Our Updated Fall 2021 Curly Hair Routines + Current Favorites

What'S good, everybody welcome back to the channel with your maiden girls, that's us, i'm mel and i'm amanda. We are sea stairs and we are here because we're having a bad hair day. Well, here's the thing now when you look at this you're gon na think wait. What'S bad, but let me tell you: let us tell you it's not always about how it looks, it's how it feels yeah and we both just tried something new yeah, because it's i mean it's. What we do. We try different products and we do it and we both consecutively said no bueno, no gracias goodbye. So in today's video we're going to share our current go-to routines, what we've been doing to style our hair lately, what we've been loving in our hair and just kind of chat and catch up? It'S now october, so cooling up around here we thought we need to talk about new routines, new things and what we've been loving. So, let's do it, then without further ado: let's get to it, can you show me i'm going to show you my butt to the sink where you're gon na wash my hair, that's a great place to start the wash we're gon na be washing your hair. Again, we just did it. She did research, i literally just washed my hair yesterday, it's so frustrating that i have to do it again, but today is currently a friday when we're filming this video and i'm not trying to walk into the weekend with bad hair. So but it's not dirty like my scalp's, not dirty, so we're going to go on with a moisturizing wash and we're going to use our go-to moisturizing, shampoo and conditioner that we reach for it's the aveda nutraplenish. We use lots of different products in general, but when it comes to shampoos and conditioners, i'm a bit of a shampoo snob. Like me too, i like to use reputable brands that i know i can trust. We'Ve been using aveda for years, and this is really nice going into the cooler months because it really it's almost like a co-wash shampoo, but it's still loud. It still gives you a good cleanse. It'S very nice and moisturizing, so we're just gon na go in with a gentle cleanse here using the shampoo and conditioner yeah. You always recommend this line to me whenever my hair needs a good wash, but it's also very dry. I just washed my hair yesterday, so i don't want to do anything that's too stripping to dry it out. So this is what we're going to be using we're fresh we're clean. I'M actually really digging this deep side. You see this yeah, it looks good, maybe she's, never like that. I think i'm going to do a side part today we're going to prep our hair with a leave-in conditioner, we're going to use, take it away yeah, so we're going to use the aveda nutri-punish leave-in conditioner. I personally have been reaching for this a lot, especially during the summer, and not rolling into the fall, because it's so lightweight i talk about it all the time it can work for a lot of hair textures, and i really like how it has both uv protection And heat protection because i do like to diffuse my hair. This is the main reason why we're reaching for this. It'S going to give us heat protection up to 450 degrees, as we do diffuse our hair. It'S just like you know it's a little extra protection also, while this product is very light, it is very nourishing. You know, i think of you when i see this bottle really because i feel like this is your color yeah. It is my color. The other thing is um, this product, i'm big on smells. We like smelling good, especially with our hair products, a lot of times that dictates what i want. What i use for the day because, like what do i want to smell like this week, you know so this leave-in works really really well with the styling product that we're going to use we're just going to quickly brush this through and then i'll show you yeah And we're using our tangle tees or ultimate detanglers to detangle, and i was using the pink one yeah this one was yours and it has your hairs in it actually too late. Now something you should know about, while we are moving into the fall, fall, equals more falling hairs. We talked about this last year. You might be experiencing a little bit, more hair fall this season, and it's just something that is completely normal. Just something to be aware of, let's show her hair, it's like nice and wet, but not completely, soaking, no and more wet than just damp. It'S not a stem, so we're keeping our towels around us which, by the way, they're sold out now completely sold out, can't get them anymore, but you can still get the regular towels yeah. You guys can still. Our limited edition patterns are completely sold out. We want to just say yeah, quick! Thank you! Thank you, oh my goodness, so everyone that got there is super exciting and let's just put these bad boys up here and we're gon na. Take this one away: miss amanda, guido, miss a g. You follow us on instagram and you've been joining our amazon lives. You know that we've been teasing and we finally revealed the product that we have been using and it's the only styling product we have been using it's this bad boy, we're going to be using the ag curl fresh definer. This is their latest launch ag. Is a product i've been using since the beginning of my hair journey in general, yeah we've been using aeg for a very long time. Yes, but these are new. Yeah recently they've been almost rebranding into plant-based essentials yeah. This is part of their plant-based essentials. It'S 99 plant-based. Also, silicone free soft hold styling cream yeah. I would say it's more of a medium hold and that's