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    Quote Originally Posted by GRU View Post
    Do you plop by lowering your head down to the towel, or raising the towel to your head?

    I use a Turbie Twist, and I bend over and put the ends into the pocket part, then slowly lift the turbie making a slight circular motion -- I've found that I'm less likely to have "escapees" if I kind of "swirl" it on the way up. When the pocket is all the way up to my head, then I twist and fasten it (with no hair in the twisted part) and stand back up straight.
    I lower my head into a tea towel, twist the sides and wait 20 minutes. This is after I apply my leave-in and LA Looks gel. When I take down the towel, the back of my hair doesn't come down much - then I have to try and shake it, or separate it with my fingers, then I've manipulated it too much and it turns back into frizz.
    I should have never cut my hair! Growing again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kitschy View Post
    I lower my head into a tea towel, twist the sides and wait 20 minutes. This is after I apply my leave-in and LA Looks gel. When I take down the towel, the back of my hair doesn't come down much - then I have to try and shake it, or separate it with my fingers, then I've manipulated it too much and it turns back into frizz.
    Have you tried not gelling that part of your hair?

    It sounds like it's drying out while you're plopped, so it's still stuck in the upright position (like an airplane tray-table! ) when you let it back out again.

    I'm just not ready to be a Renegray yet!
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    Quote Originally Posted by GRU View Post
    Have you tried not gelling that part of your hair?

    It sounds like it's drying out while you're plopped, so it's still stuck in the upright position (like an airplane tray-table! ) when you let it back out again.
    LOL...It is like an airplane tray, only all tangled and wonky. It is still plenty wet - in fact it takes at least 5 hours to dry after the plop, and if I don't gel my hair I get frizzy, frizzy, frizzies.
    I should have never cut my hair! Growing again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kitschy View Post
    I have a question for all 3a/3b's - those who have truly curly hair that is LONGER than BSL. Do you plop? How do you style your hair as it dries?
    I do plop but it isn't really intentional.

    To style my hair after detangling in the shower, I finger-comb in a ton of conditioner (several palmfuls). Then when I get out of the shower, I place a microfiber towel onto the toilet seat, gently lean my head down letting the hair pile into it and do some very gentle upward squeezing motions to remove some of the excess water. I'm really careful with this and move slowly and gently to avoid creating frizz or breaking up curls. Then I stand up and while shifting my head at various angles to get access to all the curls, I apply a ton of gel (several palmfuls) over the curls/clumps in a downward motion, trying to fully coat each one. I find that I can't squeeze/scrunch gel upwards into my hair as it is way too long and will never get fully distributed beyond the bottom 12-18 inches that way. I also find that gently smoothing the gel over and downward smoothes away any frizzies created while scrunching out the excess water and reinforces the clumps. If I really want frizz-free perfection and am willing to spend a little extra time, I will sit down on the toilet seat, lean my head down letting all the hair fall forward where I can see it, and actually smooth/coat gel over each curl/clump individually. In addition to achieving a total absense of frizz, I can also extend the wash longer by doing this.

    Now here is where the unintentional plopping comes in. I used to wash early in the day so that it could air dry by bedtime, but it would never be fully dry before bed. So I had to come up with a way to sleep on wet hair without mesing it up. So what I've been doing is washing at whatever time is convenient. And then come bedtime I place a satin scarf on my bed, carefully lean my head down over the middle of it and slowly lowering my hair into the middle of the scarf in a little pile. Then I grab the bottom two corners (closest to my body) and pull the corresponding edge up to my forehead and then bring the two corners down past my ears and tie them at my nape. Then I reach forward for the two corners farthest away from me, pull them up and over the pile of curls (this is a huge scarf, by the way) bringing the corresponding edge to the nape of my neck and bring the corners upward past my ears and tie them at my upper forehead. So I end up with double knots--one on top and one on bottom with my hair piled in to the loose area/pocket between at the crown of my head.

    I then sleep like this. The scarf tied in precisely this way stays on overnight and does not mess up the curls at all. (This is the only way I've ever been able to keep anything on my head overnight.) So my aim was not plopping, just to preserve curls overnight, but that's effectively what I'm doing with the scarf.

