Curly Girl vs. Tightly Curly method

[Maa Maa omo mti]

If anyone is interested in viewing a how to video on finger combing. Check out my YT video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKRs1EMlJ7w

 

[Embyra]

Well let us know how it goes. Sometimes curiousity has to be satisfied.

Ill prob end up in random thoughts *****ing about it

Embyra that is so funny but since this is CG vs TC I don't see how it would be braking the rules because TC allows you to use silicones. I love silicones though but I get tired of split ends and the clipping because you have to stay on top of your hair when you use them so this summer I am trying something different without them and I hate frizz and not using silicone puts me in frizz for days. But since I plan on pulling my hair back most of the time and using the heck out of hair bands this should be fun this summer.

lool i know but i have been strictly CG and i didnt want anyone to call me out and ask for me to hand back my CG card so i decided to out myself before they could


I have never used silicones on my natural hair so i dont really know how its going to act im also going to get john frieda frizz ease

 

[Shay72]

I haven't yet but I will be DCing. I will be following Mahogany Curls method and DCing first on damp hair, rinsing and then proceeding with a cowash from there.

You can DC then cowash/shampoo or cowash/shampoo and then DC. I'm not sure if it makes a difference. Mahogany curls only cowashes 1x a month but she DC's 1x a week. So she DCs, rinses and then applies her leave-in.

I was slightly modeling my routine after Mahogany Curls and now I will take it even further. I was cowashing 3x/wk, dcing 1x, and just wetting my hair and applying leave in the other days. Now I will change to cowashing 1x/wk with an eventual goal of only 1x/month.

I use a spray leave in. Meaning I completely wash out all of my conditioner in the shower then follow up with a spray leave in once I'm out. This works for me since my hair is so fine and also I just got frustrated with trying to get the amount of conditioner right.

 

[Shay72]

Shadiyah
I wear my hair out daily. I'm unable to bun yet. Putting my hair in a bun makes it feel like I am snatching my edges out and I can get a headache. Once I am safely able to bun I will do so. I love high buns.

 

[faithVA]

@Embyra that is so funny but since this is CG vs TC I don't see how it would be braking the rules because TC allows you to use silicones. I love silicones though but I get tired of split ends and the clipping because you have to stay on top of your hair when you use them so this summer I am trying something different without them and I hate frizz and not using silicone puts me in frizz for days. But since I plan on pulling my hair back most of the time and using the heck out of hair bands this should be fun this summer.

I thought of doing a CG thread but I was too lazy. Maybe if I get to the point where I am truly CG or TC, I may create a support group

Not sure there would be enough activity for a thread.

 

[faithVA]

Starting my week 3, wash 2 right now. I am DCing with Nubian Growth and Strength under my heat cap for 30 minutes. Will rinse, cowash and then apply my Tresemme as a leave-in. I need to take pictures today but I feel sooooo lazy. I don't even feel like finishing my hair But I have to get this DC out of my hair. It bugs me to have a wet scalp.

 

[Shadiyah]

Shadiyah
I wear my hair out daily. I'm unable to bun yet. Putting my hair in a bun makes it feel like I am snatching my edges out and I can get a headache. Once I am safely able to bun I will do so. I love high buns.

Shay72 I really understand because when my hair was shorter I had no problem wearing it out everyday I had no choice and plus there really wasn't a down side to it. It becomes a issue once it starts touching your clothing and that is what my hair is starting to do. but the heat has made up my mind.

 

[faithVA]

Week 3, wash 2 went well. I smoothed the DC through my hair and rinsed. I cowashed with Tresemme Naturals. I really loaded my hair down. I separated each section into smaller sections and tried to smooth in layers and really smooth my ends. I did each section 1 at a time. I then tried to finger detangle in the shower. It seemed to go ok but it took a while. Fortunately its warm so I cut the water off while I did this until the floor of the shower got too slippery and I almost broke my neck I rinsed each section and put a barrette on the top and bottom of each section to keep it as stretched as possible. I notice that my hair feels fabulous when its warm due to heat or hot water but as soon as it starts to cool it just feels rough and tangly.

