Is it better to apply styling products when your hair is sopping wet? - Page 2

rbb · 10-16-2010, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Robin-in-FL

Ladies who apply product when hair is not very wet, how in the world are you distributing it through your hair? Can you section and comb it when it's not superwet? It seems like this would flatten the hair. Or are you somehow managing to scrunch in stuff after it's not very wet? It seems like it wouldn't distribute very well without the water to squoosh it around.

Please reveal your secrets!

i can only apply a select few products to dry/damp hair. here is what i do - i leave just about all of my conditioner for leave in, then scrunch out water, then scrunch more with two pairs of hand dry gloves. i let it air dry for maybe 2 hours, sometimes less, then scrunch it with the product massaging some directly into the scalp area without raking my hair, then more product scrunching the hair. when i flip my head up i see if any spots seem to look unhappy, then i lightly scrunch to those spots.
i used deva set up and above this way, and am now just using cj smoothing lotion this way. it probably helps that you can use these products on dry hair.

JLeighs · 10-16-2010, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Robin-in-FL

Ladies who apply product when hair is not very wet, how in the world are you distributing it through your hair? Can you section and comb it when it's not superwet? It seems like this would flatten the hair. Or are you somehow managing to scrunch in stuff after it's not very wet? It seems like it wouldn't distribute very well without the water to squoosh it around.

Please reveal your secrets!

My hair is still wet, it's just not soaking wet. It's very damp. Some products I rake through and other products I scrunch in using the mysteryflavored method. I get a LOT more volume and bounce, I still get plenty of clumps, and I'm not wasting product. My hair t-shirt used to be stiff in 2 days when I used to scrunch out excess water *after* applying product. I'm also able to use a lot less product than I used to with better, more consistent results. Hope that helps!

wavynwild16 · 10-16-2010, 02:06 PM

This is a really good thread -- I always heard that curlies were supposed to scrunch in product while their hair was soaking wet and wavy hair could wait until their hair was damp, but I now know otherwise!

I like applying my product while my hair is pretty wet. I scrunch in my products after I have scrunched a lot of water out of my hair (which isn't saying much, because my hair is thick and holds water very well) and then plop. I tried doing it after I plop, and it just doesn't turn out as well. Slightly damp hair + gel = one big mess for me!

MVP_ · 10-16-2010, 04:20 PM

This is an interesting thread for sure.

I just wonder, I read many of you start by scrunching the water out of your hair with your hands and follow up with scrunching with a towel or tshirt...

But how do you scrunch water out of your hair with your bare hands if I may ask?

porque_pig · 10-16-2010, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MVP_

This is an interesting thread for sure.

I just wonder, I read many of you start by scrunching the water out of your hair with your hands and follow up with scrunching with a towel or tshirt...

But how do you scrunch water out of your hair with your bare hands if I may ask?

I just stand in the shower, turn my head upside down, and...scrunch? It's almost as if I'm lifting up a chunk of hair, holding it close to my scalp, and squeezing it. I hold my hand out, push up on the hair until it's close to the scalp, and squeeze all the hair that falls into my hand. Does that make sense?

MVP_ · 10-17-2010, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by porque_pig

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Originally Posted by MVP_

This is an interesting thread for sure.

I just wonder, I read many of you start by scrunching the water out of your hair with your hands and follow up with scrunching with a towel or tshirt...

But how do you scrunch water out of your hair with your bare hands if I may ask?

I just stand in the shower, turn my head upside down, and...scrunch? It's almost as if I'm lifting up a chunk of hair, holding it close to my scalp, and squeezing it. I hold my hand out, push up on the hair until it's close to the scalp, and squeeze all the hair that falls into my hand. Does that make sense?

Yes that does make sense, it's the same as I do but then without a towel?

Whats the advantage of starting scrunching water out with your bare hands? I may try it tomorrow!

plunkybug · 10-17-2010, 09:39 AM

I squeeze some water out in the shower with my hands, but it is still pretty wet. I add my curl enhancers and scrunch which gets some water out on it's own but I scrunch in water a la super soak, then scrunch more by hand and plop. After 15-20 minute plop, I scrunch my gel in, though I'm playing with mousse right now, and then diffuse. I'll plop a little more or scrunch a little more if I still think I am too wet before diffusing. That said, I'm looking to increase volume but still keep definition.

curl goddess · 10-17-2010, 12:32 PM

I comb hair while condish is on in the shower and rinse well. Then I come out of the shower and shake my head a few good times. Then I apply styling gel/creams, then plop in a microfiber towel.

Ive tried scrunching with the towel before applying - sometimes i get the same result as applying to sopping wet hair, sometimes not. I think a lot depends on the weather - humidity, rain etc. No matter what the product, my hair will act differently with weather variants.

Ondulee · 10-18-2010, 12:14 PM

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I'm going to try a two prong approach by applying REcoil to dripping hair in the shower to get better distribution, then plop for 5-10 as usual and then apply my CK and diffuse.

well, so I tried and got so-so results. My hair was soft and had very little crunch to scrunch out but it also had some frizz and lost volume and structure throughout the day.

I think I prefer applying Re:coil and CK to damp hair and SOTC after about 10 min diffusing then air dry 100% and SOTC the rest of the way...

Morgan_Adcock · 10-18-2010, 05:30 PM

Scrunch the excess water out of your hair with your bare fists. Your hair will still be wet, and the products you apply will be better distributed. I let it all sit on my hair for a few minutes before scrunching more water out of my hair with a FST, and by the time I do, it usually feels like I just have water on it.

robinbeths · 10-25-2010, 04:18 PM

Wow! Finding this has been really good! I asked this very same question just yesterday myself. SO torn still about whether it's better for my particular hair to apply products while it's sopping wet or to get some of the water out before. I feel like a broken record, but my mission is to get even product distribution, which happens best for me, by way of raking, BUT, raking pulls out my clumps and leaves my hair in strings. Ugh. It's SO confusing at times to know what's best to do.

Thanks for listening to me vent.....

mermaidewaves · 01-10-2012, 10:23 AM

I am curious if for some people it does work better if it is damp as opposed to soaking wet. does anyone have a theory why that would work? This is my second day of plopping. Next volume, texture but still stringy.