It's the question that plagues the best of us and the answer that continues to elude us: how do I make my curly hair look nice without it getting all frizzy?
Well, if you were expecting answers, I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place. I am no closer the the answer than I've ever been and since I am constantly at loathe to change my hair care routine, I will probably never figure it out. Oh well. When you've gone 17 years with crazy hair, what's another lifetime? Sobs
However, if I were going to gripe about my hair and not get anything done, I wouldn't have made this a Fashion Friday. Today, I am here to talk about (and yes, endorse) a product that I just recently discovered and has not, in fact, helped me tame my curls, but has rather made them run even wilder.
Wait, Brett, if you found a product that makes your hair look even crazier than it already does, why the hell would you tell us to use it? Aren't we trying to figure out how to make our hair wavy but manageable, curly but tame?
NO!
Believe me, I've tried all of that, straighteners, blowdriers, even curling my hair so the usual curls were more how I wanted them to be. But in the end, I had to face the music: my hair is a force of nature and can't be tamed maybe the way I want it to.
The first step in making your curly hair look as fabulous as possible is first accepting that your curly hair is awesome and deserves to be treated as such. No more heat, no more corn husk home remedies, no more straightening. It's a waste of time when it's so much better to get a curl strengthening solution and embrace your natural curls and allow them to run free under supervision, as I like to say. The nice part is that the supervision only comes into play when you wash it and add the curling product - the rest of the time you don't have to worry about it! No more holding books over your head in the rain you monster to protect your straightened hair, no more spending half an hour blowing it dry.
But how?
The answer that I have so far found to the best is the miracle product in the above picture, the Garnier Fructis Curl Construct Mousse. But I know what you're thinking.
Brett, why the hell would you construct your curls if you already have curly hair?
Well, we're getting into personal anecdote territory, I don't actually have naturally curly hair. My hair is naturally wavy and sometimes it decides to hate me and to make it so that it is temperamental, frizzy, decides to be wavy on one part and frizzy on the other. It's a nightmare, but I've learned how to work with it and I have found that it is best to get my annoying hair to be AS CURLY AS POSSIBLE for maximum control. This curl construct product is $4.99 at CVS (cheap, oh my god!) and it works wonders.
It's so easy to use, just apply to damp hair and scrunch it up and then one could air dry, blow dry, dry however you want to because this is not a product that defines your hair routine, it's just to add to it! What I mean when I say that is that in all the times I've changed up my hair care routine, it's been with a drastic change that has taken a lot of time or energy or even money. And none of it has worked quite as well as this product.
Embrace your curls! Make them as loud and bold as you want but the way you are going to look your best is if you put down those home remedies for straight hair and start finding products that let you tame your curls without letting them lose their fantastic bounce.
Have a Brettastic day!