🌊 Wavy Haircare Routine (That Won’t Make You Cry in the Shower)
🌊 Wavy Haircare Routine (That Won’t Make You Cry in the Shower)

🌊 Wavy Haircare Routine (That Won’t Make You Cry in the Shower)

Let’s be honest: wavy hair lives in this weird no-man’s land between straight and curly. One day you’re a sea goddess, the next you’re a frizzy triangle. This routine is for the wavy girls who just want to brush their hair without summoning a lion’s mane and maybe not hate their reflection halfway through the day.

Let’s break it down, wave by wave:

💡 Quick Tips for Wavy Hair (That Might Save Your Sanity)

🧴 1. Apply products while your hair is soaking wet

🧼 2. Clarify once a month

🖌️ 3. Don’t brush it dry (unless you’re going for ‘puffy Victorian ghost’)

💧 4. Prioritize moisture

🌬️ 5. Diffuse gently

💤 6. Sleep smart, use a satin or silk pillowcase

💦 7. Refresh with water, not a brush

Products Used

Not Your Mother’s Bond Building Curl Talk Shampoo and Conditioner

Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine

Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie

Not Your Mother’s Curl Talk Mousse

Eco Style Gel

Olaplex No.7 Bonding Oil

Original Video Creator @itsoizzie

🧼 Step 1: Shampoo the Scalp, Not Your Soul

Wavy hair is prone to dryness, so don't scrub your ends like they owe you money. Focus shampoo at the roots to lift dirt, oil, and the emotional residue of bad hair days.

🧠 Pro Tip: Use a sulfate-free shampoo unless you want to turn your hair into a haystack with trauma.

🧴 Good Option: Not Your Mother’s Bond Building Curl Talk Shampoo and Conditioner, Maui Moisture, or literally anything that says "moisturizing" and doesn’t smell like your dad’s body wash.

🧴 Step 2: Conditioner Like You Mean It

Your ends are dry. Like, emotionally. Give them love. Slather your conditioner from mid-lengths to ends like you’re frosting a cake. A very fragile, frizz-prone cake.

🧠 Detangle while it’s slippery. Wide-tooth comb, your fingers, the handle of a spoon—whatever works without tearing your hair out (or making you cry in frustration).

🪄 Bonus hack: Leave a little conditioner in your ends when you rinse. Rules are fake.

🧼 Optional: Hair Mask (aka: Apology Session)

Once a week, do a deep conditioning treatment like you're begging your hair for forgiveness. Apply, toss on a shower cap, and vibe in your robe like you're in a shampoo commercial.

⏳ Leave it on for 15-30 minutes while you scroll TikTok and question all your life choices.

🌀 Step 3: Apply Products to Wet Hair (Not Damp. Not Dry. WET.)

Wavy hair needs water + product to form nice, juicy waves. Don’t wait until your hair is half-dry unless you want to reenact a scarecrow cosplay.

✨ The Classic Combo:

  • Leave-in conditioner or curl cream
  • Lightweight gel or mousse
  • Maybe an oil to seal it in if your waves are feeling crispy

🖐️ Scrunch the product in like you’re squishing a stress ball.

🌬️ Step 4: Diffuse or Air Dry (No Towel Turbans, You Monster)

If you have time, air dry. If you don’t, use a diffuser and pretend it’s a wind machine for your modeling career.

🚫 Don’t rough-dry with a towel like you're starting a fire. Use a microfiber towel or cotton t-shirt to gently blot your hair like it’s made of spun silk and fragile dreams.

💤 Step 5: Preserve Overnight

Your waves deserve beauty sleep too.

🛏️ Options:

  • Pineapple your hair (yes, the fruit method)
  • Use a silk or satin pillowcase
  • Sleep in a loose braid if you’re chaotic but still hopeful

⏱️ Woke up with weird bends? Just mist with water, scrunch, and walk out like you planned it.

TL;DR

Wavy hair isn’t high maintenance—it just needs a little structure and fewer heat tools. Hydrate it, style it wet, scrunch like you mean it, and stop brushing it dry unless you want to look like a haunted Victorian doll.

You’ve got this. Your waves are valid. And no, you don’t need to switch to straighteners. You’re already hot.

⭐ Check out this post on the 3 simple hairstyles

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