Help for Frizzy Hair

Have you ever stopped to wonder why your hair looks good right when you fix it, and then twenty minutes later, it looks similar to a bush? This was my life for the first twenty-five years. Every morning, I would wash, condition, and blow dry my hair until it was straight and shiny. Moments later, it looked as if it had not even been brushed.

I always wanted the hair of a fashion model. Have you ever seen those commercials on TV where they are running their fingers through their hair, so sleek and shiny you can see in it? That is exactly the kind of hair I aimed for during most of my life. I tried every product you can imagine. I tried straighteners, leave in conditioners. I tried ironing my hair straight with a flat iron, but it seemed to only make it even more brittle and dry. Even though it looked good at first, an hour later it was frizzy again.

One day a stylist suggested that perhaps I was going about it the wrong way. Perhaps my hair was not meant to be straight. Perhaps is was actually naturally curly. I laughed at first, and then remembered how when there is the least bit of humidity, it will definitely get a lot of wave to it. She gave me a technique to just try out to see how it worked, and I was to report back to her.

I went home and washed and conditioned my hair as I always do. I then towel-dried it gently and combed through it. After about twenty minutes, I put a dab of hair gel in my hands and rubbed my hands together. I then ran my hands over and through my hair, making sure it was evenly distributed. After this I got my hands and just finger scrunched my hair a bit and let it air dry.

Two hours later it was completely dry. I flipped my head over and ran my fingers through, doing a quick finger comb. After that, I flipped my hair back over my head and looked in the mirror. My dull, frizzy, lifeless locks were looking good. They were full of bounce and shine. Not only that, I had beautiful natural curls cascading down onto my shoulders. I loved it!

The biggest test was still to come, however. I knew that I would have to see how well the curls would stand up to the humidity of the day. All during the day, I would glance in the mirror, and be so happy that the curls were still there. Best of all, there was no frizz!

I went to bed, slept on my hair. The next morning, I went into the bathroom and saw that I looked like my hair needed a good brushing. But the stylist told me that no matter what, I should not brush it. She said that brushing it would result in major frizziness.

Instead, I did what she instructed me to do. I spritzed it with water, which serves to reactivate the gel. I then re-scrunched it and my hair looked as good as new.

This new way of styling my hair had an added benefit as well. Because I so rarely use my hair dryer, my hair is much healthier because it is not becoming damaged from the heat.

There are still days where I have to blow dry it a little bit…mostly in the wintertime when it does not air dry as quickly. But I still use the gel, and only blow dry for a few moments, scrunching it as I dry.

My hair is naturally curly. Trying to make it straight was going against it’s nature. If you suffer from frizzy hair, try this! You may be pleasantly surprised.