https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:23:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products/page/2#post-2579960 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:58:57 +0000 daniellemybelle 2579960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: Thank you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products/page/2#post-2579304 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:20:27 +0000 simplyfelicity 2579304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: The pic above is for you, it wouldn't let me tag you. :bummed: I should say that the product in the middle was the game changer. The curl cream is not my favorite. My all time favorite is Enjoy Shaping Lotion because it is good for hair that gets weighed down easily. Also, the L.A. Looks is good but I am going to get the Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee because I need more hold (and people over at naturallycurly.com rave about it ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products/page/2#post-2579298 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:14:24 +0000 simplyfelicity 2579298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are the products I used. :happy: </p> [attach=4953/16/o9m3g1.600x337.146733560255939462720.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products/page/2#post-2578660 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:57:21 +0000 daniellemybelle 2578660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: Your hair looks great! What curl cream and gel do you use? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products/page/2#post-2578568 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:14:19 +0000 simplyfelicity 2578568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p> [attach=4953/16/o9lefv.337x600.20160629_230238.jpg] [attach=4953/16/o9lefx.337x600.2016-06-30-09.03.11.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products/page/2#post-2578567 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:13:51 +0000 simplyfelicity 2578567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: I typed out a whole review of plopping and HB ate it. :bummed: </p> <p>Anyway, here are my results from plopping for 40 minutes and using a curl cream, then Tigi Curls Rock Amplifier and set it with a hard gel. </p> <p>Pretty happy with the results. Pics are below because it keeps deleting my response when I add pics </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products/page/2#post-2576479 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 03:27:01 +0000 erinpye 2576479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: yay plopping!</p> <p>I love sea salt spray, and Shea Moisture's Gel Cream. I use Miss Jessie's Pillowsoft curls on DD1. My hair is 2C, and DD's is 3B. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2576437 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:29:51 +0000 Mrs D 2576437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sharpie: I used the light gel and some finishing cream (no poo and conditioner as well)...its soft... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2576018 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:36:23 +0000 sharpie 2576018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: Pretty! Which devacurl products did you use? Is your hair soft or crunchy to the touch? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2575886 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:59:56 +0000 Mrs D 2575886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here is plopping for 30 mins plus Devacurl products...I'm happy! </p> [attach=2617/16/o9fqzw.450x600.IMG_7015.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2574984 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:12:11 +0000 californiadreams 2574984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: it is not crunchy if i use just the right amount. too much = crunchy. </p> <p>For years i have been using gel that is advertised as super strong hold (often advertised for men to use to spike their hair). I used to use expensive products made for curly hair and then when i was traveling in Spain (like 10 years ago), i accidentally left my hair products in a hotel room. i had to buy a bottle of gel from the pharmacy and everything was spanish so i couldn't understand the labels, so i kind of just randomly picked one and my hair literally transformed. I can see it in my pics on the trip. Even in the most humid weather, i wore it nice and curly. so when i got back home, i looked for gels to imitate the one i found and through trial and error, i figured out it was basically any gel that is strong hold and i discovered i like that herbal essences one the best. I just let my hair air dry too. so it is easy and cheap and i get tons of compliments on my hair all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2574519 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:31:49 +0000 littlebug 2574519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: My curls are more defined, but no less frizzy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2574513 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:25:16 +0000 Mrs D 2574513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: @lamariniere: I plopped for about 1 hour when I did it the other night and my hair was still quite wet. I am going to try it again tomorrow morning when I can let my hair air dry all the way...</p> <p>I agree that my curls were more defined and definitely less frizz showing...not sure how it would have done air drying all the way though since I then slept on it...</p> <p>plus my devacurl products came so I can use the gel and finishing cream! I'll report back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2574454 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:36:32 +0000 hellobeeboston 2574454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@californiadreams: i love herbal essences products, but haven't seen/tried this... does this gel make your hair crunchy? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2574370 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 07:59:20 +0000 lamariniere 2574370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: I probably should have specified more! I usually only have time to plop my hair for 20 minutes to an hour, and usually more like 20 minutes. It is still quite damp when I take it down. What I do is kind of shake it out, rearrange the front pieces in the right directly and then let it air dry the rest of the way. With my hair, plopping helps the curl be more defined. This was my hair yesterday after plopping for about 20 min and air drying. (Pic quality is terrible though!). I used a Toni and Guy wave memoriser gel. But I'm meh on it and want to find something different. </p> [attach=3467/16/o9a1ew.450x600.image.