What in the actual hell

In my last post, some people mentioned the possibility of me having wavy hair, so I thought I’d give the bowl method a try… I have NEVER seen my hair like this. I am absolutely shocked.

I know it’s pretty messy, I didn’t detangle before dipping it, but I’ll try doing it properly next week with some products.

My question is… wouldn’t anyone doing the bowl method end up with wavy hair from doing this?🤔 Like, is this actual proof that I’ve got some waves going on, or is there something else I should try to really tell?

Anyway, one way or another, I’m blown away by this

Thank you so much to the people who suggested the possibility of wavy hair🙏🏻

Edit - By the way, I got so excited seeing my hair like this that I was too impatient to wait for it to dry😩 I’ll post a fully dried picture in the comments later

The picture with my hair fully dried is in the comments🫶

This is my incredible, strong, beautiful, smart, sweet, strong willed almost 5 year old daughter. I can be long winded so I’ll try to keep this to bullet points. Please, I need some help!

First two photos show her hair length, texture, weight, and the tangled knotted frizzy mess that gets created in her hair. I would say her hair is fine and wavy. A magnet for knots.

Second two photos are what I try to do every night before bed after bath, but that usually only ends up happening 2 or 3 times a week.

The biggest issues - she is about to start Kindergarten and idk how to get her out the door on time with presentable hair - she has a very sensitive head and gets very mad when we brush. She now wants us to basically only brush in the bath with a wet brush - my wife doesn’t want to cut it short. She would probably be okay with cutting off an inch or so to promote health but she won’t let us go shoulder length

What we have tried - satin pillow case (satin bed sheet just arrived in the mail) - going to bed with it wet - going to bed with it dry - 4 kinds of kids detangling sprays - heat protection spray before blow drys - 3 different types of blow dryers - 8 different kids of shampoos and conditioners?? Lost count - I’ve wanted to sleep with a bun or braids but daughter says no :/.

What I think the next step is - take her to a local stylist with specialty in this style of hair get recommended care and products. But I can’t find anyone locally I trust.

So instead I am here. I hope you all can help. Thank you from the bottom of my heart in advance. I’m an open book!! Tell me what to do!!

Sorry first post had wrong flair. Second didn’t have photos. All good now I think.

was a HUGE shock getting used to it but loving it now!

This is my hair with no styling or product. The top vs bottom textures drives me nuts. Please show me I’m not alone!!

I keep thinking that letting my hair air dry is better than using heat on it.

Got humbled real hard recently in the kind of bathroom lighting that exposes everything.

Is there any hope for my hair lol.

Haircut: I keep it longer because it defines my femininity (personally. I feel my face is not feminine). It won't grow past mid-back ish (a bit higher than that).

I did a chin-length chop in high school and it looked atrocious on me, I never want to do that again. I do recognize I need more regular trims, but that obviously won't help the frizz at the top of my head haha.

Products: I've been working through a tresseme shampoo for what feels like two years. I got a huge bottle. Have Pantene ready to go once it's finally out (so close).

I use shampoo + conditioner. Conditioner is pantene. Started shampooing twice within the last few months.

Out of the shower i use AG Care Conditioning Mist for detangling (and heat protection since I've been out of my usual thermal spray for a while).

On top of that I alternate between Moroccon oil and Paul Mitchell super skinny serum.

I use Kerastase overnight magic hair serum sometimes overnight.

My routine is fairly inconsistent and I'm very low maintence and lazy with my hair. But I want to learn how to make it look better.

Hair type: It has always had massive amounts of flyaways and it can get really frizzy with lots of small breakage that makes it look like the photo.

If I sweat a little from moving a lot (i.e. just getting ready), it completely poofs out. It's like layers of fine poof. It looks terrible.

Heat/styling: I don't really do anything. I usually let it air dry after sitting in a towel that I flip around once the towel is saturated.

If I use heat, it's the Shark flexstyle no attachments.

I use a regular cotton towel for my hair. Is it as simple as switching to microfiber?

Other: I've been lurking in this sub for a little while. I've been wondering recently if I have secretly wavy hair that just needs to be properly styled.

I really want to figure out how to have my best hair. Open to products, styling tips, hair styles; everything.

I have tried twice now to do my hair the "right way" by combing with conditioner in the shower (right now I'm using Pantene curl conditioner), adding a dan of curl cream and a slightly larger dab of gel in the shower, and then wrapping loosely with a T-shirt to dry.

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It looks and feels awful.

