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Clarification: do you mean coaxing the natural curl in your hair through various no-heat methods, or do you mean maintaining curls formed by heat tools?

Is there a way to fix split ends that doesn't involve just cutting them off? I have super long hair and I don't mind cutting off 6 inches or so to get rid of the more recent splits, but I have some pretty severe ones that have crept up to my ear and I'd like to fix them in a way that doesn't involve erasing the last 7 years of growth by getting a pixie cut. 

how do u comb super 4C 4B curly hair
my combs break

what's the easiest way to make your hair wavier?

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My hair is a loose curly/wavy that is super fine, if I turn the fan too high in the car all of my baby hairs will get frizzy and look like I was electrocuted.
The top layer of hair always ends up weighed down and straight whereas the under layer produces beautiful ringlets. I am trying to figure out how to get my hair cut to help lighten the top layer.
I started doing the curly girl method in August 2019 and it has helped but I am trying to figure out proper curl training methods.
I have a weird sensory issue involving the back of my head that always makes me avoid that area which has stopped me from trying different curl training methods that aren't scrunching or wrapping my wet hair up with a old cotton t shirt/plopping as all the weird curl hair people call it.

that depends on your hair type, and what you mean by "wavier"! some people's hair is just so straight that it won't hold curl at all. however, if your otherwise straight hair has a slight bend in it, chances are you can coax it out more.

there are a lot of different methods. i think the easiest, especially if you're just experimenting and not looking to commit yet, is to find a way for it to dry with minimal disruption in a position that encourages waves/curls.

for instance, i tend to let my hair dry overnight, but because my hair is very non-porous, it takes a loooong time to dry completely, so it's usually still a bit damp in the morning. i'll divide it in half, and kinda bunch it up in my palm, then use a bigass clam clip to pin it to my head like that. not fashionable. but it allows the hair to finish drying in a curled-up position, so the curls don't get stretched out as they dry.

i'd avoid heavy products like gels and thick leave-in creams, because waves are more susceptible to losing their bend from weight. you could try brushing a light mousse into your hair when it's wet. you can try the aforementioned plopping, too: there's loads of how-to videos on youtube. or blow dry with a diffuser attachment in a gentle scrunching motion.

the main thing is to allow your hair to dry relatively undisturbed, and kind of bunched up to encourage the bends. when you wet your hair, the hydrogen ions within the hair shaft "break apart" in a sense (same thing happens when its heated by hot tools), and the cuticles open up. as it dries (or cools after heat), the hydrogen re-bonds and the cuticles close once more. by arranging your hair a particular way while it dries, the re-bonding and cuticles close in a manner than supports that structure. does that make sense? think of it like gluing stuff: position it the way you want it dried, and then don't mess with it until its done.

How do you dye nearly-black hair that only loghtens up a shade and refuses to be bleached? :^(

Though I guess this wont be a problem for much longer because im starting to go white lmao.

i have head sensitives too, so i feel you.

layering may help. but my guess is that the upper/outer layer is protecting the inner/under layer, so that top layer gets its curl pattern disrupted by wind, clothing, leaning against furniture, etc. do you use any products? something more heavy-duty like a gel may help make that outer layer of curls more impervious against disruption. it could also be because your hair is dehydrated and so the curls don't set strongly enough.

gonna be honest. bangs don't look great on most people and most regret them. i think they look most flattering on youthful-looking faces, but that's a personal opinion.

curly bangs can be really cute, though. i would suggest doing some research first to see what kind of bangs are best for your face shape, and then try wearing a faux-bang hairstyle to see if you like the look (usually entail pining your hair a specific way under a bandana/headband/etc so that ends cover your forehead and look like bangs).

you can also try some jaw-length face-framing layers first, because worse case scenario, they're still long enough to pin up and easier to grow out than bangs. and they'll give you a better idea of how curly bangs would be.

