You explain things so well in your videos. Thanks so much for being so thorough, it's helped me tremendously. I'm feeling so much better about my hair lately after trying out a bunch of your tips and tricks the last few months! Your kiddos are absolutely adorable!
Oh! I'm so glad!! That's wonderful to hear. So glad you're liking your hair better. Isn't it amazing how much better we feel when our hair is to our liking?And thanks--my girls are my world!
This video seriously changed my life! I’m a teacher that hates getting up at 5am to do my hair and I hate sleeping in the plop with a wet head. I just tried this last night and woke up to perfect hair that was dry!!! I had so much free time this morning which I NEVER have. So thank you so much!!!!
You are the answer to my wavy girl prayers. I just found you and am so excited! I have 2a/2b hair and have no idea what to do with it. I am starting my journey to experiment and figure it out and will be using your advice and videos :-)
I have the same curl type and i just started my CG journey. Do you have any advice? my curls currently look stringy and messy. I can tell it hasn't found its curl pattern yet.
Same! My waves definitely are on the stringy side right now, although I’m amazed at how much more curl is there when I use the right techniques. Trying to figure out how to create softer, larger curl/wave clumps now.
Of all the curly hair people I follow, you're the most helpful for me, and THIS video was a life changer for me. It's now my routine on washday to do it at night, squish in LA Looks gel and spread my hair up on my silk pillowcase. In the morning I have the best, luscious curls I've ever gotten by any other method. I just wanted to thank you for this video especially. My results were amazing. Thank you.
I always wash my hair at night and scrunch out in the morning. There's just no way I'd have time for a whole hair wash routine before work - I'm up at 5.30am as it is! ;)
Yea me too, 5:30 AM for an 11 hr work day (health-care) and this method works so great for me. I just clip up the front-sides with a small clip so it's out of my way when I see patients and I have great hair all day without spending way too much time on my hair!
This is how I used to do it in 1999!! Maybe I wasn't as mad as I thought! I think the only problem was, I never understood the crunch situation haha xx
You have literally saved almost half my life , thats the time you need to make love to your curls in morning while getting ready so that each curl makes your day....thankyou so much...loads of love...muaaahhhg💝🥰
Thank you for this video. I’m one week in on my curly girl journey and I still have so much to learn. As a working mom of 3 kids, I don’t have much time to get ready in the morning and I am definitely going to try this because if I can wash and style my hair the night before, it’ll save me so much time! Thank you once again
So helpful, thank you!! 💖 I've found wearing a silk sleep bonnet on my head over my loosely braided hair helps promote and keep my curls intact while I sleep. 😉
This is how i actually refresh my hair at the moment, i don't like washing my hair in the morning because i take a lot time washing and styling my hair it takes me 20 minutes to wash and style my hair and the drying takes 1 and half hour since i only airdry (cause i haven't bought a diffuser yet). I got great defined waves the next morning, so dar this is the most effective way that i can do avoid messy refresh waves
I do the same thing! I find my curls have more volume when they finish drying while I sleep, especially since I sleep on my stomach. They don't get much pillow contact, but just enough to work out the crunch. Excellent video and it's a relief to see someone else not using the pineapple...it seems to pull out what little curl I have, so I don't use it.
This is so helpful for me! I've been struggling so much with finding a way to sleep with my curls and this works for me. Pineappling/Medusa clipping doesn't stay in place because I move so much in my sleep, but at least with this method I don't have to worry.
I’m genuinely shocked your hair turned out perfectly after sleeping on it loosely. I did not expect that at all. I’m still nervous to do this myself, but I’m going to try this anyway to see how it works for me. I have waist-length hair and the only products I have are gel and hair milk that I use after shower, so fingers crossed! I always do a pineapple bun and wrap my hair AND sleep on a satin pillowcase too, so I’m terrified. LOL
Speaking as a new curly (wavy) girl who doesn't like to spend a lot of time getting ready, I SOOOO appreciate your efforts (especially before coffee!). I'm learning a lot from your videos and my shopping list keeps growing. lol. I'll definitely be trying this method though as I like to take baths at night, so this should fit well into my new routine as I figure out what the heck that is :-) I hope school continues to go well.
Helpful video! I'm always dreading wash days during the week because of how much effort is involved. I'll definitely be giving this a shot! Your girls are absolutely adorable 😊
This is so fascinating! I am a wurly (wavy/curly) girl, but this is something I am a bit afraid to try. I mostly sleep with a pineapplebun, but that's only when my hair is already completely dry. I might try this!
I wish I could sleep like a Disney princess like you but it’s impossible. I sleep in the plop with an oversized t shirt towel by Hair Repear. I found a video from The Clean Curl called “Sleeping in the Plop” that demonstrates how to wrap the towel. It has changed my life and my curls for the better. I highly recommend all curlies watch it. I love all your videos and have been a fan girl for a while now. Thanks for doing all the footwork and product experimenting for me. I trust the recommendations and your techniques are so very helpful.
I don’t get how you put so much product on your hair but it doesn’t just go really greasy?? My hair is also fine and about 2b/2c wavy and if I put five products on it it just dies and goes straight as hell? I just don’t understand how you get that result with SO much product on the hair?
Amy Hogger You have to apply products to soaking wet hair to dilute them and then scrunch with a microfiber towel to absorb the excess product and water. I also recommend plopping for 10 minutes or so too. I didn't believe it either but it does work.
There's a chance you're low porosity, so your hair doesn't absorb much, but what it gets stays in. You don't need as much product, it's better if you don't use much.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I do all this, sleep with my hair in a plop, the next day it looks amazing!. It's the day after that's the problem. I'm experimenting with different ways to deal with this on the weekend. I mean, do I get it wet again and diffuse? I actually had straight hair ALL MY LIFE and then it just turned curly on me. The time and money I've spent on my hair the last few years is ridiculous. But I kind of love my curls when they're perfect so..........
Do you mean that you sleep with it in a plop while it's still wet? After using a microfiber towel? I'm trying to work out what works best for me, but I seem to have a lot of frizz no matter what I do......
