View Full Version : How can I stop the ends of my hair curling up?
infinity_girl
June 24th, 2013, 01:55 AM
I have fairly long hair now which is probably mid back length at it's longest. It is wavy/curly depending on the weather/what I use on it. Anyway, I am ok with my hair, I don't love it but I don't hate it - except the ends. For some reason every single end curls up into a little curl rather than ringleting down as you would think gravity would make it fall. I really don't like the look of this, partly because it takes several inches off but I like the look of "fairytale" scraggly ends that point down.
I am wondering why my hair does this and if there is anything I can do to stop it?
Bagginslover
June 24th, 2013, 02:38 AM
Could you try weighing it down with an oil or leave-in?
Firefox7275
June 24th, 2013, 04:09 AM
Everything you do is manipulating your curl pattern from the water running over your head in the shower to towel turbans to how you apply products to combing. If your hair is wavy-curly some of the time it can be wavy-curly all of the time if you don't force it straighter with standard styling techniques. So that is your natural curl pattern after you manipulated it, there is little gravity on the ends because there is no weight lower down, the upper parts of your hair have the weight of the lower parts of your hair pulling on them.
I follow the Curly Girl method and can get the front part of my hair to fall into ringlets or untidy curls that stick out depending how I manipulate them when dripping wet. Terry cotton towel turbans make for poofy straighter hair, plopping (CG version of a turban) makes for curls that can look wonky and reverse on themselves, scrunching out the excess water with a flour sack towel makes for ringlets. Product choice and amount is also relevant, the right leave in conditioner aids 'clumping' so adjacent hairs want to sit together in a defined shape especially if I gently scrunch it in. Gravity works on the ends of my hair because I am styling from dripping wet, so there is the water softening the bonds in the hair and weighting down the ends.
Suze2012
June 24th, 2013, 06:03 AM
You could maybe try flat clips on the ends while it dries to weigh the ends down.
Pin curl clips might be good too use for it.
I've got some of these kind of clips on order to see if they work for root lift.
torrilin
June 24th, 2013, 07:00 AM
In addition to what everyone else said... This may be partly due to how your hair is cut. If my hair is cut one way, it forces the ends to curl under even tho my hair is pretty straight. A cut that's done carefully can even force my hair to largely curl under even tho my 1c wave pattern wants to head out.
I *believe* the correct term for the curl under sort of cut is "stacking" or "stacked". I'd talk with your hair stylist (or a couple stylists) to be sure tho. I know there are ways to cut curly hair to enhance particular curl effects, so I'd also ask your stylist about that. Cutting your hair in the exact same way as mine is not going to give the same effect at all since your hair is so much curlier.
jacqueline101
June 24th, 2013, 08:09 AM
I'd try to weigh it down with oil. Maybe use hair spray to train it.
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