what i really like about this cream. It'S it pairs beautifully with the aveda line. It has that very plant-like smell, very clean, fresh citrusy you're, also getting a little bit of that ginger scent in here. As there is ginger in the product itself. It is a lighter weight consistency. You can see how it's running down my hand. So it's not a very thick cream, which is something to note for finer textures. This could work pretty well for you as well. It has really nice slip. I get a veda vibe, so they yeah, i get it they pair very nicely. Together. We have really been liking, it yeah, so we tried started testing this out over a month ago and we've used it. We almost finished this exclusively and i personally have used it exclusively in my hair, routine, minus my last wash day where i tried some new products that didn't work out for me. So that's why i'm excited to use this now because we're gon na, like i said it's friday today, i want to walk into the weekend with really good hair and you're gon na see what i mean going into just general. I feel like we just don't want to be spending as much time on our hair routines, and so that's what's really nice about using these yeah. This could be the only thing you reach for yeah, like you, you don't have to use the leave-in like we did. I personally like to use that leave-in specifically, because i do like that little bit of heat protection, but you absolutely do not need to. This is definitely a one-and-done styling product, exactly you can totally customize it depending on what your hair is like and moving into the cooler months. You might want to use a leave-in conditioner and then don't skimp out on the leave-in conditioner. This part of our styling routine. I'D say is pretty much stayed the same, we're still using our tangle, teaser, ultimate detanglers, to not only detangle but also styler hair. You can see how we are pressing, the hair against each section to really help define and clump the curls together yeah. This is our go ahead and change yeah i feel like this is the fastest way to style my hair right now, and it's also, i just love the results again. I want you to see how easily the brush is gliding through um. Again this cream there's a lot of slime. It makes me want to scream yeah so much slip. This is probably my favorite product. I'Ve tried in 2021. I will give it that title. Would you yeah yeah, like i know, everyone wants a favorites video like for like last year, giving you the sneak peek. This is a favorite, oh yeah. This is a favorite. It will be. It'S really really impressed us in my routine. If you know us, we don't do one at duns, i've never done a one and done cream and been completely satisfied, but we'll show you the kind of hold it gives it's almost like. It is a gel in one we will be stocking up yeah. We will be stopped on this one yeah, so like moving into the fall. What is something that you feel your hair needs or like what changes happen to you? I don't for me. I think my hair doesn't change too much in the fall. It definitely takes a turn in the winter where it gets more dry, especially my scalp, my scalp screams at me in this in the winter. I get a lot of flakes a lot of itchiness, so i'll show you how much i'm taking for the top section, but in terms of like the fall, my hair stays pretty consistent. So what happens in the fall is while the temperatures are cooling down, it is like where we are it's a rainy season, but it's not the same type of humidity as the summer. So while there is moisture in the air, especially like sometimes in the morning and at night, it's like foggy and there's lots of dew in the air. That kind of humidity is scary, but i mean, as we've been testing this routine, especially this product like we've noticed it's been really good during this transitional period. Yeah and i do feel like it's going to continue to perform well going into the drier months as well. We'Ll have to see - and there have been a few other changes so at this point like everything's the same the way we style our hair, we like to, of course, we're styling sections. That is, like always always a necessity. In order for me to get really defined. Curls, but i have some new tips that i've learned or figured out kind of for volume. At my root, especially manny's got some new new toys. I got some new toys. I can't wait to share them, they're really fun to use as well. We know amanda she's, always the tool and toy girl. I'M always looking for gadgets that i like gadgets, she's a gadget gal. I am a gadget, a magic gal. I haven't tried what she's got what she's been using uh, but she's gon na show us some volume, boosting tips and tricks. I believe it's october. I can't believe it's almost the end of the year. I really wanted to color my hair. This month we were supposed to, but i can't we can't commit to a color. So if you have any ideas, let me know, but i'm feeling the rose gold tones like so who suggested that to you. I'Ve been following the trends yeah. What i notice is, there's nothing crazy out there um, you know, there's the money piece, that's very popular in straight hair, but i look for curly hair trends. What'S going to work well in curly, hair yeah, which you know you don't want to have to color your hair. Very often, you want low maintenance colors that last beautifully like amanda's hair. We colored it last time. Last year, it's been over a year. It still looks amazing, we don't even have to do it for the wedding that we have coming up. Oh yeah, we have another wedding. Should we