I went to a job interview and the interviewer literally told me to go to the bathroom and fix my hair (I have no ac in my car) florida humidity plus hispanic curly hair =...you do the math. The thing is it was already up in a bun so...not much to do. I remember in high school kids saying they wanted to attack my hair with a straightener. Im so happy I found your channel ❤ never getting rid of my curly hair
Your hair without your usual products and including not plopping STILL looks healthy, shiny, and beautiful! All of your hard work to take care of your hair has definitely paid off even when you don't use your regular routine! Lovely!
When I get out of the shower, while my hair is soaking wet, I take the end of a rattail comb and I poke around my hair and lift the hair off my scalp. My hair tends to plaster to my head and if I don't do this before plopping, then it sticks and I get no volume. This does cause quite a bit of water to drip, so then what I do is spray my hair with water before or plopping so then I can easily apply project and still have the squishy sound & clumps. I have very fine, 2b/2c hair and it dries very easily. I recommend this to anyone who gets hair plastered to their head after getting out of the shower.
Thanks for this! I have that problem too. I just started this curly/wavy hair journey, and I love the curl definition I get from plopping but I definitely have the same issue with hair plastering to my scalp and then drying flat at the roots. Gonna try this!
@@emily3 it helps a lot. Or raking your scalp with your fingers and then re-wetting your hair if you lose clumps from that. Anything to get your hair off your scalp is a plus! I feel like no one talks about it but it is terrible and creates zero volume when it's plastered! I also find that microplopping with a t-shirt after plopping for 5 mns gives me lots of curl definition.
I’m so new but I can’t figure out how to get my clumps & the top of my head not look crazy. Or I comb it out & look good on top w crazy stingy frizzy madness
Instead of paying for a t-shirt type of towel, I went to the baby section of my local Goodwill and bought receiving blankets for cheap and they work GREAT. They’re a good size too. Just make sure you get ones made out of t-shirt material.
@@amyschultz7103 you’re welcome! I hope it helps someone save a buck. Some of those blankets are also two layered. You can either have a thicker version, or do as I did, I cut them apart for 2 towels. T-shirt material doesn’t fray so no need to hem it. 😉
@@LadyKC67 I cut large tee shirts straight across under the arms and discarded the top portion. I took the body portion and slit it up both sides to make two plopping towels for micro plopping. No need to hem them, and they fold well to store in a basket or drawer.
That's actually a really great idea !! I have more of those laying around I can use then I do over size t shirts I want to actually wrap my hair in . Lol I have 3 kids so why did I not think of that !!!!
Thank you so much for making this video. I have been working on my hair for a couple of years. My hair is 2b-3a thick, corse, wiry, unruly , uneven, dry frizzbomb. For years I have tried everything silk pillow, silk bonnet, tried following the CGM, used good products, tried many different methods and combinations, perfect towel, you name it. My hair soaks up moisture and loses it just as quickly. Small amounts of protein are ok, but anything more it was even more dry and brittle. I’ve always had to hydrate daily, at least wet and condition daily. I stopped dying or using heat on my hair over 5 years ago to let my silver start to shine. I had never seen the wet plop method, I tried that today, it has made a world of difference. Absorbs all the good stuff I put on it, it clumps and stays that way. I have never seen my hair look the way it looks today. I can’t believe it. I just wanted to come on here and express my gratitude. You have led me through a journey. Thank you so much for doing what you do.
I just recently went back and watched your video where your husband does your voiceover. I cannot ever see the perfect haircare towel and not think "expensive black rag". I woke my husband up by randomly laughing at that line in the middle of the night. 🤣🤣🤣
It would be fascinating to see different ploppiing method end results using the same stylers.....I adore you hair experiments. You channel has really helped me to gain confidence about my hair. ♥️
The way I do it is: I put the leave in and squish my hair. When I'm done with squishing I micro plop. Then I put gel and squish my hair and then again I micro plop. After all that I finish with dry plop with microfiber turban. I hold the dry plop for about 20min then diffuse. I always have the best results that way. (I'm 2a/2b,thin hair)
I micro plop with the Perfect Haircare Towel, but then switch to the turban, to absorb more water. I have a lot more hair & my original towel is sopping wet from just the micro plopping.
Thank you for the inspiration to try plopping again Courtney. I tried plopping early in my journey to healthier hair but it just didn’t work for me - my hair would dry funky and I didn’t see any improvement in clumping. But I’m much farther down the road now. I’ve been plopping again since watching this and it’s made a big difference in my clumps staying intact while I air dry.
I am now 7 months in transition. I recently discovered wet ploppling and I love it. After 20 minutes, I microplop and the apply the Aveda Be Curly spray and of to diffusing I go.
I found a shower cap that has microfiber liner. So I put that on right out of shower but i dont press my hair to get water out until, once i take my hair out i micro plop with a Tshirt and then I defuse half way and let it all air dry. I have found this works for me. so combing ways can also work. If i dont plop at all my hair looks awful
I used to just micro plop because dry plopping left me with super stringy clumps. I watched the bowl method video and tried wet plopping and loved the results. So now I wet plop and then micro plop each wash day( twice a week for me) and am always very happy with my wash days. My hair is past my mid back, high porosity and medium density. My diffusing time is quite a bit longer but it's worth it for me.
