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Hi beautiful I'm back to rape more hair routines. Today, we're raiding curly hair routines people blow drying their hair from curly to straight and/or, flat ironing their hair, and/or blow drying and flat. Ironing we'll see what happens today, a lots gon na happen. I am gon na be very, very critical on these routines. Why you ask because it's more fun that way and honestly, there's always room for growth, with a hair care routine or with anything that is beauty, so I'm gon na be hypercritical really be hard on these girls. Look at every single thing, they're doing within their hair care routines and break it all down. For you tell you why it's right, why it's wrong we're gon na start with ten points on the board for each girl and every time one of these girls does something wrong or something that I think they could have done better with their hair care routines. They'Re going to lose a point and out of the three girls you watch today, we'll see which girl has the best hair care routine for curly to straight blow-drying, and hopefully, you'll learn a few things along the way. Let'S do our first contestant on our game. Show today it's Gabriella great house and her video is called how to easy, blowout blow-dry, routine wet-to-dry salon, quality, tutorial she's, claiming this is salon quality, so it better be really really good. Should I be even more harder than her because of that title should I be I'm feeling a little bit mean tonight, though you're in luck and let's get ten points on the board. Let'S see how many points of those she can keep it throughout this video. So today, I'm jumping okay into the video I'm going to show you how I give myself the perfect salon. Blow-Dry act off the bat we're working with you know: wavy hair. It'S definitely an irregular wave, some pieces that are very wavy some pieces that are kind of straight some pieces that are very curly her roots. Definitely look a little bit frizzy she's going to really need to work those roots in order to get a very good salon. Quality blowout she's, going in with the detangler first, let's see she detangles, so I'm starting off with freshly washed hair and I'm going to go ahead and detangle my hair using a tamil teeth. I love that I'm going to use a heat protector. This is a must. You guys we're off to a great start on now to evenly disperse this into my hair, I'm going to brush my hair out once I'm using some coconut oil to give my hair some shine. I love coconut oil. It smells amazing and I made sure to apply only a tiny amount, as I didn't want my hair to look oily okay. So let's recap all of that. So she did a lot of great things here, so she first went in with the proper brush to detangle. Her hair, if you know me, you know that I hate when people use the incorrect brushes with, say. Detangling people will go in with a ceramic or round brush to detangle their hair when it's wet, and let's not do that any more about that, because you're just not gon na detangle, very good, and it's just not good for your hair you're really pulling on those Hair strands with those metal fibers, so a tangle teezer is a great option for when you are detangling your hair, then she's spray, a heat protector in I'm, and she really distributed that heat protection beautifully. What he protect her does is kind of put a coating on the hair. That way, if the heat protectant is protecting the hair, because it is putting a film sort of on the hair to protect it from heat damage, then she went in with a brush again and kind of distributed that product through. I always like to recommend to rush products through after you apply them that way. You know it's getting on every single hair strand after that. We'Ve got a little bit interesting because she used coconut oil. The thing is with coconut oil and I'm not a coconut oil scientist. Here, I'm just telling you from my experience with coconut oil, I feel like it actually doesn't hydrate at all. What coconut oil does is trap in hydration and it doesn't allow for more hydration to come into the hair. You know I would have liked her to prepped with say, like an argan oil or oil that really gets sucked in by the hair and doesn't just leave a coating on the hair. I know a lot of you, probably love Coco and that's gon na be triggering for a lot of you, but there's applications for it. This isn't one of them for me. So let's take off a point, we're at nine points now again, I'm being very critical. Let'S keep watching to begin. I start off by sectioning my hair, taking a small section on the highest heat setting on my blow-dry, really close to my hair completely dry. I move down easing my hair through the brush yeah. As you can see, I feed my head down, then I roll it back up, and I do this repeated hold on completely satisfied with how it looks now to give my hair the perfect curls I roll the barrel all the way up and I clip it in Place then I release the button and I've removed that handle whoa, so she takes a section. Does something that I'm 100 % gon na take a point out for it? Let'S lose a point there and then I'll explain we're at eight points now. This works me so much, but she used the blow-dryer without a concentrator nozzle on it. Ah, so it blow dryers right. You see those little bars inside the blow dryer. If you look down right in the blow-dryer, there's usually like metal bars, those things heat up so hot and what happens without a concentrator nozzle? Is you end up like putting the hair directly into those hot bars which ends up really like burning the hair? And it's really not good for it. The concentrator nozzle is there, so it directs the heat perfectly throughout the hair strand and you get a really wide spread of hot air on the hair with a concentrator nozzle and you aren't gon na get that without it and you're also more likely to burn the Hair without it, oh, when clients tell me they lost their concentrator nozzle and they don't use it at home. I'M like get a new one. You have to. She does have great technique. I didn't really love her sectioning. I do wish she kind of went around her hairline first, because what tends to happen is by the time you get to the front hairline um, it's already dried and with curly or frizzy hair. You want to really hit that hairline first, while your hair is wet and more malleable, otherwise, you're going to kind of let your hair dry in that frizzy state and then your try and take that frizz out again and it's just not gon na work as well. Going on the hairline up here and back here first is the best idea. You can do a halo section. You guys know. I love that section where you just take a perimeter section. First, but yeah I mean her techniques is awesome with the blow-dry. I thought she did a great job with that. It was very impressive that it's not easy to do. Then she left the round brush in the hair, which is a cool technique and a lot of professional hairstyles do it. I don't because I'm worried the brush is gon na get caught in the hair too much, but she seems to have a really good grasp on how to do that and let's see how it comes out. Let'S see what else she does. Whichever barrel I reach for is the one at very small sections, not having a routine, for instance, only using the large barrels on the bottom section of my hair and the mediums on top means that the blow-dry looks effortless, and I rather prefer it that way. As I don't have enough barrels for all of the sections of my hair, I remove a barrel from one section of the bottom of my hair and then I blow-dry another sections. That seems like a lot of work completely blow-dried all sections, okay, because this isn't very practical. I'M gon na take a point off right. We'Ve got a seven. This just seems like such a waste of time to me. If you