Do you got a world of curls sitting on the top of your head?
Well, this video is for you.
Follow-up to the ultimate curly hair tutorial.
And this time, I've invited some friends!
Oh girl, it is a world of curls out there, and they come in all shapes and sizes.
Meet Jessica. Oh girl, work it out!
Tasha. All smiles.
Nicole! The original New Yorker.
And your hostess with the mostest, shameless.
You ready ladies? Take it off! Show 'em what you're workin' with!
Each one of these beautiful, naked ladies are gonna go through their routine.
Step number one: You wanna cleanse.
I say cleanse because not all of us are using shampoo.
Take it away, Jessica!
JESSICA: I start off with Devachan's No Poo.
I need to have something that is the most conditioning as possible, because I've kinda been bad and bleached it.
So, as you can see it's not really natural.
This is really good because it doesn't lather. I wash my hair everyday.
I have to; I work out a lot and I sweat. Only use a little bit, only at the scalp.
Also, if I sleep on my curls, like me in particular, they just get all kinds of wonky and flat.
I need to be able to revive it everyday.
Weekly, I use Yes to Carrots. It's really good for holding in moisture.
Keeping your hair really soft--when it's time for me to finally wash my hair, which I do it once a month with shampoo and condition,
I use Phytospecific. Made of botanical products, very healthy, really locks in moisture.
So you can buy these at Sephora, or other... hair stores.
They are on the expensive side, so I only use them maybe once a month.
they are $30+.
MAYA: And why do you like these?
TASHA: I like these because it keeps your hair really, really soft for a really long time.
NICOLE: My hair, I--you know, you put your products in, and I would wash my hair and try and wear it curly again.
But the buildup would just not go away so it'd just never curl the same.
So when I use this, it comes clean as if I haven't had products in my hair, ever.
So it's like starting fresh every time.
MAYA: I only wash my hair once a week or once every two weeks, and right now I'm using As I Am, curl clarity.
I love Shea Moisture's line. I ran out. And I decided to play around with products because I'm a product junkie.
And this stuff is great. It really feels like my scalp is clean.
When it comes to shampoo, honestly, shampoo is not what I care about.
So, As I Am is great... Tresemme' Naturals is great, yeah.
Step number 2: rinse.
Uh oh! Keep it clean ladies!
Step number 3: condition. Or better yet, deep condition.
JESSICA: After I use my No-Poo, I use the Devachan one conditioner.
I'll use this also as a deep conditioner, so I will put it through my hair, and I'll put like, a cap on and just kinda like hangout.
Sometimes I'll put some like, saran wrap around my head and--and it works! Saran wrap and a towel and go to sleep.
Saran wrap I feel like really holds all the moisture in instead of the shower cap. Which still works, you can use the shower cap.
I'll put like a little towel around it and go to sleep, and then wash it out in the morning.
And sometimes if I really, really, really need moisture, especially in the winter time when my hair's really dry,
I'll put this and I'll add olive oil to it.
TASHA: I also deep condition with this.
And deep conditioning, what I do--put this on my hair and use my nice, little plastic bag.
It locks in moisture, giving it a mini treatment.
Keep this on my head for as little as an hour, or as much as 2 or 3 hours, depending on how much time I have at home.
NICOLE: This stuff is not a conditioner. But for about a year I've been using it as a conditioner.
It's a leave-in. It works!
I am not tied down to any conditioner.
I... think there are so many good conditioners out there.
So I try all sorts of stuff.
For deep conditioning, I am now using the Moroccan oil Intense Hydrating Mask.
This is real life business in a jar, okay?
I work it in my hair; I only use it like, once or twice a month
This is a pretty penny. However, my hair was rough, dry, dry, dry, dry, dry,
and this solved that problem.
When I detangle, I use a wide-toothed comb. you guys have been telling me to finger detangle.
I'm not about that life.
Won't. Can't.
Once this is in my hair, once I've detangled it and everything,
Then I put this hot mess, this ridiculous nonsense on--you thought the last one was ridiculous--
I lost that one in my move, I just don't know where it is--I can't find it.
So I bought this one. THIS is ridiculous
What am I supposed to do with this?! Seriously.
I just bought it and I didn't realize it was this big. But...
It's not cute boo, it's not cute. Okay?!
I sit with that thing on my head for an hour.
And then I wash my hair.
Step 4: rise. Pretty straight forward.
However, Tasha rinses with freezing cold water.
It is said that, cold water does close the hair's cuticle, preventing frizz.
But honey boo, I ain't about that life! That's cold!
Completely unnecessary, shameless, girl-on-girl shower scene.
Step number 5: moisturize and finger style to shape the curl.
JESSICA: After my hair's conditioned, I keep my hair really, really wet. Like, dripping, sopping wet.
And... I add a little bit more condition. And I use it kind of as a leave-in.
When I run it--run the conditioner though my hair, I use my fingers only.
I don't use a comb, because I feel like, with me, I get so much breakage,
that it's much easier for me to feel where there's tangles and then slowly work through it.
