Cutting it (the hair)

[Eden]

I have two cats, but most of my teeth (I'm missing two molars congenitally - my mom and grandmom don't have them either)

I hated my hair as a kid too - from about the time I was a teenager it was just wild and frizzy/wavy. I had it very short for a long time. Now I've discovered the joys of no shampoo..... I have thick, dry, curly hair. I stopped using shampoo completely a couple of years ago and now just use conditioner and do a salt scrub for my scalp every week or so. Works wonders for my hair type. I use a little Uncle Harry's as leave in conditioner/gel. It's one of the only things I've been able to find with no silicone, which doesn't do much for my hair and won't wash out with just water. My white hairs that are coming in unfortunately don't appear to be curly so much as thick and kinky. I'm not sure they'll be tameable.

[GLC1968]

I do the no shampoo thing too! I've used a lot of different methods/formulas and have settled on the Co-Wash from Ouidad. It leaves my hair feeling fresh, awesome and not the least bit dry. It's not cheap though.

For gel, the only one I found that is 'cone' free that still has good hold without being crunchy is the Curl Quencher styling gel from Ouidad. I have the same problem in that so many 'curl' products contain silicone or dimethecone and if you don't use shampoo, that stuff builds up something awful!

[Pax]

I wsh my hair with Dr. Bronners, or Suave, or bar soap when it's short, it's all the same to my weird hair... only things that works differently is Pert (the stuff with cream rinse in it) makes my hair look like it's been washed in Crisco.

[shootingstar]

Dogmama, I was surprised to learn from a hairstylist that I had a strong top backhair cowlick at the crown of my head. I cannot get my hair to swirl properly to cover up a small bare spot when hair gets too long: another incentive why I need a haircut that has some layers.

Yea, sure I always wondered about naturally wavy hair to get that sexy tousled hair look ...but only wishing that for 1-2 days. Then back to liking smooth shine of straight, dark hair...which requires some precision haircuts right down to .25 millimetre and cleanliness. Specks of dust on black hair...it not becoming.