look at her head, she just has so much going on. You saw the way it came out when she unraveled the curl. Did it look much different then, before she left with a curler in her hair? I just don't think it was needed or necessary or whatever it might give her a little bit more volume, but there's just easier ways to do this. I'M not a fan of leading brushes in hair. I think it looks kind of weird and tacky, but that's just me, but you can use curlers, you can use velcro curlers, you can use regular curlers and those are much easier to apply. In my opinion, I like the way she is rolling the hair over the rollers instead of under this way, she's gon na get a lot more volume. This way, then, if she did it this way, it would be depleting volume. So that's great too. Now, once I reach my baby, has I blow-dry backwards in order to ensure that great technique completely straight and then I just wish she had a concentrator on there, but the same previous steps - and I clip it in place - okay, see how she put that roller underneath And raveled it up, instead of going the hair we're the ruler, she's gon na deplete all of that volume there. Maybe she wanted to do that, though, so I'm not gon na. Take a point off for that. I don't think she was going for a really flat. Look here I think we were going for volume, but we don't know that so I'm not gon na take a point off and I like the way she's blow-drying the hair up right here in kind of a smaller section, and that way she gets a lot of Volume here and she gets that really nice and blowout bang just definitely be careful with blow-drying the hair upwards, because you'll get a lot of frizzing at the root three to five minutes. She'S now cooling down the hair hold and then I slip rate job be careful, as this can be a little bit tricky. This is why I don't do this so take little pieces of hair up first, if this does happen until they have all come off. Oh, my god, this is triggering for me, so I mean, like I've, probably done this once in my life, where I will leave the brush and the hair, and I think that one time I did it, the brush wouldn't come out of this girl's hair, and I Was sweating dripping sweat down my face, I was like how do I tell this girl? I can't get the brush of her hair. Do you want to do? I think that's why I hate the SEC Niek so much. It'S really scary. You can really get brushes stuck in people's hair, I stay away and now to finish off, I just shake my roots, and then I apply, oh, my god Wow, and this is how I achieve my effortless salan blow-dry at home. It was pretty, it really was. It was really pretty. I do have critiques, however. Obviously the coconut oil at the end, not a huge fan. I think she would be better off with something that is hydrating as well as styling and just adds a little bit more creamy texture. I can always recommend my own products. You can use electric rain by ex mondo, really great for after blowouts and pre blowout, and not weigh the hair down but add necessary moisture. But you could tell that she had kind of no rhyme or reason for the perler she's set in her hair. She said she was kind of just using whatever was available like she used a bigger curling rod here and a smaller one up. Here I mean it depends what kind of look we're going for, but with this I probably would have tried to stick with always just the big ones or the small ones, and in this case I really wouldn't do that. It would just be that kind of a weird blow out. It wouldn't really make any sense, and if you want that really nice volumous a little bit of wave blow out with a lot of body, you're gon na want to use you know big curling rods or big barrel brushes and the hair. In this case, I'm gon na take a point after that, because you kind of had no rhyme or reason for what she did with those curlers. I don't know what you call them and you could kind of tell on the end result. It was kind of like an irregular wave, but overall I think she did an awesome awesome job. I think that she really has great technique and has a lot of experience of blow-drying curly hair. I love the way she really got. Those roots and attacked them really got that frizz down. Do I think it could be better. Yeah everybody's routine could be a little bit better, but it was pretty dope. This is really hard to do. If I had hair like that, I probably wouldn't be able to do it so props to you Gabriela great job. I think you did an amazing job, but I'm just being critical. So that is her score and we'll move on to our next girl. Let'S see how she does next contestant on is your hair. Routine good is joy before her, that is the channel, and it is called my blow dryer routine, new muse self, haired stealth, hair, dryer. Okay, let's put ten points on the board. Let'S see how many points she loses before we're finished, I haven't seen my hair straight and so long it's been over a year. Oh, this is fun and I want to see my length and I also have a beat you hair, i'm straightened or blown out with my new color. The last time I straightened my hair was over what Oh, ever since I went darker a little darker to light brown. I still have some blond highlights. We are starting off with curl / wave. Her hair is quite frizzy. However, most of the frizz is sort of concentrated towards the bottom of her hair, whereas the top of her hair near the roots doesn't seem to be as frizzy, which is great. That'S gon na be a lot easier for her to blow-dry because she doesn't have those really frizzy roots and let's see what else happens here, shall we I haven't seen like this color. So if you have natural curly hair like me, I always recommend you prepare your hair before you put heat on it. So I'll just get started, I'm going to section my hair and then start blow drying almost like we'd, be using the first fan, speed and the hottest heat setting and to take a point on. We are one minute and 50 seconds and past the intro and we're taking a point off. You know why do you know? Why? Can you guess why? Because her hair is way too damn dry to be below drying right now, with wavy curly, hair hair, that is kinky hair. That is a little bit frizzy! Don'T blow dry it if it's more than 70 % dry. Don'T do you want to work with it? A bit more wet than when you're working with straight hair, the hair is a lot more malleable when it is wet. You'Re gon na be able to really pull that curl out really nice and taut and get that heat in there very close and get it really straight when it's wet or damp. But when it's dry, it's gon na be a lot harder for you to get that. Curl out and get rid of that frizz the blow it just doesn't last as long unless you get the heat in there when it's really wet, but at least she's using a concentrator nozzle, I'm happy with that: okay, so starting off. What I do is I've not much suction going on here. Glee, on my hand, we're taking up a point for that, because it's like cooking of terrible use, a halo section or just section how nicer that leaves her with eight points, and I try to use some tension by pulling the brush away from my head and bringing The nozzle to my hair and close to the brush, okay, guys. So here's the thing I'll be honest with you. I have never been good at blowouts. It'S just not something that I like to do so. She said that she's not good at blow-drying. She knows that. I'M gon na have to disagree with her. This technique is quite advanced, in my opinion, um. She is going really close to those roots, she's directing and the blow-dryer down. So all that frizz gets pushed the back of her hair and it leaves the top of her hair with a very smooth shiny finish. I think, she's doing a great job. Her sections are way too small. I must say: she's wasting her time there and for that I'm gon na take a point off because we're being very critical god you're just