gray/white hair does the same thing when it comes to dying. you'd think you could just put a demi-permanent color on top, but nope--it needs some developer to open those cuticles. fun fact: white/gray hair is actually clear, because it lacks pigment, but much like blue eyes they appear solid because of the refraction of light.

fine yet thick hair is just 👌 how does it feel to be God's favorite in the hair department??

if you really wanted to you can experiment with at home bleaching. get a 30 volume developer and try it on a small section of your hair, see how it does. if its yuck you can always dye it dark to match the rest again. if it works out, you can do the whole head (especially if you have short hair, its much easier). it'll go brassy when it lifts, but you just need a toner (semi-permanent color, usually blueish-violent that cancels out the yellow-orange). if you decide to go that route just lmk and i'll send you good resources for that.

oh cool, if you're doing orange then you dont have to worry about brassy overtones too much. still try to tone it, but don't fuss too much over it.

box brands are sus because they don't tell you what kind of bleach or developer they have, so their effectiveness is...really questionable, especially depending on the hair they're dying. it's russian roulette.

i'd suggest going to sally's or something and getting a bottle of 30 volume developer, it's like $5, and a good hair bleach powder (Wella and Matrix are good brands, about $5 a pack). make sure you have some sort of applicator brush to apply it with, too. the most important thing is to apply the bleach in sections, and do your roots last-- the heat from your head will make the roots bleach faster than the rest, so if you do them first then your roots will end up way lighter than the rest. (or you can also just skip the roots, fiery orange with black roots could look cool). don't just pour the bleach on your head or glob it on randomly, or you'll end up with uneven patches. put a plastic bag over your hair while it lifts, so the heat from your head helps it develop faster overall and keeps it from drying out.

but do a patch test first (and cover the test with a bit of plastic wrap and pit it against your head, that will keep it from drying out and give it scalp heat to develop). it'll probably be pretty brassy. i dont think you need to tone it to put orange on top. but if you do, don't use T-18, everyone recommends it for some reason but itll only work if your hair is VERY blond. if its yellow, get a purple toner, if its orange, get a blue toner (demi-permanent).

that's just a broad overview to give you an idea. best youtuber i can recommend for this is brad mondo. he has a few how-to guides for home bleaching, like how to choose your toner and apply bleach, but also will review bleaching gone wrong videos and tell you exactly where the person went wrong/how to fix it. really helpful.

but seriously, test it first. your hair might not get light enough. see how it takes to the bleach, and then try the orange on top and see if that comes out the way you like.

Orange with darker roots sounds like a cool idea.
I probably wont use tone to be orange because it costs more and if its already going to be orange like you said it probaby wont make too much difference.

Gonna be honest, hair supplements do almost nothing. the science is like nonexistent. unless you have a biotin/vitamin h deficiency (very unlikely if you eat ANY grains, meat, nuts, eggs, legumes, fungi, or bananas) and are experiencing active hair loss or pregnancy, supplements won't affect the speed or quality of already healthy, normal hair. and even then the research in assisting hair re-growth after loss is questionable.

cutting your hair often does not make your hair grow faster or longer, that is a myth. it's probably a mixed-up telephone game production of actual advice: getting trims often protects your hair length. if you go for too long between trims, your ends get split, and over time those splits will travel farther up the shaft and weaken it so it breaks more easily. in that sense, it saves you from having to cut off more length in the future or from having a lot of short breakage, but the trimming doesn't actually make your hair grow more.

some people's hair is just genetically coded to stop growing after a certain length. mine does around waist height, and refuses to grow past that.

you can try the inversion method for hair growth. there's loads of tutorials online, but the basic gist is that you turn your head upside down and massage your scalp for a few minutes. you do that once a day for a few days in a row, and do that process once a month. the inversion and massaging increases blood flow which stimulates hair growth--typically people see their growth rate double. it works for most people. but you can't do the few-day-process more than once a month, because otherwise too much blood flow stimulation will actually cause your hair to fall out, lol. so stick to instructions.

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