So then after I have the conditioner in my hair a little bit and it's really, really wet,
I use the Devacurl Frizz Free Volumizing Mousse.
So it's really, really light. And I do a couple of pumps.
And I run it through with my fingers and top, and then I flip my head over,
and then I put it in the rest because my hair is sopping wet.
You can kind of scrunch it to make sure that all of the conditioner and all of the mousse is evenly distributed around your head.
TASHA: After I've washed my hair or co-washed my hair, I take sections, detangle, and then I twist.
I usually use Beautiful Textures Moisture Butter.
I let it air dry and then I take it out. Usually the next day.
I go to sleep with it.
My nice, satin cap.
MAYA: You mean sexy, satin cap.
TASHA: Sexy, very sexy.
Just to protect my curls so there's not a lot of breakage.
When I get in the shower I usually take it off to revive my curls.
I use the steam from the shower. Kick the curls back into life.
Because usually after wearing this, it smashes the curls.
In the shower the steam gets to it, and I fluff it up.
NICOLE: So, no towel, and I don't brush my hair. I use my fingers; comb just breaks through the curls too much.
And your fingers leaves them a little bit fuller.
I use Moroccan oil.
I put like... a dime to a quarter size.
Start at the ends, work my way to my roots, get it all in there.
And it smells really good.
I should use it every time I get out of the shower, but I don't.
Sometimes I'm lazy, sometimes I don't want to waste it.
You know what I'm talking about.
MAYA: I know what you're talking about!
NICOLE: It's like... saving the good underwear.
For the right occasion.
$15, but it's really good. And I notice a nice change in my hair once I started using it.
I'm not a fan of gel at all.
I think it's very... 1995.
So I'm gonna buy some Dep gel--is that what it's called, Deppy? you know what I'm talking about. You know.
This is the modern day, on point gel.
Right here. Kinky Curly, once again.
It's not sticky, it's not greasy, it's very light.
And you don't need a lot; a little bit goes a long way.
Just this. Moroccan oil and just this. I section it off.
Something about Kinky Curly that just says, 'class.'
Y'all are telling me not to use a towel, you be scolding me like, 'girl, don't use a towel!'
I don't even wrap my hair in it now, I just scrunch up the bottom... is what I'm doing.
I leave my hair soaking wet. If anything I put the towel around my shoulders, so the water drips onto that.
Like I said, I'm all out of the Shea Moisture line. An excuse to go shopping.
I got my hands on Shea Butter Miracle leave-in conditioner, by African Pride.
This is my new favorite. It's super affordable, at under $5.
It does define the curl, so I don't need to use any gel. And this is just like a one-step process for me.
I'll work it in my hair, I finger coil, and I do that to my entire head.
And this just defines the curl.
Essentially, what all of us are doing, we are all defining the curls.
Each of us has a different technique.
And for the most part, we all do the same thing.
Step number 6: diffuse or air dry.
So instead of wrapping up in a towel and frizzing out my hair, and killing all my curls that I just spent so much time making so beautiful,
I use a microfiber cloth.
You can get a towel like this--I got mine from... from Devachan.
And also get them at like, Bed bath and Beyond or anywhere. And they're really not expensive.
Gently like, cup the curls. And just kind of squeeze... squeeze the water out.
But I try to sit around and let my hair air dry for about a half hour.
That's the time that I take to do my make up, and have a cup of coffee.
Once it's gotten like, a little bit... I don't know how to describe it.
But it's... no longer sopping wet, and the curls are kind of where they need to be,
I diffuse it, with my blow dryer.
I got this from Target; it's not anything that I spend a ton of money on.
I use it on the outside from kind of far away--I have it on the high heat and the high setting.
But I have to make sure that for me, it is pointed in the direction of the hair--the way that my hair goes,
because if I do it this way, all of my hair's just gonna--the curls are gonna come apart.
But this way, the curls will stay this... in the same pattern that they dry naturally.
So do it all over and I'll flip my head over to get some of the volume on top.
And kind of flip it over this way.
I can't touch it too much, because if you start running your fingers through it,
or you touch it way too much, the curls are gonna start frizzing out and they're gonna not stay together and then... it's not worth it.
So, that is the end of what I do.
MAYA: Jessica did a beautiful job of articulating the finer points of diffusing.
All of us diffuse except for Tasha, who air dries.
So there you have it! 4 different girls, 4 different curls in this world of curls.
And let's give it up for these lovely ladies!
And if you have any questions, feel free to follow them on Instagram.
Yeah, you wanna harass them on Instagram with these questions because they ain't gonna be answering it here.
Follow me on Instagram. Now why would you wanna do that?!
2 lucky winners will win the Moroccan oil intense hydrating mask.
One on Instagram and one on Facebook.
Upload your favorite curly photo, make sure to hashtag it, #beshameless.
Make sure you tag me, @mayasworld.
I'll pick another lucky winner on Facebook, and all you need to do there is like my Facebook page,
and comment on my wall.
Who's got a world of curls?! It's a world of curls not just for people.
Not just for girls! But for tricks like that trick Jackie!