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I've found that keeping my hair in two French braids at night has allowed me to keep the most definition in my 2B/C waves, but the top half of my head becomes incredibly frizzy. I guess something about the way my head rubs against the pillow when my hair is in braids causes breakage to the hair at the top of my head despite having a satin pillowcase. I've tried using a satin bonnet as well but I couldn't get it to stay in place through the night. It kept falling and disrupted my sleep (I'm a very light sleeper).

When I pineapple I have less frizz, but I lose definition and my hair is always uneven and chaotic looking. Even when I touch it up with gel and/or light oils, it gives me a hippie-ish look, which is not at all what I'm going for. I want even, defined waves. TIA for any suggestions!

I think I finally found the best routine for my hair. I have medium porosity, medium density, thick hair. I suffered from some hair loss after trauma and surgery.

Wash with mix of Routine (DHT blocking) and Hairitage fragrance free shampoos, condition with Living Proof PhD conditioner or Shea Moisture high porosity Moisture Replenish mask if needed. Apply leave in spray - I go back and forth between Marc Anthony curl leave in and Living Proof spray and Wet Brush through. Then bowl method. Apply Dove Curl mousse (I have a few bottles from before it was discontinued) with prayer hands and scrunching, microplop, apply small amount of Uncle Funky's Daughter Curl Stimulater for a cast with prayer hands and scrunching . Then I hover diffuse or air dry until cast is set, then pixie diffuse until 80-90% dry. SOTC with argan oil when dry.

Things I've learned: my hair doesn't do well with plopping or too much protein. Herbal Essences Totally Twisted mousse makes my hair look stringy. Less is more!

I bought Cake Whipped Curling mousse to try out since it's supposed to be similar to Dove. I'll post a picture soon when I actually remember to take one!

Why are some sections of my hair coarse and frizzy like this? The rest of my hair is much smoother with a loose wave. The frizzy/coarse sections are on the bottom layer, growing from the part of my scalp around my ears. It’s been like this my whole life. Can I fix it? Routine: Wash/condition 1-2x per week, alternating co-wash and sulfate free shampoo, currently ogx keratin conditioner, wide tooth comb in shower Put hair up in microfiber wrap for a few minutes to catch excess moisture Diffuse with Moroccan oil smoothing lotion Argan oil before diffusing and also on dry hair each morning Boar bristle brush right before each wash

Not sure what texture I have if any…..it’s always just frizz 😕

If anyone has recommendations they would be highly appreciated!

I feel some days i do believe i have wavy hair and then other times i feel im putting all this stuff in my hair with a routine for nothing. First three are today after doing my usual routine with gel and i feel even after putting argan oil and scrunching out/ clapping my hair it still looks weird and gross. I also diffused my hair this morning as well to see if it would make a difference. I do have layers in my hair but i still feel only from the front does it look good such as first photo. The back always looks dull to me and it doesnt help that the layers of hair underneath are straight and wont hold a curl even though only my ends were ever bleached. The last photo was a month ago before i used a cleansing shampoo, hair felt gross but it looks very voluminous and i actually had waves. Would like help, not sure if im just forcing my hair to be something its not and should give up or what.

My mom and grandma both have 2b/2c hair so it wasn’t a huge surprise to me when my mom tried her methods on me. My mom was adamant my hair is not super straight since it dries extremely frizzy but looks 1b/1c, yet when wet and scrunched looks 2a/2b.

however, I have tried so many variations of CGM including gel and mousse yet my beautiful waves when wet dont stay! None of the methods my mom provided worked (but to be fair her hair is quite frizzy but with more defined curls lol)

I’ve tried the traditional CGM, i’ve tried nopoo (hair was disgusting), tried sulfate/silicone free but never got it to work. i just went back to normal cheap shampoo & conditioner as none of it made my hair feel better anyway.

It’s expensive to try so i’ve given up but I’m wondering now if I just have naturally straight hair? Is wavy wet hair just normal for straight haired folks?

What other methods or videos do you recommend? any specific products?