thanks to you i recently started loving my curly hair, you are such a big role model for me (sorry if my english is not perfect, it´s not my first lenguage)
I had something similar...Except my hair looked like a giant but super soft afro, to big to be cute (and I really mean it, I don't have natural afro hair so it didn't look as good) so my mom would braid it everyday, wich meant brushing it dry every day ;;
My mom does too, (she’s 41) but she got insecure of her curly hair and I don’t think she knew how to tame it right so, she started straightening her hair a lot and now its like flat straight. I have like curly/wavy hair ig you can call it, and my hair was/is a lot like hers where when I would brush it dry, it would just puff. Also, I brush it dry before showers and that’s the only time I do. Should I be doing this?
L . C u should brush ur hair dry bc each hair strand has thousands of bonds and cross links called disulfide bonds. They can be broken with way too much exposure to sunlight, chemical styling, and brushing ur hair dry. So plz don’t do that. I suggest finger detangling ur hair dry but using an oil, that doesn’t damage ur hair. U can always finger detangle in the shower, but if u want something a little more simple, just finger detangle dry but with oil🙂
I was so insecure of my hair that I chemically straightened it. Now I’m in the process of growing back my natural hair. The transition period is hard but I hope I won’t get my hair straightened again. I want my curly hair back.
hey! not sure if you will see this since you commented 10 months ago, but i am just starting the transition from getting my hair chemically straightened (about a year ago) and trying to go back to my natural curls. Just wondering if you were able to get your hair back to natural? and if so any tips / products that helped? Thanks so much!!
@@ssgg2361 i did rebonding 3 times and i just slowly chopped off all of the straight parts and started washing my hair less ++ use hydrating products that r meant for curls cause my curls r hella frizzy 👍🏻
This is like going back in time omg. My whole family has straight hair so by the time I started going to school my dad who would do my hair just brushed it dry so I did that throughout my year in elementary school and middle school and I didn’t start to figure out how to do my hair until last summer after straightening my hair the whole year during eighth grade!
literally went through the puffy, frizzy hair throughout middle school and half of high school. finally learning how to take care of it but still figuring out if it even is curly? air dry even with gel won't hold curls, unless it put it in braids. also i feel like no matter how much i trim my hair, i still have split ends ahahah. i don't wanna do chin level chops but i loved your video ir was so helpful.
@@yorigomes1744 i did do the big chop and nothing really changed in fact i think my hair got frizzier?? its really just a really thin top layer that instantly dries and is frizzy no matter what or how i do
i feel like so many curly girls have had the same experience in the past ! my mom too used to always brush my curly hair, blow dry it, i too hated my voluminous hair and wished it was thinner, i thought that there was something wrong with my hair too and that the only way to tame it was to straighten it so i've been straightening it since middle school till like a month ago (i'm about to graduate from university so i did it for a pretty long time) and right now i'm finally getting to know and LOVE my hair for the first time in my life , i'm finally discovering my natural curl pattern, learning how to take care of it the right way! so now i'm transitioning and it has been the best month i've spent so far, it suddenly became so much fun and exciting and joyful to take care of my hair, experiment with it, trying out cute hairstyles, showing it off to my friends and family! and i suddenly discovered this HUGE curly hair community that i never knew existed before. I'm so grateful
the story about the hairdresser in new york was literally a fairytale and such a dream you ended up looking like a vogue model. Watching this video gave me so much hope from how similar our hair is, can’t wait to start this journey!! Thank you gorgeous 💗😍
My hair is just like yours but I was born with straight hair it just had a small flick at the back under by neck but the rest was dead straight. It went curly when I was 8 and I’ve really struggled to get the hang of it. But now I love it 🥰
Eleanor Skinner woah that's crazy- i'm practically the same expect my hair became curly when i was around 10/11, except my mum says that when i was younger when my hair was wet my hair looked like tom jones' hair when he had an afro (he's a singer)! we also have the same name ahahah!
Ahh I had the same experience my hair was stick straight compared to my sister’s hair that looked like Shirley temple. In kindergarten it basically curled overnight. I still have a hard time figuring out my hair.
I am starting to embrace my curls/waves that I figured I had and it took me a long time. Hopefully I will start liking my hair and stop hating it... yours is absolutely beautiful🥺💓
Your hair is so beautiful and I love how you listed all of the people you are inspired by. I went on a natural hair journey about three years ago and have learned to embrace my curls and most of them were some of the people you mentioned :)
during coronacation is when i rly started to take care of my hair bc i had all this time and i’m bored. so i started watching youtube vids on my hair type (4a), changing some of the products to better ones, trying new methods, deep conditioning my hair every week, researching, and doing some more stuff to my hair. and i’ve rly seen a difference. my hair is more hydrated and moisturized than it’s ever been. my curl definition is better and my hair is getting longer.
Yessss sis!!! So cool to see your curly hair journey because everyone’s is different! I’ve felt what you felt, wanting to have straight hair! I’ve learned to just love what I have and that includes embracing my curls!☺️☺️☺️
Yesterday I decided last minute that I wasn't going to blow dry my hair and instead I would cut some dead ends. Turns out that I was very lazy and left it air drying. After an hour I went to see myself on the mirror and i was shocked with how my hair was gorgeous (I damaged it with bleach so it was never defined, I honestly don't know what I did specifically yesterday that it came out really pretty). I decided to take care of it and your video gave me hope of returning to my natural beautiful curls, thank you.
I've had curls all my life too. But I've always brushed my hair... When I was little and had super silky hair, it was fine, but then in the 6th and 7th grade my hair was super frizzy and puffy every day. I used to cry about my hair and my mother, who always had very short hair, gave me the tip to brush my hair even more often. Phew... In the 8th grade I developed a special technique to straighten my hair with silicone oil and stretching. Now I'm in the 9th grade and I care my hair intensively since then. I wear my hair more and more curly. However, most of the people where I live have only straight or slightly wavy hair and I have the feeling that my hair is only accepted as curly if it is perfectly defined and shiny...
