Curlies: brush your hair! (fun picture thread)

[Mischamiu]

Stessie :) pretty hair

[dawnrader]

I was called after one of these in school:

http://mi-blog.com/tora/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/nanas.miniatura.jpg

How do you call this in english? It is kind of appropiate, it has this cute, tiny, tight spiral curls :D
Nobody said it with good intentions though.

I'm not sure about anyone else but we call that a pot scourer, it's for scrubbing metal pots.

I really should do this with my hair but i've only just washed it last night and straightened it as i was off out to a formal doo so it's going to be a week before i wash it and i so don't want to have frizz for a week... will get some pix up soon.

x

[jaine]

I'm not sure about anyone else but we call that a pot scourer, it's for scrubbing metal pots.

I really should do this with my hair but i've only just washed it last night and straightened it as i was off out to a formal doo so it's going to be a week before i wash it and i so don't want to have frizz for a week... will get some pix up soon.

x

Where I come from that is called either a "Brillo pad" or a "scouring pad" ... brand name or generic, kind of like Kleenex vs. tissue.

I want to play in this thread too ... I should have taken a picture yesterday. I don't know what I was thinking, brushing my wet hair and then letting it dry loose and then brushing it some more. It was a massive puffball.

[dawnrader]

Where I come from that is called either a "Brillo pad" or a "scouring pad" ... brand name or generic, kind of like Kleenex vs. tissue.

Ahh, i get you.

When i think of a brillo pad i think of these

http://www.beauty-ology.com/wp-content/uploads/Brillo.jpg

[jaine]

That's interesting, maybe it's a regional thing, then ... liberal usage of the brand name even when it's not that particular brand. :) My childhood is full of examples like that ... brillo pad, kleenex, Dinty Moore, etc.

[Amiblue]

Okay, I brushed out my baby boy's curls and I have to not do that again. It was funny, but his poor curls didn't know what they did that was so wrong for me to punish them like that! He has tight blond ringlets that turn him into our surfer dude. When brush, he is poofed out there now. WOW! His hair is quite long, just with his curls, you don't realize how long.

[freecelt]

I feel such kindred souls when looking at this thread! To think all those years I hated my frizz all I had to do was throw away the brush! :D

[Dizzy_zzz]

I'd call it a pan scratcher. I don't know if that's the correct name for it or not, but that's what I call them! :shrug:

I don't know if anybody's said so yet, but it's called "steel wool" :shrug:

[Stessie]

Stessie :) pretty hair
Thanks!! :D

[Bedhead]

I'm not sure how I got to this thread, but wow! Talk about flashback to another era! Keep this up and "The BOOM" will make a big comeback!

I have to say though, there's definitely something really beautiful about all the photos! Thanks!

On a side note: I think I have to re-evaluate my status, and perhaps call myself a 2c/3a? When I'm not NW/SO of course. :)

[Maktub]

Love this thread ! :D

[jacqueline101]

I'm glad I missed afro hair as a child and my perm is almost gone.

[xXfaitheyx]

awe, i wish i had curly hair!! lol

[DancingQueen]

Re-did this tonight with a comb. I think a brush would have been crazier, lol. :p

http://i31.tinypic.com/256z611.jpg

That actually looks kinda nice, the crazy way. I wish my hair would look pretty-crazy. Instead, it just looks crazy-crazy. :)

[longcurlygirl<3]

That actually looks kinda nice, the crazy way. I wish my hair would look pretty-crazy. Instead, it just looks crazy-crazy. :)

Exactly like mines would be :) haha

[DakarNick]

Exactly like mines would be :) haha

Well, we want to see!

[BeckyAH]

I just clarified and re-bleached my roots before dying it. Since it had to dry first, I went ahead and brushed it out and took a picture for this thread.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/Greylin/bleachbrushed.jpg

[BeckyAH]

Double post.

[liseling]

The first time I posted my brushed out curls was in 2008 (long hair pic below), and I just saw this thread again and decided to do a boom update :)

This year I cut my hair so that it's slightly below shoulder length when it's left alone (it will be long again - this is just easier at the moment!).
Here is a photo of what it looks like when it's brushed out at this shorter length. Hahaha!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1504&pictureid=17853
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4133&pictureid=130951

[ratgirldjh]

When I was in school I actually had some curly haired friends who always brushed and had HUGE hair! :D

[door72067]

deleted the post


edited a second time to say I deleted my original post because I commented about the shower curtain in the background and when I realized the post I commented on was 5 years old, I figured it was moot to comment on the shower curtain

it has been pointed out to me that it is against the ToS to delete entire posts so I've tried to explain why I did so in the first place

sorry.

[MissCoco]

Here's one from October 2011 (it was really warm, if anyone's wondering why I'm dressed like it's summer :D):

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=6029&pictureid=117468

And, for an even bigger "hair explosion", about a year ago:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=6029&pictureid=98322

When I have more, I'll be sure to post more! :D :rolleyes:

[Lippytoes]

The first time I posted my brushed out curls was in 2008 (long hair pic below), and I just saw this thread again and decided to do a boom update :)

This year I cut my hair so that it's slightly below shoulder length when it's left alone (it will be long again - this is just easier at the moment!).
Here is a photo of what it looks like when it's brushed out at this shorter length. Hahaha!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1504&pictureid=17853
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4133&pictureid=130951

This is epic! :D

[lapushka]

And, for an even bigger "hair explosion", about a year ago:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=6029&pictureid=98322

OMG look at that big... bunch of hair, look at your body compared to your hair, it's huge! :shocked: It's so bad (but so much fun) when curlies brush or comb. :D :lol: I can't do that much damage with my wavy hair even if I wanted to.

[whitedove]

I love this thread. When I am having a frizzy wave day I come here and remind myself it aint so bad :D

[earthnut]

I only have wavy hair but these pics are why I don't own a fine toothed comb or brush. ;)

[XcaliburGirl]

I just clarified and re-bleached my roots before dying it. Since it had to dry first, I went ahead and brushed it out and took a picture for this thread.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/Greylin/bleachbrushed.jpg
I love the blue halo effect!

[joyfulchiara]

I love these photos!!! Glo-ri-ous!!!

[PurplePenguin]

Aww I wish my hair was curly enough to do this :( alas if I brush my hair now it just straightens itself bah This thread has some of the coolest hair :D

[MissCoco]

OMG look at that big... bunch of hair, look at your body compared to your hair, it's huge! :shocked: It's so bad (but so much fun) when curlies brush or comb. :D :lol: I can't do that much damage with my wavy hair even if I wanted to.

:o Haha, thank you so much! Your comment made my day! :D Yeah, my brother would tease me all the time about how tiny my body was compared to my hair... which is why I would cut it every time it got long (about waist length). :rolleyes: But now I don't care, I'm just going to go with it (and keep my hair more tamed than in the picture, lol)! :p

[lapushka]

:o Haha, thank you so much! Your comment made my day! :D Yeah, my brother would tease me all the time about how tiny my body was compared to my hair... which is why I would cut it every time it got long (about waist length). :rolleyes: But now I don't care, I'm just going to go with it (and keep my hair more tamed than in the picture, lol)! :p

Didn't know you got teased especially for what I said. :o Sorry for that. I didn't mean it in an awful way, please know that! :) I love big hair! I think it's awesome, but I'm glad you know how to tame it down. Curly hair rocks! :cool:

[PolarCathy]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=1504&pictureid=17853
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4133&pictureid=130951

Best hair ever! :crush:

[meeliah]

:o Haha, thank you so much! Your comment made my day! :D Yeah, my brother would tease me all the time about how tiny my body was compared to my hair... which is why I would cut it every time it got long (about waist length). :rolleyes: But now I don't care, I'm just going to go with it (and keep my hair more tamed than in the picture, lol)! :p

Big hair and little body are beautiful. Never feel bad about it!

