Curly hair: how to revive it in the days after washing and after a dip in the sea

The girls come on wavy hair they know it very well: the biggest challenge is not so much understanding which washing and styling routine is best for your hair type (no, not all wavy hair is the same, and even less so curly hair) – a process that in any case requires time and several failed attempts – but how to make sure their shape stays in place over time and does not fade within 24 hours, requiring a new wash.

The problem amplifies in summer because using a hair dryer and diffuser becomes torture and the hair would always be tied up to feel a little refreshment. Too bad that nothing ruins more waves and curls than constant manipulation and unlikely heat-saving hairstyles, if not done with the right precautions.

In short, sometimes it really seems impossible to make a styling last more than a few hours. Washing curly or wavy hair too often can damage it. making them even more difficult to fix, as well as resulting in a significant waste of personal energy and products. Fortunately, there are several ways to overcome this problem tricks, to be applied even on the beach after bathing in the sea, when every wave seems lost.

To explain them to us is Francesco Trazzera, director of the I Love Riccio Roma atelieraccording to which There are two starting points: cutting and folding: «a good cut, done by professionals who know how to take care of curls, is essential because with the right proportions the shapes remain much more in place over time. The same thing goes for post-wash styling, which should always be done carefully and with the right products for your type of curl or wavy hair».

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Starting well so as not to have to correct on the fly is therefore the mantra to follow to make the refresh the following days much simpler.

How to take care of it at night

But if it is during the Night that the evil spell occurs that transforms curls from voluminous and defined to weak and shapeless, it is also at that moment that one must act correctly «always preferring silk pillowcases which retain little water and dehydrate the hair less and keep it shiny. If they are wavy and tend to straighten easily I also recommend gather them in a silk or satin cap or make a pineapple on top of your headit is always with elastic bands in these materials that do not generate friction”.

But if the morningdespite all the nightly precautions, your hair from the day before is only a pale memory it is necessary to restore definition by rehydrating it. How? It depends on the time you have available.

How to refresh

«If it’s not much, the best solution is to rely on sprays created specifically for refreshingwhich are easily found on the market. Just spray them on all the hair or on the locks that have lost volume and shape, without having to wet them, scrunch them and let them dry».

Kerastase
Spray Curl Manifesto

I Love Hedgehog
Magic Curl Reactivator

These products are able to save the situation very well and postpone the time for a new wash, but if you have a few extra minutes to be spent in front of the mirror there is a slightly longer but even more effective procedure.

«In this case the number one ally is a Leave-in cream revives curlswhich is used by first wetting the hair with a spray bottle, an essential step because the water also reactivates the product applied after washing. When they are all damp you have to prun your product-stained fingers through your locks like a rake. The last step is the scrunch, which makes them elastic and which can also be done with the help of a microfibre cloth if you realise you have exaggerated with the water. For those who want more definition or see that some locks cannot return to how they were before, it is useful to practice the finger liss techniquewhich consists of rolling the curl vertically around the fingers, in order to facilitate its definition. Once finished, the hair can be left to dry in the open air».

Moroccanoil
Intense cream for curls

Aveda
Botanical Repairâ„¢ Strengthening Leave-In Treatment

What to do at the seaside

And if after all this effort you go to the sea, How to have perfect curls and waves even after you get out of the water?

«As always, playing in advance is fundamental, protecting the hair exactly as you do with the skin, and therefore by spraying several times during the day a protective lotion especially on the tips, that protects against UV damage and is specific for hedgehogs. After the bath If you don’t have time to wash your hair again, a trick is to untangle them with your fingers but without exaggerating, so as to open the locks delicately, and then scrunch with a leave-in product. This way the curls will become elastic again and the hair look for the aperitif on the beach is saved. When washing it is better to choose a light shampoo, always followed by a good mask, otherwise the risk is to stress too much the curls already weakened by the sea and the sun».

According to Francesco Trazzera, finally, the last but perhaps most important rule for managing hair in summer is “do little but do it well”.


Source: Vanity Fair

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