10 Mistakes That Cause Frizz When Washing Curls Ft. Twist

Do your curls ever look like this, where you have a bunch of frizz and tangles after washing it that you then have to try and fix when you're styling and trying to apply your products? Well, today, i'm going to help you identify some of the mistakes that you might be making when you are washing your hair, specifically that are leading to a lot of frizz. This is the second video in the series all about mistakes that are causing a frizz. So if you didn't see the last video, i will link it for you down below, but in that video we talk about mistakes that are causing frizz when you're styling. So when you're applying your products and styling your curls, if you're new to my channel welcome, my name is gina, and here we talk all about naturally curly hair. I love talking about product ingredients, the science of hair and really helping you problem solve that way. You can achieve healthier hair. I also wanted to thank twist for partnering with me for this video i'm using some of my favorite products from the brand that i've been using for a while. Now i'm so excited to be using some very affordable products that are more accessible. I also got a discount code for you all. So if you want to save even more money on these affordable products, i will have that in the description box below. So let's go ahead and get started. I first wanted to make a little disclaimer. There is no right or wrong way to style your curls i've said this before, but i really just wanted to reiterate that the mistakes that i'm listing here are not necessarily mistakes. If you like your results, i'm simply sharing some things that i have noticed that i have tweaked in my routine to really help cut down on the frizz. So if you like, your results, definitely keep doing what you're doing, but if you're really struggling with your curls. Hopefully this might help you identify what could be causing the frizz. If that's something that you're looking to tame. So i first wanted to give a little summary of what we're trying to do here. So what is the goal when we're washing our hair and what are we trying to prevent with curly hair when you're washing it? The first one is friction whenever we're washing our curls there's lots of friction happening. So that's one of the main things that we're going to be trying to prevent here and at number two is tangles. A lot of you, i'm sure, experience tangles, especially in between washes. So when you go to wash your hair there's already a lot of tangles there and washing can lead to a lot of tangles. So we're going to be talking about how to reduce friction and tangles and then there's also damage. So we want to obviously prevent damage when we're washing our hair. Build up is another big one that often contributes to frizz. So we're going to be talking about that and last but not least, dryness we're trying to prevent our curls from becoming dried out from shampooing. We know that shampooing can lead to some dryness, so the first mistake that you might be making that could be causing lots of friction. Tangles and frizz is not detangling. Your hair prior to shampooing, so shampoo raises the ph of our hair and the cuticle layer then becomes lifted. This also happens when we wet our hair and it swells. The cuticle then becomes more raised, resulting in increased friction. You might also notice more shedding during shampooing, which then just makes tangles worse, especially if you have high porosity hair, where the cuticle layer has been compromised if it's been damaged or if it's just sitting more raised, and not quite as lowered as somebody with low porosity Hair, you also get a lot more friction if you have coarse hair. So if your hair is more wiry and more brittle feeling, if you have coarse textured hair, then you will definitely want to work on detangling. Your hair, before shampooing detangling prior to shampooing, prevents more tangles from forming during the shampoo process resulting in less breakage, which often then leads to frizz a lot of times. If you have breakage, you'll have small little hairs, sticking up all over your head and those are really hard to tame and lay down so a lot of times. Frizz is due to breakage, or sometimes it's also, new growth, where you just have shorter hairs poking through detangling prior to shampooing, also allows you to really get down to your scalp to more thoroughly cleanse without the knots in the way, it's so much easier to shampoo. Your hair, when it's been detangled, definitely try it. If you have not already so, there are two ways to detangle your hair prior to shampooing. The first one is by dry detangling with some oil and the second one is detangling with some conditioner in the shower. When your hair is wet before you shampoo, so i like to dry detangle. So that's what i did for this wash day. I just add some oil to my hair and then i section it off and detangle it gently with my fingers. This made the biggest difference in my hair when i was still transitioning away from heat damage and trying to recover my hair, because that oil really helped to protect my hair from the shampooing process. This also reduces a lot of breakage because her hair is the weakest. When it's wet so it makes more sense, sometimes to dry detangle your hair. Now your hair is also less elastic when it is dry, so that's a whole nother thing, but just try it out and see what works best for you. But if you do have very damaged, hair or hair that has been like bleached or processed, then you'll definitely want to try out dry detangling until it gets healthier. Just make