[MissCoco]

Didn't know you got teased especially for what I said. :o Sorry for that. I didn't mean it in an awful way, please know that! :) I love big hair! I think it's awesome, but I'm glad you know how to tame it down. Curly hair rocks! :cool:

Oh no, I know you didn't say the comment in a demeaning tone at all, don't worry, and don't be sorry! Thank you for being so sweet! :flowers:

[MissCoco]

Big hair and little body are beautiful. Never feel bad about it!

Wow, thank you, that's very kind of you to say that! :flower:

[MagicalMystery]

Hah! Love this thread! So many people don't understand why I have to wet my hair to comb and style it... This is why... After I combed it, my 3 year old son looked at me and said, "Mum mum... Your hair looks scary!" More reason to wet and style before leaving the house. haha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/MagicalMysteryGirl/afro1.jpg

[CurlyCurves]

Haha, here's mine. They're pics from last year, though, as I don't brush my hair dry anymore.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268545_2209482877007_573311_n.jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/185272_2332529833104_3433824_n.jpg

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281590_2332522352917_2128390_n.jpg

[Cafe au Lait]

CurlyCurves, you're so pretty!

[MrsGuther]

My siggy pic is a picture of my hair brushed out. :)

[CurlyCap]

Haha, here's mine. They're pics from last year, though, as I don't brush my hair dry anymore.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268545_2209482877007_573311_n.jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/185272_2332529833104_3433824_n.jpg

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281590_2332522352917_2128390_n.jpg

Gah! This is the hair I've wanted all my life! Soooooooo jealous.

You're hair is gorgeous. :D

[Lilli]

Haha, here's mine. They're pics from last year, though, as I don't brush my hair dry anymore.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268545_2209482877007_573311_n.jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/185272_2332529833104_3433824_n.jpg

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281590_2332522352917_2128390_n.jpg

You're beautiful and your hair is stunning. :D

[EndlessSunshine]

Suddenly I don't feel bad about my hair! LOL I was told by a friend of mine who works at a beauty supply store that I should use a blow dryer because I had the hair for it...It was such a frustrating time but now I know better!

[faellen]

This thread is so funny, really enjoyed looking at all the pics! I'm almost jealous I can't do this to my hair, haha!

[MissCoco]

Haha, here's mine. They're pics from last year, though, as I don't brush my hair dry anymore.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268545_2209482877007_573311_n.jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/185272_2332529833104_3433824_n.jpg

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281590_2332522352917_2128390_n.jpg

Oh wow, total hair envy here!! Gorgeous, fabulous curls and volume! :thud:

[LaFlor]

It's sad because my friend seems to think this is the normal state of her hair :( Why will she not join LHC and learn how to take care of her super curly hair??!!

[GlassEyes]

It's sad because my friend seems to think this is the normal state of her hair :( Why will she not join LHC and learn how to take care of her super curly hair??!!
She's probably better off joining Naturallycurly.com instead. They're a bit product obsessed there, but most of the curly knowledge collected here is from that site.

[LaFlor]

Thanks for the link to the other site, maybe she will come around one day. I mentioned co-washing to her and she thought I was joking, so I'm not sure how much can be done :confused:

[ariesfairies]

I gave it a shot, to test out my new boar hair brush and blugghhhh...
http://i46.tinypic.com/3146jgg.jpg
Blonde streak bits where something like three times more frizzy than the natural brown parts - be careful with blonding products, kiddies!

[afu]

Im currently back home visiting family and my 17 year old sister just left for school looking like her head had exploded, her hair is very similar to ariesfairies in colour and unbrushed texture but about twice as frizzy after she blowfried and brushed it! I've been trying to educate her on caring for curly hair but she's convinced she knows better and that she looks amazing - just wait 'till she looks back at photos in a few years!

[wandlimb]

:thud: Awesome hair on this thread! I want curls now :boohoo:

[Eleentje]

Looooove this thread and you people's hair! :p So much *poof* and *boom* going on around here!

I just had to join with some pictures :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/sherehzenade/haar/100_72941.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/sherehzenade/haar/photo4.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/sherehzenade/haar/100_72931.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/sherehzenade/haar/photo5.jpg

[CurlyCurves]

You're beautiful and your hair is stunning. :D

Thank you so much! That is really sweet of you :)

[CurlyCurves]

I have another one. This one is from the other day. I brushed it out because I was twisting it and needed to get the tangles out :D

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/600096_4206514481549_680933780_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/538279_4227618169128_169697854_n.jpg
http://distilleryimage10.instagram.com/0ec3556eb8ba11e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg

[CurlyCurves]

Oh wow, total hair envy here!! Gorgeous, fabulous curls and volume! :thud:

You are lovely! Thank you so much :o

[MissCoco]

You're very welcome! :flower:

[saffy2yrs]

ok, I have straight hair, but I often have it braided... here are my boom pics :)

http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh620/saffy2yrs/DSCN0822.jpg http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh620/saffy2yrs/DSCN0832.jpg

[skaempfer]

ok, I have straight hair, but I often have it braided... here are my boom pics :)

http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh620/saffy2yrs/DSCN0822.jpg http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh620/saffy2yrs/DSCN0832.jpg

Oooooooh! That's quite some fluff, Saffy, but I have to say, those are exceptionally nice braidwaves!

[Dragon Faery]

Awesome thread! I threw away my brush last year when I joined this forum (thanks to this thread), but maybe I can find some old pictures somewhere. Keep on rocking the boom, ladies! :cheese:

[Macaroni]

I have another one. This one is from the other day. I brushed it out because I was twisting it and needed to get the tangles out :D

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/600096_4206514481549_680933780_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/538279_4227618169128_169697854_n.jpg
http://distilleryimage10.instagram.com/0ec3556eb8ba11e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg

I like it, it's adorable ♥

[CurlyCurves]

I like it, it's adorable ♥

Thank you :D <3

[spirals]

Bumping 'cause these threads are always fun. Here's mine http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=97119

[heidi w.]

I am going to do this when I get the chance. I wore it up today so I can't really do it now, it won't produce sufficient horror.

The horror of long hair! LOL. there's all kinds of funny threads....

heidi w.

[Elithia]

I have neither brush nor comb in my house, but I do have a picture from before I went CG, when I still did brush regularly. Freshman year of high school. So awkward!

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t3/soggypoptart/ae816339.jpg


For reference, my hair curly at about the same length:

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t3/soggypoptart/869cad91.jpg

[Dragon Faery]

Wow! Those are quite the poofs! :)

I don't own a brush anymore (because of this thread, ironically)...so I'm finding it hard to take a picture. :p

[Elithia]

Story related to this thread: Last night I was babysitting a very unruly three-year-old girl and she got out her ball-tipped paddle brush and kept trying to brush my hair. I took it out of its updo and told her she could touch it but I had to say "no brush, remember!" every 30 seconds. Sigh.

Before LHC I might have said to heck with it and let her brush just to see how big it would get, but knowing what I know now about ball-tipped brushes there was no way I was letting that near my head! :)

[CurlyCurves]

I took these pics for this thread today :D

ETA; Sorry, they're big!

