If you want you could use a leave-in conditioner first to get that extra moisture if you are a very dry hair and then apply a Style a phrase fighting Styler on top of it.
If your hair is already moisturized because you're deep conditioning once a week or maybe you just don't have very dry hair, in general, you might be able to skip the Leave-in Conditioner as I do. And this goes straight for your stylus on its own and all these were great on their own and I don't think there's any need to combine them.
If you are using two or three creams that are claiming to all do the same thing why it was claiming to do the job let it do the job and if it's not it's just not a good product. Try something else. So if you are going to be cocktails something you could do live in and cream or a cream and a gel or a leave-in and a gel but you don't need to be using more than one type of cream Styler it's just unnecessary.
Now I also recommend using a styling cream. If you're someone that has very dry hair you need that extra moisture or you're someone that hates hold is what we call that slight crunch or hardness that holds your curl pattern together. I love hold because hold means I'm going to be able to hold this look this curl pattern all week long and I need that whole to last week throughout the week and I need that hold to help me diffuse without creating.
But if you just hate the crunch you hate any stiffness you want your curls to be as soft as possible. Just use cream but if you are like me and you like hold that's when I would bring out the gels and usually even a moose.
Now sometimes Shea Moisture Fruit Fusion Coconut Water Weightless Styling Mousse can give you different types of results. My personal favorite as you guys should know by now is not your mother's cruel talk moose. This baby right here will give me hold definition and shine all week long and stay with my other two favorite styles in the whole world is the curl keeper ultimate for his control gel which claims to fight phrase even in humid areas.
For those who live in human areas and my other favorite the deputy to girls curls. Jelly soda. Select marshals for only five ninety-nine. Now these products right here as amazing as they are for my curls like these are my three favorite styles ever.
They will create a slight cast which is another word for hold which is another an easier word for crunch on your curls. I like that hole because it lets me know hey we're a little hard right now but when you diffuse we're not going to get frizzy because we're kind of stiff and in place, so we're gonna give you that volume and then you could just scrunch your curls like this and that will break the cast as you do this just with your hands or as you do this with the diffuser. It's gonna make your curls even softer and then that cast is gone but you had that first initial hold that you needed to get to that place. I hope that makes sense. Not with me if you're following me so far.
No on the contrary if your hair is extremely dry and you're using a mouse or a gel and you're wondering why your hair is so hard. Well that's because gels aren't used for moisture darling it's not their fault it's yours.
For example, this bottle reads that it's going to have ultimate holding power without flaking it is it's going to give you support for any hairstyle for several days and will leave no product buildup. This is not claiming to add or give your hair any moisture and that's fine because that's not the job of a gel the deputy to girls with curls. Jelly is good for shaping smoothing and separating your curls and helped eliminate frizz nowhere on the bottle.
Doesn't say it's going to add moisture and that's fine. Now one of the last things that I have to explain to you guys is oils.
So many of you are applying all of this oil on your hair because your hair is dry and you're assuming that oil is going to like grease it up. Well, you're not a car driving. We're not going to just lube up the way you do your motor. Our crews are a little bit more gentle. And that's because there are different types of oils.
I have a whole video on oils that will link below. This gives your boss would want to go over it all again today but there are two types of oils there's penetrating oils and there's sealing oils. The penetrating oils will penetrate your hair which can result in giving you more moisturize curls, for example, coconut oil olive oil or avocado oil are just three examples of oils that will penetrate your hair. These are also going to be the ones that are most useful to apply to your scalp because it's going to absorb into your scalp and moisturize your scalp and or your hair. Sealing oils help to lock in that moisture and sit on top of the hair.
These do not penetrate the hair shop so they're just adding some shine and locking in the moisture that's already in there. So think about it like this. First, you would apply your leave-in conditioner or maybe your hair mask because now your hair is filled with the moisture. Now to make sure that that doesn't come out you want to close the door and lock it in there and that's where ceiling oils would come in handy because it's going to kind of coat the hair and make it shiny.
Now I know it's some y'all are thinking the wheels are turning this ceiling on sitting on top of the hair cuticle thing sounds pretty similar to true silicone. Contrary to what many of you believe in you think that I just hate silicone even though it does nothing for my hair.
I don't need it. I don't miss it. I think Cosmetize just fine this one on your business is my hair, not yours. But oils are gonna be a little bit easier to rinse out than these stronger, not water-soluble silicone.
But Hubba oil, Jamaican black castor oil, grape seed oil. These are all examples of oils that do not penetrate the hair shop that sits on top and add some extra shine. So if you have a really dry scalp and you're wondering why these oils aren't like helping moisturize your scalp it's because they're not getting them where they're just sitting on top looking shiny and every oil has different benefits.
Way more benefits than a plastic silicone would because these are more natural ingredients and that's kind of why I don't apply ceiling oils to my hair. Ever. Now, of course, there are gonna be some exceptions to the rules. For example, the Cantu moisturizing curl activator cream. This is claiming to be a moisturizing cream so I could see why you would get this and expect your curls to be the moisturizer. My experience because the best way to know their product works for you is to use it on your hair which I have done and this does have great hold.
Any product that has a hold that kind of gets hard or crunchy.
I wouldn't recommend for moisture because it's kind of getting hard and moisture usually means Your curls are soft. Now although I love this product because it does create hold this is not a product I would recommend to give your hair moisture. The canto Coconut curling cream for example. That one is just straight up moisture. Probably why I don't really like that one because I need some type of hold which the activator gave me so once again the exception to some of the rules it says moisturizing on here but it's not that moisturizing.
Another example would be the Shea Moisture 100% virgin coconut oil daily hydration leave-in conditioner. This one used as the leave-in conditioner but it's also claiming to be a Styler. So because it says both. I could see how some of you would use this on its own as your Styler and as you leave it and have beautiful results without having to add another cream or gel so the more the story is reading. It is key. Reading is going to be the greatest first step in deciding which product you should use. Of course, not every product is going to live up to its expectations on the bottle and some are going to work for you and some aren't.
But at least now when you go to the store or you order new products you know not to order a gel for moisture or not to order a leave-in for free as fighting the hold.
It's just wrong as always.
My personal recommendation would be to find products that are sulfate-free, paraben-free and silicone-free. Also, three words that are commonly found right on the bottle if not you might have to do some digging within the ingredients but it will be there. I have a whole post on how to read the back. The labels if you guys need help I would use a lead-in for moisture. A styling cream first styling and a gel for hold and definition and only use oils when necessary.
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