I so freaking relate with her They are a mess and ofc the biggest mistake is brushing them and hating my curls But growing up I'm more starting to love them and also finding a proper salon was a biggest huddle
Just saying, whenever I remember this video exists, I come here to watch it, I don't know why I love it so much. Gigi, you're amazing and sooo gorgeous, luv u ❤️
Sad because my hair used to be extremely curly when I was a toddler, then was pin straight in kindergarten. Then from 5th grade to 7th grade it was curly again, but I started messing with it a bunch because I wanted to be emo. It’s extremely healthy now at 22 but the curl pattern has completely changed and I just have big loose ringlets. I miss having curls, and my sister and brother BOTH have hair like yours. I’ve been considering trying different product in my hair and seeing if that doesn’t bring back some of the curls I had before. But they might be gone forever 😭 curly Jewish hair was always grounds for anti-semitism in the past, but it feels right to take that back. I wish dark hair and curl positivity was a thing when we were in middle school, but I’m happy to know it’s getting so much more love now. anyway, I love your hair and I’m so glad you’re in love with your curls as well! ✨
sadie L yess!!! I’m Jewish too :))) time to embraceeee🥰🥰🥰 perhaps a hair cut would help?? Or jus no heat!! (Idk if u use heat but this could def help), you’ll get ur curls back!!! Plus, big loose ringlets are so pretty🥺 I would also try finger coiling!! If your hair is like mine it will probably respond well to it :))
You need to be patient! I stopped straightening my hair and cut off heat in general about 8 months ago. My curls started coming back 1 month ago and now I am taking really good care of them. Just be patient and be kind to your hair and you curls will come back! I promise! 😊
watched this yesterday but wanted to come back and say that im happy i watched this video🥺 i always hated my curly hair on me but loved everyone else that had it. i wanna start loving my hair now and embracing it. i love your hair btw its so pretty!! cant wait to love mine too
7:19 my hair journey is so similar except instead of straitening it I put it in a tight bun and brushed it everyday lol. anyways I honestly think another sign of you might have curly hair is if your hair flips up at the end like in the time stamp photo because mine always did too and it drove me insane
I started to appreciate my curly hair 1 year ago. It’s the best decision I’ve ever made. One year later and i see my hair is making a lit of progress. No frizz at all anymore. I love it. Layers also helped me alot.
omg this is so relatable !! my hair used to look exactly like yours because I brushed through it and straightened it... thank god we figured out how to treat our hair right!
Both my parents had curly-ish hair, mostly my mom. My mom is 50 and she's kinda getting the idea of how to take care of her curls, but she's not strict abt it like me. I started my curly hair journey when I was 13 1/2 (more like when I was 14). I started to want curly hair bc most of my life I had wavy straight hair, but then it started getting straight and losing its form, so i started hating my hair. I wanted it wavier like it was when I was little. So I started to want my waves back. Then in 8th grade, I started to think that I didn't want to leave my hair down, I ALWAYS left it down and I wanted to change my style. So I started to watch videos on howto curl ur hair without heat (because I didn't want to damage my hair), so then I did that once a month, then once a week, then I started doing that twice a week, then I basically started doing it EVERYDAY. I had so much hair loss, I still have it to this day and I literally stopped doing that a while ago. But when I was a baby, I had some curls (like 2c/3a curls) and my mom didn't know how to take much care of it, so I look back at my baby pics and I have A HECK TON of frizz (sorta). I always had like 1c/2a waves (sometimes even like slight 2b waves). But of course later in my curly hair journey, I started using DevaCurl. 5 months after using it, I started having SO MUCH hair loss, I still have it to this day and I stopped using DevaCurl in January and it's May now!! I don't know what to do now I'm trying to find remedies for my hair loss, and I can't. I'm still not quit satisfied with my curl pattern, I wish I had like 3a/3b-ish curls. I do have that it's just that when I air dry my hair, it doesn't turn out the way it does when I diffuse it, it comes out like loose. I also can't air dry my hair without product because it turns out almost the same as it was when I was little, so basically my hair isn't curly, and that makes me depressed and wanting to shave my head. But all I can say is that this is a big struggle and that I need Olaplex or something, hopefully my hair would have a tighter curl pattern if I used Olaplex.
girl I am SUBSCRIBING. we have literally gone through the same phases. I was bullied in elementary school and started straightening my hair to fit in, and the fact that I stuck with it for like 7 years afterwards is so sad! I also had that phase where I straightened the top part of my hair only, that really made me smile. I started embracing my curls last summer when I had shorter hair, but then I started straightening it again in the winter because it's hard to deal with and because I still feel a lil insecure about them:( but seeing you embrace them is so inspiring!! thank you so much for this, I hope I can feel like this sometimes soon as well:)
I noticed your curls looked more separated when you first wore your hair natural then how it does now. Is there anything you did to get your curls bigger as in to stay together?
Hey love! I just found your channel from your bedroom makeover video and you seem so sweet! We seem to have the same hair story. I straightened my hair for several years and used almost a can of hairspray a day. I hadn't see my natural hair until last semester when I forgot to put product in and woke up to my natural hair. Since then I've really been trying to get my curls back and have been thinking about getting a perm. Any who, I loved hearing about your journey and I feel like we would be such good friends!
Gigi, please, please, please do a video about the insane hair growth you had in the past year. It is amazing how much your hair has grown, and your tips would be really appreciated
I am very glad that I was able to figure out that I love my hair a few months ago. I am only 14 so I am glad that the period of disliking my hair got overwith quickly. Thankfully, I only every dry brushed my hair, and I have only gotten my hair straightend rarley, once a year or less, because I never had a flat iron. My hair has been getting better over quarintene, yet my mom forcefully dry brushes my hair sometimes. T^T
I’ve been starting to learn how to take care of my curls recently and it’s already a wild trip. It use to be my roots were flat, but now I have good volume, but I’m still struggling with frizz and definition. Probably because can’t tell if I’m putting on too little product as I’m afraid to be too much on 😅 I have 3a/b (and maybe a bit of 2c??) going on, but my hair is more fine than thick so it’s a time and a half trying to get the right stuff for my hair but not weighing it down or making it too oily before day 3
As a child I wished for nothing more than to have beautiful locks like yours, but my hair was straight as a wood board. 20 years later, I noticed my hair has gotten poofy with soft waves. I’m so excited to try the curly hair method to see how far I can take my curling potential!
i went through this too, and i'm so glad that i've embraced my hair now! i used to always get made fun of for my hair, but i think i really like it now, so i'm really happy for you too - it's difficult to look after curly hair haha
This is so so similar to my story except I never straightened my hair that often, my mom has straight hair and my dad has kinky hair (eventually bald LOL) so no one knew how to take care of my hair and it literally looked so wack until I was 15 and found vids on RUclips. now I’m in my quarantined senior year of hs and have literally maximized my curls by nOT using products (cuz I don’t wanna waste them since I’m not going anywhere 😭) but I’ve never loved my curls so much
this legit made me so motivated because my hair is soo frizzy and i have a wave kinda like when you were 10 so i am determined to take care of my hair now!