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/319397_4341396533516_1544253305_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/205283_4341387893300_133728851_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563902_4341382773172_830646124_n.jpg

:D I love the big hair I get when my hair is brushed out. I only wish it was that big with my natural curl pattern. Never to mind.

[lapushka]

:D I love the big hair I get when my hair is brushed out. I only wish it was that big with my natural curl pattern. Never to mind.

Even brushed out and big, it still looks good! :thumbsup:

[Dragon Faery]

I took these pics for this thread today :D

ETA; Sorry, they're big!

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/319397_4341396533516_1544253305_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/205283_4341387893300_133728851_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563902_4341382773172_830646124_n.jpg

:D I love the big hair I get when my hair is brushed out. I only wish it was that big with my natural curl pattern. Never to mind.

Heavens to Betsy! That's amazing!!! Yours might be the first in this thread to almost completely obscure the face!

[MintChocChip]

I took these pics for this thread today :D

ETA; Sorry, they're big!

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/319397_4341396533516_1544253305_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/205283_4341387893300_133728851_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563902_4341382773172_830646124_n.jpg

:D I love the big hair I get when my hair is brushed out. I only wish it was that big with my natural curl pattern. Never to mind.

Wowzer! Amazing brushed out hair!

[earthnut]

OK I recently brushed out my hair, after being CO for 1.5 weeks, because I was being frustrated by stubborn frizz. This reminded me why I went CO in the first place! I used a tangle teezer brush.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/earthnutty/Hair/Jul2012-200.jpg http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/earthnutty/Hair/hair2012brushed-200.jpg

As a kid, my mom would say I needed to brush my hair *5 minutes after I had already brushed it*. lol! Brushes = not good for curls!

[misspurdy06]

This thread makes a good case for me to stop brushing my 2b hair. I'm just so addicted to brushing it feels sooooo good.

[domisimone]

I love all the transformations!

[PinkyCat]

No boom. Just a "boink".

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg551/RavenRapunzel/100_3920.jpg

[DakarNick]

No boom. Just a "boink".

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg551/RavenRapunzel/100_3920.jpg

Very pretty!

[molljo]

*BUMP*

I love this thread!

[CremeTron]

I can't be the only one with this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5AQIlmM0I) running through my head as I read this thread. :bluebiggr

Anyways, here's my "boom."
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/eryn111/P1050302.jpg

This thread was so much fun to go through!!! Link stuck in my head now as well..

[Weewah]

Here's something!

http://i60.tinypic.com/33defxi.jpg

[Pallas]

This has to be my fa-vo-rite thread here, I'm giggling myself silly :rolling:
My hair is thin and only curls in the length, so I'll give it a go after my next wash -- when it's at its curliest -- for maximum boom results.

[Anje]

Ooh, I love this thread!

[Marbid]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6815&d=1381555122\

This is my boom... Lol. I actually do this for the purpose of braiding and bunning... After a few days of being in nothing but buns. It calms down eventually.

[CurlyCap]

From about 8 months ago. I wish there was an easy way to share videos, but there's a hilarious video that goes along with this!

http://i.imgur.com/Bo07IWB.jpg?1

[TrapperCreekD]

:rollin: I forgot how much I love this thread!

[Hootenanny]

OMG, CurlyCap, that's AMAZING! I love it! :inlove: (And I wanna see the hilarious video! Could you post it on youtube, maybe?) This whole thread is great; I spent yesterday evening looking through the whole thing. :popcorn:

I'm going to post mine at some point, but I need to wait until after wash day so that it's uber-curly and my boom can be better. :) (I may also be putting it off because I'm scared of the pain of brushing...owie!)


From about 8 months ago. I wish there was an easy way to share videos, but there's a hilarious video that goes along with this!

http://i.imgur.com/Bo07IWB.jpg?1

[majesticgoldenr]

Someone should totally get this going again dont you think? One of the few threads that Ive gone the whole way thru :) and while my hair is as straight as can be, I know I for one would love to see more if anyone is up for it :)

[Wildcat Diva]

http://imageshack.us/a/img840/7489/u63l.jpg

Failed detangling session. I didn't do this on purpose, it got really exasperating.

[browneyedsusan]

Someone should totally get this going again dont you think? One of the few threads that Ive gone the whole way thru :) and while my hair is as straight as can be, I know I for one would love to see more if anyone is up for it :)

:agree:

I have a sister and adult niece with gorgeous heads of dark, 3b hair.

[embee]

Yes, surely we have some new curlies? I think this is one of my very favorite threads, along with the "stuck containers" one which I have lost...

[Dogfish]

Oh! I wanna post a picture later, this looks fun!
I refused to brush my hair when I was a kid, and I remember one time my teenage cousin was babysitting me and she always liked to put makeup on me and do my hair like a doll and she was trying to brush through my hair and there was such a huge tangle in it that she spent half the night trying to condition my hair over the sink, haha. I HATED having my hair brushed or combed... I remember crying my eyes out about it everytime!

[GRU]

I'm laid up sick in bed right now, but I have a pretty cool pic I took tonight that I can add, probably tomorrow!

[LongCurlyTress]

I'm laid up sick in bed right now, but I have a pretty cool pic I took tonight that I can add, probably tomorrow!

Your siggie pic is just beautiful, GRU!! :popcorn:
PS Hope you feel better soon! :blossom:

[noludoru]

Uhhh.... so......

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2927/14048390618_cce26c686a_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nppF6m)IMG_3751 (https://flic.kr/p/nppF6m) by noludoru (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

[Quixii]

noludoru, I may be crazy, but my first thought at that image with your hair that way was it reminded me of Scarlet Johansson.
Like [here (http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002643411/rexfeatures_1431936ad_answer_3_xlarge.jpeg)] or [here (http://turntherightcorner.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/lucy-2014-movie-screenshot-scarlett-johansson-2.jpg?w=1024)], maybe.

[TrapperCreekD]

Pretty, noludoru!

I should really do this but I haven't picked up a brush in almost a year... *shudders at the thought of all the frizz*

[Eleentje]

It's been a while since the last picture was posted on this topic, but I wanted to post mine, hoping to revive it, since the BOOMs on this topic are awesome! The extra volume after brushing out those curls is AWESOME! (But ugh, the frizz, the frizzzzz!)

Plus it's helpful when trying to explain to people why, as a curly, you shouldn't use a brush. Ever. Unless a topic like this comes up ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/sherehzenade/imagejpg1_zpsd28dfecf.jpg

[lapushka]

Oh boy, Eleentje! That's a ka-boum effect if ever I saw one! :D
Pretty curls!

[majesticgoldenr]

I think I'll just "bump" the thread; its that awesome :)

[mamaherrera]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128165614@N08/15437027261/ I don't remember brushing it out this morning, but it was definitely not wavey any longer, probably finger combed.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/128165614@N08/15422585595/ when I was a teen, I always brushed, I remember so well my paddle brush!

[FireFromWithin]

I feel like my hair is getting curlier by the month and it's getting gradually frizzier when brushed as well. Although if I comb it out as its drying it goes straight! If I put oil and such in to get rid of frizz it gains waves and ringlets!

[Beckstar]

http://public.fotki.com/Beck-star/starting-over-with-hair/wp-20141004-004.html

[embee]

That's pretty Boomy, Beckstar! :)

The only time in my life that's ever happened for me is when I've had a perm. So I do understand why not to brush...

[TrapperCreekD]

I broke down and did it!

http://i.imgur.com/T7JkWvA.png http://i.imgur.com/2FKvkqf.png

http://i.imgur.com/jLLGzyK.png

I started out with a freshly shaken out sleep braid (washed yesterday) then brushed. Apparently the LOC method is working quite well because the results are actually quite tame compared to how big my hair got pre-LHC!

