The Curly Girl Method

Something that often surprises people who haven't known me very long is that my hair isn't straight. I wear it straight 99% of the time, but my hair is naturally wavy/curly. My dad has extremely curly hair {he and his brother both had Afros in the 70s}, and my sister and I both inherited his curls - although my sister's hair is curlier than mine.

My uncle and me - look at how tight his curls are!

I don't often wear it curly because I don't really feel like I know how to style it where it looks good, but I am often frustrated with the time and effort it takes for it to look good straight...only to go outside and the humidity to cause it to frizz or go wavy.

I don't have many pictures with curly hair...not a great picture to see it.

But you can see how it looks more frizzy than anything else.

Well, the other night I was on IG and saw a story from a friend's sister and her curls looked BEAUTIFUL. She mentioned she was using the 'curly girl method', but I had no clue what that was. Fast forward an hour, and I have watched several YouTube videos, added numerous products to my Amazon cart, have heard words I've never heard before {co-washing? low 'poo?}, and am very overwhelmed.

BUT I'm also really intrigued and interested to see what my curls can do.

There's a book you can buy, but so far, I'm not going to get it because the internet has a million resources!

Here's what I know so far:
1) For 30 days: no brushing and no heat tools - easy enough since I already do that when I wear my hair curly
2) I need to alter my hair-washing a little - so most people use shampoos/conditioners with alcohols, sulfates, etc. but I don't. BUT this can lead to build-up, so I actually need to use a shampoo with sulfates to strip off the build-up first and then go back to my natural shampoo. I have felt like my hair can sometimes still feel greasy even after washing it so this makes sense!
3) Leave-in conditioner and product - I need to get leave-in conditioner and a new curl cream. The one I currently have {that I don't love} is chock full of crap ha. I also need to use way more than I have been!
4) Styling - I also learned why my hair often looks 'crunchy' and how to fix that, so I will make some updates to the styling step!

Another thing I had to do was figure out my curl type - 

there are lots of charts out there!

I think I am a 2B/2C, but we'll see what happens to my curls in 30 days.

So I'm embarking on this journey and will report back in 30 days!

Five on Friday

ONE

Hair Wand

I really want a hair wand to make 'beachy' waves.

After a lot of practice, I figured out how to use my CHI to curl my hair.

BUT I want to be able to do the wavy look.

I know it's a subtle difference ha but I want one.

Anyone have one or know of a good one?

*Took this picture when I was experimenting with my CHI*

*See how it looks more like traditional spiral curls vs waves?*

TWO

Comedian warns her 'past self' about COVID

This is a few weeks old but if you haven't seen it, it's hilarious.

One of my favorite COVID videos.

THREE

Hamilton

Also old-ish news, but I am BEYOND excited that Hamilton is coming to Disney+!

Also, if you love Hamilton you need to watch this episode of 

John Krasinski's 'Some Good News'

Fast forward to about the 8:30 mark - we have watched this 10 times easily.

FOUR

Tie-Dye

I've lost my mind, and we're going to tie-dye shirts for the whole family.

Even Brent said yes if you can believe it!

I'll report back once we do it but after seeing it all over the internet,

we're going for it!

FIVE

Bike Rides

Another win for extra family time and a silver lining!

Not only did we get Drew riding her bike during quarantine,

but we have taken numerous family bike rides,

 and 2 of them have been over 5 miles!

It's been really funny because Paige starts out on her balance bike,

and Trent, Drew, and I are on our bikes.

Brent follows us in the golf cart to grab Paige when she gets tired,

so she can ride on the cart with him.