Curly Hair Tips?!?!?!?!?

just give me all u know bout tight, curly hair? and tips/products/brushing/anythign else? what are some ways to calm it down? hairstyles? ahhh.thans!=]Curly Hair Tips?!?!?!?!?
I hated my hair for my whole life until I -finally- learned how to take care of it a few years ago. There's lots of things you should know, but I'll just start with some basics:





First, washing. Curly hair is super fragile and the harsh sulfates in shampoo are too harsh to use on curly hair daily. (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, the main product in most shampoos, is the same thing used in dish detergent! Would you wash your hair with that?) Shampoo once a week, maximum. On the days you don't shampoo, use conditioner. For best results, add gel and other products to -dripping wet- hair.





Drying. Don't use a regular towel, the fibers promote frizz. Instead blot your hair dry with a t-shirt or a microfiber towel. If you blow dry, use a diffuser on a low heat setting. Blow dry until it's 50-75% dry. If you blow dry it totally dry, it'll frizz more.





Brushing. Don't. Ever. To detangle, use a wide tooth comb or your fingers, and only while your hair is wet. Never brush dry curly hair. This will cause nothing but frizz and deformed curls.





Products: avoid hair products with silicones. They may make your hair look temporarily shiner, but they build up, and dry up your hair from the inside. My favorites are the Herbal Essences Set Me Up and Curl Scrunching Gel, Moptop Light Hold Gel, Devacare Arc Angell, and Batia and Aleeza Bio-Herbal Sculpting Gel.





Taking these steps made my hair much healthier, shinier, and less of a poofball after just a few weeks.





Many curly haired girls stop shampooing altogether-- myself included. I stopped using sulfate shampoos and switched to cleansing conditioners (Devacurl No-Poo is my favorite). To stop using shampoos, however, you need to stop using -ALL- products that use non-water soluble silicones, because the silicone will not be washed out clean. Cleansing conditioners will get rid of everything else though-- dirt, extra oils, and water-soluble hair products. To find out more about this (and other curly stuff) check out the hair forums at http://www.naturallycurly.com --you're not alone!Curly Hair Tips?!?!?!?!?
my best friend has the same problem


to calm it, she uses:





mousse: dove, or herbal essence (the one that is especially made for curly hair.) both work great.


spray gel: herbal essence


wet hair, brush, then scrunch in mousse then spray gel it down from the roots, not so much the roots.





this is no miracle work. it definitly helps frizz and shape though. what really helps is getting used to it, because its not going to become perfectly curly or perfectly straight by anything. its an animal... but dont let the hair rule you!!!! :]]