How to Pick the Right Curly Hair Products +EXCITING NEWS!

A comprehensive guide sharing how to pick the right products based on your hair texture/strand width, porosity, climate, density, etc.

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0:00 Intro
1:27 How to determine your texture/strand width
8:29 Determine your desired results
12:44 How to determine your porosity
19:20 Determine your climate
24:36 Why curl pattern doesn't matter
25:19 Why density isn't as important
26:21 How to shop for products on my new store
29:50 Ouro

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• 3A-3B curls
• High porosity
• Medium to coarse texture
• Low density

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➜MY DISCOUNT CODES

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Thank you for being the only curly hair influencer that actually drops brand names and suggestions without a sponsor by them. We love a honest curly girly that isn’t looking for a money grab and just wants to help us! 🙌🏻💅🏻

[sylviet]

Yes! Please make this a series. I struggle finding shampoos and conditioners that work for my medium high porosity wavy hair. You're new store will help soooo much. Thank you!

[DrCynPizzulli]

Finally! Accurate information for low porosity and low density hair! So tired of being told I need lighter weight products that don’t work. You get it…

[lisak]

Thank you, Gena Marie! This is the BEST video I’ve ever seen for picking curly hair products. My hair was poker straight my entire life and it changed over to curly about three years ago. I’ve been at my wits’ end ever since. I don’t know anything about curly hair and I’ve wasted a lot of money on products that are not right for me. Love your videos and I’m excited about your new store. Thank you again! 😊🌻

[HollyJ]

WOW thank you so much Gena this was incredible!! and the shop looks AMAZING!! Another aspect I’ve found I need to factor in with my hair is the amount of product your hair can handle. A lot of curly hair YouTubers will use huge amounts of cream or gel or whatever, regardless of its weight, and so I was doing that too. But some people can only handle a pea size amount on their whole head! I’ve been meaning to overhaul my routine and your blog is going to be a life saver!!

[leticiakarl]

Your blog is so helpful as are your videos. Thank you so much for all the work you put into helping us newbies learn how to deal with our hairs. ❤

[lunaycamila]

I love your videos! They include all hair types and are so informative! Thank yooouuu!

[melissaarchila]

Thank you for this. I have super flat straight hair but my kids were blessed with beautiful curls and I need this education! I really appreciate it.

[mariannemccoy]

Thanks Gena! I appreciate your no nonsense, to the point delivery of *all* the details and facts pertaining to curls. You are by far the best curl educator I've discovered on social.

[deirdrewalsh]

You are so right about the direction your hair naturally wants to clump. I find it is often alternative directions especially around the face.
Sometimes I finger curl wet at night just a few around face and pop a bobby pin in for a special day.

[PamelaRubel]

Awesome video! After years and years attempting to make the cgm work for me (since 2010!) About 4 years ago I realized that I had to focus on my hair texture, porosity and my desired look! I have ultra fine hair, medium density hair, with 3b with some 3a sprinkled around, and produce close to no oil on my scalp (if I wash more frequently than every 10 to 14 days, my hair does not like it!). Once I started using very light, water based products, and left behind the butters and creams, my hair really started to shine.

However, Im probably the only fine hair girlie that does not desire volume, and just wants elongation of the curls, because I love my long hair! So the challenge was using light products, but giving the hair some weight, and the solution was to not diffuse it, and to avoid manipulating my hair too much while it dries. Oil helps, but even the oils I use are ultra light 😂 but the longer it gets, the heavier it gets so that helps!

[sandral]

Yes, switching to products geared to fine hair was a huge turnaround for my hair, big difference in the results

[Sky_moondance]

I haven't watched your videos for awhile, your hair looks amazing! It got thicker and your curls are poppin, you give me hope from a fellow low density curly 😊

[MrLukePierre]

I'm a straight guy. I learned a lot.. Thank you. Very accessible and understandable and IN DEPTH. Which I appreciate. The before nd after trim was very enlightening. Making an appointment.. been 2 yrs.

[KathleenKC]

I need to shrink my stash, but when I am ready to buy new products I will definitely use your website. Thanks for putting in all this work.

[annaburns]

Your new website is great! So much stuff on there. Thanks for that.

[tamirhodes]

Love love the ability to be able to filter for products. Can’t wait to use the site.

[bigemptyspace]

I split-dyed my hair before realizing that I have curly hair, and it has been quite the learning process! I have my natural colour on one side which is very very dark and I’m currently rocking rainbow on the other side, but because of how dark my hair is we did have to bleach it. The difference in quality on both sides is crazy! But I absolutely adore my split dye so I’ve been trying to have the best of both worlds and find a routine and products that work for me and give me the best curls I can have while also keeping my colour. These videos have been so so helpful and I’ve learned so much! My hairdresser (who I absolutely love) is not a curly girl but she has been right there by my side through my hair journey learning right alongside with me lol. I’ve actually recommended your channel to her because she has a lot of curly clients! I’ve learned from this video that I have thin hair, with low-med density and low porosity on my natural side and high porosity on my coloured side. Do you have any recommendations on how I should go about treating my hair when I fall on both extremes of the porosity scale? I suppose my biggest “problem area” would be my high porosity side, I just worry about my natural side since it get greasy super fast. And because of my colour, I’m afraid to use a clarifying shampoo because I want to keep my colour in as a long as possible. I already kind of split up my hair washing as I use only cool/cold water on my coloured side, but use warm water for the rest. Also! I live in Canada, where our summers get humid and our winters are dry. Lol, it just feels like all the qualities of my hair are at war with each other!!

[Dramaduck]

Your new shop page looks amazing! I love being able to filter what I'm looking for.

I have been experimenting with my first layer of styling products. I LOVE the Ouidad ACC Stronger Hold gel, but I wanted something under it to help with volume. I haven't really found anything I really love yet, but this video definitely gave me some ideas!

[darkblu]

I would appreciate a video talking more in depth about choosing shampoos and conditioners, and especially deep conditioners. I used to use a deep conditioner from shea moisture occasionally and my hair looked fantastic afterwards regardless of which of a number of different styling products I used, but as I’ve had more grays come in over the years, it doesn’t give me the same results, and I’d like to know more about why. I also recently changed my shampoo and conditioner to a drugstore brand and have found my curls are drier, and again, I’d like to have insight as to what ingredients in the shampoo aren’t compatible with my hair.