Second/third/fourth day 3a hair? Site question too :(

**Merrybethable** · February 18th, 2014, 04:34 AM

Hi all,

I hope that everyone is going well.

I love my curls and a random encounter with a lovely customer at work has got me thinking:
She said "you have dimples and blue eyes, you would be perfect if you had curly hair too" I had to tell her I do have curly hair and described my curlyness because my hair was all bunned up that day. She was very sad

I would love to wear my hair curly more often but I have the best curls when my hair is CO washed and allowed to air dry with gel in it. The next day it is always sticky (even with non-sticky gel) and I feel like I have to do at least a WO wash. Anyone know how I could get a few days out of my curly hair? I don't like over washing and I don't like wet hair every morning either.

Is there a trick to searching this forum? I tried to search for a thread like this and "second day curly" came up with no results

I don't want to be making a thread that already exists and clogging up the forum. I'm still a noob here so I hope someone can help me.

Thanks!

**Kherome** · February 18th, 2014, 04:41 AM

Have you tried diluted aloe?

**Merrybethable** · February 18th, 2014, 05:07 AM

No I haven't tried aloe... *puts on shopping list* I supppose if it doesn't work at least it would be good for other things, unlike the pile of gels and stuff I tried a few times and didn't like. That is a big pile.

**Kherome** · February 18th, 2014, 05:35 AM

Haha I have had the product pile too.

Yes, try the aloe. Make sure it's 100% aloe and not "after sun" etc. It really should be clear in color, and the ingredients should only be aloe.

**Merrybethable** · February 18th, 2014, 05:39 AM

I thought that is what you meant. That after sun crap is all full of all sorts of garbage.

**walterSCAN** · February 18th, 2014, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by Merrybethable

Hi all,

I hope that everyone is going well.

I love my curls and a random encounter with a lovely customer at work has got me thinking:
She said "you have dimples and blue eyes, you would be perfect if you had curly hair too" I had to tell her I do have curly hair and described my curlyness because my hair was all bunned up that day. She was very sad

I would love to wear my hair curly more often but I have the best curls when my hair is CO washed and allowed to air dry with gel in it. The next day it is always sticky (even with non-sticky gel) and I feel like I have to do at least a WO wash. Anyone know how I could get a few days out of my curly hair? I don't like over washing and I don't like wet hair every morning either.

Is there a trick to searching this forum? I tried to search for a thread like this and "second day curly" came up with no results

I don't want to be making a thread that already exists and clogging up the forum. I'm still a noob here so I hope someone can help me.

Thanks!

No advice on the rest of it since I don't (sadly) have curly hair, but you might have better luck using google to search the forum. The on-site search is kinda wonky. To search here with google, enter your search terms then put 'site:longhaircommunity.com' after it (without the single quotes). Example: ' second day curly site:longhaircommunity.com ' That's how I search here most of the time anymore-- I just can't seem to get the on-site search to give me useful results. Good luck, and welcome to LHC!!

**Merrybethable** · February 18th, 2014, 06:55 AM

Thanks walterscan, I will try that next time I want to find something.

**Silverbrumby** · February 18th, 2014, 09:08 AM

I have curl but don't highlight it because of this very problem. Great on day one but looks terrible day two, three and four.

**Beborani** · February 18th, 2014, 09:59 AM

There is an index up at the top to popular thread--there is curly, curly wavy and 3s thread all of which must have ideas for this problem. I can wear my hair down on second and third day. Instead of gel or mousse I started using leave in conditioners which greatly improved the quality of my curls without making it sticky. I also use a dab of mineral oil, dab of silicone serum or dab of one of nut oils on top of the curls--I use judgement based on weather--most of it is just practice.

**lapushka** · February 18th, 2014, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Merrybethable

I would love to wear my hair curly more often but I have the best curls when my hair is CO washed and allowed to air dry with gel in it. The next day it is always sticky (even with non-sticky gel) and I feel like I have to do at least a WO wash. Anyone know how I could get a few days out of my curly hair? I don't like over washing and I don't like wet hair every morning either.

You might try a styling cream instead of a gel. The naturallycurly forum should be full of suggestions on that account!