Many naturals have a hard time getting non-frizzy defined curls. One day I decided to figure out a way to get my curls more defined. I was so tired of having some curls frizz-less and defined and others just in waves or extremely frizzy. Little did I know,what I was doing is called "shingling". I thought I found a new trick, until I looked on blogs sites and saw people talking about it. Every time I shingle my hair, it takes about 30min. I think once my hair becomes a nice length it will be faster to do. The products I use on my hair when shingling are: jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, coconut oil, It Feels Like Silk (a gel by Elasta QP), and L'Oreal EverSleek Humidity Defying Leave In Cream.
I start by making sure that my hair is drench with water then I apply the oils to my hair. I then begin to shingle my hair. I start at the very back of my hair and section it off in really small parts. Then I apply the gel and the cream to my hair and comb it through with a rat tail comb. I continue until I reach the top of my head. If my hair starts to dry during the process, I just re-wet the pieces of hair that aren't shingled yet. Once I'm done shingling my hair, I usually add 2 dime-sized drops of gel and cream throughout my hair. Sometimes if my hair is too wet after I'm done shingling, I usually run a blow drying through it on the cold setting to remove some of the water. After I'm done shingling my hair, I have more defined curls and my hair tends to frizz less. I still sometimes battle with a few pieces of hair that likes to do their own thing.
I start by making sure that my hair is drench with water then I apply the oils to my hair. I then begin to shingle my hair. I start at the very back of my hair and section it off in really small parts. Then I apply the gel and the cream to my hair and comb it through with a rat tail comb. I continue until I reach the top of my head. If my hair starts to dry during the process, I just re-wet the pieces of hair that aren't shingled yet. Once I'm done shingling my hair, I usually add 2 dime-sized drops of gel and cream throughout my hair. Sometimes if my hair is too wet after I'm done shingling, I usually run a blow drying through it on the cold setting to remove some of the water. After I'm done shingling my hair, I have more defined curls and my hair tends to frizz less. I still sometimes battle with a few pieces of hair that likes to do their own thing.
Here's a good video showing how to shingle hair
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| Side view after shingling |
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| I rushed so my left side isn't that great |
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| Closer picture of the curl definition |
3 comments
so are you using the curl pudding or just the natural oils you place in your blog?
ReplyDeleteI use natural oils as well as gel by Elasta QP called It Feel's Like Silk and Moisture Stretch (which is a cream by Mizani's True Textures line). If I run out of the Mizani, then my backup is L'Oreal EverSleek Humidity Defying Leave In Cream.
ReplyDeleteLooks good. I am going to try this. Just big chopped last night, after transitioning for 7 mos and was shocked at the cottony hair. It was so defined when I transitioned. So, I am learning that dealing with natural hair is different from transitioning -- for me at least.
ReplyDeleteThanks