How To Style Curly Hair in Utah
Welcome to Utah, one of the driest states in the US!
P.S. these styling tips don’t only work in Utah, they work in all dry climates OR if your hair is dry.
Styling curly hair can become overwhelming very quickly. There are SO many products out there now for curls and so many different styling tutorial videos with those products. Have you ever watched a curly hair styling tutorial and then went out and bought the products they used in the video and you did EVERYTHING they said to do in the video and you had ALL of the products but it still didn’t turn out? Well I can give you the answer! CURLS ARE ALL DIFFERENT.
Fine curls have a hard time being styled with heavy styling products (coconut oils, shea butters, goopy gel) and course curls have a hard time being styled with light weight products, (flaxseed gels, light curl creams, volumizers) so at the end of the day, you need to personalize your styling routine ACCORDING to your curls.
What do curls need more than anything? They need MOISTURE! Absolutely positively no matter what curl type you have, if you don’t have the proper moisture in your hair, you will have a really hard time styling your hair. So what does this mean? What is the first step to take?
The first step starts with the conditioner you are using. If the conditioner you have is loaded with junk (paragons, heavy silicones, and shea moisture) the reason being, is that those products are not truly moisturizing your hair. They are sitting on top of your hair and not allowing the correct moisture to penetrate your scalp. Think oil and water, when you pour water into oil in seperates, it doesn’t fully combine. Same with these ingredients! If you put that conditioner in your hair and top it off with some amazing styling products, they won’t do what they’re supposed to do.
SO WHATS NEXT? Water. Utah is so so DRY we need lots of water when were styling. Not only do we need to keep our hair wet when were styling, we need to keep getting it wet so the products will enter the hair without getting frizzy. If you think about it, when have you ever gotten non frizzy, defined curls when putting product on your hair while its already started to dry? It doesn’t work! The hair gets frizzy, loses its curl, and gets harder to manage. Because we are in Utah, we don’t have the luxury of humidity so we have to keep lots of water in our hair!
With all of that being said, some hairstyles are better off air drying than blowdrying with your diffuser. Some curls love the diffuser while others HATE it and repel it. When in doubt, don’t overuse the hair dryer. When you are diffusing, try to hold the diffuser for 20-30 seconds AT LEAST. If you’re moving your blow dryer too often, your hair will become frizzy and might lose some of its curl pattern. Curls need a special routine, but the outcome with the patience of creating a routine at home has an AMAZING OUTCOME.
I would love to help you out with all of your curl needs. Book a “styling lesson” at Cel Curl and get a personalized routine for YOU.