vlog our day at the wedding season is definitely back full force? I'M done. I know you are. Do you wanna show my top section? I wanted to answer a couple questions, oh, that i was seeing about the curl cream sure go ahead because, like okay, so is there protein? Is there moisture like how do we break down this product? So we already talked about it's curl definer. You can pretty much use it all on its own and it really is a beautifully balanced product. So as when we talk about proteins, we talk about, you know, there's proteins and then there's like amino acids and peptides and and these types of ingredients that are similar to proteins, but a little bit more gentle and for anyone that is scared of proteins. Or you know, you don't need a lot like this is truly a nice gentle product, so this has keratin amino acids and it is also vegan and cruelty free. So i'm assuming that would be vegan keratin amino acids see how i'm always directing the brush upwards. I see i see that's for the volume right, there are p peptides and then derivatives from other ingredients, like rice extracts and rice of course does have. You know some proteins and like there is definitely protein in this product which are her loves protein and, as we have been using on its own, we haven't. I haven't felt like i've needed to supplement anything i haven't felt like. I need to use a leave-in that has protein or a gel on top, so it's definitely friendly for medium to high porosity, but it's also going to be very friendly for low porosity, because it's not overbearing and again it's really balanced with a lot of moisturizing ingredients. There'S a really nice oils in here a lot of very different oils in here, and there is glycerin in here, but it's not one of the top top ingredients. And while using this i mean we still will finish our hair. Okay, not crazy and we'll show you when we get to that step, but we're just going to let a sister finish yeah. So when i'm doing this top section of my hair, you haven't seen me do this before. I do like to take diagonal sections because my hair is longer. I find it helps me um style, the hair, a lot more easier and i get a lot of great volume this way. So i'm just gon na start by first detangling, the section and then i'm going to style it pointing the hair upwards so that when it falls down, i get nice volume at the root. That sounds great. I have no idea what i look like see. Look at this one, i'm getting already yeah man we're going to take it to the next step. With this next trick. I might use one of these. This is the new gadget that i found. I did a. I went as a black hole and i found a bunch of just like fun amazon gadgets that i could try, and these are one of them. These are root clips that i found on amazon. It came in a pack of four. It gives me perm rock vibes. It does yeah, i show them it's like a. They have a barrel, it's a barrel, but there's also like these little teeth on the side, which i'm not going to, i kind of scared. What are they for? I'M sure it's to help brush the hair. These could definitely still be used in straight. Hair pictures show them used on straight hair, but i thought to try them on my hair, so i really liked how it worked and i'm going to show you how to do it right now and you weren't scared of the teeth they didn't get stuck in. My hair you'll have to show us your technique, all right how i like to use these root clips. To give me a lot more volume is well. I only need about three so starting right here at the temp, just above the temple so right here in the corner of my head, i'm just gon na section out the hair here and grab about maybe an inch wide of hair, very gently. It doesn't need to be a perfect section, i'm going to lift the hair up and i'm going to take the clip and i'm just going to clip it right here at the root. Then i'm taking another section right in the middle again, i'm taking about an inch thick section, i'm being very gentle when i'm taking the section, because i don't want to break up the curls that i created grabbing another clip here, i'm just gon na clip it right At the root - and then one last section here so for this section, i want the curls to curl in the opposite direction. So i'm going to take the clip and put the barrel on on that side. So that's what it should look like interesting at this point. So see i feel, like i made a little bit of frizz in this section here, i'm just going to brush it out again and if you need to add some more water or product, but my hair is still pretty damp and i'm just gon na style. It once more with the brush just so that i can smooth over any frizz that i might have created there and i'll do the same on this side. I couldn't wait to show you guys this technique, because i tried it for the first time the other day, and i was like wow. This actually worked for an hour and i was pretty proud of myself and now. This is what we look like before we're going to dry, of course, mel mel's just trying to try my technique today. You could use these clips to help you air dry to really get that volume, while your hair is air drying that we all struggle with or you can simply just blow dry. Your hair with the clip in i'll show you how i like to do that. I have been diffusing my hair a little bit differently lately. What i do is, i first of course, start using the diffuser on my dyson super sonic hovering around my roots. First, until i get about to 80 percent dry i'll scrunch, the hair until it's fully dry and then to finish, i take out my root clips and use the gentle