Wow....6 ways! Fun to see your hair straighter; what difference your methods & products make! Thx to you I tried some new products (for me) & don't use a towel; too-small T-shirts are a perfect frugal solution for micro/dry plop of my shorter hair.
I love the volume I get from plopping but all the hair product runs to my scalp, it makes my roots greasy and my scalp itchy. Microplopping works better but not as much volume 😣 I love your waves in this video! You legit have model hair 🤩 my son has the same waves and I’m so jealous of how effortless they look.
Because I have bangs that get wonky with traditional dry plopping I’ve been micro plopping with my perfect haircare towel. I hold each section about 90 seconds, which does help a lot with my clumping, but my diffusing time is still pretty long and I don’t get much root volume. Now I’m curious to try dry plopping for 10-20 minutes and just deal with bang situation separately.
Omg this was a great video!! So thorough and informative! I am overflowing with gratitude for you and your ability to share this information that in a way that I can process! You’re amazing! Thank you!
That tragic piano music for the non-plopped hair 😂 This video is so helpful for me, I get so overwhelmed by all the info on the internet and it is nice to have so much in one place, with easy instructions. Thank you!
14:12 I've just treated myself to a Perfect Haircare towel. The large one you can wrap your hair in. I've only been treating my hair as curly for a couple of weeks. Like yourself, I treated it as straight for years. Still not perfect...but getting there
I just discovered the wet plop n it works perfectly for me! I love it! Less frizz, more definition AND volume! N it keeps the hair out of my face when i do my skin care and get dressed! I actually wet plop after micro plopping with a t shirt! I find that the wet plop after micro plopping actually speeds up my dry time! I wet plop a total of around 15 mins. Xo
It is cause i tend to use a lot of product. Lol...the micrplopping let's me soak up a little bit pf that so the perfect amount of product n water is still in my hair to effectively wet plop to get good results. I bet you we're confused at forst after reading my comment! I should have elaborated on my routine! You are so sweet to respond the way you did. You rock, curly sis! Xo
I tried your methode but a bit different: leave-in, micro, style products and after that wet plopping. Funny enough, my hair has less frizz and more definition. This is crazy. Thank you Jessica :)
I microplop when I first get out of the shower so my hair isn't dripping wet and weighing down my hair. Then I plop in a cheap hairnet I got from Walmart for roughly an hour so my hair can air dry for a little while. I take it down, add a little more mousse (the Aussie mousse) and diffuse to 90% dry. Then I dry plop it in the hairnet again until it's completely dry to encourage volume and shrinkage. I find the hairnet preferable to fishnet stockings as the holes are smaller and none of my curl clumps fall out of the plop but there's still plenty of small holes for air to get in.
Instead of fish net I use a hair net bonnet type thing that I ordered from their website, it’s called Scrunch It Breathe (they make the scrunch it brush). It has a drawstring the pulls it up on all sides. I find it still has all the benefit of fish net but theres still enough room for movement at the roots. There’s way less guess work wondering how dry it is. Plus you can loosen up the drawstrings to get even more movement. Your option is definitely a more budget friendly option.
@@lisabeckman6581 Oh, that's a good idea. I could see that being handy if you wanted to use your hairdryer with it, 'cause I don't think the hairnets I get would hold up to heat very well.
I have 2b/c hair. I squish to condish, then scrunch in leaving, then get dried off, take a few minutes to drip dry. Then I will mircroplop, then assemble my final plop. I will let the final plop sit for 30min to an hour. If I feel like it I will diffuse to 80 percent dry. This gives me such pretty shrinkage and definition. I have tried finger coiling/ forming once and I got very pretty uniform curls. Today I am going to try the coiling and then using a diffuser to speed up dry time.
Thank you for this! I'm going to try the wet plopping method because my hair has no idea what curl clumps are 🤣 I get beautiful waves and curls but they are a stringy separated mess.
IMO you're using the different plopping types correctly 🤷 Wet plopping means you're plopping to keep wet, dry plopping is plopping to dry. Just like you said. I personally "wet plop" only with my leave in, in order to do skincare, get dressed, etc, without any drying happening AND to let the leave in soak into my hair. Other stylers I apply after removing the wet plop 🤗
I found that brushing my hair (in the shower with styler in it) upside-down but focusing on 4 sections instead of straight forward/down. I do sides out at from my head, front forward, and then the top/back like a mohawk. That helped my weird cowlicks.
@@mc_creates3499 so you style your top sections in front of your face and your sections on your back are combed back on your back? Sorry I'm from Germany and I don't understand your last sentences 😂😂
@@franzi_xx8937 I get how that can be confusing, sorry! Still upside down, I try to make sure I create a section from the crown of my head and take that down flat like a mohawk, hair standing straight up if I was right side up. Then I scrunch in those clumps and plop and finish showering. Hope that helped at all!
Could you do a follow-up on fishnet plopping? I've heard of it but idk how you get your hair in it without squishing your curls and ending up with wonky curls...
