Hola mi amigos! It's been a minute since I've posted anything. Been super busy with the new job. I finally have a moment to breathe and write a post!
A couple weeks ago my curlfriend Cam and I were venting about the annoying tangles when wearing wash & go styles repeatedly. So of course, I decided to write a post about it :-)
Wash & Go - In the coily natural hair community this refers to a carefree style where you wash/condition, add gel or cream to style it and then leave it to air dry or use a diffuser. In theory you should be able to wash your hair and just go about your business.
My relationship with the Wash & Go has evolved into a love/hate relationship. It's been a staple style on and off for YEARS. I absolutely loved it, but over the past year and 1/2 or so they have evolved and require more post styling maintenance than I would like.
My gripe has absolutely nothing to do with the look of my wash and go. I absolutely love the look! And I get complements left and right when I wear them. My gripe and frustration is concerning the tangles that come as a result of repeated wash and going.
The logical reason that I came up with is that the tangles are worse because my hair is longer. Therefore there is alot more opportunity for the strands to tangle and intertwine between themselves. On wash days my hair can be tangle city! Although it looks great, it's such a pain dealing with the knots and tangles.
I love wearing wash and gos in the warmer months, so I'm going to have to find a way to combat these tangles. I already do regular oil treatments, which do help alot with getting out tangles. But how about avoiding tangles in the first place!
The first thing that comes to mind is to perhaps stretch my hair before I wash it. Like maybe do my hair in big plaits/twists at night before washing...the hope would be that twists/plaits would keep the hair from raveling around itself overnight. It's worth a shot.... Hopefully it works!
How about you? Any suggestions? How do you prevent tangles?
Hola chica.
ReplyDeleteTangles? Well, I use lots of conditioner but while washing my hair, I tend to "not" disturb the natural with a lot of scrubbing. Try washing your hair and conditioning it, very gently. This should help to minimize tangles.
Happy styling.
Hey chica. Yeah, I definitely don't scrunch, I found that it makes things much worse. When my hair was short it was fine, but I had to stop scrunching when I gained some length. I'll have to make sure that I'm coating all my strands well with the conditioner...thanks for commenting :-)
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