My Hair Doesn't Like S-Curl

[Nonie]

:scratchchcurious...so being that scurl dries your hair when wet...would that be another way to airdry your hair faster? than waiting overnite?? hmmmm....could i b on to something?

@ZkittyKurls It doesn't really dry your hair in the way you think, so it's not going to dry your hair faster. It's just that if you apply it to wet or damp hair, as the water evaporates, it takes with it any moisture you had hoped to have added to your hair and your hair feels dry as a desert (think "straw"). You know how when something is wet and it dries up it's just surface water that seems to have evaporated? In the case of S Curl on damp hair, it isn't just surface moisture that seems to leave but it's like it sucks up whatever internal moisture you had and leaves your hair thirsty. So that's what we mean by your hair feeling dry. Not a good dry like in the sense of you just don't have wet hair.

 

[levette]

Personally, I cannot use S-curl. It gives me the worst itchies and brings eczema on my neck. You have to find what works for you

 

[tatiana]

Nonie

Lighter glycerin-based formulas

The lightest I have came across goes to Jessicurl Awe Inspiraling Spray. I like using this spray midday. I would buy this product again.

The ingredients are
Water, Aloe Vera, Glycerin, Jojoba Oil, Magnesium Sulfate, Diazolidinyl Urea (and) Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Fragrance.

I am currently use Curls Lavish Curls Moisturizer from Target. I like the online version better but I do not feel like paying shipping and handling.

 

[aa9746]

It's amazing how some products work for some and not others.

On this forum, S-curl is one of the most popular moisturizers. Because it's so highly-reviewed, last month, I decided to try it.

The results were terrible. My hair ended up puffy and mushy.

I will keep trying other moisturizers until I find what works for me.

Sometimes, I feel as if my hair is different from of the other ladies on this forum.

I tried it but it made my scalp sore.

 

[Jas123]

s-curl had my hair shedding like a son-of-******!!!! thru mine away a day later never to be re-visted... i make my own w/glycerine, oil, and aloe vera juice

 

[Calia001]

S curl is funny to me. The baggying definitely works. if i dampen my hair and put s curl on it, it keeps it soft as it dries. But not as soft as when i use giovanni and water on my hair in braids. S curl keeps my hair resilient when its in its natural state. But it braids, it makes it hard. I use it as hair armor when i wear fro's

 

[faithVA]

I'm in VA. I'll take yours. Thanks. PMing you.

Nonie, for real? I didn't know that. Then I'll be coming to you to do those twists that don't unravel at the root or come loose in water. Just wait until I get back from vacation.

 

[Bublin]

@vtoodler, I found a thread where different folks shared their experience with S Curl. Some relaxed ladies chimed in it so I'll mention them here so they can perhaps come and give some pointers on how they used S Curl while dealing with two textures.

@mrsjohnson75 used it while transitioning and liked it; @InnerSoul, @_belle used it on new growth and liked it; @Bublin said she couldn't use it on her relaxed hair it made it sticky IIRC--which is what I would expect.

Here's the thread: http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?p=4762887

HTH

Wow - that post was way back in 2008. I'm all natural now and i haven't tried s curl in all that time. Maybe it's time to re-visit it now that i'm natural. Thanks for the reminder Nonie.

 

[Kimiche]

@Kimiche do you use it with anything else? On damp hair or dry? I know Hawaiian Silky is apparently better on damp than dry. Have you changed anything in your regimen since back when you liked it? Moved to a different climate?

Again, if not, then OK, your hair just doesn't like it. But it's funny how as we grow and learn more, we start to do more stuff that becomes second nature and we forget something we did differently. Every now and then you'll read someone writing, "OMG, that's how I used to do it. Why did I change? No wonder it didn't work!" Usually we're doing something right that deems something below par now that we've found something better. But other times, there's a step we've added that throws things off...while a simple regimen just seems to work better.

I remember someone PMing me that she used to use S Curl along with something else. I suggested she quit messing up a good product (tongue-in-cheek ) and use it unadulterated. She later reported how much she liked it now and couldn't believe how easy it was to wash off too.

I always used Hawaiian Silky on dry hair when it worked for me back in the day. I live in the same area that I was in when I used it. I don't remember doing anything different. I think I stopped using it because I noticed that my hair was becoming dry. I learned later on that my hair doesn't like glycerin, so I have been trying to keep a glycerin free regimen. It's hard though, because a lot of products contain glycerin somewhere in there.

 

[Lady S]

I've tried it on dry hair and it didn't work out, I'm going to have to try it wet. I've got 1 and 1/2 bottles and trying to make it work. Stupid glycerin won't work with me. *kicks various brands of glycerin based leave in conditioners*