I love that you stole your husband's t-shirt for this! I did the same! I stole a Calvin Klein t-shirt my hubby loved but it is SUCH a perfect fabric! It's so soft, perfectly stretchy and is thick enough for sleeping with my wet hair after it's wet plopped and I can scrunch and diffuse in the am and be out the door in legit 10 minutes after getting out of bed! Which is clutch because I have to be in the office by 6:45am! I do like my perfect haircare towel (I have 2, bought the perfect haircare towel with the brush, one set lives in my travel toiletry bag) but t-shirt is just a bit thicker and gets it drier faster! I keep editing my comment as I go through the video! I just have to comment on the "warm moist dark" RE overnight, my sleeping temp is 57 degrees Fahrenheit! 😂❄️
I found this video useful. my hair is similar like yours when it's dried w no product but with more frizz. the first time I plop, my hair turned very wavy-ish (between 2a/2b?) so that's very surprising for someone who has been "straight passing" her entire life lmao. tbh, it made me feel like such a poser, cuz I thought...well maybe its like that cuz if you put your hair in plop like that, it definitely would be wavy/curly right? until I started to regularly plop, my hair ACTUALLY remain that style for entire day. I feel like I have been duped my entire life thinking I have straight hair. My hair disagree and now I identify as the wavy girl lol. Also learn not to brush my hair unless I want a lion mane from all the frizz.
I still giggle over the line in the last plopping video, something to the effect of, and this is how you will attract any man you’ve ever wanted 😂 Thanks for the update, always eager for more tips!
I use the same exact towel (it's easier for me than trying to tie anything) & plop in the same exact way. I leave it on long enough to apply all my body lotions, powders, skincare, deoderant etc & get dressed then I put a smaller towel around my neck & shoulders & let my wet hair settle & air dry for a bit before diffusing. My hair is curlier when damp or when the air is more humid. I have to lock in that curl pattern & moisture with a light weight but strong hold product like mousse, & if it dries too quickly it will just go straight. It's always less wavy in the drier Summer months which is frustrating. I might try the wet plopping then. Thanks!
I love your videos! They are sooo helpful. When you wet plop do you put all your stylers in first and then put it in the plop? How long do you leave it in the plop?
Thank you so much for this video! My PHC towel’s loop snapped and I haven’t had time to purchase a new one, so finding a different way to tie the towel is a lifesaver. Micro-plopping is my favorite way to plop my waves and curls though.
Oh my gosh, I WISH my hair looked like yours in Texas on a very humid day! My goal most of the time is to get it to look like yours, lol. I have frizzy, wavy/curly type 2C hair.
Hey wavy girls I need some hair help. No matter how much gel I use and whether I use a curl defining cream first or not, I still get some sections that fall completely flat and straight. Any tips?
Hi Courtney! Can I do the wet plop with a plastic bag? I have so much hair and the shower cap and they don't fit in the shower cap XD And, another question: when you talk about the transition phase... how long does it usually last? I'm using the curly girl method since january more or less, and I already have achieved incredible results... if my hair would become curlier than now, I would be the happiest person in the world!
Can you get all science-y and talk about why our wavy/curly hair takes SO MUCH LONGER to dry with stylers in it versus when there are no stylers? I'm an air dry girl and with a toddler it's becoming impossible for me to figure out when I can wash my hair so its has time to dry but also not stay up til 1 in the morning or not take my daughter outside cause my hair is still wet. Ugh the struggle is real. Anyway that would be an interesting video to me. Thanks😊
QUESTION!! I've been searching desperately through your videos and on the internet in general, but I can NOT figure out how to get my hair to lay correctly and not separate into a stringy snarly mess after I turn right side up after doing methods that have me be upside down. Please help!!
Great explanations! I use the perfect Haircare towel with “pigtails” also but I just gather them in the drawstring 😁 I know people also wet plop with fishnets or a hairnet to help it dry as well. Have you ever tried it?
Hey Courtney, Great video! Have you ever tried the scrunching microfiber gloves? Based on your definitions, I think they would be used for micro plopping. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
I adore these videos and your help. It is evident you are a believer (aside from decor and t shirts) due to how humble and benevolent you are in your speech. :) Thank you.
I have long coarse hair, I like plopping for definition, but I always get a mess in the back on my scalp after I finish plopping.. It always ends up wonky, or tangled, and if I fix that area, I lose all the definition I just worked on. So sad lol. Not sure how to fix this issue??
My hair is very much like yours. The back is naturally wavy, the front is straight . Not as thick now that I’m 66. At a salon it can be made to look enviably loose& curly. I can never get the same look. 🤨🤨🤨 . I may try plopping.
But what ig your hair is shorter, like shoulder length. When do you comb your hair? I tried plopping but afterwards it was incredibly tangled so i had to brush it out.
So helpful, as my plopping (and air drying the rest of the way-- can't use a diffuser due to joint problems) was just messing up my curl clumps and creating weird kinks in my 2a/2b hair. I think you should know that the word plop is used frequently in our house by my husband, but as a noun, and slightly modified, as in, "I need to go take a plopper" (dump) or "I'm going to take a ploppity." He said this once to one of his grad students during a night of observing at a telescope in Chile, and the student looked at him and said, "Did you just say 'ploppity'?!?" End of digression. Love your videos. Have you ever reviewed Ouidad products?