I remember hating my curls a lot in middle school...like a lot. i loathed them lmao. but now I'm actually in love w them and its just so nice to have curly hair lol idk how to explain it
I have 4C hair so I definitely understand the struggle of learning to love your girls! But boys and girls, the kinks and curls are beautiful so embrace them❤️
I am still struggling with curly hair, and being the only girl that has curly hair that leaves it fluffy is hard...yes there is gurls who have curly hair but they straighten it and I grew up in an environment where ur “supposed” to straighten your curly hair......now that I’m older and well knowing and now in a loving 🥰 family that has adopted me I’ve learned to love my hair. 🥺 Although it was hard growing up being mixed (being Asian and black) and it was confusing to find myself...it will always get better and remember that! And ur gorgeous if you have straight, wavy, curly, or fluffy hair!!! Ur beautiful the way you are and NO ONE is going to let u believe that PERIODT. 😊
when i was maybe 5-7 my hair wasnt very curly but the ends WITHOUT FAIL always curled up and the amount of times i tried cutting it off and it curling back up 😭
ur story literally sounds IDENTICAL to mine, i thought there was something wrong with my hair, thought i looked messy, cut it short, hairdresser thinning idea (i never did it but was v close) , straightening for agessssss, hating my hair, split ends and not cutting it for years, finding out i had curls, working with my hair but didn’t cut it, decided to start over and cut a whole bunch off. long story short, i’m still working with my hair to get better but i’m happier than ever
I’ve always wished I had curly hair. my mom has curly hair and I was always so jealous of it. my hair wasn’t ever curly but it wasn’t smooth or pin straight. usually ill straighten my hair everyday but in quarantine I haven’t been doing it and I got some waves, now im thinking my hair is wavy or curly because it’s always been so big and frizzy and today when I got out of the shower i scrunched my hair a little bit, and it has some tight waves and spiral curls, like 2c/3a type curls, should I start caring for my hair like it’s curly ?
I'm 32 and finally just learning how to take care of my 2c/3a hair. Thank you for your videos! I also thinned my hair when I was in middle and high school!!!
When I was younger my hair was so frizzy and I was so embarrassed about it so I started straightening it almost every day from 6th-12th grade. I also never cut it because my hair grew so slow, didn’t realize it was from all the damage. I stopped straightening it when i got to college and realized my hair was actually kinda curly (i’m somewhere between a 3a and 3b) I decided to go natural during quarantine and gave my long hair the infamous big chop (about 10 inches) and ever since my hair has done a 180 it’s amazing!!
Uhm just want to share my journey to straight hair to curly to staright then to curly. enjoy :) ,so when i was in elementary from kidergarten to 2nd grade i had straight hair then in my 3rd grade i decided to cut my hair when days have passed my hair started to get curly and puffy and frizzy a lpt of things happend to my hair,so from then one my hair was just like that since the 7th grade. In my elementary days i would always do a ponytail because i was so afraid that my classmates would bully me for having that kind of hair so so in beginning of 8th grade i decided to straighten my hair like a brazillian rebond and oh i was so happy then that i have straight hair but when months passed is started get curly ;( i thought i was gonna have a staright hair forever but no, so it just got curly from the roots like 3 inches so i was like thats it imma straighten my hair again i thought from the second time i rebonded my hair, will stay straight forever but... no it got curly again so this is when i realized that why not have curly hair? Why not let it be so i let it be, Btw im still in the 8th grade now soon to be a 9th grader so yeah i was thinking about cutting hair so that the flow of my curls will just go on smoothly (pls God make it smooth) and my curls are not like your's gigi like those spirals and perfectness mine is like a wavey curly tornado kinda stuff mixed together so i now decided to follow you i will cut ny hair, air dry it use products for curly hair and wait so i just want to thank you for giving me hope in having a beautiful curly hair. ♡♡♡ I'll update you guys on what happend to my hair after 3 months haha
I just started my journey this year My hair has always been poofy and frizzy bc I would brush it out and I had no idea how to take care of it but when I started using products and stopped brushing through it I fell in love with my natural hair.
Omgg can you talk about how to get volume? I’ve started my journey and I’ve started to diffuse my hair but I feel like my hair always looks flat against my head lmao
Madison Quenne do u flip your head over when you diffuse?? I also shake my hair at the roots when my hair is completely dry!! A thickening or sea salt spray at the roots does wonders as well. I kinda talk about it in my refreshing curls video!!
i just started my curly hair journey, i couldn't be happier to start to see my curls! I am the only curly haired person on my family and I never knew how to treat it at all. I would always straighten my hair and brush my hair dry like it was a normal thing, i can't wait for my curls to come back!
she reminds me of ME, and the curly girl journey im on too, didn't know I had such nice curls either. always straightening it....im old too, discovered this in late 40's
Could you make a video about like day to day hairstyles with curly hair, like using clips or ponytails, braids etc ... ur curly hair routine made me love my curls
ive always hated my curly hair cz i didnt know what to do with it and its so fizzy and ugh and gets messy easily but after watching ur videos i feel like i can make my curly nice
Oof I totally relate. Straightened my hair quite frequently in middle/high school...now I’m starting to love my curls but still need them to reach their full/non frizzy potential!
I permanently straighted it when I was 15 then 9 months later I permanently curled it again. And it took me upto this date to grow back my natural curls and now I love it. My hair is just like yours. I did the same brushing routine when I was a kid. I wish I cud grow my hair faster tho
thank you so much for this video i've recently found your channel and i alreadly love it. I have the same hair type as you and 'ive never taken care of it until i've recently started the curly girl method. this video gave me hope that my hair can get healthy again so thank you!!