[lapushka]

Talk about big and wild, TrapperCreekD! :)

[Eleentje]

Mamaherrera: beautiful hair, both now and back when you were longer!
Whoa, nice boom, beckstar and TrapperCreekD! :D

[hennalonghair]

I feel like my hair is getting curlier by the month and it's getting gradually frizzier when brushed as well. Although if I comb it out as its drying it goes straight! If I put oil and such in to get rid of frizz it gains waves and ringlets!

Oh how I wish I could post pics. You guys ain't seen nothin' yet.
I never brush my hair out on wash day. The next day when its completely dry I'll comb it out and when I do brush I always first wet my hands and add some type of oil or serum or aloe Vera , glycerine , flaxseed or a combination of them AFTER brushing to calm down any frizz.
Or I'll mist my hair with 25% of my favourite hair conditioner with 75% water. This works really well. Then you get best of both worlds. You get the volume from brushing AND some definition to your waves/curls.

I have to brush my hair or I start getting scalp issues, dry ends and tangles.
Plus the MP brush is unlike any other brush. A regular bbb makes my hair look like a Brillo pad

[MBonn]

Hahahahaha! I need to show this thread to my Aunt and Uncle! My poor cousin is a curly and they INSIST that brushing is a basic hygiene/maintenance that she should do daily. :rolleyes: If i wasn't going out just now I'd brush mine out for giggles. I get a pretty serious 'fro! Must remember to do when I get home...

[JadedByEntropy]

The more of these i look through the happier i am to find fellow frizzies. I wish i had a 'before' picture though, but my curls never line up so i have 'waves' and frizzzzz

[GRU]

I totally forgot to post this after I took it!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/ImaHockeyMom/boards/hair/2b21c3a5-532a-4b94-80b6-2bf46a4987dd_zps796a0773.jpg


This was a brushed-out picture from back when I first joined LHC, for comparison:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/ImaHockeyMom/boards/hair/b4-brushedout.jpg



I still have that Lion King shirt... I should take a REAL comparison picture! LOL

[Santi]

Gru, great share! When I have time I'll revisit this thread, it looks like a fun one.

[lapushka]

Wow, GRU, your hair certainly grew since last you took a picture. :)

[Totty]

Here's mine http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/tottyspics/Hair%202013/DSC_4395.jpg (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/tottyspics/media/Hair%202013/DSC_4395.jpg.html)

[Totty]

And 1 without brushing http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/tottyspics/Hair%202013/DSC_4396.jpg (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/tottyspics/media/Hair%202013/DSC_4396.jpg.html)

[Zwaluw]

I'll be seeing if I can find a brush. My hair starts to boom with just finger detangling so I'm kinda curious what it's going to do. Though it will not be anything like the awesome booms I've seen for sure :)

[GRU]

Wow, GRU, your hair certainly grew since last you took a picture. :)

I've been kinda maintaining for the past few years, chopping off about 4" or so every year to keep the ends (which are the last of my pre-LHC hair) under control.

Finding LHC is the best thing that ever happened to my hair! CO-washing and the Tangle Teezer brush for the win!!!!

[HoneyLatte]

I would never brush my hair dry. That would be breakage city for me. I do use a paddle brush to de tangle my hair in the shower after applying conditioner, though. I can set angle my whole head in just a few minutes and barely lose any hair. On the other hand, I hate wide tooth combs. They always tear out my hair.

[CurlyHairLiz]

Yes it's funny, but I don't do it anymore. :p
I'll watch your pics xD

[fiðrildi]

Half of my hair is curly permed, so maybe I can join this funny thread :wigtongue
Here's my contribution:

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag376/fithrildi/nov14copia_zps677b500d.jpg

[Annalouise]

GRU and Totty - your hair looks so much better NOT brushed.;)
Gru- omg, your hair brushed! That is funny.

Honeylatte- (Gosh your name makes me want to go and make a latte..:p) I agree with you about combs. I pretty much feel that way about every comb I've tried. I used to have a paddle brush years ago that a stylist told me to use. An aveda paddle brush. It was decent as far as brushes go. I didn't use it much though. And I never tried it in the shower. Have you tried the tangle teezer what do you think about it?

[Annalouise]

Fibrildi- is that your natural color its very nice. It has a warm glow like a fireplace.
What is a curly perm? Your hair looks nice brushed. 2a's and 2b's can get away with brushing it seems.

[fiðrildi]

Fibrildi- is that your natural color its very nice. It has a warm glow like a fireplace.
What is a curly perm? Your hair looks nice brushed. 2a's and 2b's can get away with brushing it seems.

A curly perm is when you get your hair chemically treated to make it curly. I'm naturally a 2a/2b, but I used to be a 3b with the perm (you can see the change in texture from around shoulder length to the ends).
Yes, that is my natural colour (I'm a blonette, and my hair seems to change colours drastically under different light conditions). Thank you!
The very top of my hair is much darker, since my head has not seen the sun that much for a year :wink:

[Cinnamonagouti]

Love this thread! :D

My contribution-

Before:
http://i62.tinypic.com/2m64z8p.jpg

After:
http://i60.tinypic.com/qq3msg.jpg

[lapushka]

Love this thread! :D

My contribution-

Before:
http://i62.tinypic.com/2m64z8p.jpg

After:
http://i60.tinypic.com/qq3msg.jpg

Oh dear. Needless to say I like the before picture much better, but it's fun to see it brushed out. :)

[fiðrildi]

Love this thread! :D

My contribution-

Before:
http://i62.tinypic.com/2m64z8p.jpg

After:
http://i60.tinypic.com/qq3msg.jpg

Hahaha, love it! Your hair is so pretty (wonderful ringlets!).

[hennalonghair]

Haha. Its funny because my hair gets bigger , yes a bit on the poofy side but then I just wet my hands and scrunch in some coconut oil and be curly cream and my hair goes right back to war it was before being brushed but smoother. If I had pics I'd show you but I don't have photo abilities.
My unbrushed hair that's still damp is in my siggie

[Halliday]

Haha. Its funny because my hair gets bigger , yes a bit on the poofy side but then I just wet my hands and scrunch in some coconut oil and be curly cream and my hair goes right back to war it was before being brushed but smoother. If I had pics I'd show you but I don't have photo abilities.
My in rushed hair that's still damp is in my siggie
Wow Lapushka. Look at your hair this many years ago (6 ?) maybe?

ooh! we have exactly the same hairtype!

[hennalonghair]

I totally forgot to post this after I took it!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/ImaHockeyMom/boards/hair/2b21c3a5-532a-4b94-80b6-2bf46a4987dd_zps796a0773.jpg


This was a brushed-out picture from back when I first joined LHC, for comparison:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/ImaHockeyMom/boards/hair/b4-brushedout.jpg



I still have that Lion King shirt... I should take a REAL comparison picture! LOL

Lion King :rollin:

[hennalonghair]

ooh! we have exactly the same hairtype!

Holy smokes Halliday, we do ! Wow ! So do you brush yours.? I'm glad I can get away with brushing!
I enjoy brushing my hair. The only time it really goes poofy is if I brush it after a really humid day. What type if products do you use if you don't mind me asking?

[mamaherrera]

Thanks!! I can definitely see, that when I brush now, it's not as BIG as when I was pre-curly, so all the care/conditioning/etc helps it to naturally stay more tamed, like my husband says, if you want it as big as when you were young, you'd have to spend a month or so of brushing it to get it back to that poof!