I have long hair , just starting with my curly journey When I plop my hair gets tangled at at the back when I take the towel off So the side fall down and the back of my head is all tangled 😢
Hey Courtney!! I really like your videos. I have been doing the CGM for two years now and the change is unbeliable :) but i have a question: I dont usually plop bc my hairline disappears into the wilderness (i mean, i cant define a straight line across my hair) and it looks weird. Any advice?
I can't get t-shirt plopping to work for the life of me! It smashes my hair down onto my scalp no matter how loose I tie it and creates clumps ON my scalp, which in turn creates really weird parts and pieces going every direction. Not cute 😄 next to try is wet plopping!
I have low porosity hair, I'm not sure all of it is lp and I don't think it's naturally lp(I remember when I was a kid that after swimming [air/sun drying] or showering and putting my in a towel that it didn't take as long to dry as it does now). Wet plopping sounds like a good idea despite the increased dry time
The issue i have is that the front looks great but when I let my hair down after plopping the hair on the back of my head does not release like the front, it kind of stuck together and weird. How do you avoid that?
I've tried plopping and it's a no go for me. I realized when I tried it few times my scalp was terribly itchy. All the product dripping onto my scalp made it very unhappy. I just use my perfect hair care towel to gently wrap my hair much like I did with a terry towel before. So my hair is gently wrapped but not dripping onto my scalp, only for as long as it takes me to do my skin care and get dressed then it comes off right away and I air dry. Thankfully my mermaid waves seem to stay. My scalp just can't stand product on it. Shampoo is for my scalp and the rest is for my hair so i don't usually apply anything else to my scalp. Unless I'm using the curlsmith scalp line but even that conditioner is use sparingly.
I went to a job interview and the interviewer literally told me to go to the bathroom and fix my hair (I have no ac in my car) florida humidity plus hispanic curly hair =...you do the math. The thing is it was already up in a bun so...not much to do. I remember in high school kids saying they wanted to attack my hair with a straightener. Im so happy I found your channel ❤ never getting rid of my curly hair
She was ridiculously rude and has never had human resources training before. Some things you are not supposed to say.
So sorry you had to deal with such ignorant people, I'm sure your hair is beautiful as it naturally is and as it naturally reacts
I also had rude people say stuff.
But theres no excuse for that their mothers didnt teach them basic manners.
That's illegal to start with, there's so much to unpack here
I hope you told her to take job and shove it!
Your hair without your usual products and including not plopping STILL looks healthy, shiny, and beautiful! All of your hard work to take care of your hair has definitely paid off even when you don't use your regular routine! Lovely!
When I get out of the shower, while my hair is soaking wet, I take the end of a rattail comb and I poke around my hair and lift the hair off my scalp. My hair tends to plaster to my head and if I don't do this before plopping, then it sticks and I get no volume. This does cause quite a bit of water to drip, so then what I do is spray my hair with water before or plopping so then I can easily apply project and still have the squishy sound & clumps. I have very fine, 2b/2c hair and it dries very easily. I recommend this to anyone who gets hair plastered to their head after getting out of the shower.
Thanks for this! I have that problem too. I just started this curly/wavy hair journey, and I love the curl definition I get from plopping but I definitely have the same issue with hair plastering to my scalp and then drying flat at the roots. Gonna try this!
@@emily3 it helps a lot. Or raking your scalp with your fingers and then re-wetting your hair if you lose clumps from that. Anything to get your hair off your scalp is a plus! I feel like no one talks about it but it is terrible and creates zero volume when it's plastered! I also find that microplopping with a t-shirt after plopping for 5 mns gives me lots of curl definition.
I’m so new but I can’t figure out how to get my clumps & the top of my head not look crazy. Or I comb it out & look good on top w crazy stingy frizzy madness
Thank you I’ll try
Instead of paying for a t-shirt type of towel, I went to the baby section of my local Goodwill and bought receiving blankets for cheap and they work GREAT. They’re a good size too. Just make sure you get ones made out of t-shirt material.
That is a great idea thanks for sharing❤️
@@amyschultz7103 you’re welcome! I hope it helps someone save a buck. Some of those blankets are also two layered. You can either have a thicker version, or do as I did, I cut them apart for 2 towels. T-shirt material doesn’t fray so no need to hem it. 😉
@@LadyKC67 I cut large tee shirts straight across under the arms and discarded the top portion. I took the body portion and slit it up both sides to make two plopping towels for micro plopping. No need to hem them, and they fold well to store in a basket or drawer.
That's actually a really great idea !! I have more of those laying around I can use then I do over size t shirts I want to actually wrap my hair in . Lol I have 3 kids so why did I not think of that !!!!
I’ve done this!!
My toddlers obviously too big for it.
