Wurly and Curly thread!!!

[Mahars]

It's so cool to see other curlies and wurlies like me. Just out of curiosity, I'd like to know what your number 1 best curly hair tip is. What's the one thing you can't live without?

[CurlyNinja]

it's strange to not be the girl "with the big hair" anymore.

I know EXACTLY what you mean. Since my hair shaped up and stopped being so poofy when I changed how I took care of it, I've been mostly glad to have such well-defined, frizzless curls.

On the other hand, I think I got really attached to being a "big hair" kind of girl, and it's hard not to have that identity to lean on. It's who I was for so long, and so while I like my "new" hair, I kind of miss my old mystique more than I miss the actual "old hair."

Maybe part of the reason I want long hair is that it's a replacement for "big hair."

[jojo]

im a wurly curly! 2b/c my front is more curly than wurly though! nice to see fellow wurly curlies, my hair hates winter cant wait also for summer when i can just let my hair go curly wurly wild!

[thetokenlady]

Wurly girl here, hi everyone! 2c/3a and can't wait for it to warm up and get a bit of humidity in the air. I'm either staticy frizz or controlled-but-greasy from using the shea butter to try and keep my hair less dry. I love my wurls but they don't love winter!

Just now I'm washing every 4-5 days, but every morning I get my hair wet in the shower and put some conditioner on the ends. I put my shea/coconut/jojoba mixture on the ends morning and night. Yep, it takes that much stuff to keep my ends from drying out to where they break! (It doesn't help that my ends have some old chemical dye on them, I trim once in a while but don't want to lose the 3" it would take to get rid of the dye)

[redcelticcurls]

It's so cool to see other curlies and wurlies like me. Just out of curiosity, I'd like to know what your number 1 best curly hair tip is. What's the one thing you can't live without?

My number one tip would be to be sulfate free, though this doens't work for everyone. I guess that for me it plays into moisturization. Sulfates take it away from me. More moisture = better curls. Drier hair = less curl.

The one thing I cannot live without is conditioner!! I am loving two right now.

[Curlsgirl]

Curly Ninja and Starr, I used to have big hair too! I think it started finally growing down at about 25 inches or so LOL! I don't miss it at ALL!

Mahara, The one product or thing I couldn't do without as a curly would be probably coconut oil if I HAD to pick one. AG re:coil would be a close second as far as a product is concerned.

If there was a tip I would say NOT trying to straighten my hair with a blow dryer, brush or iron!!! I do this VERY occasionally now like once or twice a season if that much. Otherwise I let my hair dry by itself or use a blow dryer very sparingly just to get some of the moisture out on cold days.

[Xandergrammy]

It's so cool to see other curlies and wurlies like me. Just out of curiosity, I'd like to know what your number 1 best curly hair tip is. What's the one thing you can't live without?

My number 1 wurly tip is to not touch my hair when it's wet. AT ALL

[Curlsgirl]

My number 1 wurly tip is to not touch my hair when it's wet. AT ALL

Oooooooooooo that's good! Yes! Me too!!!

[JKRBeloved]

The most important things I've learned (since realizing I AM a wurlie, not just a frizzy head) is to use some leave-in product, scrunch, gently rearrange or pincurl any misbehaving bits of curl, and then DON'T touch.

[funnybunny668]

Another wurly checking in!