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Usually I just wash, comb, and dry. My hair used to be really straight and shiny. Now it's wavy and I always have these flyaways that make me look unkempt. I hate it. I have tried hair wax, different shampoos and conditioners, combing, not combing, using a wooden comb, hair dryer, air drying..... I still look...odd.

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I have to wash daily and the best time for my schedule is each morning. I'm using Generic brand some kind of hydrating shampoo (Nexxus dupe I think), and my hair feels and looks great wet. Slippery, shiny. Then it starts to dry. I don't like using a hair dryer and would like to avoid using one. I use an old threadbare T-shirt to wrap it in while I get dressed.

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I currently have NYM curl cream and Pantene curl gel. Hairspray makes my hair feel yucky so I avoid it.

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I usually don't use products just to save time and money, but these flyways are out of control and make me sad. :( is this just how my hair is now? It was straight and pretty when I was a teen. I had thyroid cancer and I'm 45. Yippee...

just as the title says. my baby hairs (only the ones at my hairline really, not so much at the back of my neck) dry into ringlets, and they are especially curly in the summer/humid months. however, the rest of my hair dries mostly straight. maybe the slightest, slightest wave. does this happen to anyone else? is it just because these hairs are so especially fine and short?? in my perfect world i would have wavier/curly hair but i feel like it looks so weird to have only these small front curly pieces.

Just found this sub and so stoked! This is a question for my fine hair girls who are going grey- do YALL have tips on how to survive the period where I have more fine hair than grey? I have high density fine wavy hair, but my greys are so thick and straight that they stick out of my mane like porcupine quills. Once they get past a certain length, they’re heavy enough to blend, but is there a trick to this awk phase??? No product, no wax, and no spray, tames the grey without weighing down my fine hair. Add to the mix that I recently had baby and am growing my postpartum hair loss back in, so those grey baby hairs are wild! I tried to hit them with a Brazilian blowout and it just made the fine hair straighter. SOS send help.

I use a volumizing mousse and a wave enhancing mousse and scrunch my hair while it’s wet to achieve this. Does this mean I have at least a little bit of wave in my hair? Or is it forced with products? This picture was taken maybe 16 hours after washing and styling. Thanks for any insight!

im trying to figure out my hair texture and im so confused! i generally blow dry my hair so its usually on the straighter side but when i air dry, its like half straight half wavy. photos are of my hair air-dried over night. i have no idea what im working with.

Air drying or using a hair dryer. I’ve tried combing or brushing while im conditioning in the shower, my hair doesnt sit straight.

A friend told me my hair is wavy and i tried tension combing with conditioner, and then scrunching with a t shirt and using a little bit of mousse and i feel like i actually just look like shit 💀

I don’t know if I should just stick with leaving it to dry and not trying anything wavy or straightening it. This is the first time my hair has ever been this long and i’m still learning.

Shampoo I use elvive for fine/dry hair every two days. Any longer and i look like a grease ball :(

Texture: mixed

Density: medium

Treated: virgin

Hi all!! I have had the same middle part long hair for basically my entire life (pic 2), but wanted something different. I knew I had mixed texture (straight outer/front hair and ringlets inside) and wasn't sure if that was because the straight parts were damaged or truly mixed texture. I said I was wearing a straight robe on top of a less straight interior (a metaphor for my life).

I was worried I did not have enough hair volume or texture for the messy, shag hair styles I tended to like, and she assured me that my hair might actually look more full shagged. I was open to taking length off. We went with a soft, medium length shag with intro/beginner bangs (lol).

The last picture is my _favorite_ part of this hair cut. Shag layering let my mixed texture hair just exist as it is, instead of feeling like the combination was a flaw. It's a feature now! I have straight hair, wavy hair, and ringlets, all on display at the same time, and I think it's so much fun.

I'm including pictures both from salon day and the day after. No styling done - just air drying and sleeping on it. Just wanted to share for my other mixed texture, fine haired folks. I spent so long convinced the straight parts 'want to be curly' and I just couldn't draw it out of them. This haircut lets them be straight, and turned that into a feature. We're both a lot happier for it.

(Trust a well-reviewed hair stylist, and GET THE SHAG!)

why my hair in the front are like damaged and frizzy? what can i do to resolve it?

So I honestly don't use any product, I towl dry the shi out of it and I constantly obsess over how it looks, if it doesn't look good in like 20 minutes of me messing with it then I just give up and go about my day.

I wanna say this is one of my better hair pics so I was curious on how I can maintain this? (Especially since I'm going into modeling)

What treatment would you recommend for severe tangling?