But I am still using it for car rides cause she gets car sick 😂😂
Thank you so much for making this video. I have been working on my hair for a couple of years. My hair is 2b-3a thick, corse, wiry, unruly , uneven, dry frizzbomb. For years I have tried everything silk pillow, silk bonnet, tried following the CGM, used good products, tried many different methods and combinations, perfect towel, you name it. My hair soaks up moisture and loses it just as quickly. Small amounts of protein are ok, but anything more it was even more dry and brittle. I’ve always had to hydrate daily, at least wet and condition daily. I stopped dying or using heat on my hair over 5 years ago to let my silver start to shine. I had never seen the wet plop method, I tried that today, it has made a world of difference. Absorbs all the good stuff I put on it, it clumps and stays that way. I have never seen my hair look the way it looks today. I can’t believe it. I just wanted to come on here and express my gratitude. You have led me through a journey. Thank you so much for doing what you do.
I just recently went back and watched your video where your husband does your voiceover. I cannot ever see the perfect haircare towel and not think "expensive black rag". I woke my husband up by randomly laughing at that line in the middle of the night. 🤣🤣🤣
Oh my goodness! 😅Which video is this? I need to watch it.
Pet/car towels!
My expensive black rag just came in the mail. So excited!!
You have such nice hair without any stylers in your hair! You're so lucky. I look like a frizz ball without anything in my hair!
Same, I'd be back in the shower re washing within about ten minutes!!
It would be fascinating to see different ploppiing method end results using the same stylers.....I adore you hair experiments. You channel has really helped me to gain confidence about my hair. ♥️
I'm having a really good hair day (for me). I look like a water spaniel as opposed to a Hogwart's student.
Thank you for making me snort laugh in the bathroom! My bf now thinks I'm crazy 🤪 Here's hoping I can get rid of my first year Hermione vibes as well
I laughed way harder then I probably should had 😂😂
The way I do it is:
I put the leave in and squish my hair. When I'm done with squishing I micro plop. Then I put gel and squish my hair and then again I micro plop. After all that I finish with dry plop with microfiber turban. I hold the dry plop for about 20min then diffuse. I always have the best results that way. (I'm 2a/2b,thin hair)
I need to try something like this! I shy away from applying stylers after I’ve started drying but I def need to try it!!
this is exactly what i do too. I get huge beautiful curl
I micro plop with the Perfect Haircare Towel, but then switch to the turban, to absorb more water. I have a lot more hair & my original towel is sopping wet from just the micro plopping.
Wow. I am just amazed at the difference plopping made. I was NOT expecting that. I would love to see more videos like this.
I wet plopped my hair after reading your Instagram post the other day and I love the results! I'm definitely doing it from now on.
I cannot tell you how helpful your videos have been for me. Just starting my wavy journey but you have made it so much easier.
Thank you for the inspiration to try plopping again Courtney. I tried plopping early in my journey to healthier hair but it just didn’t work for me - my hair would dry funky and I didn’t see any improvement in clumping. But I’m much farther down the road now. I’ve been plopping again since watching this and it’s made a big difference in my clumps staying intact while I air dry.
I am now 7 months in transition. I recently discovered wet ploppling and I love it. After 20 minutes, I microplop and the apply the Aveda Be Curly spray and of to diffusing I go.
I'm so looking forward to post transition curls!
I found a shower cap that has microfiber liner. So I put that on right out of shower but i dont press my hair to get water out until, once i take my hair out i micro plop with a Tshirt and then I defuse half way and let it all air dry. I have found this works for me. so combing ways can also work. If i dont plop at all my hair looks awful
Where did you get the shower cap?
I used to just micro plop because dry plopping left me with super stringy clumps. I watched the bowl method video and tried wet plopping and loved the results. So now I wet plop and then micro plop each wash day( twice a week for me) and am always very happy with my wash days. My hair is past my mid back, high porosity and medium density. My diffusing time is quite a bit longer but it's worth it for me.
My hair is about the same length, is there a special shower cap you use for all of your hair to fit?
@@heymssmithers no I just kind of scoop it up and put the shower cap in while hanging my head upside down. I let gravity help me out.
Wow....6 ways! Fun to see your hair straighter; what difference your methods & products make! Thx to you I tried some new products (for me) & don't use a towel; too-small T-shirts are a perfect frugal solution for micro/dry plop of my shorter hair.
Great video! So helpful as I start this wavy hair adventure. I now know plopping happens after product is applied!
Why did that ridiculous "plop" montage make me laugh so hard?😆
Hey thanks for turning Greek into English for me. I needed this info.
Thank you for clarifying! I’m new to doing my hair this way. I appreciate all of your help!❤️
I love the volume I get from plopping but all the hair product runs to my scalp, it makes my roots greasy and my scalp itchy. Microplopping works better but not as much volume 😣 I love your waves in this video! You legit have model hair 🤩 my son has the same waves and I’m so jealous of how effortless they look.
Courtney, have you ever considered doing makeup tutorials / recommending makeup brands? I would watch, your makeup always looks so good!! :)
Because I have bangs that get wonky with traditional dry plopping I’ve been micro plopping with my perfect haircare towel. I hold each section about 90 seconds, which does help a lot with my clumping, but my diffusing time is still pretty long and I don’t get much root volume. Now I’m curious to try dry plopping for 10-20 minutes and just deal with bang situation separately.
Girl do you even need products?!!! Look at those no product curls! If I went product free I would look like Monica on Friends when she’s on vacation!😂
Very informarive video courtney! Thank you. This helps a whole lot.