The issue is that my hair is naturally in between straight and wavy and when I let it go natural it looks bad because some strands are straight and some are wavy. What do I do?
growing up ive had really pretty small tiny waves (3-5 year old) and my aunt cut it and it got really frizzy and i would always straighten it but then i stopped cuz my hair was damaged and not growing anymore so i got a chop and started to take care. throughout middle school i started to use products and it was really pretty (just some waves nothing big) then i started straightening it again and ruined it so i chopped it off and started using better shampoos and conditioners and creams and it looks really pretty but still a little damaged
i just found ur channel through the chloe ting video so i’m a bit late but i have a similar curl pattern and i used to straighten my hair everyday i’m middle school as well and my parents and i had no idea how to take care of it growing up. but i’m still on my journey to get all my curls back even though i cut it to my shoulders. ):
Federica Effe i loves my curly bangs!!! They are hard to take care of because they always look a little different but I think they add awesome volume😍!!
omg my hair is literally almost identical to yours i just live in a small country so i don't have access to amazon or good hair products😔 especially at this time your hair is so beautiful 😍 i hope that sometime soon good hair products will be more accessible to smaller regions in the world.
I’m just starting this journey and it’s so exciting ☺️ I thought the only way to wear my curly hair was the gross crunchy way just loading it with harsh mousse and hairspray
ugh middle school with curly hair was a nightmare. my mum's hair is maybe a 2a and she straightens it every day (without heat protectant??? for 20 years????) and my dad keeps it short enough that it doesn't matter so noone taught me how to take care of my hair (3a/b). it was so long and i was so uncomfortable with it that i used to just put it into a bun and leave it there for months on end. and it would be super gross and mouldy and i'd have to spend hours getting this huge knot undone with no leave in and a fine tooth comb. my parents wouldn't let me cut it short until high school, by which point i'd had a keratin treatment done and i had to transition it out. honestly i'm so lucky i found curly hair youtube, otherwise i might still be trying to brush my hair dry and wondering what's wrong with me. (i'm doing so much better now btw, my hair is still short and i'm working on having a proper system set up to keep it healthy. and yes, i do have mould poisoning now, don't do what i did)
How do you prevent Build-Up ? I heard that if you use Sulfate/silicone free products + Creams etc. for your curls you still need a Sulfate shampoo to WASH IT OUT and remove the build up
Can we talk about how cute she was when she was little before she started straightening her hair??? Like she was an adorable little curl with her perfect ringlets!!!
all u pixies talking about how you love your curls now makes me so happy I’m crying 🥺🥺🥺🥺
thanks to you i recently started loving my curly hair, you are such a big role model for me (sorry if my english is not perfect, it´s not my first lenguage)
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Girl, I remember those 5am hair straightening mornings. That was for my scene hair tho 😅 literally why
Karsyn Backus ugh yes!!!
Hahaha and having emo bangs while you actually had curls
I had that puffy hair stage when I was younger 😂🤪
Nada Alfares felt that😂😂😂
I had something similar...Except my hair looked like a giant but super soft afro, to big to be cute (and I really mean it, I don't have natural afro hair so it didn't look as good) so my mom would braid it everyday, wich meant brushing it dry every day ;;
RUclips no acepta nombre con fuentes chidas :c oooh I also used to dry brush it as a result i would look like a lion basically hah
I actually liked the puffy hair too
Me too, me mam used to brush out my hair
My mom has curly hair and she only just started to embrace it and treat her hair right (she's 55)
Lily Felt omg this warmed my heart I’m so glad she’s embraced it 💞🥺
wow, that's awesome!
Better late than never 😁
My mom does too, (she’s 41) but she got insecure of her curly hair and I don’t think she knew how to tame it right so, she started straightening her hair a lot and now its like flat straight.
I have like curly/wavy hair ig you can call it, and my hair was/is a lot like hers where when I would brush it dry, it would just puff. Also, I brush it dry before showers and that’s the only time I do. Should I be doing this?
L . C u should brush ur hair dry bc each hair strand has thousands of bonds and cross links called disulfide bonds. They can be broken with way too much exposure to sunlight, chemical styling, and brushing ur hair dry. So plz don’t do that. I suggest finger detangling ur hair dry but using an oil, that doesn’t damage ur hair. U can always finger detangle in the shower, but if u want something a little more simple, just finger detangle dry but with oil🙂
i’ve finally fallen in love with my curly hair and i couldn’t be happier
Anna Gdowski This comment made me so happy🥺
Anna Gdowski same
I really want to fall in love with my hair
I was so insecure of my hair that I chemically straightened it. Now I’m in the process of growing back my natural hair. The transition period is hard but I hope I won’t get my hair straightened again. I want my curly hair back.
Ayushma Pandey YES!! I believe in you!! Your hair is going to be so healthy and happy soon:)
Same girl ✌️😓
hey! not sure if you will see this since you commented 10 months ago, but i am just starting the transition from getting my hair chemically straightened (about a year ago) and trying to go back to my natural curls. Just wondering if you were able to get your hair back to natural? and if so any tips / products that helped? Thanks so much!!
@@ssgg2361 i did rebonding 3 times and i just slowly chopped off all of the straight parts and started washing my hair less ++ use hydrating products that r meant for curls cause my curls r hella frizzy 👍🏻
This is like going back in time omg. My whole family has straight hair so by the time I started going to school my dad who would do my hair just brushed it dry so I did that throughout my year in elementary school and middle school and I didn’t start to figure out how to do my hair until last summer after straightening my hair the whole year during eighth grade!
Omg!!!! Yes!! So glad you figured it out 🥺💞
Gigi MW THANK YOU FOR REPLYING OMG IM FREAKING OUT ❤️❤️
gabby pereira HEHE ily!!! I only have 5k subs so it’s super easy to respond to all of u and I love interacting with you💞💞💞💞🥺🥺🥺
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I used to get bullied so bad for my hair and just in general but I LOVE my curls now glad so many others are loving their curls too💕 love your videos!
Mia Kline ewww I hate mean ppl!! I’m so sorry that happened to you. So glad you love your curls now omg 🥺💞💞💞
literally went through the puffy, frizzy hair throughout middle school and half of high school. finally learning how to take care of it but still figuring out if it even is curly? air dry even with gel won't hold curls, unless it put it in braids. also i feel like no matter how much i trim my hair, i still have split ends ahahah. i don't wanna do chin level chops but i loved your video ir was so helpful.
