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Help me be frizz-free and wavy

LolaGeek — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:30:43 -0800

What product can I use on my naturally wavy, very frizzy, shoulder-length hair while wet, so that it dries frizz-free? Bonus points if it also enhances the waviness. Extra bonus points if it helps it dry faster. My usual routine involves shampoo and conditioner, Avon Dry Ends Serum (all over, not just on the ends), blow-drying, and usually a quick pass with a straightening iron (sometimes with another smoothing spray). Even after all that, I always develop a halo of frizz as soon as I step outside (see this recent photo).

I've tried other products in the past that promised to reduce frizz, but the result is always the same, so I've just stuck with this system for the past couple years. However, I'm usually looking at products to straighten hair, and I thought maybe now I'd try to embrace the wave and go for something designed for wavy/curly hair, with which I have no experience. The last time I let my hair air dry, it took literally all day, and this was the result.

I am going to the beach this weekend and don't want to be messing with a hairdryer after showering, while my friends are waiting to go out. Is there a product I can use that will help my hair air-dry more neatly? In order of importance, I'd like it to 1) reduce frizz, 2) enhance the waves, and 3) help my hair dry faster.

The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair

KateHasQuestions — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:13:22 -0800

My hair is very slightly wavy. I'd like it to be more wavy - almost curly. What hair products should I be using? Is a perm a bad idea? When my hair was shoulder-length, and I used to put a glob of gel in it after I washed it, scrunch it up, and it would dry all wavy and fun, with some curls around the front, but mostly just wavy. Now my hair is longer and heavier, and gel doesnt quite hold up the curls, and using more gel makes my hair stickier and stiff. What products can I use that will curl my hair more as it dries, without feeling like hair spray? Do any curling shampoos work? Or are they made *for* people with curly hair so their hair doesnt frizz up. I air dry, never blow dry, and will not use a curling iron - I need my hair-styling to take less than 2 mins/day. Any suggestions for products?

I'm white. I've seen asian girls get wavy perms that look like this. I want that level of curliness, but without it looking so fake. Maybe it wouldn't look fake on someone who doesn't have pin-straight hair to begin with? Would it get all frizzy? Is it a good idea, or should I stick to hair products only? Would I still need to put stuff in my hair if I got something like that done? Let me know if you have white-people-hair and you've had this done.

what would you do with this hair?

epersonae — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:58:52 -0800

Help me find a cool short(er) hairstyle for my thick wavy hair! I'm having my occasional itch to do something relatively drastic with my hair. (It's been waist-length & pixie-short over the years, as well as flame orange, blond, and fire-engine-red.)

Right now it looks like the first few pictures here, you can see I've grown it out from a shag-like cut over the last year, and before that it was a kinda "meh" bob. I've been grooving on the big fluffy hair, but it's getting on my last nerve. I'm thinking short, mid-jaw or shorter.

I bike a lot, and do yoga occasionally. Something that survives a couple of miles under a helmet without looking totally f'ed up is very important. Plus, as you might imagine from that, I'm not much for lots of products or fussing, although I don't mind a bit of something or a little blow-drying. I'm in a professional, moderately conservative work environment, but I'd like to fall on the hip/artsy side of the spectrum.

My hair is very thick, inconsistently wavy, and grows freakishly fast. I'm starting to get a few grey hairs, and they have a crazy kinky texture, but they're not very noticeable (yet). IMO I have a tiny head for my body, although less so than I used to. :)

Although I like my stylist, I'm terrible at explaining what I want done with my hair, so good photos and especially terminology are appreciated. Thank you!