[Red'N'Curly]

This thread is too funny! This pic is a few months old, but here ya go!http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b628/Jessica_Ghigliotti/Mobile%20Uploads/20140821_141124_zps547l4sxo.jpg (http://s1295.photobucket.com/user/Jessica_Ghigliotti/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140821_141124_zps547l4sxo.jpg.html)

[hennalonghair]

That's beautiful natural curly red hair Red' n Curly

[Johannah]

This is such a fun thread!

GRU, I have no words for this. lol

[CrazyGrace]

This is awesome!

I actually brush regularly. I tried not brushing for awhile, but I normally wash only about every two weeks, but my scalp can't handle that if I don't brush, so I end up having to wash about twice a week, and the tangles are murder. I wear it either in a bun or braided every day anyway, so fluff works for me. I'm headed for the next wash in a few days though, so I'll try to remember to take a picture the first time I get it fully brushed (usually about 3 days later, but I'll try for a little sooner for larger boom-ness).

[Cinnamonagouti]

Oh dear. Needless to say I like the before picture much better, but it's fun to see it brushed out. :)
Haha I like my hair unbrushed better, too, but it is indeed amusing to brush it :P Actually I do brush it regularly (with a Tangle Teezer), but only on non-wash days, after my hair's been braided overnight - it doesn't get nearly as big and frizzy as the curls disappears into waves when braided.


Hahaha, love it! Your hair is so pretty (wonderful ringlets!).
Thanks!

[lapushka]

The reason why curlies don't brush their hair (Vine):
https://vine.co/v/Ojz2qKWAub3

[Knifegill]

I don't have that much hair yet, but here you go! It's oily, I'm on like day 6, but I bent over, detangled and stood up to see this fro and had to catch it for you guys. Sorry for blurries, didn't know until uploading and already BBB'ed it flatter again.

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/Knifegill/Hair/103_8749_zpsf0e11222_1.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/Knifegill/media/Hair/103_8749_zpsf0e11222_1.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/Knifegill/Hair/103_8747_zps000ff97e_1.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/Knifegill/media/Hair/103_8747_zps000ff97e_1.jpg.html)

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x323/Knifegill/Hair/103_8746_zpsa9c2c328_1.jpg (http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/Knifegill/media/Hair/103_8746_zpsa9c2c328_1.jpg.html)

[lapushka]

Seems like there's something up with your pictures!

[Knifegill]

Pictures working now!

[lapushka]

Neat, Knifegill! :D

[LongCurlyTress]

Well, I actually PREFER and LOOOOVE my curly 3b hair all detangled- (I use a dime-sized amount of John Frieda coney hair serum) and brushed out with EVOO, put in a lwb to dry, brushed out (using a BBB starting from the tips and up each section of hair to spread out the EVOO) as it dries, back into a lwb until it dries.

Here is a link to what my hair looks like all brushed out and dried using EVOO:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=11912&attachmentid=15779

And not brushed out -left to dry curly:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=11912&attachmentid=15031

My big beautiful lwb with dried, "straightened, brushed out hair:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=11902&attachmentid=13939



For several who have posted very frizzy curly hair that has been brushed out, if you brush about a dime-sized amount of EVOO on your hair when it is still damp and "set" it into a lazywrapbun, and brush it out periodically as it dries, then back into a lwb, you wil be surprised with how your curly hair turns out. I am a 3b with a 4.5 inch circumference pony tail at hip+ length.

[Miss_Green]

:rollin: At least brushing felt good for my scalp!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11042998_10205331429998211_5358199070561784102_n.j pg?oh=a0a42281d0d0f22146a40d2974d74696&oe=554CD8B7&__gda__=1435717722_e142544448dbf771d5bc44de77c2992 e

[Knifegill]

Ha ha ha
Well foofed

[lapushka]

Ha ha ha
Well foofed

Fff... "foofed"? :lol: I'm sorry, I just can't... If you only knew what that meant in Flemish dialect (female nether regions = "foof").

[Knifegill]

Nice. In America it's a conversational word meaning "made fluffy".

[eila]

Oh my stars.
As a 1b/ii, this thread is absolutely fascinating.
It's the hair equivalent to those children's toys that grow in water. Bless you all for the upkeep it must require! It's worth it for that gorgeous texture!

- e.

[KingPrawn]

This thread amuses me no end! I always found my brushed-out curls hilarious so I'm glad to see I'm not the only one!

[XiaoBaiTu]

I have one! A friend and I did this for the laughs.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22860&d=1462333132

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22861&d=1462333133

[Entangled]

You both have beautiful hair before... and energetic hair after!

[Dessi]

What beautiful hair you all got!
But honestly, I've always wanted to have hair that looks like curly brushed hair..the volume and everything, looks so nice to me. But I guess it would be damaging to brush curly hair often? (Good thing that I don't have one cuz I would brush it often and probably wouldn't have been able to reach the length I'm at now.) :D

[CurlyCap]

Dessi, the 80s girl in me loves the big, brushed curls as well. So pretty!

[GRU]

What beautiful hair you all got!
But honestly, I've always wanted to have hair that looks like curly brushed hair..the volume and everything, looks so nice to me. But I guess it would be damaging to brush curly hair often? (Good thing that I don't have one cuz I would brush it often and probably wouldn't have been able to reach the length I'm at now.) :D

My hair has gotten significantly longer since I started using the Tangle Teezer brush... that thing is so gentle, even to heavily knotted hair!

[XiaoBaiTu]

Well, brushing curly hair doesn't have to be damaging, but if you just brush it and then leave it loose, it will tangle awfully. If I were to brush my hair out in the morning and leave it loose all day, I'd have dreadlocks by the evening. If I do brush my hair, I must put it in very tight braid or bun immediately afterwards.

It might look interesting to someone who hasn't experienced it, but it's not worth it.

[blackcats666]

I have one! A friend and I did this for the laughs.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22860&d=1462333132

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22861&d=1462333133

The after shots are very Grace Coddington. Tres chic!

[TheaLee]

This is so funny! (In a good way of course!) I had no idea this is what happened to all you curly folks when you brush… it's really quite amazing, the hair flips must be truly majestic. :o

[GRU]

This is so funny! (In a good way of course!) I had no idea this is what happened to all you curly folks when you brush… it's really quite amazing, the hair flips must be truly majestic. :o

So the next time you read a Harlequin Romance book and it talks about the heroine brushing her curls so they framed her face, blah blah blah, remember this thread! If only authors knew WTF they were talking about when it comes to curly hair!!!

[Kajzh]

This photo is from when my hair was half the length it is now. But I think you get the point! ;)

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x96/Celestial-Fox/200224_1467103457878_1842300149_838147_1896927_n-1.png

[Ligeia Noire]

I am not really a curly more of a wurly, so sorry for hijacking your thread but I thought this was pretty funny and would fit in here, I did like 14 braids left them for two days it gave me the nicest of the waves, but then I had the peculiar idea of brushing them and this is the result =)


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02DwYZQKupU/WA006FaqmqI/AAAAAAAAE7o/AYMDZ6znW38MhwLTB414RVRsQsKnQY03ACL0B/w274-h574-no/massive.jpg

[LaísB]

On the second/third day it does not look as bad, but on day 1? super frizzt and not nice!