I still had to detangle some more when I got out of the shower. When I tried to finger comb it wasn't working really well. I shed a lot, a LOT so it takes a while to get the shed hairs out. I realized that I needed a different finger detangling method. It works best if I gently slide the shed hair down from my roots to the middle of my hair and then start working the hair out. Working from the bottom doesn't nothing for me. And when finger combing, I need to start at the top and pull my fingers all the way through and go really slow at the ends and sort of hold it. It's hard to explain but it keeps my ends from curling back up and my hair stays more stretched.

I didn't really see any more curl definition today, but my hair did lay a bit flatter and look like it wanted to hang down more vs. shoot out to the sides. It looked different to me in the mirror but don't think I caught it well in the pictures.

My roots are coming along nice. My hair is just starting to dry and it feels very soft.

I think it will take the full 8 weeks or more for my hair to be fully hydrated. But as long as it gets better each week or every 2 weeks, I will be happy.

 

[Embyra]

The organicals dc is a lovely conditioner some of you may want to try it makes my hair sooooo smooooth hydrated and soft

 

[faithVA]

Embyra[/USER];16035073]The organicals dc is a lovely conditioner some of you may want to try it makes my hair sooooo smooooth hydrated and soft

Would you be willing to list the ingredients? Is it something you picked up locally or do you have to order it online? tia

 

[Embyra]

Would you be willing to list the ingredients? Is it something you picked up locally or do you have to order it online? tia

whoops sorry i hate when people dont list the info i heard about it from denimpixie here...

It has amazing slip on my hair and i use it to detangle with NO problem


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2XvSDZRR6I&feature=plcp

purchase online here they do jumbo sizes so it think buying it online is great this way especially if you end up loving it and using it as your cowash detangler dc leave in

ingredients

Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Juice, Vegetable Glycerin (and) Purified Water (and) Salix alba (White Willow) Bark Extract (and) Hibiscus sabdariffa (Hibiscus) Flower Extract (and) Panax ginseng (Ginseng) Root Extract (and) Ilex raraguariensis (Yerba Mate) Leaf Extract, Propanediol (Vegetable), Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Trimethylglycine, Panthenol (ProVitamin B5), Hydrolyzed Quinoa Protein, Persea americana (Avocado) Oil (and) Prunus armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoate, Caprylic Capric Triglycerides (and) Ubiquinone (CoQ10), Squalane (Olive), Guar Hydroxypropyl Trimonium Chloride, Creatine


http://www.ingredientstodiefor.com/item.php?item_id=1001&category_id=53

 

[faithVA]

whoops sorry i hate when people dont list the info i heard about it from denimpixie here...

It has amazing slip on my hair and i use it to detangle with NO problem


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2XvSDZRR6I&feature=plcp

purchase online here they do jumbo sizes so it think buying it online is great this way especially if you end up loving it and using it as your cowash detangler dc leave in

ingredients

Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Juice, Vegetable Glycerin (and) Purified Water (and) Salix alba (White Willow) Bark Extract (and) Hibiscus sabdariffa (Hibiscus) Flower Extract (and) Panax ginseng (Ginseng) Root Extract (and) Ilex raraguariensis (Yerba Mate) Leaf Extract, Propanediol (Vegetable), Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Trimethylglycine, Panthenol (ProVitamin B5), Hydrolyzed Quinoa Protein, Persea americana (Avocado) Oil (and) Prunus armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoate, Caprylic Capric Triglycerides (and) Ubiquinone (CoQ10), Squalane (Olive), Guar Hydroxypropyl Trimonium Chloride, Creatine


http://www.ingredientstodiefor.com/item.php?item_id=1001&category_id=53

Thanks. I was concerned when she said it was thick. But she says she has Low Porosity so if it works for her it may work for me. Glad to see it has glycerin because my hair loves glycerin and I was thinking of adding it to my conditioner.

 

[Embyra]

Thanks. I was concerned when she said it was thick. But she says she has Low Porosity so if it works for her it may work for me. Glad to see it has glycerin because my hair loves glycerin and I was thinking of adding it to my conditioner.

