Emily Evert, Author at Wavy Hair Care

Halloween Costumes For Naturally Wavy Curly Hair

July 21, 2021 by Emily Evert Leave a Comment

If you’ve been following the curly girl method or otherwise embracing your naturally wavy hair, you may not want to change it up on Halloween. Maybe you want to find a Halloween costume idea that let’s you show off your natural hair still!

I know it’s early in the year, but I know some people like to plan their Halloween costumes early, so I thought I’d get this post out well in advance.

In my mind, there are two main ways you can show off your waves on Halloween. One is by choosing a character that has wavy or curly hair to dress up as. The other is to take a character to typically has straight hair, and rock your waves anyway! In some cases, that may bring even more attention to your hair because it will be your own unique twist on the character.

I’m going to be embedding inspiration for these costumes that I’ve found from Instagram. Particularly if they are wavy/curly hair accounts, feel free to show them some love!

I also wanted to mention that I’m aware that several of these are people with curly hair rather than wavy hair. I included curly haired examples for a few reasons. In part, there just aren’t as many examples to be found that are of people with wavy hair.

Also in part, the odds are high that even if I just included wavy haired examples, your curl pattern may still be different. These are intended to be used as general inspiration, not necessarily to be perfectly recreated. Part of embracing your natural hair is embracing your natural hair as it is, right? And it won’t perfectly match anyone else’s.

Wavy Hair Content Creators | Insta, TikTok, YouTube & Blogs

July 12, 2021 by Emily Evert Leave a Comment

I believe that the best way to learn about your hair and what works for you, is to try differet techniques. I often do “experiments” with my hair and compare/contrast the results I get, to determine what works best for me. I have many posts sharing these types of experiments. Some examples:

I’ve learned a ton through just trying things on my own hair. I often find that what works for others doesn’t work for me. One of the things this whole wavy hair or curly girl method ourney has tuaght me is that hair varies a LOT.

It’s wild how different my hair “behaves” vs someone else’s. Sometimes even if somene’s hair looks fairly similar to mine, it may behave a lot differently.

Factors such as proosity, thickness, and density all can impact what works for your hair. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are other factors that make a difference somehow, too. I know that I sometimes see things work for others who have the same hair properties as me, but my hair doesn’t react the same way when I try to do what they do.

When I was new to the curly girl method, I followed a YouTuber with low density hair and over time, I learned that was part of why her techniques and products weren’t ideal for my hair type.

In part, I think it’s great to try to find people with your hair type. Yet, I think we can also learn from people with different hair properties. In my case, I like to experiment on my own hair.

If I follow someone with a similar hair type and they show a new technique that works for them, I’ll test it myself, rather than assume it will definitely work for me. I can do the same thing when discovering new techniques or ideas from people with different hair types.

Overall, I think what I am really after is just things to try out on my own hair.

I sometimes hear from people who tell me my blog posts have helped them find solutions for their own hair. I love getting emails like that! I know that what works for me won’t work for everyone, though. I also know that it’s helpful to hear a wide range of opinions and experiences. So, here are other resources for learning from others about wavy hair.

Why follow content creators with wavy hair rather than curly?

It’s common for people who are new to embracing their waves say something like “What is the best routine for someone with 2b wavy hair?”. In response to questions like that, I often point out that your curl pattern doesn’t realy make a whole lot of differece in how you should care for your hair.

So if curl pattern doesn’t determine how we care for our hair..why follow wavy accounts rather than curly accounts, right?

My reasoning is twofold. While I don’t think that whether your hair is 2a or 2b makes much difference in how you care for your hair, I do think that wavy vs curly has some common differences.

For example, hair products that work well for “type 3” wavy hair are often too heavy for people with wavy (type 2) hair. I have a blog post about how to modify the curly girl method for wavy hair that goes into more of the common differences between how to care for wavy vs curly hair.

The other reason is about mental health or self-image. It’s common for people with wavy hair to feel like they need to make their hair curlier. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with trying to enhance your curl pattern if that’s what makes you feel best.

At the same time, I think it’s important to remember that waves are not failed curls (nor are they failed straight hair!). I think it’s probably best for our mental health to keep expectations for our hair based on the hair that we naturally have.

If we have naturally wavy hair but follow a lot of curly accounts, it’s easy to accidentally find yourself feeling insecure about your waves.

Perhaps it’s not entirely unlike how if we only see very thin people in advertising, it can lead to us seeing ourselves as too big…if we only consume content for people with a differet hair type than we have, it can make us feel like ours is somehow ‘wrong’ or not good enough.

Dry Curl Cut Advice For Wavy Hair

July 6, 2021 by Emily Evert 5 Comments

My last post was sharing my devacut experience on wavy hair. It wasn’t a great experience. Which makes it a little bit weird to now move on to sharing advice about dry curl cuts. However, I think I did learn quite a bit from the experience that may help others.

I also know there are some basic questions about devacuts or other types of dry curly cuts that I know the answers to. My other post was long enough so, I thought I’d do a second post to answer some dry curl cut questions.

Is a wet cut or dry cut better for wavy hair?

Whether a dry curl cut or a traditional wet hair cut is best for your wavy hair will depend on your exact hair type, as well as your styling preferences and your budget.

Wet hair cuts are best if you have a limited budget, if you ever wear your hair straight, and maybe if you have a delicate wave pattern. Meaning, if you need to use a product with hold, such as gel, to maintain your waves.

Dry curl cuts may be better for your wavy hair if you always wear your hair wavy and want to balance out an uneven curl pattern.

This was after styling my own hair after returning from getting a professional wet cut. It was uneven once styled, even though it was even when wet. This is due to my uneven curl pattern.

Getting A DevaCut On Wavy Hair [My Experience]

July 4, 2021 by Emily Evert 17 Comments

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I started the curly girl method over 3 years ago now. A couple months after starting, I got a regular, wet haircut. Prior to embracing my waves, my hair was dow to my natural waist. I had grown it as long as possible to help weigh it down. I knew that when my hair was longer, it was less poofy.

After I started embracing my waves, that length was just way too much work, though. So I wanted a decent amount of length cut off. I just went to an affordable salon in my area called Cost Cutters. The cut looked poofy when I was leaving the salon, which worried me a bit.

However, after I washed it and styled it myself (with gel) the poof went away. After this cut, I began to notice how uneven my curl pattern was. Getting the excess length off my hair allowed the hair to the right side of my head to curl up tighter, but the left side didn’t see much change. This left me with visibly curlier hair on my left side.

The left is before the wet cut, the center is after, ad the right is after I washed and styled my new cut myself.

For 3 years after that wet cut, I occasionally cut my own hair using a dry curl cut technique. The first time I cut my hair dry, I thought I was likely to ruin my hair. I had tried cutting my own hair as a teenager when I wore my hair straight, and it was always a disaster. So, I was impressed to find that I could dry-cut my own waves without ruining my hair. Plus, it was free!

So, I stuck with that for 3 years. I cut my own hair 3 times. The collage below shows before and afters of each of those 3 cuts. The “afters” are not immediately after I cut my hair, but were after I washed and re-styled my hair. When I first cut my own hair, it looks pretty straight and poofy until I re-style it again.

Also – sorry for over-exposing my face in these photos and in many others here on my blog. I know the pale-as-a-vampire look isn’t particularly appealing, but if I don’t increase the exposure of my photos, you can’t really see the texture of my hair because it’s so dark!

Anyway. I was pretty happy with the results I got from cutting my own hair each time. But, I also kept seeing experiences of wavy/curly haired people online, talking about professional dry curl cuts. Most of the ones I saw were DevaCuts.

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