wasting so much time. Please. The thing is when you have a better foundation, when you section correctly, when you are taking large enough pieces and not too large of pieces when you're doing all these things correctly, your blow-dry routine will go by a lot faster, alright, so making sure that you sections Are nice a little bit less than an inch thick? I mean it really depends on what kind of hair you have, but for her probably like a little bit less than an inch wide section, three-quarters of an inch is probably good and then working within the length of the brush is best. That way you can work. Those individual sections for a longer period of time and you're, just gon na get a faster result that way it's gon na, be a lot more precise and even if you're, taking the same sections on each side, you know what I mean: there's, definitely not a lot Of thought going into it the way she's sectioning, which is stressing me up. Oh Ruffy err, alright, um, all right, all right. Okay, all right! Those are really small sections were taking. She didn't tell us if she prepped the hair with any kind of serum or cream or you know styling product. So I'm gon na take a point off that. I totally forgot about that for a second, because I was paying attention to her blow-dry technique, but that leaves worth a 6 here and I just feel like her hair, looks very dry and like there's really no shine to it, because she isn't using any of the Proper products, you know with a blow-dry I like to use a styling product with a heat protectant, you can use glitterati and then I like to use a cream product. So with a lot of hydration, you can use electric rain. For that I mean it's really up to you. You can add products here and there you can put some oil on the ends of her hair. Definitely the next time, please wrap your blow-dry with the proper products that will help this process go by so much faster. It'Ll make your blow up so much smoother. My little secret is to use dry shampoo. You can use mine, it's called Club kid dry, shampoo it'll be released on January 17, which will make your blow-dry last twice as long. I love to do that on clients. It'S such a great little secret because when your oils come out of your scalp they're quickly absorbed by of you a bit of powder from the dry shampoo, and it makes your blow it lasts so long and it really lasts like twice as long unusual. So dry, shampoo after a blow-dry awesome check out club kid. It'S link below we're going at it girl I mean I mean she's, giving it a try. You know at least she's trying you have to give her a round of applause for that come on. I mean I'll, take it man at least you tried and we're using some kind of oil serum when I blow-dry my hair, I like it to have some body rather than it being totally totally straight. What happened? Oh, oh, oh. What happened here these ends. Look rough. I'M gon na go ahead and say it: let's take a point offering that I don't know what we're at anymore, but this is what we're not. I think I think we're at like a five or so Jesus okay. Why don't? I tell you guys what I think you should have done here. So I think where we went wrong is majorly the sectioning, mainly the products that she didn't use. She didn't spend enough time working each section. It'S really important to follow that blow-dryer and brush all the way down the hair to the ends and really focus on those ends. That is the part of the hair that is usually the most difficult to get smooth because it is the oldest part of your hair. It'S been to the most, it has the most damage, it just needs: extra love and care and the proper products. I can't stress that enough. It'S not much good about this blow-dry. Oh I'm! Sorry, you you're a beautiful woman, but the blow-dry ain't it you can do the Farrah Fawcett thing just make sure it's smooth and nicely blown out. You know we all have our own styles and I appreciate that a few. Yet that's your style. I'M gon na leave her when I think five points on the board. That is your score. You got crushed by the first contestant, but that's okay. We learned something from this video. Ah, maybe what not to do with a blow dryer, maybe let's move on and our last and final contestant is Mariam. Hampton good luck to you, we're all rooting for you. Miriam yaar besides me, full curly to straight natural hair, routine and cleanse condition blow dry flat. Iron, that's quite the title. I have to give it to you. You would win if it was a competition for the longest title. Alright, let's watch what she does to her curly hair, to get it nice and straight and flat ironed or whatever the hell she's doing. Let'S check it out after I let my hair air dry for a few hours. I will go ahead and start with the blow-dryer. Before I show me your hair process, I always make sure to use a heat protectant and today I'm gon na be using the damage remedy protected girl we made to repair and protect hair from heat styling. Okay, so she has been beautiful locks, oh they're, so pretty I am obsessed with her hair. I don't even think she should be blow-drying it. I want to see how long this hair gets. That is what I'm most excited about. I feel like it's gon na be down here and it's gon na be just so. She is prepping the hair with a sort of cream heat protectant, which i think is so perfect for her. This is awesome. I just love cream products when you're going for styling coat the hair better they last longer. I think oils are awesome too, but more use at the bottom of the hair rather than all over Duke, oh god, I just finished speaking and I looked over and there was just something going wrong already and you maybe you know what it is by now: she's, Not using a concentrator nozzle, why is this the world we live in? If we're not using concentrated nozzles? I don't want to be part of this world um. No, I do actually it's fine. She has ten points. She lost one that brings her down we're knocking off another point here, we're down to eight. You know why do you want to know why she is taking the blow-dryer with no nozzle and just holding the hair strands out and blow-drying? I understand that she's going for a fast method here, it's just not an effective way to blow-dry hair like this. In my opinion again, this is all subjective. Your you can have your own opinion here I mean I'm guessing she's gon na go in with a flatiron. After you're, not gon na ever get a good, smooth flat ironed result, if you're not taking the time to first blow-dry with a proper brush, you're, never gon na get all those roots completely straight. Unless you spend literally three hours when you could just spent a little bit of extra time blow-drying and then spend way less time flat, ironing also you guys I forgot to mention before, but with curly hair, I highly recommend a natural bristle brush. I like to use the Ibiza brushes a lot with curly hair. They give you a lot of tension, a lot to work with when pulling out the hair. It really really gets that grip on there and get right in the roots really easily. It'S great for natural curly hair because it's gon na really smooth the hair down a lot and tame that frizz and encourage a lot of shine in the hair she's. Going in with that. Oh listen! The girl's hair blow dries nicely. You can tell okay, so she is going in combing it brushing it out, then going right up cyber and holy Sh she's, holding it that for a long time, not just stressed me out and we're going down slowly, it's the [ __ ]. I love to see. I love to see that wow. That was great, so she went really slow with the flat iron. I made a video about how to flat iron hair properly. This was one of the things I said people do. The most that is incorrect is straighten the hair superfast. Just go right through it in reality, you're gon na have to do more passes that way when you could just be