Im low porosity too its thick but not thick as in super creamy itdoes have a kind of gel-ish feel to its

Ill bump the thread where i asked about it

 

[faithVA]

My hair is still wet but it feels sooo soft for a change. I am airdrying in pigtails instead of my usual twists. I used the Tresemme as my leave-in. But I just put TW mist bodifier on, mostly because I am trying to use it up and I wanted to seal my ends. So I applied that and then sealed my ends with shea butter. I have used the TW mist bodifier before but my hair wasn't this soft.

I guess I will twist my hair up in a few because I'm not going to feel like fooling with it any more this week.

 

[Shadiyah]

My hair is very soft as well. I did a egg, honey and shea butter mixture for my protein treatment I than washed my hair and did a hydrating deep conditioner. I used tresemme as my leave in and then put my shea butter mixture on my ends and my hair is shinning and no sticky stuff on my neck waiting to dry.

 

[MrsJaiDiva]

I've read, and known about both methods for a while now, but never tried them...until now. Not really a fan! I don't like that hair full of product feeling, or feeling my hair weighed down. Plus it looked like it was gonna tangle into something like dreads. I hopped right back into the shower, brushed out the remaining conditioner with my Denman, and scrunched in some EcoStyler....much better!

 

[faithVA]

Baggying has NEVER worked for me no matter how I have tried it. After my hair dries it feels wiry, hard and brittle. But since I'm doing the CG method, I am going to try it today. Of course right now my hair feels lovely: soft and moisturized. So I can't leave well enough alone

If it doesn't work today I will try it again when I get to week 6 or 8. I'm just curious.

 

[faithVA]

Meh, baggying was ok. I baggied for about 3 hours. I just used water. It didn't hurt but it didn't help either. It turned out better than it usually does though. So I will wait until week 6 or 8 to try it again. Next time I might baggy with water/conditioner mix.

 

[tryingto]

Just chiming in to say I cowash with my henna. After rinsing it out I put a moisturizing wash out conditioner or deep conditioner and wash the rest of the henna that way. If I have any left in I just cowash a couple of days later and by then all of it is out

did not know you could cowash with henna , interesting, I like the way my hair feels afterwards, so you are not releasing color correct?

 

[jamaica68]

Unfortunately I wasn't able to try the CG method this past weekend due to tropical storm Beryl dumping rain all over my city, hopefully this weekend.

Is anyone doing an acv rinse after co washing?

 

[Foxglove]

did not know you could cowash with henna , interesting, I like the way my hair feels afterwards, so you are not releasing color correct?

I definitely still have color after the cowash so I don't think I'm losing color

 

[alove15]

Still loving the CG method. I'm on week 5 now. Had a bit of a tough time because I tried to switch thing up and make my own dc using Burt's bees more moisture as the base. It had no slip whatsoever lol. My mixtress game ain't been poppin lately. Im sticking to my Aubrey dc's from now on. Luckily I was able to finger detangle and cowash w/ Tresemme naturals NM. A couple sections needed a wide tooth comb this week tho. Then I applied my leave in and did a twist and curl. One thing I've noticed is that my twistouts and braidouts have a lot more movement and volume since I've gone CG. Super happy so far.

 

[Foxglove]

Is Aussie moist CG?

 

[*Frisky*]

Is Aussie moist CG?

Foxglove

No it has cones.

 

[faithVA]

Tonight is Week 3, Wash 3
I cowashed with Tresemme Naturals, then I DCd with Rosa Mosqueta under my heat cap for 20 minutes, rinsed then applied Tresemme Naturals to my hair as a leave-in. It takes much less conditioner to coat my hair than week 1. My hair also seems to lie a bit flatter than usual.

I had my hair separated into 5 sections. The back section and front section are the easiest to detangle. The two sides are fairly easy but pieces near the back require a more delicate touch. The crown is still quite brittle and tangled so it takes quite a bit of time. I finger detangled outside of the shower after I applied the Tresemme as a leave-in. It seemed like it took forever.