Hi! I'm new to your channel. I just tried this out and am so happy with the results! It was nice getting the weight off, and also, I prefer washing my hair at night during the colder months (so I don't have to go outside and freeze). Thank you for this! I also just bought the Curly Girl Handbook, so, life is good. :)
I love it. It is definitely easier at night. I do use my buff at night because otherwise my back would be a frizzy mess. I've done my hair in yhe morning for so long after workouts. Not anymore, takes 3 hours 😮
This was a GREAT video! Thank goodness you do these for all of us. This may be my goto routine. I almost never get to shower in the morning. I'll let you know how I do. (Your hair is so long in this video...I already forgot)
You're so welcome! I hope it works for you. I have to do a little more refreshing in the morning with this routine now that my hair is shorter (mostly from sleeping on it--the back gets crazy and flat), but it's still a major time saver on my end.
You inspired me to try to curly/wavy girl method because our hair is similar in texture and waviness. After 1 wash and style I'm having the best hair day I've had in ages. Thanks for your videos, I'll keep watching and trying new things.
I just finished my third cycle of CG method and it keeps getting better with each cycle. I can't recall the last time I was complimented by a stranger on my hair and it happened twice today! The sales lady at Sally's even thought I used a curling iron to get it. You're the best.
Enjoyed the demo. Very helpful. It amazes me the amount of different products you put on. I try to use no more than 3 or 4. But, your hair and your children are gorgeous. 😊
I do tend to layer a lot of products. But just a little of each! They go a long way and they all have an important role, especially in summer when I need more control. Fall and winter are so much easier!
I've always washed my hair before bed so i started doing this naturally and it's amazing! I sleep with it in a pineapple with a silk scarf wrapped around. The cast i use is Cantu custard :)
Newbie here to the CG method. Trying all tips possible and so far loving your videos. Sooo many great tips and your waves are similar to mine so I’m excited to see results. Only thing is I’m such a simple girl when it comes to caring for my hair 😩 there are soooo many different products in your videos that you use. Hopefully I can get some good results without using so many products 🤞🏼
You were the first curly girl I found last summer when I decided to try the CGM. I'm a fellow wavy. And yet, I'm now circling back to this video because I'm going to try this tonight. I hate trying to squeeze in doing my hair every morning before work - half the time it looks like poo anyway. But I'm hoping sleeping in the crunch is the answer I've been looking for! One question though: Do you still do this now that your hair is shorter?
Perfect! I'm literally about to go to bed with the best cast I've ever had and didn't know whether to scrunch it because I have like 5mins in the morning lol so off I go with my cast! Thankyou!
Thank you for this video! I was stressing trying to figure out how I was going to manage my curls on my convocation day, I have to travel 4 hours the morning of the ceremony but still wanted to wear my curls!
Great video. I love your curls & waves! You use so many products though that it is intimidating! If you had to pick one to splurge on, which would it be?
Well, they each have a very important job. It's rare to find one product that does it all. Cream keeps the frizz at bay in summer temps and helps my waves 'clump' better; the Deva foam enhances my curl tremendously; the Ouidad gel also helps with clumping and frizz control in summer temps, as well as definition and shine; and the Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee (BRHG) gives me the crunchy cast I really need to 'set' my waves. So, it really depends on what your hair needs. I know Deva just recently changed their foam formulation, so I can't recommend that one yet. Knowing how important a crunchy cast is to me, I would recommend splurging on the BRHG. You could also try Got2Be Glued gel in its place, which you can find for a few dollars at Target or CVS. I live by the crunch! :)
Your babies are so adorable! And I love your videos. Everything is so well explained and it’s so nice to finally find someone who understands my hair:)
Hey there, Im new!! I always thought I just had bad hair!! turns out im a natural wavy! Thanks for your videos, Im going to begin my journey to my mermaid waves!
Omg! This is the best video ❤❤❤ I do the same thing with my hair cut I'm very lazy to do washing in the morning 😅but you showed I few very very important tips which I could not figure out, BTW I recently started cgm and your videos really help :)
This helped a lot. Thanks for showing us all your products. First I copied down the 3 products you said you were going to use and then you used a whole bunch more. I'll have to run it slow to get those. I have been using Giovanni products, shampoo and conditioner, so I'm glad they are ok. Now I don't have to take the new ones back. I'm still confused, but better. Thanks for the video and for showing us how you do it. the overnight techniques are something I could use. Do you use a satin pillowcase?
I give more attention to the hair just up from the back of my neck. The way you are doing it is keeping the first several inches underneath flat. And sleeping by pulling it up behind your head also makes the underneath layers flat. I think this works for you because your hair is long, but it wouldn't work for shorter hair. Looks beautiful though! ;)
Love this vídeo! Great idea to wash and style at night. In the morning it's not easy, so much things to do... Your girls are so cute!💕What an adorable way to end this video!
Hi A! I’m watching this video in December 2019, and wow! Your curls, girl! Oops I mean your waves! This is exactly what I want my hair to look like so much! I love your current length too, it’s very becoming on your face shape, but I have a very round chubby face so I need the length. This video is going on my playlist for sure! Thank you so very much, love ya 💕!
Thank you so much for your videos. I have recently started the CG path. I have been gathering info like crazy and with your ‘assistance’. I look forward to see the process. 😎
I have type 2a with 2b strands underneath. My hair refuses to look wavy after sleeping. My hair is very short , so I can't pineapple it or really put it up at all. And I'm a messy sleeper so baby pineapples fall out. If I try to put it up, it just bends in weird directions and looks all messy. I've found products that work for me and make it look nice on wasg day. But by the next morning it's frizzy and messy. I've tried the silk case, doesn't do much cuz I move around soo much. And I've tried the t-shirt but it just kind of bends ny hair in weird directions. Ugh my hair. It's so hard to work with. I've come to an annoying conclusion. If I can't figure out what to do with it, I may go back to straightening it every day...