sure that you have some oil on your hands, don't try and do this without oil, because you do need some slip. But if your curls are very tight, then you might not be able to dry detangle even with oil. So you would want to do the conditioner process that i'm also going to show you, so the next method is to detangle wet hair with conditioner in the shower prior to shampooing. So, as i mentioned, i like to do both so i first dry detangle. Then i get in the shower, get my hair wet and i still do a second detangle when my hair is wet. So at this point my hair is still dirty. I still haven't shampooed, but i just want to remove all of those existing loose hairs and get rid of any of the tangles. That way, it's way easier to shampoo and your hair will tangle up some after you get it wet just because that changes the structure of the hair. So that's why i have to detangle again once i get my hair wet, the next mistake is shampooing before conditioner. So we're going to apply some conditioner to our hair first before we shampoo, as i mentioned, so why is this important so aside from detangling? First, conditioner also helps to lower the ph of our hair to then smooth the cuticle and help protect it from damage which then leads to more breakage and frizz. So it's really great. If you have high porosity hair to first apply some conditioner, we're always trained to. First, shampoo then apply conditioner, which you do still want to use conditioner afterwards, but using conditioner first can really help to protect the hair from the shampoo process, not only detangle, but it helps to lower the cuticle even more to help give it more manageability. So you don't get as much friction during shampooing. This is game. Changing if you haven't tried it definitely give it a try. Even if you don't want to do the detangling process at least apply some conditioner work that, through your hair and then shampoo and you'll notice, a big difference, applying conditioner or even a deep conditioner, if you would like, is also a really great way to prep your Hair for clarifying so i'm going to be clarifying today and whenever i use a more strong clarifying shampoo that really works to remove buildup. I definitely want to have some protective layer on my hair, whether that's just an oil or the conditioner or both so conditioner is going to help provide even more elasticity to our hair. We want that elasticity to prevent our hair from just snapping and breaking immediately so conditioner smoothes, the cuticle, whereas shampoo raises it. So that's why it's good to condition first, the next mistake you might be making that can definitely lead to frizz is not clarifying it. To remove buildup, so if you're, not working in clarifying shampoos, you might have some product, or even some mineral buildup on your hair from hard water. So one way to tell is if you notice that after you shampoo, your hair still doesn't feel clean. It has kind of like that sticky residue feeling on it, or if you find that you have to shampoo more than one time, then you might have build up. So you might need a stronger shampoo to help. Remove that one that says that it's clarifying or you can even look for a chelating shampoo if you do have hard water, but the one i'm going to be using today is from twists it's the hit reset light clarifying shampoo. So this is a really great clarifying shampoo. This has easily become one of my favorite clarifying shampoos that i'm always using in rotation, so i will usually clarify about every other wash. It just depends on what products that you use. If you use products that have silicones or have polyquates in them, or just anything that really adheres to the hair, you might want to work in clarifying in your routine. You don't want to solely be co-washing that can lead to a lot of build up on the scalp and on the hair. Build up can actually lead to frizz because it can block moisture from properly absorbing into your hair plus. If you have that gunky layer on your hair, your products are just not going to go on right and then you can get more frizz and also leads to a very dull dry appearance. So we want to make sure our hair is free of build up. That way, it can properly get moisturized. So the twist clarifying shampoo contains ammonium lauryl sulfate, which is a very effective cleanser. I have found that this works great at removing any type of product buildup. This can even remove silicones if you do use those in your routine. It'S important, though, to not over cleanse your hair, so you don't want to use any really harsh sulfates or to be doing this too frequently. This is not going to be too drying, though, for your hair, especially if you use a conditioner first, i don't find it dries out. My hair, which is half medium, half coarse and tends to get very dry. This doesn't dry it out over cleansing or using too many clarifying shampoos can also lead to frizz. You just don't want to be over cleansing and stripping your hair all the time, because that will just cause dryness. The next mistake that might be causing frizz when you're washing that you might not have thought of is washing your hair upside down. I know so many people do this and i know it's more convenient, sometimes to just wash your hair upside down over the tub. But if you think about it, our cuticle layer actually points in a downward motion, so the cuticle layer is like shingles on a roof and they kind of layer and point downwards. So if you're washing your hair upside down plus you're wetting it so the cuticle is swelling and you're using a shampoo. So that's just going to have so much more friction, which