    When I wake up and remove the scarf my hair is still damp, but usually dries completely around 11 a.m. at which point I scrunch out the crunch (usually in the bathroom at the office). I get the best results SOTC by grabing long sections of hair and gently twisting along the length.

    Then every night I wrap my hair back up in the satin scarf as described and I wake up with hair pretty much the same as it was when I went to bed. With this routine, I'm able to get a week of wearable curls. In fact, it looks better as the week progress--the curls look a little hard and overly defined the first 24-48 hours but looks prettier as they soften up from then on.

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    Okay so technically I'm not curly but wavy, but I decided to try plopping today after my shower just to see what would happen. I just used a cotton t shirt and left it on for maybe an hour because I was sitting around at home so why not When I took my hair down it was looking good but of course I never put any styling product in it because I've never used any before so now the frizz is creeping in as it continues to dry. I must try and find some sort of product to put in my hair and hopefully I can save my waves before the frizz takes over, which is what I've been battling with for ages!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kitschy View Post
    I get wonky matted curls from my neck up to my crown and in order to give them any semblance of normalcy, I would need to smooth them out after I take out my plop - but that would defeat the purpose of plopping. If I simply put in product and let it dry while hanging down, I get flattened hair at the top.
    Quote Originally Posted by lapushka View Post
    I'm not a wurly, or curly for that matter, just a wavy. My hair gets shaken out at the roots first. You use your hands, spread the fingers out on your crown area and shake your hair loose. This way it doesn't get that matted thing on the root, crown area, before it gets plopped. Don't shake it too loose or you'll get frizzy!
    I was about to answer kitschy "finger comb before plopping" but I see that lapushka beat me to it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by C.H. View Post
    With this routine, I'm able to get a week of wearable curls. In fact, it looks better as the week progress--the curls look a little hard and overly defined the first 24-48 hours but looks prettier as they soften up from then on.

    A whole week?!? OK, I'm jealous.

    What happens if people touch your hair though? That's my biggest downfall

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    Quote Originally Posted by kitschy View Post
    I have a question for all 3a/3b's - those who have truly curly hair that is LONGER than BSL. Do you plop? How do you style your hair as it dries?

    I used to plop and got nice results, but now that I am waist length, it is no longer working. I get wonky matted curls
    It doesnt work for me either. The "Rake and shake" method works better, but is tedious.

    I get flattened hair at the top.
    What do you all do???
    I have no remedy against that, this is OK for me on day 1 after washing at least. Then it goes poofy and no curl definition on the head. Just a big poof of spun sugar. I could scare kids.

    If I fingercomb before plopping there will be no curls. Just every hair strand by itself in a complete mess

    When plopping I cant use conventional gels, it only works with homemade gel from flax seed or psyllium seed. I can mix in some Aloe Vera gel, but thats it.

    I guess its still very much "pre LHC". I have to wait some more for my hair to show its true qualities. I cut off 8 something inches this summer and hoping this will have done some good...

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaine View Post
    A whole week?!? OK, I'm jealous.

    What happens if people touch your hair though? That's my biggest downfall
    No one really touches my hair. But I touch it and handle it plenty throughout the course of an entire week. Frizz is only an issue if I touch it while it's still wet. Once it's dry it can be handled without causing much frizz or breaking up the curl--as long as I'm reasonably gentle with it.

    I'm convinced that the reason I can get so many days of wearable curls is that I put massive amounts of product in it. For whatever reason I can put seemingly endless amounts of conditioner and gel in my hair without it looking producty. It's kind of a mystery to me how this is possible. Anyway my curl clumps are extremely weighed down and basically glued together once I'm done with them. (It's funny, people are like, oh it's so nice to see your natural curl, and I'm like heh, there's nothing natural about what I do to it--all 35 steps and half a pound of product.) So once they dry they are very solidly self-contained and the basic shapes very well set and it's not easily changed or broken up. And on top of that I've found a way to sleep on it that preserves the curls well.

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    You could try clipping the top sections of hair to create more volume. I sometimes do this with duckbill clips. (that's what they are called in English right?)
    You just take small sections of hair along your part, clip and when your hair is dry you take them out again.
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