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Greetings all!
I've been growing my hair for about 6 months now. My hair is mildly wavy for most of its length but the ends taken on some rather annoying shapes.
Especially around the ears and at the very back. At the ears my hair flips up and the body of hair at the back starts to get kinda bushy and unruly once my hair dries.
If I was a student I wouldn't be as concerned about my appearance, but I work as an engineer in an office and even though the atmosphere is very relaxed, I don't won't my hair to look unruly.
Here's what I've been doing to keep it in place. Pat-dry my hair with a towel after I wash it and then apply some Paul Mitchell grooming cream. Comb my hair back and then apply a little Tresemme ultra-hold gel.
This helps my hair stay in place for a few hours but towards the evening my hair decides that it's going to have a little fun at my expense.
Any suggestions you good folk may have regarding:
1. Choice of gel/cream... should I use something stronger than what I do right now?
2. Combing suggestions, etc
are more than welcome!
Thanks!
You might want to skip the gel, as it's damaging to the hair.
I brush my hair into a middle part to keep it out of my eyes.
I would if I could. The ends of my hair get kinda frizzy/wavy though... frizzy to the sides, unruly at the back.
Mine do too, but I try not to let it bother me. Part of having curly/wavy hair is that it will almost always have a little bit of frizziness to it no matter what.
this seems to be a fairly common problem, especially the part where the hair gets long enough to hit the ears and shoots out. Eventually it will get long enough to do another 90 degree turn and go down again. In the mean time, try timing your morning wash so your hair is starting to dry about an hour before you have to leave for work. comb it down and let it air dry. if you have to, experiment with one or both of the following: Get a cylindrical brush. when your hair is damp but not wet, gently brush the ends rotating the brush so the ends wrap around it and curl in. let them dry. you have to be a bit careful to not get them wrapped around the brush so much it pulls. if this doesn't work by itself, get a blow dryer and put it on the lowest speed setting and no heat. position the nozzle so it's just above the curl part aiming down so it blows your hair down and flattens it while it dries. you shouldn't have to use it for more than a minute or two. use it as sparingly as possible. these tricks won't make curly hair flat but they may be just enough to get you through this part.
Thanks, Knucks! I'm going to try that out starting tomorrow.
Same problem here ..... Brycreem seems to help ....
