Frizzy Hair Care

How To care for  your Frizzy Hair

I have curly hair and I HATE IT.  Not because it's curly, but because it's frizzy!  It's like having a bad perm.

Curly hair is a beautiful thing but very few people with curly hair, permed or natural, can avoid frizzy hair completely.  Here are a few frizzy hair care tips I've used for keeping down the frizz and making your curly hair look smooth and attractive.

1. Shampoo and Condition
Wash hair with a shampoo that isn't a detergent.  You can usually tell this because the shampoo doesn't suds up as much. Rinse  your hair and apply conditioner.  After leaving your conditioner on for a few minutes rinse it with cool or cold water. This helps lock in the conditioning. When drying your hair don't fluff it up in a towel.  Pat it dry and use a wide toothed comb.

If you use lots of hair care products such as pomades, daily straighteners or products with extra hold, you may need to use a monthly shampoo that rids your hair of residue yet is gentle and won't damage your hair. Otherwise your hair will collect build-up and begin to feel heavy, straw-like and lose its shine. Use a shampoo such as Neutragena Anti Residue Shampoo and you'll gain your silky, soft, shiny hair back.  

Don't shampoo every day.  People with naturally curly hair tend to have dry hair anyway so no need to over dry it.  If you can, try to shampoo every other day. 

2. Using Styling products
While hair is wet run a dime size amount of your favorite hair serum into your hands and cover your hair completely through to the ends. If you have very course hair use a product designed for coarser hair.  To be sure hair is completely covered, bend over exposing the back of your hair, rub serum from your neck to the top of your hair, then stand up straight and rub the remaining amount of serum beginning from your scalp downward.

3. Dry
Very few people with curly hair go without blow drying it to some extent.  If you like the curly look then be sure to use a diffuser on your blow dryer, not using one will create frizzy, fly-away hair.

Tip: If you completely blow dry your hair with a styling brush finish off each strand with a cool shot of the blow dryer.  This helps set the style and creates a smooth look and keep your frizzy hair looking smooth.