air attachment to diffuse the roots and really make sure that everything is dry. And it's also going to add that extra layer of volume, this part is optional, but i am putting the root clips back in just to help really set the volume in place. I typically just let it sit like this, while i'm doing my makeup so now. This is where we're at yeah and if you thought we looked crazy before it's gon na look even worse now i feel like it's cute it'll, look good we're going to finish off her hair yeah. First, let's show them the cast. You didn't stretch it out. No, i haven't touched it so besides diffusing the hair has got a beautiful crust to it and that's what excites me most about this product is the cast that i get. You know that we love cast even without a gel yeah. It really has a nice hole to it, even though it's a little deceiving on the website and on the product. It says soft hold soft hold styling cream, but in our experience i wouldn't say it's soft. It'S got a really good hold, but if you aren't getting a hold with this product, because i've had a few questions from people who already have this product and they're asking, how did you get the cast just make sure that your hair is not too wet when You'Re styling, because that will dilute it, make sure you're not touching it while it's drying, because you're scrunching up the cast before it can form make sure your hair is completely dry before you go in and touch it, i mean yeah. The other thing, i would say, is make sure you're using a gel or a mousse, but yeah try using less water. First yeah and you'll find that this product really does offer good hold yeah that we're now going to scrunch out. I want to mention um, you shouldn't touch your hair too much with just perfectly clean hands, because you could cause some static and some frizzies. That'S why we always i mean we're oils and serum gals. Yes, we always like to coat our hands with an oil just to soften up and break it break everything up and we've been obsessed with this oil bonding oils sucrose with bonding oil, another great way to infuse a little extra protein into your routine, because this is Actually, a protein enriched product, yeah vegan protein vegan keratin, so it's going to help protect your hair and strengthen it at the same time. Yeah it's a very nice lightweight oil smells so good. If you have the boncho we have salve, it smells exactly like it. It'S this pearl smith strengthening line, and we want to first smooth it over the curls to add that layer of protection - and i'm just you know what i'll just do one side first, so you can really see scrunched versus unscrunched. You can kind of clap the hair. A little bit scrunch: are we ready to take our clips out now beautiful yeah? I'M ready i'm going to take this clip out here. Yeah. Let'S take yours out first and see what it did. I don't know careful very gentle when taking it out. Look at that ma'am it worked. Did it give me a little? Oh, my god it did. You should have put one on the other side, but we only have four yeah again. The only thing that concerns me is those little teeth, but i don't usually like root clips because with like the little two prong clips, because those can get really caught in the hair, at least these don't get caught like the springs. They work, obviously we're just gon na shake this out, because it's too stiff this whole step really can't be skipped. It'S crucial because if you don't do this kind of scrunching and finishing of your style, you're just going to be walking around like this, my hair before scrunching and then after yeah right right now, i'm going to scrunch this a little tiny bit more oil. Look at us look at us saving our bad hair day and that's that our updated routine feels so much better the hair, just you! Maybe it doesn't look massively different. I think it does. I think it does. It feels a million times when we started it looks to me it looks massively different. The curls just look a lot more plump and healthy, and they don't have this nasty sticky residue yeah left on it. Yeah, of course, we'll link everything we use from the products down to the clips and gadgets that we like to use in our current styling, routine, so yeah, i liked it. I don't know if i'm gon na use those root clips. No, i'm okay, they're yours! I liked it i like them, they fit the barrel. Size is better for your curls yeah. I don't really need much help with root volume. Thankfully, and there you have it. Yes, thank you for watching today's video with the sea stairs, that's it. This has been amazing. Girls, amanda and mel, and we are out we're out peace, hello, well, hello, oh god, that is filming far too below waistline and it's not coordinating her pants with her outfit. She said i said: work from home work from home; yes, lights, camera action hold on yeah, okay, okay, okay, all right; okay, oh all, right! Okay, hey! What'S good everybody! My face is itchy. Is it lip gloss? No, why is there? Am i what's on your lips? You said you were gon na go. Do your lips looks like doesn't look like there's much on what i'm wearing just don't give me your herpes, because those are your peas and all i need is really not ew. Why is it lip glossy? It'S not supposed to be always been this formula. I bought these and you stole them. Do we look? Okay? What'S good everybody, hi cece hi nice to meet you if you're new um, if you haven't been around, then you haven't seen her. This is truman. You'Re, a train wreck; okay, we're a train wreck; so this video uh, we might say exactly exactly eggs.