My hair wants to be wavy - how do I let it?

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My hair has always been very straight but over the past year or so it’s getting wavier and wavier, especially at the back. The front parts are still v straight.

This is what it looks like if I wash and dry it naturally. Any tips on how I can help it become more defined? Or how to brush it without it going frizzy? It needs a good cut too.

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Same here. Mine is shorter though.

I'm in the same situation and would like to know what products to use also

The curly girl method! If you do Facebook there is a curly girls UK page for advice and tips, or the book on Amazon by Lorraine Masey. In short, no shampoo, silicones, sulfates or drying alcohols. It's an absolute game changer for me. It's based on the premise that curly and wavy hair craves moisture and therefore needs treated in a different way from straight hair.

Try really cheap gel, seriously, I mean the sort of stuff that's blue and about 50p a pot in the supermarket. Scrunch gel into wet hair and allow to dry naturally or diffuse. If you dry naturally your hair will likely feel crunchy when it has dried. You can scrunch out this crunch with your hands.

Mine is similar and I have a bit of a method I use, vaguely based on the Curly Girl method but without using the recommended products as I find my hair actually likes a bit of silicone and when it feels 'heavy' I use a 5p sized blob of washing up liquid with my shampoo to clarify it.

So, I wash and condition (I like Tressemmé Salon Silk but it's getting harder to find). I comb through the conditioner with a big comb or a wet brush, then rinse. I use a serum or oil (the Avon one with argan oil is nice but I've also had a 99p one from Savers which was as good) through the mid lengths and ends.

Squeeze out the excess water then wrap very tightly in a towel (Curly Girl calls this plopping and recommends using a t-shirt) without rubbing or agitating.

When the towel has absorbed the water, arrange your hair with the right parting etc. Then, in layers, working upwards, apply styling product (a curl cream or even mousse if you want a long lasting curl) and gently twist the hair in small sections in the direction it curls. If you shake a section you will see where the individual strands form clumps. Then air dry or use a diffuser!