Day 2, I usually spritz my hair with a little moisture, scrunch it, and plop it in a t-shirt while I take a shower. Give it some time to cool off and then take off the t-shirt...and that often refreshes the curl. Maybe worth trying?
I tried this the other day and woke up with perfect curls. Personally I think the best reason it worked is because I was not awake to eff up my curls. My issue has always been to keep messing with them and TOUCHING my hair when I should leave well enough alone. I woke up with the best curls. Tonight is going to be my second time to see if it was just a fluke. Lol 😂
Thanks for this! I work at 5 in the morning so I get up at 3 to get ready (I do like a little time to putter around, drink cappucino and read, but still...). Taking 45 minutes off of that would be so helpful! Hopefully it works for me. Your girls are adorable btw. :D
I tried it last night and I am having a "bomb ass hair day" lol. I think this might be what I am finally looking for. Tip for you, if you want to try it, I pineappled my hair to see if I would get volume, and holy mother of god do I have volume. I'm so excited, lol. Thank you for suggesting this. :D
I have crunchy hair right now and I am about to try this...I am so scared of not putting my hair in a pineapple. I have a satin pillow case but I still very very afraid! Praying I don't wake up with a hot mess tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!
Yay, I wanna try this method. My hair is too short for a pineapple and I'm not sure I'd love the look or feel of medusa clips or a wrap/scarf at night. Now to figure out if any vegan pillowcase material can work as well as silk.
Just sending 💛. Have been lurking around your vids and you have got me off heat tools (except diffuser). You must have a huge cupboard full of products in rotation! Dare you to show that 😉
AHHH! I'm going to try this tonight. I have been sleeping in the crunch -- sort of -- but with my hair inside a microfiber towel and without diffusing. Curious to see if this will help with volume!
This was awesome! I actually sleep with my hair crunchy and in my satin bonnet I sleep like a crazy person and sometimes in the middle of the night my hubby pulls on my hair by putting his arms around me (my hair is ridiculously long) so I need to use the bonnet
Omg your kids are adorable!!! Ok so I get the whole overnight routine which I hope works out for me because I shower at night because I get up so early. However, my question is what do you do the following night after the wash. Do you do the same routine except not wash your hair? Do you wet it or just condition it? I have low porosity hair course dense hair. I just recently discovered my hair even did this. I have straightened it with blow dryer my whole life. Thank you great videos. Also how do you discover new products you seem to stick with a couple same products but not all.
Hi! Thank you so much!! I do a pineapple of sorts. When it's longer, I do the pineapple style I demo in one of my videos, and on shorter hair I do a 'Medusa clipping' style pineapple as demo'ed by my friend FitKat Style on her channel. Works great! I usually wash again the following night, so my 'sleep in the crunch hair' is slept on twice before washing again. Glad this one has been helpful to you!
Awesome video! I'm about to start the curly girl method soon so this video helped a lot! Also, how do you style your hair depending on the weather? This Texas humidity makes my curls frizz all the time and I can't seem to find my way around it :(
Frizz is so tricky because it has so many potential causes. Yes, humidity is definitely one of those. But well-hydrated hair will frizz a lot less than hair that's still thirsty. So be sure you're scrunching and pumping water in your hair at every step possible, starting with when you're rinsing out some/all of your conditioner in the shower--this is called squish to condish. Also since you're just starting CG, try to deep condition once a week if you can, as your hair will likely be a bit dehydrated. It takes some time, so be patient. :) I also find that styling at night and leaving the gel cast in all night makes a big difference for me. The longer I can leave the cast in, the better my hair behaves for longer. Hope that helps!
You are the sweetest! Thank you so incredibly much (I'm blushing!). I think most wavies choose to straighten, and I understand why. Maybe once they stumble upon my channel they'll come around, and I'll have a few more folks to call my curl-friends. ;) In the meantime, I'm so glad you're here!
So enjoying your channel! Will you consider flowing one or two on getting the hair back and up - out of the face and off the neck - for exercise and work and something fancy, like date night? Also John Masters has a good gel - good hold/ cast.
Thanks so much! I've been thinking about doing something just like that, so keep an eye out. Appreciate the idea! Thanks for the tip on the gel, too. I'll have to try that one for sure!
Thank you for showing your nighttime routine for a speedy morning. Do you sleep on a silk pillowcase? Also, did I see Alpha Delta Pi on your plop shirt? I’m also an ADPi!
Hello from San Diego! I love your channel and am so thankful to have found you! I often wash and go and try to stay away from heat and diffusing, do you happen to have an air day routine that you can share with us? Cheers and gratitude! ❤️
Nah, I'm not an air dryer. I lose SO much volume that way. But you can always clip your roots and go about your day until it's dry. That's what I WOULD do, but I like to have good hair. LOL Wish air drying worked for me!
Thank you for this! I have hair similar to yours and am trying to get back into a curly routine after several years of drying my hair straight. I feel like I'm going through a learning curve all over again since my hair is much drier than it used to be (and it seems curlier somehow...) I'm finding much better results by letting my hair set overnight instead of rushing through the morning with wet hair (one word: toddler) 😊
Thinking of trying this method out. How many days do you get between washes? The only thing holding me back is that I can curl my wavy hair and get 5 days out of it.
Also please tell me the order of products for styling that’s really my difficulty and the refreshing is my very difficult for me as well. You Co-Wash then squish to condish then you put a curl enhancer then gel, then dry plop, then you added more gel this time. I have the curly girl handbook and it’s basically gel after washing. The refresh part of the book is not helpful. I have attempted the lavender spray with essential oil and water Although it does not work well in my hair makes it frizzy. Thanks again.
Yep, that's the order I do it all in typically. In summer, I use a cream before my enhancer for extra frizz control. And like you, spraying water on my hair to refresh makes it SO frizzy. I have a refresh demo you can watch, which is almost identical to the way I do it now. The Raw Curls anti-frizz spray is absolutely key to my refresh. I've found absolutely nothing to replace it!
Do you have any suggestions for people who workout in the morning? I feel it'll all just get messed up with a hair tie when working out. And I don't have time in the mornings for a full dry. Also do you have a substitute for the Deva Curl products? I keep seeing from the CGM reddit they make you lose hair.