Omg this was a great video!! So thorough and informative! I am overflowing with gratitude for you and your ability to share this information that in a way that I can process! You’re amazing! Thank you!
Plopping made me love my hair
I’m a traditional/dry plopper. I plop in a t-shirt for 30 minutes or so after styling.
That tragic piano music for the non-plopped hair 😂 This video is so helpful for me, I get so overwhelmed by all the info on the internet and it is nice to have so much in one place, with easy instructions. Thank you!
14:12 I've just treated myself to a Perfect Haircare towel. The large one you can wrap your hair in. I've only been treating my hair as curly for a couple of weeks. Like yourself, I treated it as straight for years. Still not perfect...but getting there
The Ulta Gorgeous Hair Event starts tomorrow...would love a video of your recommendations or items you want to try from the sale!
I just discovered the wet plop n it works perfectly for me! I love it! Less frizz, more definition AND volume! N it keeps the hair out of my face when i do my skin care and get dressed! I actually wet plop after micro plopping with a t shirt! I find that the wet plop after micro plopping actually speeds up my dry time! I wet plop a total of around 15 mins. Xo
Interesting!
It is cause i tend to use a lot of product. Lol...the micrplopping let's me soak up a little bit pf that so the perfect amount of product n water is still in my hair to effectively wet plop to get good results.
I bet you we're confused at forst after reading my comment! I should have elaborated on my routine! You are so sweet to respond the way you did. You rock, curly sis! Xo
Dang spelling. It is hard to TH-cam. 😆
I tried your methode but a bit different: leave-in, micro, style products and after that wet plopping. Funny enough, my hair has less frizz and more definition. This is crazy. Thank you Jessica :)
Your hair is beautifully wavy!! Don't worry so much about trying to get curls. I wish mine was more wavy than curly.
I microplop when I first get out of the shower so my hair isn't dripping wet and weighing down my hair. Then I plop in a cheap hairnet I got from Walmart for roughly an hour so my hair can air dry for a little while. I take it down, add a little more mousse (the Aussie mousse) and diffuse to 90% dry. Then I dry plop it in the hairnet again until it's completely dry to encourage volume and shrinkage. I find the hairnet preferable to fishnet stockings as the holes are smaller and none of my curl clumps fall out of the plop but there's still plenty of small holes for air to get in.
Instead of fish net I use a hair net bonnet type thing that I ordered from their website, it’s called Scrunch It Breathe (they make the scrunch it brush). It has a drawstring the pulls it up on all sides. I find it still has all the benefit of fish net but theres still enough room for movement at the roots. There’s way less guess work wondering how dry it is. Plus you can loosen up the drawstrings to get even more movement. Your option is definitely a more budget friendly option.
@@lisabeckman6581 Oh, that's a good idea. I could see that being handy if you wanted to use your hairdryer with it, 'cause I don't think the hairnets I get would hold up to heat very well.
I have 2b/c hair. I squish to condish, then scrunch in leaving, then get dried off, take a few minutes to drip dry. Then I will mircroplop, then assemble my final plop. I will let the final plop sit for 30min to an hour. If I feel like it I will diffuse to 80 percent dry. This gives me such pretty shrinkage and definition. I have tried finger coiling/ forming once and I got very pretty uniform curls. Today I am going to try the coiling and then using a diffuser to speed up dry time.
I only have a t-shirt right now and I only did it once bt I was so confused how the people tie it. This helped, thank you.
Thank you for this! I’m coming up my second official curly wash day, and I low-key messed up my first with the aftercare, fingers crossed!
Thank you for this! I'm going to try the wet plopping method because my hair has no idea what curl clumps are 🤣 I get beautiful waves and curls but they are a stringy separated mess.
I just found your videos. I am learning to love my curls!!
I got the Perfect towel from your link a while back and I love it! Good to see a few ways to do it.
IMO you're using the different plopping types correctly 🤷 Wet plopping means you're plopping to keep wet, dry plopping is plopping to dry. Just like you said. I personally "wet plop" only with my leave in, in order to do skincare, get dressed, etc, without any drying happening AND to let the leave in soak into my hair. Other stylers I apply after removing the wet plop 🤗
you are so lucky to have the hair you do...it looks fab after a wash and air dry. Mine would slowly grow into a Bozo frizz ball!
Awe! thats tough! I do diffuse most of the time.
I love the curl I get from plopping but I can’t stand how cow-licky my hair gets from plopping and upside down styling.
I found that brushing my hair (in the shower with styler in it) upside-down but focusing on 4 sections instead of straight forward/down. I do sides out at from my head, front forward, and then the top/back like a mohawk. That helped my weird cowlicks.
@@mc_creates3499 interesting, thank u!
@@mc_creates3499 so you style your top sections in front of your face and your sections on your back are combed back on your back? Sorry I'm from Germany and I don't understand your last sentences 😂😂
@@franzi_xx8937 I get how that can be confusing, sorry! Still upside down, I try to make sure I create a section from the crown of my head and take that down flat like a mohawk, hair standing straight up if I was right side up. Then I scrunch in those clumps and plop and finish showering. Hope that helped at all!
I also use a denman brush upside down after applying my leave in or curl cream, focusing on my weird cowlick in the back, helps so much!