doing one long, slow pass and had it be twice as effective. I like this size flat, I aren't using too it's not too small. It'S not too large, it's gon na be great for a really really long, hair anything larger than that. I feel like the heat just isn't distributed properly. I have to say, though I feel like she's just not getting her route very well, even though she's really holding it there. It still looks like it's quite frizzy. I feel like this flattery needs to be a lot hotter or she needs more product. You should definitely be getting a little bit of steam coming from the Flatiron. If you're, using the proper amount of products product just burns off a little bit creates a little bit steam when it's sort of working. In my opinion, I don't know if that's a scientifical fact, but I always seem to get better blow dryers and better straightening when it has a little bit of steam coming off. I see a little bit happening there. She can afford to really glob on the product because she has curly, hair and curly. Hair is a lot more dry than say straight hair. It'S gon na be very dry, and it's very long, so it's even more dry so being heavy-handed with that product. At first will be great for her hair, okay, so there's definitely some frizz there still, definitely not, as straight as I would have liked to see it. She'S gon na have to lose the point here. She needs a lot more hydration in there. It would have been a lot easier. You straighten if she had more moisture in there and more product. So now the first girl and Miriam are tied for seventh. Let'S see if she loses any more points for her styling techniques, maybe they might tie okay. So we see a little bit of steam coming off there. That'S great okay! I like that. I might not be able to see the steam, because it's on a white background, that's the other thing! So don't come for me, but god her hair is so long and luxurious and beautiful. Oh, I love to see it. I really do, and I love that she's following the brush with her Flatiron, that's a great way to make sure that all the tangles are out before the Flatiron hits. Otherwise, if you don't brush the hair and follow the brush with the Flatiron you're gon na end up actually flat ironing those knots that you have into your hair and it's not gon na be good and it's gon na create a lot more frizz. So make sure it's very combed out before you go through it with honor. Oh dude, her hair is so pretty, though. Oh, it's so long and luscious. Oh we're giving a little trim now: okay, yeah I mean she could definitely use like a good like two inches off that. If those ends I think, it'll be really beneficial for her. It'S quite pretty. I don't know how much more I can say. I wish those ends were more polished. Is it bad? No, is it great? No, it could use a lot more shine, maybe like a shine spray to finish it off we're using a cream. Here. I think it's beautiful, but those roots man - I don't know so at the end of a blow dry like this or a straightening process. I really like to take a comb and just pick up a paper thin section at the root and get really in there and get it really straight, because that is the place that people see the most and you want to make sure that root right here is So smooth and beautiful - and that was just not done here - I'm gon na take a point off the bat leaving her at a sex scandal. Scandal scandal: Oh scandalous, scandalous, okay, so that was Mary, Ann's straightening routine. Was it awesome? No, what is it the worst? No think she looks great, I think, she's adorable, I think she's so pretty and obviously I'm being a very hard critic today, but that leaves her with a six. So that means that miss Gabriela, our first video we watched today she has today's best hair care routine. For going from curly to straight hair, there were just a few different things she could have improved on, but overall it was a great job. She did congratulations. You win absolutely nothing bragging rights. You know you get bragging rights. I enjoyed that. I love watching people of different haircare routines and just seeing how different people take care of their hair. I think it's quite interesting hope you guys find it interesting too, and maybe you can learn a thing or two from this video on how to improve your own hair care routine and, like I said earlier, I do have dry shampoo, coming out with my brand X. Mondo and I'm so excited you guys have been asking for dry shampoo for so long dry. Shampoo is one of my favorite products ever something I use all the time on literally everybody. So you can check out the product specs below with the link to my website, and our product will be on sale officially tomorrow January 17th, so get your hands on it and you'll love it and don't forget to follow me on instagram, at brad, mondo NYC and On twitter and i'm tik-tok, if you really want to, I can follow my hair care brand X amount of hair for new product updates as soon as they come out. Thank you guys. So much for watching don't forget to live your extra eye and I'll see you next time. Bye!
Comments
Brad Mondo: What do you think I'd rate your routine?
Lauren Ragle: What I got out of this video was two things: 1) That weird plastic piece that came with my hairdryer is called a "concentrator nozzle" 2) Use it or Brad will come for you
Mercy Nyaboke: I feel like brad should visit a black women hair salon just once to see how different the routines are. They use way more oil and not the same brushes
Amber Goree: Brad, black girl hair is different than everyone else's. Its kinkier, curlier, sometimes much frizzier, and MUCH thicker. The method shes blow drying is called stretching. Because we have heavy shrinkage, we stretch the hair while drying to bring out the curls. Our hair will straighten best when stretched out in the process. The brush you use with curly hair would not be the best for our hair texture. Gonna tear our curls instead of loosen them ♀️ I like you Brad, but please learn black girl hair. I know you like curly hair, but you gotta educate yourself on African hair boo
Makyiah Eastman: when the second girl showed us her ends i couldn’t even laugh because i was speechless
Jada Wangari: The third girls hair is 10x better than the other girls
Maryam Hampton: Thanks for the criticism and putting me in your video Brad. I would love for you to do my hair one day! And shout-out to everyone who knows what the tension method is and why I use it! Love y’all ❤️
Popi Taylor: The method she used was the tension method. It really straightens the roots and helps not going through the ends too much. And is overall effective to me. Still love the input tho
Shelle: A lot of people are defensive about the stretching. He was basically saying the outcome of the hair wouldn't be as good as going in, sectioning the hair and getting the roots. Which is why at the end he took a point of for the roots not being as straight as they could've been. Just because she was trying to avoid heat damage doesn't mean she shouldn't lose a point if other girls lost 1 for the same thing-
Celeste Simmons: The last one was the best and was the most similar to my hair straightening routine. The first one looked okay because she already had heat damage. PSA: Dont use coconut oil before straightening, it literally cooks your hair.
meredith miles: Here’s my hair routine: wash, brush, air dry, done
Beth Schmitz: 1st girl: this is how I achieve this effortless look GIRL THAT WAS A WHOLE LOT OF EFFORT
ShawnKaySal: The third girl was using a method called stretching. The intention is to get the hair semi blown out with your using too much tension on individual strands and not have direct heat on natural and dry hair. We do our blow outs a little different to avoid damage... I don't think she was going for a bone straight look either...
