00:00okay we're live hey y'all happy Monday I'm Alexandra and today we are doing our live
00:08Q&A so if y'all have any questions that you want to share feel free to comment below and I'll answer
00:14them right here right now I'm gonna wait just a few minutes for everybody to log in and then we'll
00:21start answering some questions from last week so comments will pop up right here and you can
00:25yell them out to her okay so we had a few questions last week I'm gonna go get it started okay so one
00:40of the first ones is I've been struggling to find a way to keep my hair protected at night in a way
00:47that's comfortable I've tried pineapples and buns many times so I find that whenever I put my hair
00:52up like that I always wake up with the headache the next day I can't tie it too loose as my hair is
00:59pretty thin and it just falls out I try to satin bond it but that only that only really works if I
01:04put my hair up first which still results in a headache I already use a silk pillowcase too so I'm running
01:11out of ideas my hair is naturally frizzy so any tips will be greatly appreciated okay hold on we lost our
01:17internet connection okay okay so the first question was about how to protect your hair at night and she
01:27says that she she's tried pineappling and she tried with her hair in a bun she's even tried wearing a
01:34satin bonnet and it slips off and gives her headaches so I am lazy y'all when I'm asleep I like to be
01:42carefree and I've tried wrapping my hair and it doesn't stay on so I'm like why waste time or energy
01:46but I asked one of my co-workers and they said that they use an elastic bonnet so it's a bonnet but
01:52it has an elastic headband on it so it really keeps your bonnet in place so I would try that and if it
02:01doesn't work maybe even put like like one wrap on your hair and then put like a second wrap but also to
02:08just don't wrap it too tight because I've done that before too where I like sleep with a clip in my
02:12head or I wrap my I wrap my bonnet too tight and it definitely does give me a headache so for protecting
02:18your curls at night I would definitely suggest an elastic bonnet the next question is just wondering do
02:27you all apply your product to soaking wet hair or damp hair or maybe in another state of wetness so you
02:34definitely apply your styling products to soaking wet hair I have heard that from wavies to all the way
02:44to kinkies so it's pretty much throughout all the all the curl patterns and I've noticed that even when
02:52I apply my hair when I apply like gel and mousse to damp hair what it does is it leaves your roots like
02:59puffy but then the rest of your hair is like defined and it just doesn't look good um so I have definitely
03:06noticed that it's best to just apply your styling products to soaking wet hair I know a lot of wavies
03:11they do like the upside down method and they scrunch scrunch scrunch when it's soaking wet like just coming
03:16out the shower and I'm pretty much the same too like right when I'm coming out the shower that's when I start
03:20applying my mousse to my gel so yes soaking wet hair for sure our next question is I need some product
03:29recommendations to help with clumping and definition especially for my crown in the back of my hair I
03:34definitely definitely also experience like that frizziness back there so recently I have been obsessed
03:44with mousses so one of my favorite mousses is the design essential mousse it's almond avocado I also use
03:53the curl the curl maker by Camille Rose another good one that I know a lot of curlies like it's the
03:58kinky curly curling custard my ale organics has a really great twisting souffle and that's that would
04:05be more for my type 4 girls for your twist down your braid outs and another good gel is aunt Jackie's
04:12flaxseed gel so I gave you a variety of like custards and twisting souffles and even some gel so
04:19depending on your curl type there's a few options for you
04:22okay so for those of y'all tuning in we are doing our live Q&A so if I have any questions hair concerns
04:33struggles you want to learn more about your hair and your curl pattern feel free to comment below and
04:38I'll answer them right now so the next one is I'm looking for recommendations for mousses I have very fine
04:46low porosity 3a 3b hair that is very easily weighed down so I already mentioned the design essentials almond
04:54avocado mousse diva curl frizz free foam mousse that's another favorite and then main choice pink
05:02lemonade mousse so there are three really good mousses that I think will be great for your hair type so the
05:11next question is for the past couple of years my hair has been damaged by chemicals and heat and
05:16bleach you name it so about six months ago I decided to go completely natural no more bleach or anything
05:23what I need help in is making it more softer and defined something that doesn't include gels I don't
05:30like the crunchy feeling and I also need help with growing it out faster because I want to get I want to
05:35grow it really long like everyone else in here I thought that was pretty funny so um I will definitely
05:42say the biggest thing with hair growth that I think curly girls kind of get get confused on is we're so
05:51we can get really focused on length versus like the health of our hair so even me while I'm growing my
05:57hair out it's definitely been growing like crazy only because I have implemented a really great scalp hair
06:05regimen so I exfoliate my scalp I have some scalp oils that I use so like one of my stuff one of
06:13my favorite scalp oils is the all I need naturally and then Briogeo we have a whole scalp line like