Same dude :(
neptunes edits okay yes I’m definitely due for the big chop 😂😂 never thought about buying new hair products! Thanks for the advice :)
literally i have frizzy/wavy hair and the only thing that makes it look good is leaving it in braids for 24 hours!
@@yorigomes1744 i did do the big chop and nothing really changed in fact i think my hair got frizzier?? its really just a really thin top layer that instantly dries and is frizzy no matter what or how i do
i feel like so many curly girls have had the same experience in the past ! my mom too used to always brush my curly hair, blow dry it, i too hated my voluminous hair and wished it was thinner, i thought that there was something wrong with my hair too and that the only way to tame it was to straighten it so i've been straightening it since middle school till like a month ago (i'm about to graduate from university so i did it for a pretty long time) and right now i'm finally getting to know and LOVE my hair for the first time in my life , i'm finally discovering my natural curl pattern, learning how to take care of it the right way! so now i'm transitioning and it has been the best month i've spent so far, it suddenly became so much fun and exciting and joyful to take care of my hair, experiment with it, trying out cute hairstyles, showing it off to my friends and family! and i suddenly discovered this HUGE curly hair community that i never knew existed before. I'm so grateful
the story about the hairdresser in new york was literally a fairytale and such a dream you ended up looking like a vogue model. Watching this video gave me so much hope from how similar our hair is, can’t wait to start this journey!!
Thank you gorgeous 💗😍
My hair is just like yours but I was born with straight hair it just had a small flick at the back under by neck but the rest was dead straight. It went curly when I was 8 and I’ve really struggled to get the hang of it. But now I love it 🥰
Eleanor Skinner omg !!! So glad you love it now💞💞💞
Eleanor Skinner woah that's crazy- i'm practically the same expect my hair became curly when i was around 10/11, except my mum says that when i was younger when my hair was wet my hair looked like tom jones' hair when he had an afro (he's a singer)! we also have the same name ahahah!
Ahh I had the same experience my hair was stick straight compared to my sister’s hair that looked like Shirley temple. In kindergarten it basically curled overnight. I still have a hard time figuring out my hair.
Starting to embrace our curls took a lot but hey now we’re here! Your hair is gorgeous. I’m glad you started to embrace it. ❤️
Alexa’s Curls I’m so glad you embrace yours too💞
Isn’t it so funny how you meet your soulmate when you’re focusing on your best self!!!❤️
Maddie Shepherd yes it is🥰🥰🥰
I am starting to embrace my curls/waves that I figured I had and it took me a long time. Hopefully I will start liking my hair and stop hating it... yours is absolutely beautiful🥺💓
delilah 0114 love those curls!!! 🥺🥺💞you are beautiful
Your hair is so beautiful and I love how you listed all of the people you are inspired by. I went on a natural hair journey about three years ago and have learned to embrace my curls and most of them were some of the people you mentioned :)
during coronacation is when i rly started to take care of my hair bc i had all this time and i’m bored. so i started watching youtube vids on my hair type (4a), changing some of the products to better ones, trying new methods, deep conditioning my hair every week, researching, and doing some more stuff to my hair. and i’ve rly seen a difference. my hair is more hydrated and moisturized than it’s ever been. my curl definition is better and my hair is getting longer.
you deserve so much hype ur so gorgeous and have such a cute aesthetic and vibe omg 🥺💘
Tiffany Alfaro omg ty so much💞💞💞
Yessss sis!!! So cool to see your curly hair journey because everyone’s is different! I’ve felt what you felt, wanting to have straight hair! I’ve learned to just love what I have and that includes embracing my curls!☺️☺️☺️
Jennifer Chicas love this!!!!🥺🥺🥺
Yesterday I decided last minute that I wasn't going to blow dry my hair and instead I would cut some dead ends. Turns out that I was very lazy and left it air drying. After an hour I went to see myself on the mirror and i was shocked with how my hair was gorgeous (I damaged it with bleach so it was never defined, I honestly don't know what I did specifically yesterday that it came out really pretty). I decided to take care of it and your video gave me hope of returning to my natural beautiful curls, thank you.
I've had curls all my life too. But I've always brushed my hair... When I was little and had super silky hair, it was fine, but then in the 6th and 7th grade my hair was super frizzy and puffy every day. I used to cry about my hair and my mother, who always had very short hair, gave me the tip to brush my hair even more often. Phew... In the 8th grade I developed a special technique to straighten my hair with silicone oil and stretching. Now I'm in the 9th grade and I care my hair intensively since then. I wear my hair more and more curly. However, most of the people where I live have only straight or slightly wavy hair and I have the feeling that my hair is only accepted as curly if it is perfectly defined and shiny...
took me years to love my hair (4c) but we stan curly queens 💫 🌸
Nakia Graham so glad you love yours🥺🥺so beautiful ily
omg im learning how to take care of my curls but when I was younger I hated my hair so I would just put it in an ugly ponytail for everyday !
I so freaking relate with her
They are a mess and ofc the biggest mistake is brushing them and hating my curls
But growing up I'm more starting to love them and also finding a proper salon was a biggest huddle
I’m currently figuring out my hair so thank you for this :) love your tshirt btw xx
Elsa Williams ty! So glad you liked this💞💞💞so exciting to start your curly journey!!
Just saying, whenever I remember this video exists, I come here to watch it, I don't know why I love it so much. Gigi, you're amazing and sooo gorgeous, luv u ❤️
Oh my goodness ily🥺🥲
@@gigimw OMG can't believe you saw it! haha
Love from Brazil! 🇧🇷
Sad because my hair used to be extremely curly when I was a toddler, then was pin straight in kindergarten. Then from 5th grade to 7th grade it was curly again, but I started messing with it a bunch because I wanted to be emo. It’s extremely healthy now at 22 but the curl pattern has completely changed and I just have big loose ringlets. I miss having curls, and my sister and brother BOTH have hair like yours. I’ve been considering trying different product in my hair and seeing if that doesn’t bring back some of the curls I had before. But they might be gone forever 😭 curly Jewish hair was always grounds for anti-semitism in the past, but it feels right to take that back. I wish dark hair and curl positivity was a thing when we were in middle school, but I’m happy to know it’s getting so much more love now. anyway, I love your hair and I’m so glad you’re in love with your curls as well! ✨
sadie L yess!!! I’m Jewish too :))) time to embraceeee🥰🥰🥰 perhaps a hair cut would help?? Or jus no heat!! (Idk if u use heat but this could def help), you’ll get ur curls back!!! Plus, big loose ringlets are so pretty🥺 I would also try finger coiling!! If your hair is like mine it will probably respond well to it :))
Gigi MW 😱 love that! And thank you ✨ will definitely try that☺️
Have you tried some clarifying shampoo
You need to be patient! I stopped straightening my hair and cut off heat in general about 8 months ago. My curls started coming back 1 month ago and now I am taking really good care of them. Just be patient and be kind to your hair and you curls will come back! I promise! 😊
Jenny F idk, I think waiting 9 years might be past the point of no return!
