Well I wear my hair in a clip about 80% of the time but I wash and condition my hair with motions shampoo and I love Cholesteral conditioners and of course olive oil. Oh and I NEVER EVER use blow dryers! Man that cuts down on split ends so much, o.k then once I wear my hair down I just pretreat with olive oil then wash,condition and then either let it airdry or sit under a bonnet hair dryer, once its dry I start in the back and section my hair and straighten it and curl it with my gold and hot curlers piece by piece section by section. Once complete I wrap it no matter what... because the way I wrap my hair it makes my hair look more full then any curling iron could do.... Oh and another trick is to sleep on it after you have wrapped it, because it stretches out the curls and makes your hair appear as if it has more length.