Styling my thick hair...?

My hair is pretty thick. I had it layered not to long ago. It's got some natural wave to it and i had it cut to a medium long length.. . I have the hardest time in the world styling it... I have a big barrel curling iron and a straightener. and a bunch of product... I dont know what to use for what style.. I have mousse, smoothing milk, shine serum, hair spray etc... If anyone can give me any tips that would be wonderfull!!!!! I will upload a picture to give ya'll a visual..

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Styling my thick hair...?

serum and blow dryer

Styling my thick hair...?

how about cute braids

Styling my thick hair...?

a bob cut like Victoria Beckham is cute for your shape of your face.

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Styling my thick hair...?

my answer probably won't help.

but i have really thick hair too.

and well? its really hard to style. and i'm still trying to figure out how to style mine too! good luck.

Styling my thick hair...?

well my hair sounds just like yours! well I do a bun every day or a pony tail. thats works pretty well but I would us curlers if I were to curl my hair

Styling my thick hair...?

i had the same problem with my hair ontill my mom brought me this shampoo and conditionner name: dove. let me know if your problems are not working out at : theresa_l2007@yahoo.ca

Styling my thick hair...?

shave it off, it worked for britt.

Styling my thick hair...?

when your hair is wet. use a holding gel then blow dry. While you are blow drying, use a barrel brush and curl your hair around it. make sure you use hair lotion to protect your hair from the heat. Hope I helped!

Styling my thick hair...?

okay.... i think you should mix it up a bit like.... straiten it ALL one day.... and then the next day curl it or try something new!!!

Styling my thick hair...?

I have really thick hair too. I've found it easiest to keep it long and layered, so its a bit thinner and easier to style.

The most versatile style is no doubt having your hair straightened. If you don't have a ghd or similar straightener I suggest you get one. Because the ghd has no edges and a round barrel, it can be used for straightening or curling (or waving). I've found a remington straightener which has adjustable heat, which I've found necessary for extra thick hair.

Put a leave in conditioner in your hair after you shower... reduces frizz. When its dry, straighten it (except for the 5cm of hair closest to your head... will keep hair looking cleaner for longer) and then style it. Put a shine serum/spray on the ends. Use hair spray conservatively... quick mist over all hair (hair should stay dry).

For waves, you can plait it once its been straightened and spray it heavily... leave it in for a few hours then take it out and use your fingers to spread out the waves. Or you can put HEAPS of mousse (because hair is so thick) on wet hair once out of the shower and crunch it up with your hands so it dries wavy. If you do this, do NOT brush.

Alternatively you can use the straightener but its a bit harder to explain (much easier to just demonstrate).

For curls, use a straightener rather than a curler because the straightener will create even curls all the way down the length of your hair. With thick hair especially, curlers just curl the hair closest to the heat... ie. the bottom of your hair will be very curly with the top virtually unchanged.

Hope that helps!

Styling my thick hair...?

I have super-thick, wavy hair, too. This is what I do, and I get a lot of compliments about my hair:

After you get out of the shower in the morning, towel-dry your hair so it's damp but not WET. Scrunch it with a little bit of hair gel on all sides so it's curly, and then clean up the frizzies on the top with hairspray. (And then DON'T brush it when it's dry because then it'll poof out like you're in Ancient Egypt.)

OR

Straighten your hair and immediately after you finish, use just a little bit of smoothing milk (that stuff is GREAT btw) and run it through your hair really fast so the straightening doesn't have a chance to curl up. It keeps the frizziness down and makes it nice and shiney.

Hope this helps!