I have more curl definition in all parts of my hair. And more of my curls are clumping. Nowhere near enough though to consider doing a WNG. But overall my roots feel softer in both my twists and out styles. I am moisturizing daily but I am maintaining moisture much better than I ever have.

I can tell I could use a good trim but my hair is so many different lengths, to trim it well, I would need to cut my hair to ear length

I still have 5 more weeks to go I guess I can make it

 

[lamaria211]

Tonight is Week 3, Wash 3
I cowashed with Tresemme Naturals, then I DCd with Rosa Mosqueta under my heat cap for 20 minutes, rinsed then applied Tresemme Naturals to my hair as a leave-in. It takes much less conditioner to coat my hair than week 1. My hair also seems to lie a bit flatter than usual.

I had my hair separated into 5 sections. The back section and front section are the easiest to detangle. The two sides are fairly easy but pieces near the back require a more delicate touch. The crown is still quite brittle and tangled so it takes quite a bit of time. I finger detangled outside of the shower after I applied the Tresemme as a leave-in. It seemed like it took forever.

I have more curl definition in all parts of my hair. And more of my curls are clumping. Nowhere near enough though to consider doing a WNG. But overall my roots feel softer in both my twists and out styles. I am moisturizing daily but I am maintaining moisture much better than I ever have.

I can tell I could use a good trim but my hair is so many different lengths, to trim it well, I would need to cut my hair to ear length

I still have 5 more weeks to go I guess I can make it

How did u like tge AORM?????

 

[faithVA]

How did u like tge AORM?????

I will know how it affects my hair once it dries. When my hair is wet, it can feel great and then feel hard and brittle after it dries.

It was a bit heavy. Not as heavy as HSR but heavier than White Camellia or Blue Chamomile. It felt ok after I DCd. Not as soft as white camellia but ok. But it felt soft and strong when I rinsed. I DCd on wet hair tonight. I am going to DC on dry hair on Sunday to try it again.

The jury's still out.

 

[faithVA]

My hair was just plain ugly this morning It was fuzzy, fuzzy, fuzzy. It was obviously still wet and somewhat soft. So I had to take my twists out and pull it back into a bun.

I think I am going to do a curlformer set this weekend and trim my ends. If I take off an inch I don't know how I am going to style my hair

 

[faithVA]

Yesterday was week 4, wash 1

I DCd with Blue Chamomile for about 2 hours. Then cowashed with Tresemme Naturals, let it sit a bit and then detangled under running water. Then loaded each section with Tresemme Naturals. With each week I need to use less conditioner as a leave-in.

I then finger combed outside of the shower. I still had a bit of finger detangling to do but not much. And finger combing went pretty well. Because my crown is so tangle, I just smoothed this section instead of trying to finger comb it. Hopefully over time this section will adapt. But in the meantime trying to finger detangle it causes breakage.

My hair is starting to lay a little flatter to my head when finger combing. And my roots are softening up more and more each wash.

I sat under my heat cap after twisting my hair up and then plopped. The conditioner is starting to soak into my hair faster. I actually had more of a shine yesterday. And I styled my hair in a puff and the front of my hair actually looked wavy for a little while

Between the DCing and the cowashing I am hoping to get more moisture into my hair. And I am working the DC and Tresemme into smaller sections to try to help hydrate and smooth my curls. I am working on my finger combing method. It seems that raking, dragging and holding the hair at the ends helps to stretch my hair more.

I am doing a serious trim of my ends today. I am hoping that when I wash tomorrow I really notice the difference. I am hoping that cowashing doesn't introduce more SSKs once I trim them. Hoping, hoping, hoping.

So far I still like the cg method. And I still think I notice more moisture. I'm in week 4 so I have at least 4 more weeks to go.

 

[faithVA]

I trimmed 2 to 2.5 inches and it was painful. My ends were in a really bad state. It's hard to know whether I got all the bad ends. Hopefully as I'm finger detangling I will be able to remove any that are questionable.

If I could wear a WNG I probably would be so sad about trimming. But losing 2" I now need to figure out how to style my hair mid-week after I cowash. I hope I can find something quick and easy and that helps me maintain my ends. I sure hope this CG works.