Katie Williams: lowkey watching this video was hard lol. having textured hair myself I'm just sitting over here listening to Brad talk like.... oof. Textured hair is a VERY expansize topic that most hairdressers aren't taught about in school. No one can look at another person's curly and know what's best for it. You have to sit down with that person and learn their hair. BUT only if you're specialized in curly hair. Not that this particularly is bad, but even the terminology/ how Brad perceives and talks about the hair is wack to me. It was a fun video and this comment isn't to be taken so seriously I just wanted to say what I said.
theKoreis: I'm all natural (and have been since 2000, so >20yrs) and my hair absolutely hates coconut oil, but (myself included) a LOT of naturals use what we call the "tension method" and I too use my hand and simply hold my hair and dry it. I never manipulate my hair with a brush when using a dryer. Sorry
Vanity Carrillo: The only thing I noticed is that Gabriella also had a 6 So they actually tied and also Gabriellas hair looked horrendously dry and damaged compared to the last girls
Moira Christine: "Just holding the strands out and blow drying " is a method called "Stretching the Hair". It is actually VERY effective and healthy for naturally curly hair. If you're going to blow dry your hair on wet hair, when you use a brush, you increase the risk of SNAPPING your strands since they are so coily. When you stretch it the way Maryam Hampton does, you allow your curls to dry partially stretched first to PROTECT IT. Then once you are done with that step, you can go in with a brush and blow dry the hair further to stretch it even more. This is the SAFEST method for black hair. We gotta stay educated on black hair in salons guys❤❤
Angela B: The first girl’s “irregular curls” are def heat damage.
Sades_travels: It's called the tention method, for someone who has 4a/ hair it's just a black girl thing. I have never gotten heat damage btw.
megan nicole: The only thing coconut oil has ever done for me is break out my skin and make my hair smell like a greasy beach vacation
Sarah Fields: I’m def late watching this video, but I’m a hairdresser of 4 years from WV, & i swear when i watch your videos i learn more than i did in beauty school+4 years of experience. I absolutely love you!!! ANM react videos are my fav, but i love your educational videos too.
Sydney Murphy: For the third girl, she’s doing a technique called stretching. You stretch the hair section you are holding and let the roots become both dry and straighten( or stretched) while blow drying that section. It just helps with either to prevent heat damage, stretching your roots, and helping with making curly/kinky hair straight while blow drying it.
Agent Wolf: 17:52 I felt Brad’s reaction on deep spiritual level here. I’ve had the exact same reaction to my own hair so many times before. You should react to just wavy/curly hair routines sometime.
Razon dattebayō: Want more "routine rating videos!!! So helpful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thanks Brad xoxo
Hailey Harber: Most oil 'layers' will trap in water, and you have to make sure that the hair is DRY before you apply it as a heat protectant. It actually mimics what silicone based products do for the hair, coating it and providing that layer of protection. BUT there is one big caveat- coconut oil has a smoke point of 350 degrees. What actually happens to the coconut oil molecule once it hits the smoke point isn't really known. I mean obviously, you see it smoking from the macro view (hence the name), but at the micro level, .. well. I'm sure there's info on it somewhere but it's really hard to find (I've scoured the internet for info and found nothing). Meaning that we don't know if the molecule experiences a kind of.. explosion. Similar to how water, when heated on the hair with a flat iron over its boiling point, will explode in the hair shaft and cause damage. Maybe coconut oil doesn't do that, but it's kind of playing with fire since we don't know. I actually DO use coconut oil as a heat protectant since I have very very fine hair that can easily straighten under 350, but most gals probably have to jack up their straightener heat to over that in order to get their hair straight. So. For them I would reserve coconut oil for an after 'ends' treatment only, and stick with the silicone heat protectant. Love it for bleaching hair though. I always saturate my hair in coconut oil overnight or for 3-4 hours at least before bleaching. But again, if the bleach causes an extreme lifting of the cuticle and the coconut oil penetrates the shaft deeply (meaning it's still there in decently high concentration after the bleach, wash and dry), the individual would still need to be wary of the temperature at which they use on their hair. The coconut oil is still there and could still theoretically cause damage if heated above 350. Edit,-- just for kicks, I looked up the smoke point of sebum (human oil that naturally coats & infuses your hair). Couldn't find any info after a few minutes of looking, other than a statement that animal fats (as opposed to plant fats) have a low smoke point. So if the oils act in a similar way after hitting their smoke points, then the effects of coconut oil and other low-smoke point oils might not be THAT bad. It depends on if they react in a similar manner. I mean, if sebum has a low smoke point, then we have all most likely been over 300 degrees with our hair at one point and have caused the sebum to hit its smoke point, so. Maybe it's not such a big deal. Maybe if you're a gal with super thick hair (thick hair shafts that require 400 degrees + to get straight) try a section up underneath wit coconut oil for a few weeks and see if it incurs any substantial damage. If not, well. I guess then go for it!
Suzy: This video reminded me how lucky I am to have non-frizzy and non-curly glossy hair. Thank you Brad.
Kiana Thomas: I think the third girl should have had a better score because she was trying to not get heat damage and used the stretching method
Sondra Lynn: Small sections? It’s so much easier that way with curly hair. Large sections are difficult to get done straight. So small sections helps us out.
S. m.: I love that he understands curly hair. I was wincing watching her blow dry curly hair when it was already dry. I have curly hair and I would never blow dry it unless it was pretty wet still because you can’t get a frizzy curl out with a blow drier if it’s already dry. It just makes it frizzier and takes our shine.
Morgan Holbrook: He knows you need tension for the curly hair. He’s saying she needs a head on the blow dryer and he’s saying it’d be more effective to use a brush to put tension on her roots. He wasn’t saying she was wrong. He was just saying he would do it differently.