leads to even more tangles and potentially more frizz as well. I also noticed that when i wash my hair upside down, i get way more shedding and tangles. It just gets so matted and i think because my hair tends to be more high porosity and it's also coarse in some areas, which leads to even more friction. And it's also low density. I find that low density hair really struggles to do anything upside down. So i highly recommend shampooing in the upright position, if possible in the shower. I know it's not always possible. I don't always do this, but i try, whenever i possibly can so when you're in the upright position, you're more able to keep the cuticle smooth in that downward position, resulting in less friction and when you're shampooing. You want to focus that shampoo on the roots of your hair and really working to massage that gently into your hair and then letting the shampoo just rinse down your ends. Afterwards, you don't want to be shampooing aggressively and pulling the ends of your hair up to the top. That'S just going to create so much friction and frizz. That'S not necessary the ends and the lengths of your hair can definitely get properly cleansed just by the shampoo rinsing over them. You don't need to cause any more friction, so just be very gentle and work slowly to gently massage your scalp with the pads of your fingers, so the next common cause of frizz when you're washing your hair, is skipping conditioner. Now, i'm sure a lot of you. Don'T skip conditioner, but there's some people out there that might not be using conditioner. It'S definitely essential to then smooth the cuticle and lower that ph back down to its natural acidic level. So you need that conditioner to help provide that manageability and that slip after you, shampoo conditioner, is designed to be used after shampoo. So, as i mentioned, i do still use some conditioner after i shampoo now normally, if i'm going to be deep conditioning, i will skip conditioning unless, if i just need to get rid of some tangles and just fix my hair before i get out of the shower, If i want to deep condition out of the shower, so sometimes i use both, but sometimes they'll just go straight to a deep conditioner, and you also want to apply a conditioner after shampooing to then detangle, because a lot of times you will still get more tangles And more shedding after shampooing, and that's just due to that friction at your scalp, it's totally normal to get more shedding after you, shampoo, and if you have low porosity hair, you can also try out the squish to condition method, which is just where you scrunch your Hair when it has that conditioner and that water in it to really help increase the absorption and kind of massage the conditioner into the hair, so the next mistake that could be leading to frizz is not applying conditioner at your roots. You might not have thought about this because i know we're always trained to avoid our roots, because we don't want them to get weighed down, but if you have dry hair, if you have a lot of root frizz, then you'll definitely want to take your conditioner. All the way up, but the secret is, is to not get it on your scalp, but just kind of glaze it over the surface of your hair and just don't use as much product. You don't have to gob on the conditioner on your roots. Just start at your ends gradually work it up and then whatever's left on your hands, then just kind of glaze that over the surface of your hair, because the root hair does still need conditioning products, it still needs moisture. So we can't completely neglect the roots. All together that could be causing a lot of root, frizz that you might not have thought about, especially if your hair doesn't really get oily now, if you have very oily roots and very oily hair, you definitely probably don't need to be doing this, but the secret Is to make sure that you are thoroughly rinsing your hair, so maybe you even could apply conditioner at your roots if you do have oily hair, but just make sure you rinse it out thoroughly. One of the tricks i like to do is just kind of gently. Massage the roots, as i'm rinsing out that conditioner to ensure it's all completely rinsed out, you want to make sure your conditioner is thoroughly rinsed out. I know a lot of people like to leave some conditioner just on the lengths of their hair and on their ends, and you definitely can't do that, but just make sure you're getting it fully rinsed off of your roots by gently massaging it to ensure everything is Thoroughly rinsed out that way, you don't have to worry about your roots, getting weighed down so another common cause of frizz after you've washed. Your hair is not running your hands through your hair. If you've ever noticed after you rinse out your conditioner, your hair is kind of stretched out and just like stuck to your head. So one trick that i like to do is just take my fingers right at my roots and just pull them through my hair gently. So i'm really just doing this to help kind of arrange the hair and remove any of the remaining loose hairs. This also helps the curls begin to form and helps them start to clump, and it helps with root volume as well, instead of just going straight and drying your hair, when it's just stretched out and stuck to your head, like this, so just a little tip that I wanted to share and it actually helps me reduce frizz as well. So the next common cause of frizz is not deep conditioning when needed. A lot of us with curly hair have to work in deep conditioning treatments every so often now, if your hair is very fine or you don't find that you need a lot of moisture, you