Could you do a follow-up on fishnet plopping? I've heard of it but idk how you get your hair in it without squishing your curls and ending up with wonky curls...
I just tried it with a regular hair net...mixed results my hair isn't too long though
I love that you stole your husband's t-shirt for this! I did the same! I stole a Calvin Klein t-shirt my hubby loved but it is SUCH a perfect fabric! It's so soft, perfectly stretchy and is thick enough for sleeping with my wet hair after it's wet plopped and I can scrunch and diffuse in the am and be out the door in legit 10 minutes after getting out of bed! Which is clutch because I have to be in the office by 6:45am!
I do like my perfect haircare towel (I have 2, bought the perfect haircare towel with the brush, one set lives in my travel toiletry bag) but t-shirt is just a bit thicker and gets it drier faster!
I keep editing my comment as I go through the video! I just have to comment on the "warm moist dark" RE overnight, my sleeping temp is 57 degrees Fahrenheit! 😂❄️
That sounds like an awesome t-shirt! And no worries on the edits lol. But brrr!
I found this video useful. my hair is similar like yours when it's dried w no product but with more frizz. the first time I plop, my hair turned very wavy-ish (between 2a/2b?) so that's very surprising for someone who has been "straight passing" her entire life lmao. tbh, it made me feel like such a poser, cuz I thought...well maybe its like that cuz if you put your hair in plop like that, it definitely would be wavy/curly right? until I started to regularly plop, my hair ACTUALLY remain that style for entire day.
I feel like I have been duped my entire life thinking I have straight hair. My hair disagree and now I identify as the wavy girl lol. Also learn not to brush my hair unless I want a lion mane from all the frizz.
I still giggle over the line in the last plopping video, something to the effect of, and this is how you will attract any man you’ve ever wanted 😂
Thanks for the update, always eager for more tips!
You have gorgeous hair with without styling! Healthy, shiny and just beautiful!
Thank you so much! There are plenty of days where no styling is involved! Sometimes it just stays up in a bun/pineapple!
I use the same exact towel (it's easier for me than trying to tie anything) & plop in the same exact way. I leave it on long enough to apply all my body lotions, powders, skincare, deoderant etc & get dressed then I put a smaller towel around my neck & shoulders & let my wet hair settle & air dry for a bit before diffusing. My hair is curlier when damp or when the air is more humid. I have to lock in that curl pattern & moisture with a light weight but strong hold product like mousse, & if it dries too quickly it will just go straight. It's always less wavy in the drier Summer months which is frustrating. I might try the wet plopping then. Thanks!
Hi Courtney - Great video! Have u tried the Scrunch It Curls Breathe Cap?
Wow! That's a huge difference.
Well, I was pulsing while micro plopping. Thank you for teaching me the proper way.
If you have hygral fatigue the first way of plopping isn't bad?
I would have loved to see you in fishnets ;) Great video. Thank you :)
This was so helpful! I've been struggling with the perfect haircare towel. Can't wait to try it.
I love your videos! They are sooo helpful. When you wet plop do you put all your stylers in first and then put it in the plop? How long do you leave it in the plop?
Thank you so much for this video! My PHC towel’s loop snapped and I haven’t had time to purchase a new one, so finding a different way to tie the towel is a lifesaver. Micro-plopping is my favorite way to plop my waves and curls though.
You can sew on a tiny ponytail holder as a loop.
I like how plopping produces the most waves but it makes my roots a funky shape. Ideas?
Oh my gosh, I WISH my hair looked like yours in Texas on a very humid day! My goal most of the time is to get it to look like yours, lol. I have frizzy, wavy/curly type 2C hair.
Awe humidity is sooo tough!!! Plus, we are all different!
Your hair is beautiful omg I'm so jealous.
What if you don’t want to wash and go through all that every day, what do you do next morning?
OMG the word PLOP makes me cringe - but wow, all the things you’ve said are so true! Got to master that plopping technique 👍🏻
That was very helpful thank you so much for the video!
Hey wavy girls I need some hair help. No matter how much gel I use and whether I use a curl defining cream first or not, I still get some sections that fall completely flat and straight. Any tips?
Prayer hands and mousse after gel
Hi Courtney! Can I do the wet plop with a plastic bag? I have so much hair and the shower cap and they don't fit in the shower cap XD And, another question: when you talk about the transition phase... how long does it usually last? I'm using the curly girl method since january more or less, and I already have achieved incredible results... if my hair would become curlier than now, I would be the happiest person in the world!
Can you get all science-y and talk about why our wavy/curly hair takes SO MUCH LONGER to dry with stylers in it versus when there are no stylers? I'm an air dry girl and with a toddler it's becoming impossible for me to figure out when I can wash my hair so its has time to dry but also not stay up til 1 in the morning or not take my daughter outside cause my hair is still wet. Ugh the struggle is real. Anyway that would be an interesting video to me. Thanks😊
I also think your hair is pretty in the beginning of the video. I get bored after awhile and like to switch things up.
I have really enjoyed your videos. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into these.
I'd love to see another more recent diffusing hair video! This one was helpful too. 😁
omg early! plopping = life :) thx for the helpful vid!