Awesome video, I haven't tried washing at night yet, 3 weeks into the curly girl method and still having issues with straight pieces and halo frizz in the crown. Could this routine work with fine wavy shoulder length blonde hair? I tend to have problems with hair too soft and lacking curl definition, and products feeling too heavy. Also, with shorter hair and being a side sleeper, wld you recommend this overnight routine, do I have enough length in my hair to do it? Any advice? Thanks!
You'll never know until you try it. And you may find you have to make some modifications since your hair is shorter--like sleeping with a buff, or on a satin/silk pillowcase, or even with your hair in a pineapple after you've dried it. For me, loose on the pillow is part of the 'magic.' But everyone's hair is different. And I'm a hardcore side sleeper, so I say go for it. You might have to spray down some pieces in the morning. Re your straight pieces and halo frizz: You're only 3 weeks in; it takes time for those things to resolve themselves. That said, everyone has different curl patterns on their head, especially wavies, so those straight pieces might get some bend to them later on, you'll see. Halo frizz could be caused by a few things: The need to clarify your hair with a sulfate shampoo if you have buildup (I have to do this monthly), new growth coming in (which is pretty common after starting CG), or just your hair adjusting to this new routine after possibly being coated with silicones or being straightened for so long. Those curl clumps are just trying to find each other!
How did or do you sleep with shorter hair for 2nd day after sleeping in the crunch? I can’t do a pineapple with my shoulder length hair and satin caps make it flat and smooshed. Even with the satin pillowcase my hair is an absolute mess when I wake up. Thanks for your great videos!
I just recently chopped 8" off my hair (video coming!) and have easily been getting great days 3 and 4, wearing it down, using this routine! I found my longer hair much harder to maintain, but I always got 2 great days with this routine, which I called day 1.5 (the day after washing at night) and day 2.5. So I'd either wash that night or wear it up the third day. Does that make sense?
So you don't have to rinse any of that? You go from putting all the product in, to the t-shirt, add the gel, and sleep? And do you do this every night? O_O
Okay, I have a question, how long should I wait to scrunch out the crunch if I am not sleeping in the crunch? I usually do the sleeping in the crunch thing, but when use the products with the harder caste, I don't know how long to leave the crunch in for if I am getting ready in the morning. I don't like going to work with crunchy hair.
Hi, I have a question, I bought the tube of biosilk rock hard gel, the 2nd ingredient listed is ALCOHOL, but on Ulta.com, Naturallycurly.com etc, alcohol is not listed at all. Do you find this gel drying? Do you suppose with the new silver tube they changed the ingredients to now include alcohol, that would be disappointing. Was just curious if you had the same ingredients listed on yours. Thanks!!
Hello! I know I'm super late but I want to ask, can you use a satin bonnet when I'm sleeping instead of letting it loose on a satin pilow case? Because I don't have a satin pillowcase so the only option I have is my satin bonnet 😂 Please answer me, and thank you!
Been doing this for almost a year. I like it better bc pineappling gives me more volume and Im not very good at sotc and with sleeping in the crunch, i dont have to lol
You explain things so well in your videos. Thanks so much for being so thorough, it's helped me tremendously. I'm feeling so much better about my hair lately after trying out a bunch of your tips and tricks the last few months! Your kiddos are absolutely adorable!
Oh! I'm so glad!! That's wonderful to hear. So glad you're liking your hair better. Isn't it amazing how much better we feel when our hair is to our liking?And thanks--my girls are my world!
This video seriously changed my life! I’m a teacher that hates getting up at 5am to do my hair and I hate sleeping in the plop with a wet head. I just tried this last night and woke up to perfect hair that was dry!!! I had so much free time this morning which I NEVER have. So thank you so much!!!!
You are the answer to my wavy girl prayers. I just found you and am so excited! I have 2a/2b hair and have no idea what to do with it. I am starting my journey to experiment and figure it out and will be using your advice and videos :-)
Awww you're too kind. So happy to be able to guide you along the way! Can't wait to see how your waves transform!!
How is your journey going ?
I have the same curl type and i just started my CG journey. Do you have any advice? my curls currently look stringy and messy. I can tell it hasn't found its curl pattern yet.
Same! My waves definitely are on the stringy side right now, although I’m amazed at how much more curl is there when I use the right techniques. Trying to figure out how to create softer, larger curl/wave clumps now.
Kelsey Boswell how is your hair now girl? :)
Of all the curly hair people I follow, you're the most helpful for me, and THIS video was a life changer for me. It's now my routine on washday to do it at night, squish in LA Looks gel and spread my hair up on my silk pillowcase. In the morning I have the best, luscious curls I've ever gotten by any other method. I just wanted to thank you for this video especially. My results were amazing. Thank you.
Me too! Letting my hair drape over my satin pillow case and finish drying has saved me.
I always wash my hair at night and scrunch out in the morning. There's just no way I'd have time for a whole hair wash routine before work - I'm up at 5.30am as it is! ;)
Yikes, 5:30 is eeeeaaaaarly. Good for you for figuring this out. I wish I had thought of it last summer!
Yea me too, 5:30 AM for an 11 hr work day (health-care) and this method works so great for me. I just clip up the front-sides with a small clip so it's out of my way when I see patients and I have great hair all day without spending way too much time on my hair!
Wake up at 3. Problem solved.
Just kidding
@@danz139 Oh dear...🤗I'm a nurse and get up at 5.15 a.m.,-when I have a working morning....💉💊❗Wishes for a happy new year😘❕
Surgical assistant here, 5:15 am too. Happy New Year to you too!