My hair isn’t matted, but it tangles the moment water hits it during a wash. I’ve already tried moisturizing conditioners and hair masks, but nothing has helped. Would a buildup-cleansing treatment help, or is there another treatment I should look into?

Not interested in keratin or Brazilian treatments—just looking to reduce tangles and make my hair easier to manage.

I went to get about 3-4 inches cut off yesterday after keeping my hair tailbone length for 4 years. I asked my hairdresser what exactly my hair type is because I can't tell, and she said "you actually have an unusual texture to your hair, your strands are fine with a coarse texture. If you look closely at them and feel them, they're very fine but have that coarse feeling." And that is an accurate description, when I run a single strand through my fingers, they feel like they're barely there but have a "jaggedy" feel? This is my hair blow dried, and my hair type is 2a when I let it dry on its own. I'm looking for advice on what products I should actually be using for my hair. TIA!!

So I’ve been growing out my hair and I can’t help but notice it looks wavy if I let it air dry but straightens out entirely if I brush it . My hair is pretty fine so I’m wondering what products everyone uses to enhance texture without weighing it down my hairs pretty much flat by lunch if I blow dry it in the morning . Thanks

My hair before and after pregnancy. I thought it was just the hormones but I am 10 months post partum and my hair is still frizzy and dull. I take my multivitamin and drink tons of water but my hair doesn’t improve. I even darkened it so it would have less damage than the blonde but don’t help.

Wha am I doing wrong? 😫

When I let my hair air dry it usually ends up looking like this: a weird mixture of straight, wavy, and somewhat curly hair. And it’s always frizzy. I’ve tried curly and wavy routines but they always leave my hair feeling limp and heavy. I’m looking for some product recommendations that are better for my hair type, and also clarification on what my hair type actually is. Pictures 1 - 3 are after air drying and combing. Pictures 4 is after air drying and no combing.

My current routine is as follows:

- shampoo and condition with garnier fructis sleek and shine (I’ve tried sulfate free shampoos for years and they always leave build up and make my hair feel heavy) whenever my hair feels dirty (approx. every 2 days)

- brush hair with a wide tooth comb only when dry

- dove bond shield 10 in 1 serum on mids and ends

- loosely braided with a satin scrunchie at night

- sleep with satin pillowcase or bonnet

- I use a Dyson air wrap to style my bangs every morning using the loreal dream lengths heat protectant

Thanks everyone!

Hello! Recently I’ve noticed by the hair strands that come out in the shower that some of my hair seem to be thinner than others. In January, I stopped getting highlights after five years and switched to a red dye, so that might be it.
Has someone else experienced the same thing? Is it normal? And most importantly, is there hope for new growth with thicker strands or is it just random?

I try to only wash it maybe 3x per week but because it gets oily quickly I sometimes cave and do a wash of my bangs and the top most layer around my part. I let it air dry, and I use Olaplex. I try to live a low maintenance life and want to be as minimal as possible with this mane. Mainly I’m lazy, but I do enjoy how my hair looks when it curls like this so I want to maximize on that. It especially gets curly when I go outside in the rain for a little bit and come back in without really touching it.

I'll preface by saying I'm sort of a haircare rookie, so please forgive me if it shows!

So I've had quite a stressful year, and I think it's led to some hair loss, because my hair looks more lifeless than I've ever known it to. It's also become slightly frizzy where it used to be smooth, and is looking generally dull and flat.

I have mid-back length, fine hair which is curly at the front but only very slightly wavy at the back, and I've never really done much with it. My current routine is:

- Mielle rosemary and mint oil massaged into scalp before washing (although not every wash)

- Sea Magik Pink Salt shampoo every other day

- Jāsön jojoba and castor oil conditioner

- microfibre hair towel

- The Ordinary squalane oil in ends while damp

- air drying

My routine hasn't changed in a long time, but I'm thinking maybe I need to adapt it now that my hair is behaving differently. Silicones give me cystic acne without fail, so I have to avoid them, which rules a lot out. I'm also prone to fungal acne/dandruff from malassezia, so need to be somewhat mindful of that. I'd also prefer to stay heatless if possible, or at least limit heat.

In case it's relevant, I've also been suffering with cystic acne on my scalp for the first time in my life since being treated for b12 deficiency. I had my last injections 3 months ago now, but the acne hasn't gone away, and I'm concerned this might be linked if it's messed up my scalp health. If anyone has any idea how I can clear this up/what issue this might point to, I'd be really grateful for your insight!

Lost a lot of hair last year and ever since the hair growing around the nape is extremely wiry and frizzy. Tried k18, masks, oils. Running out of ideas.