First Curly Summer!

This is my first summer as a natural curly and I'm facing problems I never dealt with during the winter. One of them being the humidity. Its making my hair frizz like nothing I've ever seen before! Parts of my hair don't have a definite curl pattern which I fixed with twist outs but the frizz just cancels it out. Looks like one big poofy mess.

I think its also causing more shrinkage than normal. but I'm not completely sure since I switched from Yes/Carrots to Aubrey condish and Hair Rules to Kinky Curly the same week the temperature/humidity sky rocketed. it may just be the products.

How is your summer going so far (hair wise)? What changes have you had to make to your routine?

Fellow teens unite!!!! (fully aware of how corny that sounds but i'm leaving it anyways)

that last line literally made me LOL.
I don't have much of a problem with frizz since most of my hair is still relaxed but my hair is a little longer than shoulder length and is very THICK so I just pull it up into a ponytail most of the time. The heat here in SC is unbearable and I just can't deal with my hair right now. I'm trying to figure out a way to wear it out without it being so irritating but i haven't figured out anything yet.

Do you use any oils? The days my hair are the most defined is when I add moisture like crazy then add an oil (olive oil or shea) to seal my hair. I hope this helps... I live in South Florida and we stay humid LOL.

Well i live in AZ and it is so hott! speaking of hott.. it was 113 degrees outside today and I was dying! My hair was so cute today but after i spent some time outside it was poofy:[ l0l but it's all good cuz the bigger the hair the better?!?

^^ agreed

I straightened my hair for graduation so for the next week or so I guess I'm gonna be avoiding moisture like the plague :/

I straightened mine for graduation too! but i washed it 2 days after that cuz i felt soooooooo wierd:/
i just didnt feel the same with straight hair cuz i have been wearing my hair in it's natural state for so long

I wanna wash it but I'm gonna wear it out because the lady MURDERED my hair with the flat iron and I'm kinda like if my hair's gonna go through all that torture I better wear it straight for a while.. On the plus side though, the henna treatments are starting to work because my hair is sooo soft and shiny

haha yea i paid a good amount of $$ for the lady to do my hair but after i washed it i felt like myself again l0l

and i henna every 2 weeks and i didn't really notice the color difference till i straightened my hair! it was sooooo red:]

weird huh?

Is your hair black/really really dark? My hair was brownish/black so the henna made my hair auburn inside and red outside. I luv it tho

Dang girl ur getting thoughts into my head... I really wanna go to the beach tomorrow lol

my hair is dark dark and dark black!! and after the henna treatments it was still black on the inside but red/auburn in the sunlight and i luv it!

but i really want to have a redder (is that a word?!?) color l0l!

black on the inside (LOL) funny funny

use it without an acid next time. I doubt that alone will get any lighter but I guess spending time in the sun and that combined should give you a nice hue.

Oh i have this picture of my red curls in all their glory lol. Gonna try to find it

when u say acid do u mean lemons??

and i wish i would have taken a pic of my hair when it was straight!

yes'mam. Amla is very acidic as well and the brand i get from the Indian store is a mix of Henna, Amla, Branji, and Brahmi (didn't check the spellings, they might be a lil off) so my hair has gotten a lot darker from my first mix but it's still really red at times.

Oh wow. My mom took me to JC Penny to get some professional pictures with my sister (who's graduating pre-school) and she almost flipped when I told her I had to turn in my gown to get my diploma LOL

haha l0l!!!
and i buy the jamila brand and i think it is pure henna?
it is the same kind that CN uses!
but my mix includes the henna of course (200grams), 2 bags of green tea, EVOO, honey, and i put cinnamon in it for some color

oh that IS CurlyNikkis mix to the T lol

the green tea would be the acid that she uses to create a dye release (i think). I gotta check this out though because i know the acid affects the color of the henna but idk about tha potency

idk what the whole dye release thing means?!?

what i think it means is the henna needs a couple of hours for the lawsome molecule to do its thing with the acid. Im not sure though

have you read the henna for hair e-book? It's like 60 pages of henna knowledge

http://www.hennaforhair.com/freebooks/

girl i went to the website and i looked at it for a hott minute! but that is too much to read l0l

LOL when you have time i guess :]. I looked it over and the acid isn't needed for the softness or deep conditionishingness it just gives it a darker color so yea just do a henna rinse without it next time

@krissy and afrochic:
the acid helps release the color in henna. if you want henna for color you should use an acid (green tea, lemons w/e). also the longer you leave it in your hair and the more often you henna the stronger the color will be.

if you just want to henna for its conditioning properties do a gloss (mix henna with conditioner). you'll get more conditioning and less color.

dye release is the color. its why when you first make your mix it looks like greenish but after a few hours it turns browish. the dye molecules in the henna are activated

@ebbz: maybe you should try a faux-curly bob look lol
do w/e you do to curly your straight ends (TO or BO or w/e) and pin your ends up underneath. maybe use a hair tie to keep your ends together and pin it up that way. if you have layers i feel this will work nicely if not maybe rock it a bit messy and let a few strands loose to disguise the fold under.
this way it looks like your hair is out and it wont touch your neck (which is really irritating in the heat) and you dont have to cut it short (always appreciate the ability to put your hair in a pony!!!)
i hope all this makes sense i kind of just made it up right now. i dont know if it'll work but in theory it a great idea! lmao

@ BornAgainCurlz Thanks! I think that's what I was trying to say but I think I was really confusing with my explanation

@ LadyKay I love your hair! lol that homemade spray works wonders huh?

@bornagaincurlz this makes alot of sense! thanks:)