Please do a video on how to put your hair up for work while preserving curl...have to wear up for work
Me too
Same. I have to have it in a bun and a hair net. I let it out and it's so crazy. I cringe having to pull my hair back
This is how I used to do it in 1999!! Maybe I wasn't as mad as I thought! I think the only problem was, I never understood the crunch situation haha xx
You have literally saved almost half my life , thats the time you need to make love to your curls in morning while getting ready so that each curl makes your day....thankyou so much...loads of love...muaaahhhg💝🥰
Thank you for this video. I’m one week in on my curly girl journey and I still have so much to learn. As a working mom of 3 kids, I don’t have much time to get ready in the morning and I am definitely going to try this because if I can wash and style my hair the night before, it’ll save me so much time! Thank you once again
So helpful, thank you!! 💖 I've found wearing a silk sleep bonnet on my head over my loosely braided hair helps promote and keep my curls intact while I sleep. 😉
This is how i actually refresh my hair at the moment, i don't like washing my hair in the morning because i take a lot time washing and styling my hair it takes me 20 minutes to wash and style my hair and the drying takes 1 and half hour since i only airdry (cause i haven't bought a diffuser yet). I got great defined waves the next morning, so dar this is the most effective way that i can do avoid messy refresh waves
I do the same thing! I find my curls have more volume when they finish drying while I sleep, especially since I sleep on my stomach. They don't get much pillow contact, but just enough to work out the crunch. Excellent video and it's a relief to see someone else not using the pineapple...it seems to pull out what little curl I have, so I don't use it.
This is so helpful for me! I've been struggling so much with finding a way to sleep with my curls and this works for me. Pineappling/Medusa clipping doesn't stay in place because I move so much in my sleep, but at least with this method I don't have to worry.
I’m genuinely shocked your hair turned out perfectly after sleeping on it loosely. I did not expect that at all. I’m still nervous to do this myself, but I’m going to try this anyway to see how it works for me. I have waist-length hair and the only products I have are gel and hair milk that I use after shower, so fingers crossed!
I always do a pineapple bun and wrap my hair AND sleep on a satin pillowcase too, so I’m terrified. LOL
Speaking as a new curly (wavy) girl who doesn't like to spend a lot of time getting ready, I SOOOO appreciate your efforts (especially before coffee!). I'm learning a lot from your videos and my shopping list keeps growing. lol. I'll definitely be trying this method though as I like to take baths at night, so this should fit well into my new routine as I figure out what the heck that is :-) I hope school continues to go well.
Helpful video! I'm always dreading wash days during the week because of how much effort is involved. I'll definitely be giving this a shot! Your girls are absolutely adorable 😊
This is so fascinating! I am a wurly (wavy/curly) girl, but this is something I am a bit afraid to try. I mostly sleep with a pineapplebun, but that's only when my hair is already completely dry. I might try this!
Oh! I also use the Tea Tree Triple Treat by Giovanni. It's great for wavy hair!
I have just started embracing my natural hair and found you on TH-cam and today at work on your website. Eek I’m soo in love you your videos and tips!
I wish I could sleep like a Disney princess like you but it’s impossible. I sleep in the plop with an oversized t shirt towel by Hair Repear. I found a video from The Clean Curl called “Sleeping in the Plop” that demonstrates how to wrap the towel. It has changed my life and my curls for the better. I highly recommend all curlies watch it.
I love all your videos and have been a fan girl for a while now. Thanks for doing all the footwork and product experimenting for me. I trust the recommendations and your techniques are so very helpful.
I don’t get how you put so much product on your hair but it doesn’t just go really greasy?? My hair is also fine and about 2b/2c wavy and if I put five products on it it just dies and goes straight as hell? I just don’t understand how you get that result with SO much product on the hair?
Amy Hogger You have to apply products to soaking wet hair to dilute them and then scrunch with a microfiber towel to absorb the excess product and water. I also recommend plopping for 10 minutes or so too. I didn't believe it either but it does work.
There's a chance you're low porosity, so your hair doesn't absorb much, but what it gets stays in. You don't need as much product, it's better if you don't use much.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I do all this, sleep with my hair in a plop, the next day it looks amazing!. It's the day after that's the problem. I'm experimenting with different ways to deal with this on the weekend. I mean, do I get it wet again and diffuse? I actually had straight hair ALL MY LIFE and then it just turned curly on me. The time and money I've spent on my hair the last few years is ridiculous. But I kind of love my curls when they're perfect so..........
Do you mean that you sleep with it in a plop while it's still wet? After using a microfiber towel? I'm trying to work out what works best for me, but I seem to have a lot of frizz no matter what I do......
Hi! I'm new to your channel. I just tried this out and am so happy with the results! It was nice getting the weight off, and also, I prefer washing my hair at night during the colder months (so I don't have to go outside and freeze). Thank you for this! I also just bought the Curly Girl Handbook, so, life is good. :)
I'm so glad! You've got a couple great tools in your arsenal. I hope they bring you fabulous hair!!
I love it. It is definitely easier at night. I do use my buff at night because otherwise my back would be a frizzy mess. I've done my hair in yhe morning for so long after workouts. Not anymore, takes 3 hours 😮
I wish I had thought of this last year! Would have made my summer a LOT easier!!
Jessica Bomgardner I need to buy a buff. Will it work for shorter curly hair too?
real life+curly girl what is a buff? thanks!
This was a GREAT video! Thank goodness you do these for all of us. This may be my goto routine. I almost never get to shower in the morning. I'll let you know how I do. (Your hair is so long in this video...I already forgot)
You're so welcome! I hope it works for you. I have to do a little more refreshing in the morning with this routine now that my hair is shorter (mostly from sleeping on it--the back gets crazy and flat), but it's still a major time saver on my end.
Sleeping in a cast tonight. Thank you for all your tips and tutorials. Wish me luck!
You inspired me to try to curly/wavy girl method because our hair is similar in texture and waviness. After 1 wash and style I'm having the best hair day I've had in ages. Thanks for your videos, I'll keep watching and trying new things.
That makes my day! So happy for you!!
I just finished my third cycle of CG method and it keeps getting better with each cycle. I can't recall the last time I was complimented by a stranger on my hair and it happened twice today! The sales lady at Sally's even thought I used a curling iron to get it. You're the best.