Also your short hair was soooo cute and those bangs!
watched this yesterday but wanted to come back and say that im happy i watched this video🥺 i always hated my curly hair on me but loved everyone else that had it. i wanna start loving my hair now and embracing it. i love your hair btw its so pretty!! cant wait to love mine too
Miah Morales YES !! Embrace those curls!! Ily
7:19 my hair journey is so similar except instead of straitening it I put it in a tight bun and brushed it everyday lol. anyways I honestly think another sign of you might have curly hair is if your hair flips up at the end like in the time stamp photo because mine always did too and it drove me insane
I started to appreciate my curly hair 1 year ago. It’s the best decision I’ve ever made. One year later and i see my hair is making a lit of progress. No frizz at all anymore. I love it. Layers also helped me alot.
omg this is so relatable !! my hair used to look exactly like yours because I brushed through it and straightened it... thank god we figured out how to treat our hair right!
Both my parents had curly-ish hair, mostly my mom. My mom is 50 and she's kinda getting the idea of how to take care of her curls, but she's not strict abt it like me. I started my curly hair journey when I was 13 1/2 (more like when I was 14). I started to want curly hair bc most of my life I had wavy straight hair, but then it started getting straight and losing its form, so i started hating my hair. I wanted it wavier like it was when I was little. So I started to want my waves back. Then in 8th grade, I started to think that I didn't want to leave my hair down, I ALWAYS left it down and I wanted to change my style. So I started to watch videos on howto curl ur hair without heat (because I didn't want to damage my hair), so then I did that once a month, then once a week, then I started doing that twice a week, then I basically started doing it EVERYDAY. I had so much hair loss, I still have it to this day and I literally stopped doing that a while ago. But when I was a baby, I had some curls (like 2c/3a curls) and my mom didn't know how to take much care of it, so I look back at my baby pics and I have A HECK TON of frizz (sorta). I always had like 1c/2a waves (sometimes even like slight 2b waves). But of course later in my curly hair journey, I started using DevaCurl. 5 months after using it, I started having SO MUCH hair loss, I still have it to this day and I stopped using DevaCurl in January and it's May now!! I don't know what to do now I'm trying to find remedies for my hair loss, and I can't. I'm still not quit satisfied with my curl pattern, I wish I had like 3a/3b-ish curls. I do have that it's just that when I air dry my hair, it doesn't turn out the way it does when I diffuse it, it comes out like loose. I also can't air dry my hair without product because it turns out almost the same as it was when I was little, so basically my hair isn't curly, and that makes me depressed and wanting to shave my head. But all I can say is that this is a big struggle and that I need Olaplex or something, hopefully my hair would have a tighter curl pattern if I used Olaplex.
girl I am SUBSCRIBING. we have literally gone through the same phases. I was bullied in elementary school and started straightening my hair to fit in, and the fact that I stuck with it for like 7 years afterwards is so sad! I also had that phase where I straightened the top part of my hair only, that really made me smile. I started embracing my curls last summer when I had shorter hair, but then I started straightening it again in the winter because it's hard to deal with and because I still feel a lil insecure about them:( but seeing you embrace them is so inspiring!! thank you so much for this, I hope I can feel like this sometimes soon as well:)
the dark curly hair and the light complexion reminds me of rapunzels mom in tangled
Catrina Garcia omg ive always thought she was so beautiful ty
I noticed your curls looked more separated when you first wore your hair natural then how it does now. Is there anything you did to get your curls bigger as in to stay together?
Hey love! I just found your channel from your bedroom makeover video and you seem so sweet! We seem to have the same hair story. I straightened my hair for several years and used almost a can of hairspray a day. I hadn't see my natural hair until last semester when I forgot to put product in and woke up to my natural hair. Since then I've really been trying to get my curls back and have been thinking about getting a perm. Any who, I loved hearing about your journey and I feel like we would be such good friends!
Leah Marisi ahhh yes!! So glad you’re on your hair journey. You can teach your full healthy curl pattern again, without a perm!! 💞💞you got this
Gigi, please, please, please do a video about the insane hair growth you had in the past year. It is amazing how much your hair has grown, and your tips would be really appreciated
me: *a person who wants curly hair reading the comments like* 👁👄👁
I want straight hair most of the time but I am starting to fall in love with my curls 😊
I had superrrr straight hair( I am south Asian so it was that typical texture) then 6 months ago it started changing...and it's 2c /3a now😂
i rly wish i had straight hair
Nancy Srivastava ooof same
@@nancysrivastava7779 South Asian here too. And girl same! I'm literally clueless on how to take care of it lmao
I am very glad that I was able to figure out that I love my hair a few months ago. I am only 14 so I am glad that the period of disliking my hair got overwith quickly. Thankfully, I only every dry brushed my hair, and I have only gotten my hair straightend rarley, once a year or less, because I never had a flat iron. My hair has been getting better over quarintene, yet my mom forcefully dry brushes my hair sometimes. T^T
Me too, my mum brushed my hair dry so I had big poofy hair and I cried and said I wish I had straight hair like other girls
I’ve been starting to learn how to take care of my curls recently and it’s already a wild trip. It use to be my roots were flat, but now I have good volume, but I’m still struggling with frizz and definition. Probably because can’t tell if I’m putting on too little product as I’m afraid to be too much on 😅 I have 3a/b (and maybe a bit of 2c??) going on, but my hair is more fine than thick so it’s a time and a half trying to get the right stuff for my hair but not weighing it down or making it too oily before day 3
Eliza Randazzo I totally understand this!! My hair gets weighed down easily too. It’s all about experimenting !! I’m still figuring stuff out🥺🥺
I love this, I have 4c hair I can straighten it and it won’t last it sucks
Hi Bianca ur curl type is SO beautiful, u don’t even neeeeeda straighten it💞
Gigi MW Thank you 💖💖💖
As a child I wished for nothing more than to have beautiful locks like yours, but my hair was straight as a wood board. 20 years later, I noticed my hair has gotten poofy with soft waves. I’m so excited to try the curly hair method to see how far I can take my curling potential!
girl you are so beautiful and also those editing skills omg
Neris Din omg ty sm ily
AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDNT STRAIGHTEN HER HAIR EVEN IF IT WQS POOFY!?