06:19collection that I'm obsessed with they have a really great exfoliating shampoo and a really good
06:24conditioner as well so my first thing is to start with like the health versus about the length so I
06:31really focus on like deep conditioning your hair routinely depending on like the condition of
06:37your hair and your like weather conditions I would say deep condition once a month really incorporate a
06:42scalp hair regimen whether that is applying scalp oil exfoliating your scalp whatever that is I would
06:48really focus on that um and then um I want to say you said something else um oh yeah about making it softer and
06:58defined oh yeah talking about gels so I think there's still a lot of bad a lot of bad wrap around gels people think
07:07that gels and mousses make your hair crunchy and hard and flaky um but it's really just about finding the right mousse and gel for you and
07:14really seeing what ingredients there are I know back in the day everybody grew up where like the gels were
07:20like sticking to your forehead and they were really flaky and crunchy so that's not the case anymore so
07:28earlier I shared some of my favorite gels like the Camille Rose Curl Maker the Ann Jackie's Flaxseed Gel so
07:34those are already great gels that you can definitely incorporate they're actually moisturizing and not drying to your curls
07:39um so I have one more question and then I'm going to open up for y'all if y'all have any questions feel
07:47free to comment below and I can answer them for you um okay so the next one is I'm a boy and pretty new to
07:56this whole curly thing and looking for a little advice also if you are a curly guy please comment below
08:02because we really want to see if y'all like do y'all want more content around like males and their
08:09hairstyle because we know y'all out there so we want to definitely have y'all join the conversation as
08:15well so back to this question I just recently decided to go with my natural hair but all this
08:21information about taking care of curls is pretty overwhelming I thought searching online for shampoos
08:26without any sulfates or silicones would be really simple but it's turned out to be a nightmare any
08:32recommendations I thought that was funny because I can totally relate I feel like for so long there
08:40was like very there was so much limited information and resources and products for curly girls and
08:45naturals but now it's like on overload so it is really easy to get overwhelmed and like where do I
08:52start how do I know what what is the best fit for me but there are so many sulfate-free shampoos so
09:01we recently did like a 30 sulfate-free shampoo infographic so I can share like five for you and then I can
09:07also link that article as well so you can check those out so cream of nature has a really good one
09:15it's cream of nature sulfate-free moisture and shine shampoo design essentials almond avocado shampoo is
09:24another great option Jane Carter solution she has a hydrating invigorating shampoo that is really great and
09:35the last one is Sasha pure healing shampoo so those are five right there and yes there are a lot of
09:52options now but I really just think it's really just about finding out which one is better for your hair
09:57and like and like understanding what like what is your hair really need is it needing moisture is it
10:03anything that definition like really trying to see what works best for your hair and it's doing as
10:09much research as possible and it is trial and error so if you can get like a sample at Sally's or Target
10:16or wherever you're at definitely try the sample first before you like invest in a ton of products so
10:22do y'all have any questions that y'all want to ask feel free to comment below and I can answer them for
10:27you just making sure I got them all someone said hello from Mexico hey girl hey and I know a lot of
10:55since it's summertime a lot of content right now that we're doing is centered around how to take care
11:03of your curls like after swimming and being at the beach and we just talked about how like you can
11:11definitely prep your hair before and after I think that's really important so I'll share a little bit
11:15about that too I think it's really important to prep your hair before so you can detangle your hair and
11:22then put apply some coconut oil in it and like wreck it through and you can put in pigtails you can
11:28put it in like twist and put it in a bun basically just getting it high up so that it's not like so
11:35that it's not like soaking up all the fluorine you can put a hat on put a bonnet on put a scarf on
11:40because your hair can also experience sun damage so just also be mindful of that as well and then afterwards
11:49be sure to be doing a deep conditioning treatment and really all summer be applying like coconut oil to
11:58your ends to really get that moisture back in there and if y'all have any more questions that you want to
12:07ask feel free to comment below and I'll answer them for you right now anything okay okay guys I'm gonna
12:22give y'all about one more minute and then we'll sign off and then if you have any questions you can feel
12:26free to comment below and then I'll answer them next week
12:33like y'all about to have me start playing my jams now
12:36okay y'all
12:43so thank y'all for tuning in today we will be here next Monday at 12 30 central feel free to comment below and
12:53and comment any questions that you have about your hair porosity density hairstyle ideas whatever it
13:01is feel free to comment below and I'll answer them next week see you next Monday bye y'all
13:05so then you hit this
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