Start Here – Curly Hair Routine For Beginners

I have been absolutely loving reading your blogs. Has been such a great experience for me. 🙂
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Hey anjana.. I have been following your blog recently.. I could relate to it very much and as of now it is the only blog which i feel like trusting☺️..
My doubt is that is scrunching the only method to apply the products? I feel scrunching makes my hair more curly.. Coz, i think my hair is a 2c.. That is more of enhanced waves.. Not that curly.. And i want my hair that way itself..can u please help?

Hi I have wavy and curly parts of my black hair I am half pacific islander and latin. I appreciate your website because it is like a rescue to my hair woes for 42 years, thanks.
Christy

I’m actually hopeful right now about being able to embrace my curls! Every year and a half or so I get motivated to try to learn to manage my hair again. But because I have a combination of 2c and 3b curls, I’ve always just been able to brush them out after I inevitably get frustrated. So excited about there being a desi curly blogger! Having someone with hair similar to my own is a huge help. The Australian blonde woman could be great at giving advice for her type of curls, but didn’t help for my level of frizz. Very excited to have stumbled upon this blog! Keep up the good work.

Hi anjana i hope you doing good and i am happy to see you and your lovely hairs on post i have a fizzy hairs with dandruff actually after head bath for 1st days no dandruff but 2nd day dandruff starts so please find ma a solution.
Thankyou

How to maintain and increase hair volume…how to refresh my 2nd day curls without making it frizzy

like how it was before using the activator cream wavy n straight

Hi Anjana,
I missed the thread where I asked you about everyday wash ..
I wash my hair everyday just with pain water and I shampoo either 2 or 3 times per week only.
So if that’s the case what can be done ?

Hi Anjana,

I am new to the curly hair routine. The main issue I face is, how to manage curls while wearing a helmet on a daily basis? It flattens my hair and also increases the frizz.

Read your story and saw so much products but m confuse now what to buy I hve 2c type hair , and so frizzy , which product I have to buy please suggest me. I read all story too , from 2dyas m just searching product from story n end up with what to buy .

Hi Anjana,
I found this blog recently and I’m so thankful to have!

After researching about the CG routine, I bought shampoo, conditioner, curl cream, curl custard and a leave-in,.
I have a big event coming up in 2 days. I am looking forward to maintaining my hair for three consecutive days. Can I please get your suggestions on how do I follow the routine for 3 days? Like which products to use the three days and if you got any other suggestions.

Thanks
-Haritha

Hello Ma’am, I used to apply curd, honey and coconut oil hair mask. It did work great for me for two years. I used to apply the mask once a week.
Now, it isn’t as effective and I’m experiencing hair thinning problems. Please guide.

Hi Anjana,

I have been reading your articles and changing the routine for my 6 year old who has 3a curls. I have stopped combing her hair except while applying conditioner, have changed her pillow cover to a silk one, have been using some of the recommended conditioners, have been using the application methods as per your video and have switched to a T shirts to dry her hair. With these extra efforts and some pep talks, she has started appreciating her hair better (Yeh! even at this age she used to say, “Amma, I wish I had straight hair like my friends'”), but it is not quite there yet. It becomes either dry or greasy on the first day of wash itself. I am not sure where I am going wrong. Any pointers?

Hi Anjana,
How to maintain the curls for 2 3days.. the day when i shampoo and apply the cream curls are very smooth but they very next day it becomes dry.. what is the solution for that.

Hi,
I really need your help. My hair strands form knots on themselves. I mean single strands most often form knots on it and breaks off. Lately, I have been noticing an increase in amount of hair loss. My hair looks dry no matter whatever oil I try. Please help me get a solution for this. I find your blogs really helpful. I am a curly haired girl with not much voluminous hair. Please please help me.

Hi Anjana
I’m 23 yrs old and I have damaged curly hairs. Their growth have been nearly stopped or if they grow some inch they got splitted ends. I have done may medical treatments for growth too.
Recently I knew about CGM. Do this will help in solving length retention problem ?

Hi Anjana,
I am from Kerala too, settled in Bangalore. I think have hair similar to what you had before, but it is coarse and seems more wavy than curly. I wanted to start the curly hair journey and your blog seemed really helpful. I have never used gel or hair lotion before and am concerned about the gel due to the different reviews- what do you suggest i start with devacurl or kinky curly curling custard. I am currently in Kerala given the corona situation (keep traveling between tvm and cochin) – so pls advise based on your knowledge of humidity.

Thank you

Hey Anjana!
This is Mahathi from Hyderabad, I have a curly hair , and there is a small doubt which I thought of asking you (sorry for that). I have recently looked into your blog and started following a few tips, So when I take a head bath I stopped applying shampoo specially to my hair apart from my scalp, but because of that the oil applied on the hairs doesn’t seem to be gone.

Any insights on this please ?

Thank you😁

Hi Anjana. I live in Bangalore and I’m on my WG journey since 4 months. Its so sad that I’m unable to achieve even a slightest of definition. I have very fine, extremely light weight, low density hair. Since my WG journey, my hair has become very soft, less crown frizz and noticeably reduced static problems. Overall, my routine of shampoo + silicone free conditioner + STC + Leave in has worked perfectly. Clumps are good. But there is absolutely no definition or shrinkage after applying gel. I tried several gels like setwet ultimate hold(Yukk greasy), DIY FSG (was not successful in getting correct consistency) and FMC gelly. Plopped for 30 mins and diffused carefully. However, my hair dries out to be cotton candy and all my 2 hours effort goes waste. And no, its not weighing down my hair. Its just that all the clumps open up so quickly and it turns into lion’s mane. Please help.

Thank you for sharing your wealth of information! I’ve learned so much from your website I’ve never heard before.

What curl type/category do you most fit in?