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2574358 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 07:50:19 +0000 littlebug 2574358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: Is your hair dry after plopping for an hour? I tried it for the first time this morning and my hair was still really wet when I took the shirt off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2572148 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:31:19 +0000 pregnantbee 2572148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, no! I started replying with the product I use and wanted to give you a link....and just found out that it's probably discontinued. #firstworldproblem but argh! I've been using Bumble and Bumble Curl Conscious Defining Creme for YEARS, and now I'm going to need to find an alternate. My hair is between 2A-2B in the pic above. Now I'll have to look into the other recommendations here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2572054 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:19:56 +0000 daniellemybelle 2572054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm planning to get LO (3c) a Deva cut soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571932 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:58:32 +0000 californiadreams 2571932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I swear by herbal essences set me up gel #4 </p> [attach=4175/16/o96etk.247x384.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571925 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:53:08 +0000 Rescuemom10 2571925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have really been loving TIGI Catwalk curl Amp.<br /> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/TIGI-Catwalk-Curls-Rock-Amplifier/dp/B0007506U2" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/TIGI-Catwalk-Curls-Rock-Amplifier/dp/B0007506U2</a></p> <p>I have really thick frizzy hair between a 2A and 2B. Prob more 2B. I like it because its not sticky or stiff. I put it in wet and let air dry. Its a fairly "clean" product too without harsh chemicals and what not it in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571910 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:42:31 +0000 avivoca 2571910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: I use the L'Oreal Ever Curl products and I really like them. My hair has never looked better. My hair is between a 2c and 3a, but pregnancy is screwing with my hair texture, so after day 1, it's more like 2a.</p> <p>Also, plopping never works for me. I end up with a rat's nest and wondering what I did in my sleep to make my hair look like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571894 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:32:57 +0000 Mrs D 2571894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Well I think for my hair personally sleeping on wet hair wrecks havoc and creates frizzyness...so I am going to try it again when it can air dry completely without me laying on it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571876 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:20:54 +0000 Mamaof2 2571876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: its suppose to be dry before you go to bed?</p> <p>Maybe I don't understand this whole plopping thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571830 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 07:38:38 +0000 Mrs D 2571830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: @lamariniere: I tried plopping last night...I used one of K's A+A blankets and it was easy to wrap. I didnt have proper product to use so my results were fine but I think they would have been better with the right products. Plus...I slept on it when it wasnt totally dry yet...</p> <p>I ordered some travel size products from Deva Curl and Dry Bar to try out and see what works! I'll report back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571805 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 07:19:24 +0000 LulaBee 2571805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a fun thread! I have used Ouidad heat and humidity curl cream for a few years now and like it, but am getting lots of ideas for new things to try. Next up, plopping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571797 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 07:10:07 +0000 Mamaof2 2571797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: ah yes this was overnight! I will try an hour next time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571795 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 07:08:45 +0000 lamariniere 2571795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: oh no! I have fairly thin and fine hair. I only plop for an hour max, and usually more like 20 minutes. The one time I tried it overnight, the t-shirt fell out. Maybe try for a shorter amount of time and let it air dry the rest of the way? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571790 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 07:04:58 +0000 Mamaof2 2571790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I tried plopping and HUGE fail - if you have thin/fine hair this doesn't work - I ended up with a rats nest this morning :bummed: </p> [attach=4342/16/o969ka.600x450.IMG_6536-1-.JPG] [attach=4342/16/o969kc.450x600.IMG_6539-1-.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2571008 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 21:18:27 +0000 littlecasita1122 2571008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been using Shea Moisture's Curl Enhancing Smoothie for about 6 months now and I love it! It took a few weeks and some experimenting to figure how exactly how much my hair needs but it's awesome. No more crunchy gel. Mousse also doesn't work for my curls well. I just distribute the Smoothie evenly, flip my hair upside down, scrunch a little, and then spray a little hairspray (I use a Garnier one - I think it's a flexible hold) and I'm good to go. I always air-dry now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/curly-hair-products#post-2570791 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:54:53 +0000 lamariniere 2570791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye gave me a lot of great tips! My hair is between 2B and 2C and "plopping" has given me amazing results (YouTube videos of it). I don't have access to a lot of the curly-hair specific products where I live, but plopping usually gives me great results, at least for the first day. </p>