[vampyyri]

I am not really a curly more of a wurly, so sorry for hijacking your thread but I thought this was pretty funny and would fit in here, I did like 14 braids left them for two days it gave me the nicest of the waves, but then I had the peculiar idea of brushing them and this is the result =)


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02DwYZQKupU/WA006FaqmqI/AAAAAAAAE7o/AYMDZ6znW38MhwLTB414RVRsQsKnQY03ACL0B/w274-h574-no/massive.jpg

:spitting::rollin:
That's actually extremely impressive!! :lol:

[Kat-Rinnè Naido]

I am not really a curly more of a wurly, so sorry for hijacking your thread but I thought this was pretty funny and would fit in here, I did like 14 braids left them for two days it gave me the nicest of the waves, but then I had the peculiar idea of brushing them and this is the result =)


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02DwYZQKupU/WA006FaqmqI/AAAAAAAAE7o/AYMDZ6znW38MhwLTB414RVRsQsKnQY03ACL0B/w274-h574-no/massive.jpg

Impressive. Your hair covers you like a blanket

[Ligeia Noire]

very useful in winter, I can just go out and about and not feel cold :p

[Kat-Rinnè Naido]

very useful in winter, I can just go out and about and not feel cold :p

Your hair is beautiful.

[Ligeia Noire]

Thank you :-) and curly tresses where are your beautiful photos?

[Annalouise]

I like brushed curly hair. I think it looks just as nice as not brushed. :toast:Although Ligeia might get more attention than she likes with her hair brushed. I've never seen such a large mass of hair! :D

[Ligeia Noire]

Anna it was crazy let me tell you. Normally I just have waves from brushing the curls to braid and wearing it up. But it is not massive or anything. I am a wurly from the waist down but my hair really holds to braid waves because it is naturally wavy but when I do more than two let them for more than 1 day and brush them lol it was priceless to see the scared look on people. It was like they have seen a leprechaun -yeti walking around.

[Annalouise]

Anna it was crazy let me tell you. Normally I just have waves from brushing the curls to braid and wearing it up. But it is not massive or anything. I am a wurly from the waist down but my hair really holds to braid waves because it is naturally wavy but when I do more than two let them for more than 1 day and brush them lol it was priceless to see the scared look on people. It was like they have seen a leprechaun -yeti walking around.

Hahahaha... Yes, I could imagine people would be shocked. And probably think you were wearing a wig! Hard to imagine it is your natural hair!:toast:

[Ligeia Noire]

Yeah, I do not do that often though :)

[catabear]

Okay I had to add this gem to the hilarious collection, mainly because I look like snuffaluffagus:

http://i66.tinypic.com/256twe0.jpg

[lapushka]

Okay I had to add this gem to the hilarious collection, mainly because I look like snuffaluffagus:

http://i66.tinypic.com/256twe0.jpg

Yep that is pretty much what my hair did when I was a teen. :) Which is why I crimped it all the time.

[Annalouise]

Catabear ~ you have nice hair. I like it. :D Spritz some distilled water over it now and scrunch and it will look wonderful!!!:)

[Ligeia Noire]

ah ah ah awesome ginger head!

[Shepherdess]

Kajzh, Ligeia Noire, gorgeous hair!!! I haven't had a chance to look through this thread, but it looks like so much fun. :o


Okay I had to add this gem to the hilarious collection, mainly because I look like snuffaluffagus:
Love it! Your hair is so pretty! I can relate about the "snuffaluffagus" haha :silly:

[Of the Fae]

I'm getting visions of Magenta doing the Time Warp!!! :cheese:

I was browsing here and saw this. Yes :D

[Ligeia Noire]

This photo is from when my hair was half the length it is now. But I think you get the point! ;)

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x96/Celestial-Fox/200224_1467103457878_1842300149_838147_1896927_n-1.png I was always curious to see how your hair looks like underneath that beautiful scarf. Wonder how it looks nowadays. You are beautiful btw

[VegVampireQueen]

This is great! Haha, I love seeing this in action– my hair is not curly, just wavy, so this doesn't happen (if anything my hair actually just falls out and gets pretty straight if I brush it), but I remember years ago hearing the mom of one of my friends telling us that the reason her daughter's hair was always in a braid is that if they brushed it out it got super puffy, like a "triangle" of hair. They called it "clown hair", which I thought was funny, but I was never really sure what they were talking about although I had somewhat of a picture for it in my mind. I clicked on this forum wondering if this was what they were talking about, and I think it's pretty safe to say it was!

[ArienEllariel]

*chuckle* Reminds me of if I do double Dutch braids and sleep on it and brush it in the morning. The floof and frizz is rather amazing.

[Aredhel]

I am not really a curly more of a wurly, so sorry for hijacking your thread but I thought this was pretty funny and would fit in here, I did like 14 braids left them for two days it gave me the nicest of the waves, but then I had the peculiar idea of brushing them and this is the result =)


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02DwYZQKupU/WA006FaqmqI/AAAAAAAAE7o/AYMDZ6znW38MhwLTB414RVRsQsKnQY03ACL0B/w274-h574-no/massive.jpg

I know you posted this ages ago but I just had to comment on how amazing this is. :p Such a majestic mane!

[embee]

This is just the finest thread! :)

[Mrs. Tresses]

http://imgur.com/a/a2Ggu

[Mrs. Tresses]

http://i.imgur.com/4hcH1MP.jpg

[Mrs. Tresses]

omg hilariously big image and I can't edit the post. Makes it even funnier I guess.

[Groovy Granny]

omg hilariously big image and I can't edit the post. Makes it even funnier I guess.

And your expression is precious :rollin:

Welcome to LHC ~ happy you joined us :cheer:

[Serimel]

http://i.imgur.com/4hcH1MP.jpg

Hahah this photo made my day! No no let me take it back, it made my weekend, thanks for sharing :D

[leayellena]

http://i.imgur.com/4hcH1MP.jpg

exactly how my hair reacts to combing (didn´t test brushing yet) although my hair is on the f/m side...

[embee]

I'm glad to see this thread again, it always makes me smile! :)

[Ligeia Noire]

I know you posted this ages ago but I just had to comment on how amazing this is. :p Such a majestic mane!

Sorry just read it. Thank you! Have to do it again one of these days :p

[JadedByEntropy]

*bump* lol

[yahirwaO.o]

ha ha ha ha ha :joy: I've loved this thread for years now and honestly you all ladies rock the awesome crazy mane!!!!

I want to upload someday my braid waves because my hair looks massive when I brush it out!!!!!! :p

[leayellena]

http://i.imgur.com/4hcH1MP.jpg

My hair used to look like this after brushing it but it was because I don't use conditioner! Now my hair is fairly straight, only my layers and taper tends to curl down there no matter how much I comb through.

[FrayedFire]

I am not really a curly more of a wurly, so sorry for hijacking your thread but I thought this was pretty funny and would fit in here, I did like 14 braids left them for two days it gave me the nicest of the waves, but then I had the peculiar idea of brushing them and this is the result =)


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02DwYZQKupU/WA006FaqmqI/AAAAAAAAE7o/AYMDZ6znW38MhwLTB414RVRsQsKnQY03ACL0B/w274-h574-no/massive.jpg

My heart skipped a beat, that's beautiful!

[FrayedFire]

Well, brushing curly hair doesn't have to be damaging, but if you just brush it and then leave it loose, it will tangle awfully. If I were to brush my hair out in the morning and leave it loose all day, I'd have dreadlocks by the evening. If I do brush my hair, I must put it in very tight braid or bun immediately afterwards.

It might look interesting to someone who hasn't experienced it, but it's not worth it.