Enjoyed the demo. Very helpful. It amazes me the amount of different products you put on. I try to use no more than 3 or 4. But, your hair and your children are gorgeous. 😊
I do tend to layer a lot of products. But just a little of each! They go a long way and they all have an important role, especially in summer when I need more control. Fall and winter are so much easier!
I've always washed my hair before bed so i started doing this naturally and it's amazing! I sleep with it in a pineapple with a silk scarf wrapped around. The cast i use is Cantu custard :)
Okay I just started my cg method journey and you’re helping me so much!!! I just binged a bunch of your videos. Wish I knew about all of this sooner
Newbie here to the CG method. Trying all tips possible and so far loving your videos. Sooo many great tips and your waves are similar to mine so I’m excited to see results. Only thing is I’m such a simple girl when it comes to caring for my hair 😩 there are soooo many different products in your videos that you use. Hopefully I can get some good results without using so many products 🤞🏼
I did this and it works! I know this is an old post, but I just had to let you know
You were the first curly girl I found last summer when I decided to try the CGM. I'm a fellow wavy. And yet, I'm now circling back to this video because I'm going to try this tonight. I hate trying to squeeze in doing my hair every morning before work - half the time it looks like poo anyway. But I'm hoping sleeping in the crunch is the answer I've been looking for!
One question though: Do you still do this now that your hair is shorter?
Perfect! I'm literally about to go to bed with the best cast I've ever had and didn't know whether to scrunch it because I have like 5mins in the morning lol so off I go with my cast! Thankyou!
Thank you for this video! I was stressing trying to figure out how I was going to manage my curls on my convocation day, I have to travel 4 hours the morning of the ceremony but still wanted to wear my curls!
Congrats to you on both your convocation, AND wearing your curls to such an important life event!!!
Looks great! I’m not sure if this will work since my hair is shoulder length.... l’ll give it a try anyway. I am ALL FOR quick mornings ....
Great video, I really appreciate you showing step by step how to get great hair. I love the picture of your dog 🥰
Great video. I love your curls & waves!
You use so many products though that it is intimidating! If you had to pick one to splurge on, which would it be?
Well, they each have a very important job. It's rare to find one product that does it all. Cream keeps the frizz at bay in summer temps and helps my waves 'clump' better; the Deva foam enhances my curl tremendously; the Ouidad gel also helps with clumping and frizz control in summer temps, as well as definition and shine; and the Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee (BRHG) gives me the crunchy cast I really need to 'set' my waves. So, it really depends on what your hair needs. I know Deva just recently changed their foam formulation, so I can't recommend that one yet. Knowing how important a crunchy cast is to me, I would recommend splurging on the BRHG. You could also try Got2Be Glued gel in its place, which you can find for a few dollars at Target or CVS. I live by the crunch! :)
Your babies are so adorable! And I love your videos. Everything is so well explained and it’s so nice to finally find someone who understands my hair:)
Hey there, Im new!! I always thought I just had bad hair!! turns out im a natural wavy! Thanks for your videos, Im going to begin my journey to my mermaid waves!
Omg! This is the best video ❤❤❤ I do the same thing with my hair cut I'm very lazy to do washing in the morning 😅but you showed I few very very important tips which I could not figure out, BTW I recently started cgm and your videos really help :)
I'm so glad i found you I think you are going to change my hair game ❤️
Damn girl, best compliment ever. THANK YOU!
I’m gonna try your technique ASAP and I honestly hope it works on my (curly) hair too. I’ll comment again with my results!
This helped a lot. Thanks for showing us all your products. First I copied down the 3 products you said you were going to use and then you used a whole bunch more. I'll have to run it slow to get those. I have been using Giovanni products, shampoo and conditioner, so I'm glad they are ok. Now I don't have to take the new ones back. I'm still confused, but better. Thanks for the video and for showing us how you do it. the overnight techniques are something I could use. Do you use a satin pillowcase?
I give more attention to the hair just up from the back of my neck. The way you are doing it is keeping the first several inches underneath flat. And sleeping by pulling it up behind your head also makes the underneath layers flat. I think this works for you because your hair is long, but it wouldn't work for shorter hair. Looks beautiful though! ;)
Could you maybe make a calendar of your hair schedule in terms of washes/conditioning and products used? I'm so visual!
Love this vídeo! Great idea to wash and style at night. In the morning it's not easy, so much things to do...
Your girls are so cute!💕What an adorable way to end this video!
Can't wait to try this for a great "gurl tay." 🥰
LOLOL!!!
Hi A! I’m watching this video in December 2019, and wow! Your curls, girl! Oops I mean your waves! This is exactly what I want my hair to look like so much! I love your current length too, it’s very becoming on your face shape, but I have a very round chubby face so I need the length. This video is going on my playlist for sure! Thank you so very much, love ya 💕!
I mean waves are a type of curl so you weren’t wrong in your first part of your comment :)
Another keeper video. Thank you for being so detailed and thorough. Extremely helpful and it’s greatly appreciated.
Love the end with your daughters! Have a great curl day! My hair is so porous it takes forever to dry. I may have to do a nighttime routine too.
This could be a lifesaver for me I've got to try it thank you for sharing!
Great video!! Definitely trying a few new products myself. I always return to your videos to see what to try! Thank you for all the amazing info!
Thanks, I'm so glad this was helpful! And you are SO welcome!!
Thank you so much for your videos. I have recently started the CG path. I have been gathering info like crazy and with your ‘assistance’. I look forward to see the process. 😎
I have type 2a with 2b strands underneath. My hair refuses to look wavy after sleeping. My hair is very short , so I can't pineapple it or really put it up at all. And I'm a messy sleeper so baby pineapples fall out. If I try to put it up, it just bends in weird directions and looks all messy. I've found products that work for me and make it look nice on wasg day. But by the next morning it's frizzy and messy. I've tried the silk case, doesn't do much cuz I move around soo much. And I've tried the t-shirt but it just kind of bends ny hair in weird directions. Ugh my hair. It's so hard to work with. I've come to an annoying conclusion. If I can't figure out what to do with it, I may go back to straightening it every day...
