If you want more bounce, scrunch the hair strategically with the diffuser midway through diffusing. Allow curls to fall in place over the attachment and scrunch up to your head, then hold for 30 seconds to a minute and release. This will set the curls and cause them to shrink up more if desired. If you want a more relaxed natural curl, skip This is a traditional fade cut with some length on top fading to a shorter cut on the sides and back. Use gel to form a deep side part and work it through your hair from front to back, lifting it slightly at the roots on top. Then, brush or comb the hair up and back from your forehead. The Bro-Flow forms a clean-cut, neatly groomed look for A 1/2-inch or 1-inch flat iron and a heat-resistant comb are the tools needed at this point to alter the hair's mid-shaft and ends. "Insert your comb," instructs Ashley, "then place your flat iron behind the comb. Your comb will lead, and your flat iron will follow, gliding the iron all the way through to the ends of the hair." Step 2: WRAP. We added a button and elastic loops to the towel so that you can fasten this into a turban after scrunch drying your curls. After scrunch drying, apply the Enhancing Curl Gel, and then wrap the towel into the turban. With the button at the back of your head, wrap the towel into a turban. Hold the elastic loops together and fasten The direct answer is yes. Hair gel, like any other styling product, does have a shelf life. The countdown clock starts ticking in earnest once you open it. Remember too that shelf life can be affected by exposure to things like heat, moisture, or contact with your skin (pesky bacteria). Curl Cream. Curl cream is a favorite for almost all curls! This cream is applied when the hair is wet. When you apply styling products to wet hair, it allows the moisture to “lock in” a bit more than if you applied them later on. Curl creams add a soft hold to the curls, without making them crunchy. Coconut oil, avocado oil and olive oil are good moisturizing oils. Sealing Oils on the other hand have the ability to seal in moisture from water or other moisturizers, keeping your strand plump and bouncy. Jojoba oil and castor oil are excellent sealing oils. Now, how do you know which oil suits your hair best? The name itself signifies the products a curly should apply, as well as the order in which to apply them, making it an easy-to-remember curly routine. LOC is an abbreviation for leave in conditioner, oil and cream. What sets the LOC method apart from other methods is the layering of products in a specific order to maximize moisture retention These polymers are often the source of hold in styling products such as hair gels, cream gels and hairsprays. According to curl chemist Tonya Mckay, “a gel consists of solid particles (usually polymers”> dispersed throughout a liquid. These particles form a network throughout the liquid that swells and forms a gelly.”. After the shower, while your hair is still very wet, set your part or push your bangs forward if you have them. Apply your styling products on very wet hair. Lightly scrunch the product throughout your hair. 3 to 4 solid scrunches are usually enough. This brings the product from the ends up to the roots. 7ZIIit.