You know, that is a much more understandable reason against brushing than "it's poofy" because I would adore having crazy insane volume, and thought if I had curly hair, I would probably brush it sometimes because I like the way it looks, but I can see how brushed curls would be prone to tangling if left loose.

[Ligeia Noire]

My heart skipped a beat, that's beautiful!

I wouldn't call it beautiful but thanks :p

[Beeboo123]

I’m only a wavy wurly, but my hair gets BIG when I brush it...
http://i.imgur.com/LCdopiW.jpg

[lapushka]

I’m only a wavy wurly, but my hair gets BIG when I brush it...
http://i.imgur.com/LCdopiW.jpg

Yep, that's how mine looks when I dry brush it out right before a wash. In fact, I should have taken a picture earlier today. :)

Beeboo, don't ever do that again! :scared:

[Arciela]

I am not really a curly more of a wurly, so sorry for hijacking your thread but I thought this was pretty funny and would fit in here, I did like 14 braids left them for two days it gave me the nicest of the waves, but then I had the peculiar idea of brushing them and this is the result =)


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02DwYZQKupU/WA006FaqmqI/AAAAAAAAE7o/AYMDZ6znW38MhwLTB414RVRsQsKnQY03ACL0B/w274-h574-no/massive.jpg

omg your hair is dream hair :thud:

Mine does this too if I brush! :D

[Ligeia Noire]

Beeboo that's impressive. Cesil thank you but my hair is not like that. Only when I brush tons of braids off. Lapushka please share a picture with us mortals next time you comb after wash.

[lapushka]

Beeboo that's impressive. Cesil thank you but my hair is not like that. Only when I brush tons of braids off. Lapushka please share a picture with us mortals next time you comb after wash.

Hahaha! LOL; I have sort of stopped taking pictures (because well, IDK, just... got tired of it). But maybe I will one time. :)

[Ligeia Noire]

I can understand that. Whenever you feel like taking one we wil be quite happy to see ;)

[Beeboo123]

Thank you Ligeia Noire!
lapushka, my cat was terrified when she saw me! I don’t think she recognized me under all that fluff.

Maybe I should start brushing my hair out when I feel unhappy that it is thin. I’ll probably feel much better.

[lapushka]

Thank you Ligeia Noire!
lapushka, my cat was terrified when she saw me! I don’t think she recognized me under all that fluff.

Maybe I should start brushing my hair out when I feel unhappy that it is thin. I’ll probably feel much better.

LOL, way to scare your cat. :D

[Hollyhocks]

Oh my goodness. This takes me back to middle school when I brushed my hair daily and didn't know better. I'd get so many comments "pom pom" "can I touch it?" "Do you ever brush your hair?" Yes people. This is what happens.
Sadly I JUST washed my hair, so I can't contribute right this second. I will soon though.

[HopelssRomantic]

This is awesome! I thought I was the only one who played with my hair like this. My boyfriend says I look like a lion. I literally just stepped out of the shower though (washed for a good hair-typing pic, ironically), so I can't contribute. But once I swear I measured it at 3' wide (dry brush and upside down) 🤣

[Milady_DeWinter]

Ok, I'm more of a wavy (2C) but I did it too :laugh: Good morning!

https://i.imgur.com/E0Stpj0l.jpg

[Stray_mind]

Ok, I'm more of a wavy (2C) but I did it too :laugh: Good morning!

https://i.imgur.com/E0Stpj0l.jpg

Looks magnificent :D

[Milady_DeWinter]

Looks magnificent :D

LOL thank you! I swear I never showed my hair like this in public before. I use to describe myself after brushing as a Menina, or like having sheep tied to my head :laugh:

[yahirwaO.o]

Milady_DeWinter I say this in Spanish: "Que pelazooooo tienes maja, esta hermoso y abundante!!!"

Strange me I have always wanted big poofy wavy hair like yours! Its somehow a very deep dream :O

[unheardletters]

I lived with poofy hair my almost my whole life, because I didn’t know my hair was wavy/curly. I thought my hair was just naturally poofy because it always was poofy. It wasn’t until months ago that I stopped brushing and saw that I have waves and curls.

[zanelle]

Wow, Milady, your hair is so thick!
My hair is like a broom right after brushing :-)
I could live with it, just please be thicker!
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab211/Snakecharmer7/IMG_20180320_123330.jpg

[Stray_mind]

LOL thank you! I swear I never showed my hair like this in public before. I use to describe myself after brushing as a Menina, or like having sheep tied to my head :laugh:
You strangely remind me of Shakira a bit on that second photo, hahaha!

I Love your hair brushed or unbrushed :)
Looks so thick and wild!

[Ligeia Noire]

Ah ah love this thread.

[daisy rei]

Love this thread! Would love to see more contributions. ;)

Anyone who previously posted, feel free to add again since many links are broken!

[Spellbound]

I have a friend with very curly long hair who always says brushing it makes it triangular--she calls it dorito hair! It's always fun to see her brush it out. Mine is only wavy though, so no dorito hair for me...

[illicitlizard]

Love this thread! Would love to see more contributions. ;)

Anyone who previously posted, feel free to add again since many links are broken!

YES completely agree, seeing these hair pics is fabulous!

[egcmi]

Yes let's bring back this thread! :lol:

My hair is not brushed out in this picture, I had been walking in the rain and this is what it dried to:
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=33989&d=1541461585

Not a proper contribution, but still funny. I will brush my curly hair and take a picture for this thread on the next washday :lol:

[Shepherdess]

Yes let's bring back this thread! :lol:

My hair is not brushed out in this picture, I had been walking in the rain and this is what it dried to:
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=33989&d=1541461585

Not a proper contribution, but still funny. I will brush my curly hair and take a picture for this thread on the next washday :lol:

Awesome!! I can totally relate, rainy days and curly hair can be a funny combination for sure!!!

[SallySue]

LOL! I learned from an early age not to do this. Because, well,
https://i.imgur.com/cyS6bhp.jpg?1

Not a good look. Although I guess in the 80's it would have been.

[spirals]

That's definitely late '80s/early '90s hair. I had that hair.

[lapushka]

SallySue, you rock that brush-out!

I was a teen in the 80s, I remember that time vividly! :lol:

[Cinnamonagouti]

Here's my contribution... LOL
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34478&d=1544799501

And here's a picture from before I knew my hair was wavy/curly and brushed it daily (it changed texture from 1c to 3a when I was like twelve but I didn't really notice since I just continued brushing it as usual):
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14981&d=1419786198

[lapushka]

Here's my contribution... LOL
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34478&d=1544799501

And here's a picture from before I knew my hair was wavy/curly and brushed it daily (it changed texture from 1c to 3a when I was like twelve but I didn't really notice since I just continued brushing it as usual):
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14981&d=1419786198

That is *wild*, and also so sad, the second picture I mean. I was like that for a great many years, up to my 30s. I wish I would have known what to do with my hair as a teen. I crimped it to bits (the 80s :rolleyes:).

[Cinnamonagouti]

That is *wild*, and also so sad, the second picture I mean. I was like that for a great many years, up to my 30s. I wish I would have known what to do with my hair as a teen. I crimped it to bits (the 80s :rolleyes:).

I started CO-washing when I was 15, so at least I "discovered" my curly hair pretty early, which I'm thankful for. It's also weird that it changed texture, but apparently it was the same for both my dad and granddad, from straight to wavy/curly (can't really tell the type as they both have short hair). So I guess it was puberty and hormones that did it. And my mum always had a pixie (now that she has shoulder length+ it is at least 2b or even 2c, and she even has some ringlets) so there was noone to tell me how to take care of curly hair. But at least I can give my little sister advice now ;) her hair also went from 1c/2a to 3a some years ago (some parts of her hair even being 3b I would say, she has tighter ringlets than me).

