Is Your Hair Currently Relaxed, Natural, or Texturized?

[soblessed]

For all of you out there who use the Curls products, I wanted to know if you your hair is currently relaxed, natural, or texturized? As, this will be a good way to see how many relaxed, natural, and texturized heads we have here on the forum.

My choice-I currently wear my hair natural, by the way.

[fennesseec1]

I have 3 c hair. I use to wear my hair relaxed and straight, but I could not keep my hair healthy. With the curls products I wear my hair curly most of the time and flat iron occasionally.

[melva_hodges]

i wear my hair relaxed however i do use the curly q's line on my toddlers natural hair, for my hair i like to use the whipped cream in my hair as a wrap lotion after washing and it really keeps my hair soft and moisterized.

[luvurcurlz]

Natural, now for life

[LissaJ]

My hair is natural but I did texturize it. I thought the texturizer was supposed to loosen the curls, but it actually made the ends of my hair straight with a tiny bit of a curl at the tips So now that it is growing out it looks kind of funny to me, but thanks to Curls once I wash my hair the ends curl and looks like the rest of my hair.

Now all I have to do is find a stylist who know how to trim curly hair but I haven't had any luck so far I am in desperate need of a trim so badly

[shantennia]

I wear my hair natural by choice for about a year now.I am a 4a-4c bi-racial adult. I wanted to know if I am trying to transition my daughter from a relaxer to Natural. Should I not use a texturizer?My daughters and I are very unhappy with the relaxers and am ready to call it quits.My daughters too have inherited my 4a-4c hair. Someone please help desperate mother. Also, is it better to go to a barber or hairstylist for a trim. Thanks Desperate Mother.

[eercnet]

Currently I am transitioning for about 1 year. I want to have my hair shaped but am not sure if it is long enough as I don't want a "natural." My hair type is a 4 and I want to enhance the curls for more definition and shine. Is this possible and which products should products I use?And How do I use them to accomplish my goal?

[soblessed]

Originally Posted by shantennia

I wear my hair natural by choice for about a year now.I am a 4a-4c bi-racial adult. I wanted to know if I am trying to transition my daughter from a relaxer to Natural. Should I not use a texturizer?My daughters and I are very unhappy with the relaxers and am ready to call it quits.My daughters too have inherited my 4a-4c hair. Someone please help desperate mother. Also, is it better to go to a barber or hairstylist for a trim. Thanks Desperate Mother.

Hi Shantennia!

Well, to answer the question about your daughter transistioning from a relaxer to Natural, I would need to know exactly how old your daughter is? As, the CurlyQ line of products is for young childeren to early teens and the Curls line for late teens to adult ages. Now, if your daughter is the appropriate age to use the CurlyQ line then I would suggest that you get the CurlyQ Curlie Cutie Cleansing Cream, Coconut Dream Conditioner, Moist Curls Moisturizer, and Custard.

You will also need a wide-toothed comb to use for detangling your daughter's hair while it has conditioner in it. And, you will also need a natural-boar bristle brush to detangle your daughter's hair while it is wet (after washing it) or when you need to brush your daughter's hair into a pulled back style (i.e., bun, ponytail, or curly puff).

Now, if your daughter is the appropriate age for her to use the Curls products then I would suggest that you get her the Curls Curliscious Cleansing Cream, Asian Hair Tea Conditioner, Quenched Moisturizer, and Curls Whipped Cream. Now, normally, I would suggest the Milkshake. However, due to what you have written about your daughter's hair, she will add more weight to her hair in order to really bring out the curl definition and provide more weight to the hair. As, this is essential to getting kinky curls to grow downwards instead of outward.

The only difference in the detangling tool (brush) that you would use if your child is a candidate for the Curls products would be to instead use a sturdier brush than a boar-bristle brush. I would recommend instead that you use the Denman Classic Brush D4 or another brush equivalent to it). As, this type of brush works excellent at more thoroughly detangling coarser hairtypes.

At night always make sure that your daughter sleeps with a satin bonnet on her head or on a satin pillowcase (instead of a cotton one). As, the satin bonnet or pillowcase will protect your daughter's hair from signs of breakage and tangling while she sleeps.

Importantly, the earlier that you can get your daughter's hair back to its original state of healthiness the better. As, the longer that you use chemicals in the hair, the more damage they can possibly do to the hair. And, as a mother, I know that you want to do only what is best for your children.

Also, I would suggest that you do have your daughter's hair trimmed every 3-4 months, since you are interested in having her transitioned from chemicals. You can go to a professional hairstylist or you can even trim the ends of your daughter's hair yourself. As, the objective is to gradually get rid of your daughter's relaxed ends, by the way.

[soblessed]

Originally Posted by eercnet

Currently I am transitioning for about 1 year. I want to have my hair shaped but am not sure if it is long enough as I don't want a "natural." My hair type is a 4 and I want to enhance the curls for more definition and shine. Is this possible and which products should products I use?And How do I use them to accomplish my goal?

Welcome!


Well, getting your hair cut into a nice shaped curly style is always a good idea. It is always best when you do go to a hairstylist to have your hair cut, to make sure that you bring a picture of the style that you are interested in getting. As, there are some hairstylists that like too much to do their own thing when it comes to other people hair, versus really what the client wants.

Now, to better enhance your natural curl, I would suggest you getting Curls Quenched Moisturizer and either Curls Whipped Cream or Curls Souffle. The Curl Souffle is a bit lighter than the Curls Whipped Cream and it offers more curl enhancement. However, on the other hand, Curls Whipped Cream offers added weight, moisturization, and lengthening to coarser, dryer, type curls. And, for cleansing and conditioning product, I definitely suggest your trying Curls Curliscious Cleansing Cream and Asian Hair Tea Conditioner to do so.

And, one thing I must mention, is that you can even bring the Curls products to the salon to have them use them on your hair anytime you go, versus them using something else to style your hair with instead.