could probably do this once a month or even less. But for me with having very dry hair, that's kind of high porosity, it's coarse and medium. I definitely have to make sure i'm deep conditioning about every other week, so the deep conditioner that i'm going to be using is from twist. This is one of my favorite ones that i've been using all the time. This is the sunday feels deeply hydrating hair mask, so this is supposed to help soften and reform and restore the hair. They even put the moisture levels on here, which is really helpful. So this says it gives extra moisture for hair, so this contains a coconut oil to help moisturize and soften the strands. So that's really important, especially after you are shampooing your hair. It also contains jojoba oil, which nourishes strands and helps improve natural curl pattern. Jojoba oil is also a sealing oil, so this is going to help to lock in that moisture. It also contains shea butter which helps to lock in moisture also - and it's not going to leave your hair feeling heavy or greasy. If you have very fine hair, you could just apply it on your ends or you could even try applying your deep conditioner before shampooing, if you're really worried about it weighing down your hair. But i don't find that this weighs down my hair at all, and my hair is low density and i still get really great volume. It also has grape seed oil, which helps to lock in moisture and prevent frizz split ends and helps with brittle hair. This also helps to soften up those coarse areas in my hair, so it says that you only have to leave it on for three to five minutes, so it's super convenient doesn't take a lot of extra time. You can just put this on and finish out. Your shower, so i tend to use this a lot when i'm in a hurry, but for this routine i decided to leave it on for about 10 minutes. While i did my makeup, then you want to rinse it out with some warm water. You want to make sure that you use warm water first, that way you completely rinse it out, and then you can rinse with cool water. So the next common mistake that could be leading to frizz is not using the right temperature of water. So why is this? Well, as we discussed our hair swells when it comes in contact with water, and especially with hot water, research has showed that hair swells even more with very hot water, which results in a more lifted cuticle. If your cuticle is more lifted, it's more likely to lose protein from the inner layers of the hair and just get more damaged overall, which leads to more frizz and breakage. But on the flip side, cold water is not able to fully rinse out product. It'S kind of like trying to wash your dishes or your clothes in very cold water, it's hard to kind of remove oils and stuff. So you don't want to be using super cold water either, because your hair might get weighed down if you're rinsing out your deep conditioner in super cold water or, if you're, trying to wash your hair in cold water. So really the bottom line here is to be using warm water. You don't want it to be scalding hot, to damage your hair, and you also don't want it to be super cold to where you're not effectively cleansing and rinsing out your hair. So the last cause of frizz when you're washing your hair, is using a regular bath towel on your curls. This is a huge no-no. If you have curly hair, you definitely want to be using a cotton hair towel or even a t-shirt. If you don't have one just anything that has a flat weave cotton, i actually prefer this hair repair towel even more than a microfiber towel, because microfiber towels still have those little fibers that lead to so much frizz just causes a lot more friction on the hair, Especially if you're using a regular bath towel, all those little fibers will really cling on to the hair, even if you're someone that has straight hair or super fine hair. This can really cause a lot of frizz in the hair, plus it just soaks up too much moisture to wear. Then you just have to add more water before you style your hair. So a couple ways that you can dry your hair. You can either use a hair towel or a t-shirt to scrunch out the excess water before you style, or you can kind of gently twist up your hair and just don't tie it too tight. This is what i like to do just get out of the shower, or you can even plop your hair. I'Ve been doing this a lot after i rinse out my deep conditioner, and it really helps to help encourage that curl definition and it doesn't stretch out the curls. I don't get quite as much frizz when i just plop my hair to help absorb water before i style it, but then i'm still styling it and brushing through it anyway. So i don't really use this for curl definition, but it is a good way to not completely wring out your hair. So if you want to see the styling routine, that i did, i recommend checking out my instagram, where i will be sharing an instagram reels. Video of the styling process that i did so, if you want to see the twist curl cream and the gel that i use and how i got these results, then check out that instagram reels. If it's not already up, you can just follow me over there. So you don't miss it and if it is up i'll, be sure to link it in the description box down below and don't forget to check out the twist products that i have linked in the description box down below, as well as my discount code. So if you like this, video you'll definitely want to check out the eight styling mistakes that are leading to frizz next. After this, you can make sure that you don't get any frizz while you're styling. I will have that video linked right here on the screen and i'll talk to you over there.