[lapushka]

I started CO-washing when I was 15, so at least I "discovered" my curly hair pretty early, which I'm thankful for. It's also weird that it changed texture, but apparently it was the same for both my dad and granddad, from straight to wavy/curly (can't really tell the type as they both have short hair). So I guess it was puberty and hormones that did it. And my mum always had a pixie (now that she has shoulder length+ it is at least 2b or even 2c, and she even has some ringlets) so there was noone to tell me how to take care of curly hair. But at least I can give my little sister advice now ;) her hair also went from 1c/2a to 3a some years ago (some parts of her hair even being 3b I would say, she has tighter ringlets than me).

I had my hair go from 1b'ish, 1b/c I think, to 2b/c - not that big of a difference you'd think, but the frizz I got, OMG. When it was foggy out my nicely blown-out hair always floofed up and I never could figure it out. I thought I had "difficult" straight hair.

How many other people are in that same boat, I wonder?

But the curly girl method is really popular and even straight haired ladies are trying it these days, to just do it because they like it or to try and see what texture they are.

[amiraaah]

Wild hair
https://i.postimg.cc/rpR6bwS9/48-B1-AC24-379-F-4-D37-8-CF9-B2-A3400-D3-A73.jpg (https://postimg.cc/XZWDB31Z)
https://i.postimg.cc/WzXfzBG3/5-AEC9869-7-DB1-48-C3-8-DE4-DF33407685-B9.jpg (https://postimg.cc/wRRkbbb8)

[Shepherdess]

Wild hair
https://i.postimg.cc/rpR6bwS9/48-B1-AC24-379-F-4-D37-8-CF9-B2-A3400-D3-A73.jpg (https://postimg.cc/XZWDB31Z)
https://i.postimg.cc/WzXfzBG3/5-AEC9869-7-DB1-48-C3-8-DE4-DF33407685-B9.jpg (https://postimg.cc/wRRkbbb8)

I love your frizzy curls, it's so cute!!!

[Begemot]

Gotta give this thread a tiny bump and hope that new photos appear :redgrin:

[Milady_DeWinter]

Gotta give this thread a tiny bump and hope that new photos appear :redgrin:

Your wishes are orders :lol: Here's why I can't brush my hair unless it's going to be inmediately braided or bunned. It's not as wild as it can be because I sprayed it with the great Selkie detangler from Nightblooming, so it's slightly wet.

https://i.imgur.com/2bRDiGv.jpg

Sorry for the bad phone pic and the terrible light, I hadn't my camera handy and it's nighttime now.

[amiraaah]

I love your frizzy curls, it's so cute!!!

Aw thank you so much❤️❤️


Milady i love your frizzy hair! :flower:

[Begemot]

Your wishes are orders :lol:


:lol: Your hair is wild and awesome! :blossom:

[MusicalSpoons]

:rollin: I love this thread so much!! Milady that's an exceptionally fine example of why curlies don't brush their hair :D

[amiraaah]

I brushed my hair the first time in 3 days.
https://i.postimg.cc/jqhqm48T/2-AEEDC7-F-CADF-4040-B395-646-B4-B2-A10-F9.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ThpXWgMN)

[doorgedraaid]

LOL! I learned from an early age not to do this. Because, well,
https://i.imgur.com/cyS6bhp.jpg?1

Not a good look. Although I guess in the 80's it would have been.

I actually think this looks quite cool haha! This thread is so much fun :)

[lapushka]

I actually think this looks quite cool haha! This thread is so much fun :)

Hey welcome to the forum! :D

[Shepherdess]

Oh yay! Love this thread!
And welcome to The Long Hair Community, doorgedraaid !!!! :flowers:

[Ylva]

I'm only a wavy but here goes:

https://i.ibb.co/Wnhy9hT/poof.jpg

[leafygreens18]

I never uploaded this in this thread! but this is a brushed out length check.
https://i.imgur.com/PrSOlNn.jpg?1

[cjk]

For obvious reasons I don't brush it very often, but do sometimes before a shower.

https://i.imgur.com/owlmS4K.jpg

[Linden]

For obvious reasons I don't brush it very often, but do sometimes before a shower.

What a magnificent mane! I love it!

[Lucy McLucyFace]

In this thread: people who look like my old classmates who were insecure about their poofy hair because they didn't know they weren't supposed to brush through curls. Yes this is or was very common

[ZoeZ]

Lovely floofs everyone: cjk, amazing!

[unheardletters]

In this thread: people who look like my old classmates who were insecure about their poofy hair because they didn't know they weren't supposed to brush through curls. Yes this is or was very common

I spent about 35 years of my life not knowing that I should not brush my curls. I just lived in a huge, frizzy mess. I also never used conditioner until I was about 30, so it was really bad before then.

[AuNaturel]

Curls gone wild!

https://www.kathleenschwartz.com/img/s/v-10/p3914525261-4.jpg


(This is what it's supposed to look like, lol:)

https://www.kathleenschwartz.com/img/s/v-10/p3914037121-3.jpg

[meepster]

Curls gone wild!

https://www.kathleenschwartz.com/img/s/v-10/p3914525261-4.jpg


(This is what it's supposed to look like, lol:)

https://www.kathleenschwartz.com/img/s/v-10/p3914037121-3.jpg

Wow, gorgeous! In both versions.

[meepster]

By the way, is it just me, or is anyone else thinking that the frizzy brushed-out hair has a beauty of its own?

[embee]

Yes, I do think so. I was always rather taken with the Afro styles of long ago. There was something so soft and poofy about them. :)

[ynne]

AuNaturel, I love your hair! It's so, so pretty. The brushed curls are such a contrast, too.

meepster, I don't mind it on other people at all, but on myself? Eeeeeh. I'd pay a lot for hair that would naturally not do this.

*

But, in a good spirit and maybe as part of this acceptance journey, I'll share mine too (it was heavily oiled and slathered in conditioner a few days prior, so this is not its... maximum state, as it's being weighted down a lot):


https://i.postimg.cc/yxg353Bp/IMG-20200615-151124.jpg

[Begemot]

By the way, is it just me, or is anyone else thinking that the frizzy brushed-out hair has a beauty of its own?

YES, I love the look. Poofy hair is awesome, the bigger the better :D

Gorgeous, AuNaturel and ynne!!

[enting]

By the way, is it just me, or is anyone else thinking that the frizzy brushed-out hair has a beauty of its own?

Yes! But I wish my hair would poof on top, too, and not just turn into triangle head.

[meepster]

Yes, I do think so. I was always rather taken with the Afro styles of long ago. There was something so soft and poofy about them. :)

Some of my relatives have Afros, and I always felt rather sad that I missed that particular gene. I love the soft poofiness too.

[spirals]

Lately when I brush mine out it goes into 40s waves so I'm happy about that.

[lapushka]

AuNaturel, your curls are so pretty. And the poof, I swear it's a "look". ;)

[meepster]

Ok, I’ll play:

https://imgur.com/EJ4w104

I was somewhat shocked by the poofiness of it, to be honest, but there it is.

[wo]

Sometimes I wide tooth comb it out before washing, to detangle less in the shower. I think it's my destiny to be Hermione Granger for Halloween this year. 😁
....or maybe Hagrid 😬

https://i.postimg.cc/286VNyR2/20200701-222249.jpg (https://postimg.cc/6Tk9d9Qv)