Day 2, I usually spritz my hair with a little moisture, scrunch it, and plop it in a t-shirt while I take a shower. Give it some time to cool off and then take off the t-shirt...and that often refreshes the curl. Maybe worth trying?
I tried this the other day and woke up with perfect curls. Personally I think the best reason it worked is because I was not awake to eff up my curls. My issue has always been to keep messing with them and TOUCHING my hair when I should leave well enough alone. I woke up with the best curls. Tonight is going to be my second time to see if it was just a fluke. Lol 😂
Thanks for this! I work at 5 in the morning so I get up at 3 to get ready (I do like a little time to putter around, drink cappucino and read, but still...). Taking 45 minutes off of that would be so helpful! Hopefully it works for me. Your girls are adorable btw. :D
+Gravincas Let me know how it works! It's been huge for me. And thank you. ;)
I tried it last night and I am having a "bomb ass hair day" lol. I think this might be what I am finally looking for. Tip for you, if you want to try it, I pineappled my hair to see if I would get volume, and holy mother of god do I have volume. I'm so excited, lol. Thank you for suggesting this. :D
Ah! I'm so glad!!!! Happy you're having a bomb ass hair day. It's the BEST! LOL
I have crunchy hair right now and I am about to try this...I am so scared of not putting my hair in a pineapple. I have a satin pillow case but I still very very afraid! Praying I don't wake up with a hot mess tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!
....AND??? How did it turn out?! Fingers crossed!
Yay, I wanna try this method. My hair is too short for a pineapple and I'm not sure I'd love the look or feel of medusa clips or a wrap/scarf at night. Now to figure out if any vegan pillowcase material can work as well as silk.
Thank you for doing these videos they have been helpful!
I've just started and found this too!! What an amazing channel and an awesome lovely lady ❤
Just sending 💛. Have been lurking around your vids and you have got me off heat tools (except diffuser). You must have a huge cupboard full of products in rotation! Dare you to show that 😉
Oh gosh! I'm not looking to scare anyone!! LOL Glad you're off heat tools, though!
Oh and thank you for the love!!!
Thanks! I feel like I would get bedhead *but* I’m gonna give it a try!
Love your hair, and your girls are cutie pies!
Thank you so much!!
AHHH! I'm going to try this tonight. I have been sleeping in the crunch -- sort of -- but with my hair inside a microfiber towel and without diffusing. Curious to see if this will help with volume!
Hope it works for you!!
This was awesome!
I actually sleep with my hair crunchy and in my satin bonnet
I sleep like a crazy person and sometimes in the middle of the night my hubby pulls on my hair by putting his arms around me (my hair is ridiculously long) so I need to use the bonnet
Fabulous idea! That's a great modification.
I always just plop overnight, I love it!!
Omg your kids are adorable!!! Ok so I get the whole overnight routine which I hope works out for me because I shower at night because I get up so early. However, my question is what do you do the following night after the wash. Do you do the same routine except not wash your hair? Do you wet it or just condition it? I have low porosity hair course dense hair. I just recently discovered my hair even did this. I have straightened it with blow dryer my whole life. Thank you great videos. Also how do you discover new products you seem to stick with a couple same products but not all.
Hi! Thank you so much!! I do a pineapple of sorts. When it's longer, I do the pineapple style I demo in one of my videos, and on shorter hair I do a 'Medusa clipping' style pineapple as demo'ed by my friend FitKat Style on her channel. Works great! I usually wash again the following night, so my 'sleep in the crunch hair' is slept on twice before washing again. Glad this one has been helpful to you!
Awesome video! I'm about to start the curly girl method soon so this video helped a lot! Also, how do you style your hair depending on the weather? This Texas humidity makes my curls frizz all the time and I can't seem to find my way around it :(
Frizz is so tricky because it has so many potential causes. Yes, humidity is definitely one of those. But well-hydrated hair will frizz a lot less than hair that's still thirsty. So be sure you're scrunching and pumping water in your hair at every step possible, starting with when you're rinsing out some/all of your conditioner in the shower--this is called squish to condish. Also since you're just starting CG, try to deep condition once a week if you can, as your hair will likely be a bit dehydrated. It takes some time, so be patient. :) I also find that styling at night and leaving the gel cast in all night makes a big difference for me. The longer I can leave the cast in, the better my hair behaves for longer. Hope that helps!
Thank you for the video. Keepin’ the crunch real!
This is so awesome I am going to try this I'm so excited! Ha mom of 3 here your girls are so adorable ! :)
It'll change your life!!!! And thank you so much! :)
I love your videos so much! You are gorgeous and you should have wayyy more subscribers ❤️ so happy to find a wavy girl on TH-cam!
You are the sweetest! Thank you so incredibly much (I'm blushing!). I think most wavies choose to straighten, and I understand why. Maybe once they stumble upon my channel they'll come around, and I'll have a few more folks to call my curl-friends. ;) In the meantime, I'm so glad you're here!
So enjoying your channel! Will you consider flowing one or two on getting the hair back and up - out of the face and off the neck - for exercise and work and something fancy, like date night?
Also John Masters has a good gel - good hold/ cast.
Thanks so much! I've been thinking about doing something just like that, so keep an eye out. Appreciate the idea! Thanks for the tip on the gel, too. I'll have to try that one for sure!
I just twirl all my hair in a loose bun and use a dozen bobby pins, leaving one curl out on the side. Everyone askes me if I am presenting
Great video and your hair looks so good. Wonderful outro with two cute cameo appearances 💕💕
Oh thank you, on all accounts. They were NOT going to let me finish that video without them! My little sweeties. :)
Thank you so much for this - I’m going to try it.
Thank you for showing your nighttime routine for a speedy morning. Do you sleep on a silk pillowcase? Also, did I see Alpha Delta Pi on your plop shirt? I’m also an ADPi!
Omg!! Love you, your curls, and you girls! So precious!
I'm going to have to give this a try!
+Aimee McEnerney 👍👍
l love your videos....very simple and not complicated...thanks god i found you...
keep going....