Same here hahah
Same.
It's still very poofy though
same lol
i went through this too, and i'm so glad that i've embraced my hair now! i used to always get made fun of for my hair, but i think i really like it now, so i'm really happy for you too - it's difficult to look after curly hair haha
frankie awww im so happy you like your curls now💞🥰
Gigi MW aww you’re so sweet 🥺💘
I’m in my curly hair journey, and now waiting for my hair to grow longer!! Can you do a hair growth video???
your hair is so so beautiful honey
This is so so similar to my story except I never straightened my hair that often, my mom has straight hair and my dad has kinky hair (eventually bald LOL) so no one knew how to take care of my hair and it literally looked so wack until I was 15 and found vids on RUclips. now I’m in my quarantined senior year of hs and have literally maximized my curls by nOT using products (cuz I don’t wanna waste them since I’m not going anywhere 😭) but I’ve never loved my curls so much
this legit made me so motivated because my hair is soo frizzy and i have a wave kinda like when you were 10 so i am determined to take care of my hair now!
I remember hating my curls a lot in middle school...like a lot. i loathed them lmao. but now I'm actually in love w them and its just so nice to have curly hair lol idk how to explain it
basically every time i want to give up my curly hair journey i come to watch this video, thank u gigi 💛 Love from Brazil!!
I have 4C hair so I definitely understand the struggle of learning to love your girls! But boys and girls, the kinks and curls are beautiful so embrace them❤️
xo_shannon k SO BEAUTIFUL💞💘glad you love yours ugh🥺🥺🥺💞
I am still struggling with curly hair, and being the only girl that has curly hair that leaves it fluffy is hard...yes there is gurls who have curly hair but they straighten it and I grew up in an environment where ur “supposed” to straighten your curly hair......now that I’m older and well knowing and now in a loving 🥰 family that has adopted me I’ve learned to love my hair. 🥺
Although it was hard growing up being mixed (being Asian and black) and it was confusing to find myself...it will always get better and remember that! And ur gorgeous if you have straight, wavy, curly, or fluffy hair!!! Ur beautiful the way you are and NO ONE is going to let u believe that PERIODT. 😊
when i was maybe 5-7 my hair wasnt very curly but the ends WITHOUT FAIL always curled up and the amount of times i tried cutting it off and it curling back up 😭
bitch boy omggg
ur story literally sounds IDENTICAL to mine, i thought there was something wrong with my hair, thought i looked messy, cut it short, hairdresser thinning idea (i never did it but was v close) , straightening for agessssss, hating my hair, split ends and not cutting it for years, finding out i had curls, working with my hair but didn’t cut it, decided to start over and cut a whole bunch off. long story short, i’m still working with my hair to get better but i’m happier than ever
you’re so cute omg binge watching all your videos now
I’ve always wished I had curly hair. my mom has curly hair and I was always so jealous of it. my hair wasn’t ever curly but it wasn’t smooth or pin straight. usually ill straighten my hair everyday but in quarantine I haven’t been doing it and I got some waves, now im thinking my hair is wavy or curly because it’s always been so big and frizzy and today when I got out of the shower i scrunched my hair a little bit, and it has some tight waves and spiral curls, like 2c/3a type curls, should I start caring for my hair like it’s curly ?
How do you straighten your hair everyday? Like without it getting messed up
I'm 32 and finally just learning how to take care of my 2c/3a hair. Thank you for your videos! I also thinned my hair when I was in middle and high school!!!
When I was younger my hair was so frizzy and I was so embarrassed about it so I started straightening it almost every day from 6th-12th grade. I also never cut it because my hair grew so slow, didn’t realize it was from all the damage. I stopped straightening it when i got to college and realized my hair was actually kinda curly (i’m somewhere between a 3a and 3b) I decided to go natural during quarantine and gave my long hair the infamous big chop (about 10 inches) and ever since my hair has done a 180 it’s amazing!!
Uhm just want to share my journey to straight hair to curly to staright then to curly. enjoy :) ,so when i was in elementary from kidergarten to 2nd grade i had straight hair then in my 3rd grade i decided to cut my hair when days have passed my hair started to get curly and puffy and frizzy a lpt of things happend to my hair,so from then one my hair was just like that since the 7th grade. In my elementary days i would always do a ponytail because i was so afraid that my classmates would bully me for having that kind of hair so so in beginning of 8th grade i decided to straighten my hair like a brazillian rebond and oh i was so happy then that i have straight hair but when months passed is started get curly ;( i thought i was gonna have a staright hair forever but no, so it just got curly from the roots like 3 inches so i was like thats it imma straighten my hair again i thought from the second time i rebonded my hair, will stay straight forever but... no it got curly again so this is when i realized that why not have curly hair? Why not let it be so i let it be, Btw im still in the 8th grade now soon to be a 9th grader so yeah i was thinking about cutting hair so that the flow of my curls will just go on smoothly (pls God make it smooth) and my curls are not like your's gigi like those spirals and perfectness mine is like a wavey curly tornado kinda stuff mixed together so i now decided to follow you i will cut ny hair, air dry it use products for curly hair and wait so i just want to thank you for giving me hope in having a beautiful curly hair. ♡♡♡
I'll update you guys on what happend to my hair after 3 months haha
I just started my journey this year My hair has always been poofy and frizzy bc I would brush it out and I had no idea how to take care of it but when I started using products and stopped brushing through it I fell in love with my natural hair.
