Well....I’ve been trying the CG method for a few weeks now and honestly, it’s feeling like more trouble than it’s worth. I’ve tried new products (Shea moisture, carol’s daughter, kinky curly, deva, redkin, etc.) and all its doing is making my hair feel rough and gunked up. I’ve diffused, used a silk pillowcase (as a stomach-sleeper, I don’t like the feel of these, honestly), and I still feel like my hair is a tangly mess. I don’t know how everyone else is achieving smooth, soft, shiny curls, but apparently my waves can’t do it. The pic above is the best I’ve been able to achieve, but it felt tangly and not soft. The routine was: wash with Redken Curvaceous weightless shampoo, condition with Shea moisture Manuka Honey conditioner, rinse, apply Shea Moisture sugarcane extract and meadow foam leave-in with praying hands, finger-comb, micro plop with microfiber towel, plop in a t-shirt for half and hour, diffuse, SOTC.

Very frustrating. Having blown my hair dry straight almost all my life, I’m starting to believe that’s the route I’m going to have to go again. At least it’s not as time consuming as all the squishing, finger-combing, curl clump separating, extra conditioning, gelling, plopping, and diffusing. Makes me sad to be defeated though. There are waves in there somewhere! I just don’t like to have to fight to bring them out.