Elisa Sauerland: I always blowdry my hair without a nozzle on the cold setting to a 70 % dry mark to create volume. After that I attach the nozzle to my blow dryer and turn up the heat setting to medium heat and kind of straightening my hair with a brush and the blowdryer that way. I love the technique and it's working well for me with a minimum of heat damage.
Lisa Mews Music: It would be cool to see you react to heatless curling methods, or even testing them out. There are some strange and interesting ones out there. :)
Abeer Albashrawi: Note to second girl: having blow dried my curly rough hair all my life I believe not only did she start with dry hair and apparently no serum (I personally prefer argan oil serum), she also doesn’t have the right brush and heat. Much love from Saudi Arabia, Brad Mando!!!
Maria Grace: Brad you are SO awesome! I binge watch your videos and learn so much. You also make me laugh so hard!! You're hilarious! I can't believe how dumb some of these people really are! ♀️ I would be honored to have you do my hair! ♀️
Jordan Fraser: Coming from someone with naturally curly hair, I wish you did more videos on care and styling for curly hair that doesn't involve straightening. Curly hair is beautiful but I don't know what to do with it.
N F: The first girls hair is heat damaged. The third girls hair isn’t. That’s how i base who’s technique is better.
Chasity O'Neal: Thanks for informing us on coconut oil, which I do love, however it does leave my fine thinning hair too oily. I've taken Brad's advice an gotten a leave in with Argon oil so it can absorb into my strands. Ahhhhhh, much better:)
Michelle Monforto: I love JoyBeforeHer! Kelly is so beautiful. Her curly hair videos are amazing and super helpful on how to get your curls looking good.
Niki Faith Hope: I love your videos and watch them all the time , my mum's hairdresser but I've had obsession with hair your so funny and have amazing tips ...
Maggie Plummer: I agree with your ideas about coconut oil. A friend recommended I try this to moisturize my hair, and I put it in my hair and left it for about an hour. After washing it out my hair would dry super craggy/frizzy/broken in places that I couldn't smooth out at all.
briggs: "I'm going to be hyper critical..." Uhhhh, no, you're not. _Even when critiquing, Brad is crazy nice._
MERŌN: Pls do a video on type 4 hair!! You do amazing wash and gos would love to see more of that!
Fasherti X: I got a round brush stuck in my hair when I was like 15 for about 4 days lol
The incredible Jessica: I’m natural 4a 4b and I’ve been doing the tension method for years now and my hair is ALWAYS straight after. I don’t use the brush cuz my hair is so thick the brush pulls out ALOT of it. I think for the tension methode to work it all comes down to the products you use they have to seal moisture in the hair
Susan TheSweet: All I want to do is watch hair videos with Brad this weekend. I love the sweater and necklace he is wearing in this video.
Joy Before Her: OMG I can’t believe I made it into one of your videos! Unfortunately that one is probably the worst video on my channel I really meant it when I said I’m not good at blowouts . That video was sponsored so I couldn’t mention any other products I used. Your rating is 100% accurate and I learned some tips from ur critiques so thank you
it's kind of a funny story...: I stopped using a hair dryer 6 years ago. Best decision ever. I always allow my hair to dry naturally and all my damage has gone away. I get complimented on my hair daily.
Caitlin Jones: You’d be SO PROUD of my blow dry routine. I’d probably get an 8. AND I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS USE A CONDENSER!
Sara Love: you would be mortified with how I use to do my hair when I was younger omg. Washed it twice a day, blow dried it every morning, flat ironed or curled holding down on the roots area for extra to make it have volume. Also would flat iron with a “wet to straight” and it would be wet... Then I might even put in hold gel in the roots , or super hold hairspray and tease the roots. I burned my hair off before lol. Nowadays though I don’t do anything except wash every time it gets dirty with hempz shampoo and conditioner no heat styling
Jui: Binging nowadays ✨ learning something unique from every single vdo❤ you are a mature soul, your way of discussion (/teaching) is benchmark for 'all kind' of teachers out there.. not only is it teaching but a step up - helping others grow ( there's a fact that 'love, help you grow as a person.') and you sure know about compassion, and not only 'know' but 'practice' it with so much grace✨ which is extremely unique! Everything you say and do is really graceful✨❤️
Bretie Bligzna: Brad starts looking like an E-boy more and more everyday
Hanna Rico: Hey brad! I want to know if you have ever tried using chamomile oil on anyone’s hair or your own? That’s what I use on mine and I love it so so much!! I have pretty wavy dark brown hair and it make my hair so silky and make my hair darker and healthier looking! Let me know! Love you!!
effiCircus: I am not very into hair but your videos are always so inspiring to watch. You are the very first YouTuber who can talk about other people without offend anyone and be so respectful. You are a star!
crab rangoonz: *I love your videos Brad but I think you have a lot more to learn when it comes to KINKY and COILY hair.* As many commenters have mentioned, Maryam is using the tension method to blow dry which minimizes heat damage. For a lot of natural folks, the intention is to stretch the hair, not to have bone straight hair. The tension blow dry method leaves my hair soft and stretched and easy to flat iron. I also don't use high heat to flat iron my hair either. High heat and brushes during the blow dry process turned my hair from low porosity to high porosity and it also ruined my curl pattern. And personally, for my 4c hair I stay FAR away from round bristle brushes, especially during the blow dry process. I'd rather use tension and/or a comb attachment or even a paddle brush.
Cecilia Ire: I have naturally really curly hair and it makes me so happy to know that Brad also doesn't appreciate Coconut oil. it seems like the ENTIRE curly hair community is in love with it. I am extremely allergic to coconut. Eating, drinking, touching coconut will usually send me into anaphylactic shock. I have a really hard time finding products for my hair that do not use coconut oil.
