Naturally curly hair looks very stylish and more lively, making it quite desirable for straight-haired men. While it's impossible to get truly African-American curly hair without being perm (permanent curls) by a professional stylist, getting normal wavy and curly hair from straight hair can be done with a little effort, strategy, and the right products.
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Method 1 of 3: Using the Product
Use hair gel. If you want to use styling products to curl your hair, the best way to do this is to use hair gel. Whatever your hairstyle, using a pea-sized amount of gel and applying it to clean hair can help curl your hair the way you want it. Take enough time to make individual curls, or run your hands through the hair quickly for a random look.
How to Use Hair Gel After rinsing hair, pour some gel on your palms and run your fingers through your hair, from the edge of your forehead back. Let the hair set for a minute, then take a pencil and curl small curls around the pencil. Count to 30. Keep curling your hair in tiny bits until you like how it looks. If you don't have much time:
try brushing your hair with your fingers quickly and keep your hair looking curly and lively. If you don't like the dry type of hair gel, try using softening gel for example Johnny Andrean products, which can help keep hair soft and shape it into curls.
Step 1. Treat your hair with Moroccan oil
One of the most common ways to naturally curl curly hair is to use natural hair oils, which can help moisturize and make hair strong, allowing it to form more easily and look naturally curly. Once or twice a week, pour a pea-sized amount of hair oil on a plastic comb and run it through the hair after rinsing to treat the hair and keep it strong.
- Usually, this treatment is combined with covering the hair with a tight bald cap or bandana, to keep the hair curled and keep the oil from sticking to the scalp overnight. When the headgear is removed, it will be easier to curl the hair.
- Olive and coconut oil are all-purpose food-based care products that are often used on hair to help maintain moisture and shape curls. Treating your hair with these products can help keep it smooth and shiny, making it easier to curl your hair.
Step 2. Try using a texturizer
Spray texturizers are generally sold for women, but can also be used on men's hair to add natural curls. If your hair already has curls, you can define it with a texturizer, but if not, this product can help shape the curls. This product is sprayed directly onto the hair and can be used to relax hair follicles and increase natural curls.
Try a frizz-enhancing shampoo. While many claims of frizz-enhancing shampoo are unreliable, there are several products on the market that claim to make naturally straight hair curly by shampooing. These shampoos have to be used in conjunction with other curling methods, but it's worth a try.
Ingredients You Should Look For and Avoid in Shampoo Look for shampoos that contain:
natural ingredients such as oils (including moroccan oil, tea tree, jojoba, almond, coconut, and camellia seeds), olive oil, aloe vera juice, herbs (min, rosemary, watercress), rooibos leaf, fruits, flour rice, cocoa flour Avoid shampoos that contain:
petrolatum, parabens, sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), DEA (diethanolamine) and DEA compounds, sodium chloride (salt), polyethylene glycol (PEG), alcohol, tar dye (byproduct, often stated as FD&C or D&C on labels)
Method 2 of 3: Forming Curls by Shampooing
Step 1. Comb your hair before shampooing
Combing your hair before wetting it can shape your hair and make it shiny. Whether you shampoo or not, combing your hair will keep it from tangling and clumping, and can give it shape and shine afterward. Just combing won't make your hair curly, but it's a very useful first step in the curling process.
Step 2. Wash your hair regularly
If you want natural curls, wash your hair regularly to keep it clean and fresh, but don't shampoo more than once or twice a week if you have naturally straight hair. This is because shampoo will dry out your hair and strip it of its natural oils, which helps give your hair shape, strength, and curl. If you want curlier hair, just wash it, don't wash it.
Step 3. Don't wash your hair too often
If you want to help set your hair into natural curls, stop washing it too often. Washing your hair regularly can help keep it feeling light, removes dirt and residue buildup, as well as releases the natural oils in the hair to keep it soft and shiny, giving shape and curls in good condition. Shampoo makes hair dry and heavy over time, making it harder to curl. Washing your hair will make it straight, while washing your hair will make it curlier.
Different people need to wash their hair more often or less, depending on their hair type. Especially if you have oily hair, you may need to wash it at least every day. If you have dry hair, try washing it only once a week or more, and washing it every day
Step 4. Let the hair dry naturally
If you want curly hair, you can't use a blow dryer or towel to dry your hair. The best way to achieve that naturally curly look is to let your hair dry on its own, preferably overnight. Depending on the type, sleeping on top of hair that isn't completely dry may make it look frizzy and messy, but it can also help give your hair the look it wants.
In general, washing your hair at night is better than in the morning if you want curlier hair. If you're used to showering every morning before going to school or work, change your routine by washing your hair at night
Method 3 of 3: Get creative
Step 1. Try using a curling iron or curling roller
Again, these are usually sold to women, but if you have medium or long hair, using curling irons is another quick and easy way to curl your hair. Use small curling rollers overnight for dense curls, or try using a curling iron after shampooing for best results.
Step 2. Get the haircut right
It's a good idea to get a haircut that emphasizes the type of curls you want, if you want to have curly hair. For men, this step can be difficult to do, but you can start with a medium length of hair for maximum curls. Ask your stylist for the right cut if you want to make your hair look curlier than it really is.
Try the pompadour cut to give your hair a little shape. Keep the edges of the hair short and grow at the top, creating a mop that can be styled into a pompadour
Step 3. Set the hairstyle to 360 waves
Setting the hairstyle to "wavy" can give the appearance of curls, even if the hair is not actually curly. While it takes time and dedication, along with regular brushing sessions and a little oil, it can grow hair in a rounded wave that extends around your head. This is a cool hair look.
How to Get 360. Waves
Start by getting very short haircut, shave all sides.
After shampooing, Comb hair with pomade and start brush it hard, from the crown to the forehead, ears, and back of the head, as long as at least one hour every day.
After doing this, wear a skullcap or bandana while sleeping to keep hair moisturized.
If you keep brushing regularly for a few weeks, your hair will start forming a waveform while growing.
This method was popularized in the mid-2000s by rappers, such as Nelly.
Do it right, then this method can help create an awesome, curly hair look.
Step 4. Consider curling your hair permanently
Permanent perms or “perms” by a hair stylist are the easiest way to get curly hair. Permanent curling is the easiest and surest way to instantly curl your hair, although some people don't want to pay for it and prefer to use chemicals that "damage" the hair. Although more common and popular with women, permanent perms are generally also reserved for men. There's no shame in asking for it.