Great video. I was really hoping you'd show how to plop with the Perfect Haircare Towel from standing (as if in the shower). Maybe next time??
Question about wet plop. Would piling your hair in the shower cap get leave on on my roots?
What about a moisturizing styling product like a one and done? Could you use that instead of the leave-in/gel combo?
Absolutly! I've used more of these in my more recent video's showing a simpler routine!
I appreciate the demonstrations and explanations!
QUESTION!! I've been searching desperately through your videos and on the internet in general, but I can NOT figure out how to get my hair to lay correctly and not separate into a stringy snarly mess after I turn right side up after doing methods that have me be upside down. Please help!!
Same
Maybe watch her upright styling videos
Hi courtney! what products do you use on your hair? Do you use moose or leave in conditioner?
My hair is shoulder length. I micro-plop. Personally don’t have much space in bathroom to do any other plopping. I do have low density,& fine hair.
I love a good micro plop too! You have to do what works for you! 😃😃
Great explanations! I use the perfect Haircare towel with “pigtails” also but I just gather them in the drawstring 😁 I know people also wet plop with fishnets or a hairnet to help it dry as well. Have you ever tried it?
Fishnet like tights?
Hey Courtney, Great video! Have you ever tried the scrunching microfiber gloves? Based on your definitions, I think they would be used for micro plopping. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
I've never heard of them! How cool. Where can I find them?
@@stellaclark7885 Hi Stella, I ordered mine off of Amazon.
@@vanessamalik1102 , thanks!
I adore these videos and your help. It is evident you are a believer (aside from decor and t shirts) due to how humble and benevolent you are in your speech. :) Thank you.
Can you do a video that shows the defuse drying method?
I have long coarse hair, I like plopping for definition, but I always get a mess in the back on my scalp after I finish plopping.. It always ends up wonky, or tangled, and if I fix that area, I lose all the definition I just worked on. So sad lol. Not sure how to fix this issue??
I have the same problem! Have yet to find a way to fix this.
@@timshunny0276 did you find a solution? Same here!
My hair is very much like yours. The back is naturally wavy, the front is straight . Not as thick now that I’m 66. At a salon it can be made to look enviably loose& curly. I can never get the same look. 🤨🤨🤨 . I may try plopping.
But what ig your hair is shorter, like shoulder length. When do you comb your hair? I tried plopping but afterwards it was incredibly tangled so i had to brush it out.
So helpful, as my plopping (and air drying the rest of the way-- can't use a diffuser due to joint problems) was just messing up my curl clumps and creating weird kinks in my 2a/2b hair.
I think you should know that the word plop is used frequently in our house by my husband, but as a noun, and slightly modified, as in, "I need to go take a plopper" (dump) or "I'm going to take a ploppity." He said this once to one of his grad students during a night of observing at a telescope in Chile, and the student looked at him and said, "Did you just say 'ploppity'?!?"
End of digression. Love your videos. Have you ever reviewed Ouidad products?
What does Abby of that have to do with plopping hair? Lol
I have long hair , just starting with my curly journey
When I plop my hair gets tangled at at the back when I take the towel off
So the side fall down and the back of my head is all tangled 😢
How long do you plop for? Until the hair is totally dry, mostly dry?
I have the fluffy microfibre towels are those the wrong ones?
who else has just started the curly girl method and is watching this and going when will my hair be like Courtney's
Hey Courtney!! I really like your videos. I have been doing the CGM for two years now and the change is unbeliable :)
but i have a question: I dont usually plop bc my hairline disappears into the wilderness (i mean, i cant define a straight line across my hair) and it looks weird. Any advice?
Part before styling
Can I make leave in with watered down conditioner?
3:44 I legit thought you straightened and curled your hair w/ hot tools. If ONLY my hair air dried that nice.
I can't get t-shirt plopping to work for the life of me! It smashes my hair down onto my scalp no matter how loose I tie it and creates clumps ON my scalp, which in turn creates really weird parts and pieces going every direction. Not cute 😄 next to try is wet plopping!
Omg this is meee. Did you find a method that worked?
I have low porosity hair, I'm not sure all of it is lp and I don't think it's naturally lp(I remember when I was a kid that after swimming [air/sun drying] or showering and putting my in a towel that it didn't take as long to dry as it does now). Wet plopping sounds like a good idea despite the increased dry time
The issue i have is that the front looks great but when I let my hair down after plopping the hair on the back of my head does not release like the front, it kind of stuck together and weird. How do you avoid that?
I've tried plopping and it's a no go for me. I realized when I tried it few times my scalp was terribly itchy. All the product dripping onto my scalp made it very unhappy. I just use my perfect hair care towel to gently wrap my hair much like I did with a terry towel before. So my hair is gently wrapped but not dripping onto my scalp, only for as long as it takes me to do my skin care and get dressed then it comes off right away and I air dry. Thankfully my mermaid waves seem to stay. My scalp just can't stand product on it. Shampoo is for my scalp and the rest is for my hair so i don't usually apply anything else to my scalp. Unless I'm using the curlsmith scalp line but even that conditioner is use sparingly.
the itchiness is so real!! 😭
Is this towel the same material as the decathlon ones?