Hello from San Diego! I love your channel and am so thankful to have found you! I often wash and go and try to stay away from heat and diffusing, do you happen to have an air day routine that you can share with us? Cheers and gratitude! ❤️
Nah, I'm not an air dryer. I lose SO much volume that way. But you can always clip your roots and go about your day until it's dry. That's what I WOULD do, but I like to have good hair. LOL Wish air drying worked for me!
Fantastic results!!
Thanks, Cheryl! Still not as pretty as your gorgeous rock star mane! ;)
Thank you for this! I have hair similar to yours and am trying to get back into a curly routine after several years of drying my hair straight. I feel like I'm going through a learning curve all over again since my hair is much drier than it used to be (and it seems curlier somehow...) I'm finding much better results by letting my hair set overnight instead of rushing through the morning with wet hair (one word: toddler) 😊
Good for you! Getting ready at night is the way to go with little ones!! You figured that out WAY earlier than I did!
Thinking of trying this method out. How many days do you get between washes? The only thing holding me back is that I can curl my wavy hair and get 5 days out of it.
Also please tell me the order of products for styling that’s really my difficulty and the refreshing is my very difficult for me as well. You Co-Wash then squish to condish then you put a curl enhancer then gel, then dry plop, then you added more gel this time. I have the curly girl handbook and it’s basically gel after washing. The refresh part of the book is not helpful. I have attempted the lavender spray with essential oil and water Although it does not work well in my hair makes it frizzy. Thanks again.
Yep, that's the order I do it all in typically. In summer, I use a cream before my enhancer for extra frizz control. And like you, spraying water on my hair to refresh makes it SO frizzy. I have a refresh demo you can watch, which is almost identical to the way I do it now. The Raw Curls anti-frizz spray is absolutely key to my refresh. I've found absolutely nothing to replace it!
Do you have any suggestions for people who workout in the morning? I feel it'll all just get messed up with a hair tie when working out. And I don't have time in the mornings for a full dry. Also do you have a substitute for the Deva Curl products? I keep seeing from the CGM reddit they make you lose hair.
Loved this video!
Awesome video, I haven't tried washing at night yet, 3 weeks into the curly girl method and still having issues with straight pieces and halo frizz in the crown. Could this routine work with fine wavy shoulder length blonde hair? I tend to have problems with hair too soft and lacking curl definition, and products feeling too heavy. Also, with shorter hair and being a side sleeper, wld you recommend this overnight routine, do I have enough length in my hair to do it? Any advice? Thanks!
You'll never know until you try it. And you may find you have to make some modifications since your hair is shorter--like sleeping with a buff, or on a satin/silk pillowcase, or even with your hair in a pineapple after you've dried it. For me, loose on the pillow is part of the 'magic.' But everyone's hair is different. And I'm a hardcore side sleeper, so I say go for it. You might have to spray down some pieces in the morning. Re your straight pieces and halo frizz: You're only 3 weeks in; it takes time for those things to resolve themselves. That said, everyone has different curl patterns on their head, especially wavies, so those straight pieces might get some bend to them later on, you'll see. Halo frizz could be caused by a few things: The need to clarify your hair with a sulfate shampoo if you have buildup (I have to do this monthly), new growth coming in (which is pretty common after starting CG), or just your hair adjusting to this new routine after possibly being coated with silicones or being straightened for so long. Those curl clumps are just trying to find each other!
How did or do you sleep with shorter hair for 2nd day after sleeping in the crunch? I can’t do a pineapple with my shoulder length hair and satin caps make it flat and smooshed. Even with the satin pillowcase my hair is an absolute mess when I wake up. Thanks for your great videos!
Thanks this is great!
One question - why not sleep in your pins?
You can totally do that, I just think they'd poke my head in my sleep, or rip out my hair from the root if I tossed and turned too much.
How many days do you get on that night time routine?
I just recently chopped 8" off my hair (video coming!) and have easily been getting great days 3 and 4, wearing it down, using this routine! I found my longer hair much harder to maintain, but I always got 2 great days with this routine, which I called day 1.5 (the day after washing at night) and day 2.5. So I'd either wash that night or wear it up the third day. Does that make sense?
So you don't have to rinse any of that? You go from putting all the product in, to the t-shirt, add the gel, and sleep? And do you do this every night? O_O
hi
thanks for the video, please let me know your hair type, density and porosity.
mine is low porosity, thin density and hair between 3a-3c
Okay, I have a question, how long should I wait to scrunch out the crunch if I am not sleeping in the crunch? I usually do the sleeping in the crunch thing, but when use the products with the harder caste, I don't know how long to leave the crunch in for if I am getting ready in the morning. I don't like going to work with crunchy hair.
Hi, I have a question, I bought the tube of biosilk rock hard gel, the 2nd ingredient listed is ALCOHOL, but on Ulta.com, Naturallycurly.com etc, alcohol is not listed at all. Do you find this gel drying? Do you suppose with the new silver tube they changed the ingredients to now include alcohol, that would be disappointing. Was just curious if you had the same ingredients listed on yours. Thanks!!
Love it!!!
I do this too!! I didn’t know this was an actual technique haha! Cool :)
Hi again, are you still buying the DEVA foam? Many thanks
This was awesome. :) I'm gonna have to try this.
Please do! Let me know how it works for you!!
Omg ADPi! Me too! First, finest, forever! 💎
YES!!!! Hi, sister! :)
Hello! I know I'm super late but I want to ask, can you use a satin bonnet when I'm sleeping instead of letting it loose on a satin pilow case? Because I don't have a satin pillowcase so the only option I have is my satin bonnet 😂
Please answer me, and thank you!
I've done this and had success! So go ahead and try it!
Been doing this for almost a year. I like it better bc pineappling gives me more volume and Im not very good at sotc and with sleeping in the crunch, i dont have to lol
Well, that's a great modification for sure! And yep, your rolling about all night does it for you. Win!!
I usually do this! However I sleep with my hair wrapped up because I’m a crazy sleeper!!