this is the most relatable video i have watched in a long time
Your hair is like a dream
Omgg can you talk about how to get volume? I’ve started my journey and I’ve started to diffuse my hair but I feel like my hair always looks flat against my head lmao
Madison Quenne do u flip your head over when you diffuse?? I also shake my hair at the roots when my hair is completely dry!! A thickening or sea salt spray at the roots does wonders as well. I kinda talk about it in my refreshing curls video!!
i just started my curly hair journey, i couldn't be happier to start to see my curls! I am the only curly haired person on my family and I never knew how to treat it at all. I would always straighten my hair and brush my hair dry like it was a normal thing, i can't wait for my curls to come back!
i used to have super tight ringlets like yours as a kid.. heres to starting my hair journey.. 😊 wish me luck
she reminds me of ME, and the curly girl journey im on too, didn't know I had such nice curls either. always straightening it....im old too, discovered this in late 40's
Could you make a video about like day to day hairstyles with curly hair, like using clips or ponytails, braids etc ... ur curly hair routine made me love my curls
ive always hated my curly hair cz i didnt know what to do with it and its so fizzy and ugh and gets messy easily but after watching ur videos i feel like i can make my curly nice
I used to straighten my curly hairs everyday but now u made me love my curls tysm❤
How do you straighten your hair everyday without messing it up?
I have watched this video for 3 times now , I am addicted , I can't stop 😓
Please upload videos more often for the sake of my mental health 😂
Oof I totally relate. Straightened my hair quite frequently in middle/high school...now I’m starting to love my curls but still need them to reach their full/non frizzy potential!
I permanently straighted it when I was 15 then 9 months later I permanently curled it again. And it took me upto this date to grow back my natural curls and now I love it. My hair is just like yours. I did the same brushing routine when I was a kid. I wish I cud grow my hair faster tho
that poofy hair was my staple before in elem and highschool. now, my friends are shooked at my 2B-3A curly hair.
thank you so much for this video i've recently found your channel and i alreadly love it. I have the same hair type as you and 'ive never taken care of it until i've recently started the curly girl method. this video gave me hope that my hair can get healthy again so thank you!!
I have the exact same type of hair as you, I thought I had eavy hair AT MOST, but I can see the curls coming back!
The issue is that my hair is naturally in between straight and wavy and when I let it go natural it looks bad because some strands are straight and some are wavy. What do I do?
Same
Love it. You were very generous with all this information. Thanks!!
I'm on my curly hair journey myself and I love my hair!! I just want it to be as curly and healthy as possible.
growing up ive had really pretty small tiny waves (3-5 year old) and my aunt cut it and it got really frizzy and i would always straighten it but then i stopped cuz my hair was damaged and not growing anymore so i got a chop and started to take care. throughout middle school i started to use products and it was really pretty (just some waves nothing big) then i started straightening it again and ruined it so i chopped it off and started using better shampoos and conditioners and creams and it looks really pretty but still a little damaged
I love your videos,they’re so helpful! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!❤️🙏GOD LOVES YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!❤️🙏
i just found ur channel through the chloe ting video so i’m a bit late but i have a similar curl pattern and i used to straighten my hair everyday i’m middle school as well and my parents and i had no idea how to take care of it growing up. but i’m still on my journey to get all my curls back even though i cut it to my shoulders. ):
the short hair looks AMAZING on you
You're so cute! Love the curls!
0:10 because ur special gurl💜
As I could see, you had bangs. Would you suggest them on curly hair?
Awesome video by the way 💘
Federica Effe i loves my curly bangs!!! They are hard to take care of because they always look a little different but I think they add awesome volume😍!!
omg my hair is literally almost identical to yours
i just live in a small country so i don't have access to amazon or good hair products😔 especially at this time
your hair is so beautiful 😍 i hope that sometime soon good hair products will be more accessible to smaller regions in the world.
magistic maya ugh me too!!! 🥺🥺🥺in the meantime I think there are some videos on RUclips of DIY products!
@@gigimw omg i havent thought of that.
thanks for the advice 😊❤️❤️
magistic maya lmk either here or through a dm on ig if you try something out that you like!!! I’ve heard of some great coconut oil masks and stuff :))
I have the straightest hair ever (a curling iron doesnt do shit), and i loveeee curls so please embrace it and dont be insecure🥰🌻
I’m just starting this journey and it’s so exciting ☺️ I thought the only way to wear my curly hair was the gross crunchy way just loading it with harsh mousse and hairspray
I had a dude give me a rat tail once, as well when I was in about 4th grade. He said it would "fit [my] face better". lmao
Your hair was so cute when it was short!!! I wanna cut my hair short... but since I have wavier hair I feel like my curls won't pop.
ugh middle school with curly hair was a nightmare. my mum's hair is maybe a 2a and she straightens it every day (without heat protectant??? for 20 years????) and my dad keeps it short enough that it doesn't matter so noone taught me how to take care of my hair (3a/b). it was so long and i was so uncomfortable with it that i used to just put it into a bun and leave it there for months on end. and it would be super gross and mouldy and i'd have to spend hours getting this huge knot undone with no leave in and a fine tooth comb. my parents wouldn't let me cut it short until high school, by which point i'd had a keratin treatment done and i had to transition it out. honestly i'm so lucky i found curly hair youtube, otherwise i might still be trying to brush my hair dry and wondering what's wrong with me.
(i'm doing so much better now btw, my hair is still short and i'm working on having a proper system set up to keep it healthy. and yes, i do have mould poisoning now, don't do what i did)
My dad has curly hair and so does my neighbour. My mom also knows what to do. Your videos also helped me sooooooo much!!!!! Thank you!!!!
I’ve been in the puffy stage for about a year now 😔 my hair is 2b so I hope it gets a little more defined but either way I love my waves
Also my hair might just be too thick to curl up any more idk what to do... help... please
Ahh I’m a new subscriber and god your hair looks gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing this story!!
You are too under rated
How do you prevent Build-Up ? I heard that if you use Sulfate/silicone free products + Creams etc. for your curls you still need a Sulfate shampoo to WASH IT OUT and remove the build up
Can we talk about how cute she was when she was little before she started straightening her hair??? Like she was an adorable little curl with her perfect ringlets!!!
You're the prettiest girl I've ever seen 😍