Brandi Rogers: Lol Brad, the third woman is doing a form of a tension method. I have similar hair & length, and use the technique often. It allows stretching to occur while keeping the blow dryer at a distance and on a lower temperature setting. First we stretch our hair, then we move on to the steps you mentioned. All while avoiding high temperature settings and still getting the most out of the blow dry. I think she doesn’t want to achieve bone straight hair. But typically the results would be pretty sleek, especially when doing a silk press. Lol Also, all of our hair isn’t dry, dry hair(or however many times you said it) we all can’t afford to use hella products w/o looking crazy, greasy and/or stiff. Lol
namakamoonicecream: For a girl with curtly hair, I have to brush my hair out completely, get all of the knots curls out, then let my hair dry completely. I have 4 different curl patterns in my hair (2c, 3a-c), which makes it difficult to keep my hair curly because there are no products that have worked so far. So I found that it’s best to just comb out all my hair while it’s wet, let it air dry without touching it after. Then I blow dry my hair, and straighten it. If y’all have any good product to recommend me, please go ahead!! I love trying new products and seeing what works on me and doesn’t! P.s. I have naturally curly hair, but my hair can’t hold curls, even when they have minimal product, and I also have to tackle my hair with a straightening iron or else my hair would frizz up straight away because the air is either dry, to humid, or a mix of both
Melissa Parks: I'd love to hear Brad's advice to those of us who have had their straight hair suddenly decide (probably hormonal) that it's curly/ wavy hair now...my current situation. Trying to go with it and not straighten it use hot tools other than blow drying with a diffuser
Natalie Rocheleau: Coconut was really good for when you’re styling with heat products considering coconut oil has such a high burn temperature, also because it doesn’t penetrate the hair it only stays on the surface and that’s the only bet that’s burning up. I think it’s a great prep for flat ironing your hair personally but I could be wrong
Rachell McFly: I love how you slip your product names in there on us lol ! But it doesn't feel like you're forcing it on us. I love it. Btw I love your XMondo shampoo & conditioner & Glitterati
Simone: The last one is stretching... and it takes me 30 mins to straighten my hair perfectly from air dried curly hair.... as a stylist there are multiple different ways to do hair and hers was a great method.
carla camp: For volume I blow dry my hair upside down, just mostly dry. Then use big velcro rollers , hit each roller with a little heat with my hair dryer. Do my makeup and let each roller cooled. Take rollers out and brush it. Turns out great every time. My hair is in great shape.
Ella Younge: I have natural hair and Mondo's statement at 21:58-22:16 is completely true. I've only got my hair professionally straightened once and I will say the key to nicely pressed hair is a flawless blowout otherwise your straightened hair will look blow-dried.
Dawn Lights: The 3rd girl method was great for curly hair. The brush brad recommended for curly hair causes sooo much damage . tension method all the way!
AyPeeElTee: Brad, 3rd girl is doing the tension method. you should research it. as I'm sure you know, black natural hair requires different methods than other hair types. the tension method is the healthiest and most effective way to blow dry our hair. with all those dry fragile curls, the less disturbance the better :)
Jaq Ryo: With the 3rd girl, she was stretching her hair. It’s a fairly common thing to do because it doesn’t cause as much damage to the hair and scalp.
Katya Figueroa: I think the last girl had a really good routine though. With her hair texture, limiting the heat usage is definitely a good thing.
Katy Midnight: The thing with the concentrater nozzle is, that I always, always use it with my blowdryer at home... but when I go to the hairdresser they do not have those things on any of their blowdryers, they don't even lay around. That's one of the reasons why I never ever let them blowdry my hair, I always do it myself. I wouldn't do it at all, if I could see if I like the cut on my hair, when it's wet. But except for that the salon is pretty good, so..
Colleen Toddy: Maryam definitely used the safest blow dry method for black hair. I see a lot of folks also mentioned this in the comments. I’d actually love for you to do a redo video addressing these specific comments about the Tension Method and doing it as a collab with Maryam. All love Brad
Yaeli Fembotnikova: I do wish more people would do roller sets with xl curlers and tension, air dry, then hit it with a dryer. Seeing 4a/4b/4c hair come out of rollers is like watching magic happen. And denman brushes like the 3rd girl. Those things are magical too.
Sandra Dalia C: Do a series called “what would I do to you boo” and watch people hair routines and explain how YOU would do it
chp33: Guys I have natural curly hair and I agree with Brad. I love Maryam and watch all her videos but if you spend more time blow drying the flat ironing doesn't need to be as long and complicated. If I ever put heat in my hair again I'll follow Brad's advice.
Izabella Desrochers: Hearing that "hi beautiful" is everything and it makes me feel better when i feel my worst!!! Thank you Brad!!!! ❤
Jessica Tucker: I'm going to have to disagree with Brad. I can agree about the blow dryer extension. If their priority was to not damage their hair, then taking that extra precaution of putting the nozzle on the blow dryer makes sense for the deduction of points. First girl and last girl had the best routine. They did what worked best for them, however the first girl's hair was damaged. To me third girl wins with routine because her hair was the healthiest and because her curl pattern was a completely different curl pattern than the other two ladies. I believe the first two girls ranged in the type 2, while third girl ranged in the type 3 hair. So while their routine might differ, they are doing what works best for their hair. It's not possible to have a routine that works for all curly hair types. I think the other two ladies could have used a lower heat especially with their hair being damaged. It's super easy to damage curly hair, so I can see why the last girl didn't want to go for the super sleek/straight look. Also the tension method is great way to stretch curly hair. It may not be the method used on looser curl types, however stretching is a great method for blow drying curly hair, especially hair that holds a tighter curl pattern. Using "recommended salon brushes" can pull out her hair and cause breakage. Hands can be used as tools, you can finger detangle and you can stretch hair, it's preference. Her technique is different, but not wrong.
Sammy: I just realize how wrong I've been doing my hair. You're the only person I trust on how to care for my hair. I seriously have been killing my hair watching other youtubers. No offense to them. Whenever I watch your videos I'm just like....... yeah I've been killing my hair. Thank you so much for helping me point out my mistakes!!!!
Sariya Alvarez: brad: comes at everyone for techniques they use that are HORRIBLE me: agreeing and shaming them with him Also me: wraps my hair in a towel, brushes my hair with a regular brush from root to ends, doesn’t go slow with the straightener, uses box dye, and cut my own hair
Emaan Mohsin: Who else wants Brad to come up with his own xmondo hair brush
Brenda Retta: Please do one on naturally straight hair!!!
