Venturing into curly hair care can often feel like setting sail in uncharted waters, especially for a new natural. You're likely navigating through a sea of advice on social media, conflicting information, and various products.
It's understandable to feel adrift and uncertain of the proper steps to anchor your healthy hair journey. But there's no need to navigate these waters alone.
In this blog post, we'll talk through the basics, crafting a hair care regimen that's tailored to fit your unique hair type. We'll also share the best products for curly hair.
Let's embark on this journey together, turning the complexities of hair care into a simple, enjoyable voyage toward your best hair yet!
How to Start a Curly Natural Hair Journey
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Starting your hair care journey involves learning about your unique hair type and its current condition.
It's tempting to try just about every product you see on social media, but gaining a deeper understanding of your hair's specific needs is essential. This knowledge forms a solid foundation, enabling you to choose the right products and care techniques that benefit your hair.
Understanding Hair Type
Curly hair isn't a one-size-fits-all; it comes in a spectrum of patterns, textures, and volumes. Recognizing your specific hair type is paramount. Is it wavy, curly, or coily?
Understanding this unique aspect of your hair paves the way for tailored care routines and precise product choices, ensuring your curls receive the personalized attention they deserve.
To explore detailed insights into the various hair types and to truly understand their unique characteristics, check out our blog Decoding Hair Types.
Assessing Hair Health: Porosity and Damage
Understanding your hair type is a great start, but there's more to learn as a beginner. Hair porosity, which is how well your hair can absorb and hold moisture, is equally or even more crucial. It significantly influences how your hair reacts to products and treatments.
Recognizing that many begin their journey with some level of hair damage highlights the need for a care routine tailored to your hair's unique needs.
Building Your Hair Regimen: The Foundation
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Building a successful hair care routine is much like constructing a sturdy building—it all starts with a solid foundation. In the context of curly hair, this foundation consists of crafting a hair care regimen and choosing the right products for your hair type. A consistent routine helps train your hair to achieve your desired look.
In the following sections, we'll guide you through tailored regimens for each hair type, ensuring your foundation is as solid and supportive as possible.
How to Take Care of Wavy Hair for Beginners
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Wavy hair encompasses a wide range of textures and patterns and often encounters challenges related to volume and frizz.
While individuals with fine hair commonly grapple with volume concerns, even those with medium to thick hair may face this issue, especially when their waves are loose and lack a defined structure.
The Wavy Curly Moisture Complete Kit is your perfect companion. It's specially crafted to tackle the unique challenges like frizz and lack of definition. Let's break down how each product in the kit will help you master your waves from the get-go:
- Gentle Clarifying Shampoo:
- What It Does: Gently cleanses your hair, removing any build-up from products or natural oils without drying it out.
- Super Smooth Cream Conditioner:
- What It Does: Adds a touch of moisture to make your hair soft and manageable without making it heavy.
- Moisture Balance Leave-in Conditioner:
- What It Does: Provides deep nourishment and strength to your hair, leaving it shiny, healthy, and soft.
- Light Hold Creme Gel:
- What It Does: Offers a soft but effective hold to define your waves and keep them in place without the crunchiness of traditional gels.
Why is this kit great for beginners?
This kit provides your washing and styling product in a one stop shop, with your cleansing and styling products in one and we make it easy.
Pro Tip: Snag our Bounce Curl Complete Brush Kit to up your curl routine. This kit features a styling comb for styling and sectioning, a volume comb for root lift, a vegan smoothing brush for shine, a detangling brush for gentle detangling in the shower, and a define styling brush for versatile styling and frizz control.
How to Take Care of Curly Hair for Beginners: Curly and Coily Hair Types
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With its spectrum from loose ringlets to tight spirals, curly hair comes with challenges like dryness, frizz, tangles, and vulnerability to tangles and damage.
Coily hair is the driest and most densely packed of all hair types and is a magnificent display of fine, wiry, or coarse textures. Its intricate coils require delicate care and nourishment.
The Coily Complete Kit addresses these concerns head-on, making your initial steps into curly/coily hair care easy and enjoyable. Let's explore how this kit caters to beginners.
Your Curly and Coily Hair Care Essentials:
- Gentle Clarifying Shampoo (Curly & Coily Hair):
- What it Does: Cleanses without stripping natural oils. Its lightweight moisture ensures your curls and coils remain hydrated and bouncy.
- Super Smooth Cream Conditioner (Curly & Coily Hair):
- What it Does: Untangles and hydrates your coils without heaviness and provides much needed slip for detangling.
- Moisture Balance Leave-In Conditioner (Curly & Coily Hair):
- What it Does: Coily hair always needs a base layer of moisture and the leave-in conditioner, deeply nourishes and protects from UV damage.
- Defining Butta (Coily Hair or Thick Curls):
- What it Does: Defines and moisturizes coily hair. It will be your go-to for twist-outs, wash & go’s, and protective styles. It enhances your coils without weighing them down.
The Journey is Ongoing: Never Stop Learning
Embracing your natural curls is a continuous journey of discovery and adaptation. As your hair grows and changes, so too will its needs. Stay curious, keep experimenting with products, and be open to adjusting your routine. Your curls reflect you, ever-evolving and uniquely beautiful.
Let us know in the comments, what were some of your favorite Bounce Curl products that helped you on your curly hair journey?
