all day... without fail, it always falls a little and doesn't have the hold it did in the morning. I was getting frustrated, but really, there's nothing I can do. If my hair won't be completely curly, or completely straight, I can't force it... it's gonna be wavy.

And I think wavy hair is awesome, but my goal lately is to cut down on volume. I feel like I have puffy hair that easily gets undefined. I would love to have smooth, chunky waves with less volume. A girl can dream...

UP Lisa · 03-08-2005, 06:03 AM

And all my life I've wished for more volume...

dustbunny61 · 03-08-2005, 04:53 PM

This is a great thread! I've been trying to come to terms with being a wavy rather than a curly lately, and it's been...odd. My hair seems to be "losing" its curl lately. In the past I'd have typed my hair as a 3a bordering on 3b until one night my fiance called my hair "wavy." After arguing it for a while, I took a good look in the mirror and realized that he was right. Now I guess I'd say I'm a 2c with some spots of 3a, and I find myself trying to get my curl back with products and conditioners and clarifying and trims. I've been trying to simplify my routine, thinking I was weighing my curl down, but I guess I just need to accept my hair as it is and go from there.

mayim · 03-08-2005, 05:27 PM

Yes, I'm getting to the point where I'm accepting the wave. At least at this length, I might be curlier again when it's longer. Until then, I'm tired of trying to get curls to happen that aren't there without a lot of work, and hoping they'll hold. Why not just nurture and embrace the waves they eventually fall into anyway - and enhance them to be the best they can be?

I'm tired of feeling producty, too.

I'm trying the no-product, leave-in route.

I think it's working nicely, but I just started so we'll see ...

M

californiawaves · 03-11-2005, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mayim

I'm trying the no-product, leave-in route.

Me too! I am going back to this for a little bit and my hair feels great so far! I just used Aveda Elixir Leave-in this morning and my hair is behaving like it wants to... more flowing, less frizz. I don't have truely curly hair (although it can be coaxed into curls if I try), but over the last couple months, my hair has become more and more wavy, which I like! My hair looks kinda like surfer-girl hair again today.. I love it!

SoLastSunday152 · 03-11-2005, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Flippit

And forget second day hair. It never happens when I go "au naturale". My curl pattern's just not strong enough to last through sleeping, even on a satin pillow.

My hair is the same way. I only get good second day hair about 10% of the time, I usually end up washing it every morning.

TheatreDiva · 03-11-2005, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SoLastSunday152

My hair is the same way. I only get good second day hair about 10% of the time, I usually end up washing it every morning.

I have the same problem, but I'm much lazier about it.

I work out every morning, so I wash my hair at night and let it air dry spread out on my pillow. It looks best if I diffuse it, but I just don't have time before my workout (6am), and I don't have anywhere near enough time between my workout and work!

Oh well, good weekend hair will have to do!

californiawaves · 04-05-2005, 11:40 AM

bumping

lazy loops · 04-06-2005, 10:14 AM

I agree that when trying countless stylers, diffusing dry bent at the waist, rinsing in cool water upside down, plopping, etc., does barely a thing to encourage any more curl & volume for more than a few minutes to a few hours, the frustration factor is beyond handling & it's time to embrace the waves or curls you've got & stop trying to force more.

I'm at or quickly getting to that point.