Juniper: I feel like some of those point deductions should have been bonus points added since the strategies were used to reduce heat damage... You have to condiser the long term, not just the instantaneous satisfaction of perfectly straight hair. Cut Brad some slack and note this video is not new. He has learned lots and keeps an open mind when it comes to learning about different hair types.
Jamie Hood: Brad, I have a few questions for you! I have Polynesian/African American hair and I finger comb it. I have adopted this method because I’ve view combing too rough for my hair. However, I’m open to change! Do you recommend finger combing over actual combs? If not, what combs do you recommend? Also, I’ve noticed that I often lose a lot of hair. As I finger comb and apply hair product (Cantu coconut curling cream), I’m often left with a decent size fur ball Is this normal/should this be normal for curly haired people to experience or am I doing something wrong? I’ve also heard that washing in cold water will help stop the breakage of my hair and help promote growth - I haven’t seen much of a difference. What are your thoughts?? I need help! Side note: I’d love to see you do a video on how to take care of curly hair. I LOVE my curls BUT I don’t know how to take care of them so they look healthy, shiny, and vogue-worthy curly. I’d love to hear your thoughts on how to keep it moisturized, clean (I struggle to find the right shampoo and conditioner), and healthy (I feel like I’m losing my hair haha). Thank you so much for your videos! You’re the best!
Buttahx Wave: The first girl should’ve got a zero! For using a natural oil like coconut oil on her hair then using heat! Any oil that can be used to cook with isn’t the the kind of oil you use for styling your hair with any type of heat!
Aster: I havent applied any heat including blowdryers to my hair for 3 yrs. Honestly im so happy and proud. I use to hate my curls and straighten them all the time but now im so happy and have learnt to love them ❤️
Jennifer Redford: As a child I got a brush stuck in my hair and my dad had to get a saw to cut it out I feel you Brad, so much anxiety for little benefit!
Marilyn Rose: This video (his review of girl #3) just reinforces why I would never go see a hairdresser not *trained* specially to work with natural hair because for as much as Brad always compliments natural hair he *clearly* does not understand past a basic level how our hair operates and the safest methods to keep our hair healthy. Girl #3 was doing everything right for our hair, just for some reason he had another unrealistic expectation... How unfortunate
Veronica Marz: Brad needs more inclusion. we need some Afro curly hair tips and techniques. I believe a real hairdresser can style any texture from any race .
Jinxira: as someone with naturally curly hair i actually dont recommend a bristle brush for blow drying, major breakage
Unicorn Mama: Camellia oil is my favorite for hair I use thermal protection (It’s a 10) on damp fresh washed hair. Air dry then flat iron. Finish it with camellia oil (tatcha beauty oil) Perfection
ItsMe: As a curly myself (3c), this is what i do when I blow dry my hair: -Pre-poo is essential to retain moisture as curly hair tends to be dry -Deep condition with gentle heat and a shower cap or some cling wrap -Apply heat protectant -Section hair while wet to minimise manipulation -Gently dry hair on a low setting to take some of the moisture out as blowdrying wet hair leads to permanent heat damage to curly hair -Wrap small sections of hair from the bigger sections and blowdry -Apply a light oil (minimal amount) while hair is warm so that the oil absorbs into the cuticle -Once entire head is blowdried, apply cold air for a few minutes to seal the cuticle -Sleep with a satin bonnet or on a satin pillowcase to minimise damage to hair
Jaimie Lily: Can you do a curly girl routine? I don't know about the others that love watching you but I love my curls which are either 3b or 3c . I was hoping to cut through some of the bs . I'm told different things by EVERYone. Thanks <3
YoungDynasty: This is exactly how I felt when doing clients hair and one of our assignments was to use use the velcro rollers and I absolutely hate them because they get stuck in your hair and especially curly hair so using the round brush in the same way has the same problem. It's a no from me lol!
Baby5*: 1st video.. She says "This is how I achieve my effortless look" The Look: Takes all the time and effort possible for a simple hairstyle.
Ileanna Raquel: please do a regular curly hair routine ! it might also teach u a few things abt curly hair
Rachel S: Brad is probably the only hair dresser I would trust with full creative control over my hair. Cut it, dye it......do whatever!
Wytse Wilhelm: The first time I got long bangs/extreme layers (not sure what the right term is in English) it was because I was using my sister's round brush and got it stuck in my hair. My dad cut it out. I actually didn't mind so much in hindsight because after my hair stylist fixed it, it looked hella cute!
Sincerely MsTaya: 1. With “Natural” hair like ours, we blow dry in big sections because we aren’t trying to get it bone straight. Just dry. It’s healthier for our hair. 2. She’s not looking for bone straight hair. This is why she isn’t going slower with the flat iron. This is also why she isn’t focusing on her roots. She’s seeking a “straighter” than curly look. She still wants the thick, voluminous look without it being flat.
weeping.willow: First girl: has six points Brad: you win!!! Third girl: am I a joke to you?
M G: Have you reviewed the Revlon blow drying round brush? I have frizzy, curly, dry hair and my hair looks and feels much healthier and bouncier after using it. I have thin hair, so the bounce I achieve is the most astonishing.
Holly M: Not being a girlie girl, I’ve learned A LOT from these videos. Maybe there’s hope for me yet
Maya Gleich: I have 3B hair and my sister has 4A. My hair can get straightened with a flat iron, blow drier just makes it “puff” like Cynthia Rhodes. The straightest my sister’s hair will get is about a 2C, with flat iron, blow dry, and keratin products. She’s got mad virgin hair. The one time it was straightened she only allowed a 1-2in section to be done. My sister’s hair is shoulder length, but if you pull it taut, it goes past her butt. It’s crazy.
Say Hello: Buy a Revlon One-Step styling brush. I was able to go from a 45 minute routine of blow drying followed by straightening to a simple 20 minute routine and my hair looks bouncy and smooth. Loooove it!