Rain water & natural curls

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Got caught in the rain earlier when my hair was still a bit damp (I'd been in the shower) and my hair went beautifully curly as opposed to frizzy/patchy curls.

Does this happen to anyone else? Has anyone ever used rain water instead of product to create curls??

Not quite the same but if I wash and let my hair air dry it curls beautifully, can never blow dry it to the same level of curls

I always let my curly hair dry naturally. If I use a hairdryer I end up looking like a dandelion!

Something to do with the softness of the water, maybe?

My hair is lovely and soft when I’m home in the Highlands, and much less manageable when I’m in London.

Mine does exactly the same. I was at a conference once and went out for a walk at lunchtime as did many others. The heavens opened while we were out. When we got back I rubbed the water off with paper towels and left my hair to it. While everyone else was bemoaning their rats' tails mine went amazingly wavy and soft and curly. And I live in a soft water area, so it's not that. I could never get the same effect with tap water. I reckon it's something to do with the way the rain falls on your hair.

If your hair goes super curly in the rain then you have the most amazing curls , you just need to learn to control them . Do you use product ? What is your styling regime?

I have curly hair and get a similar effect from using a plant mister

Like others, I have to air dry. Hair dryers just cause frizz.

I have curly hair and get a similar effect from using a plant mister

I've tried that, and still don't get the same effect as being rained on. Which is why when it's raining and everyone else is under hats or umbrellas I'm happily exposing my head to the elements.

Distilled water does it too.

I have coily hair and rain makes mine a frizzy rats nest because i have broken hair and each strand wants to curl and coil at the same time.

Rain water doesn't do mine any harm but wind absolutely trashes it.

Rain makes my hair curl beautifully too and gives DS perfect ringlets (although this is not so appealing to an 11 year old boy!)

Rain water and also being in a high humidity gives me lovely curls. I always air dry anyway but getting caught in rain or being on holiday does lovely things to my hair

My mother told me that in wartime it used to be a thing to have a rainwater barrel outside and to use that for your final hair-rinse if you had the same type of hair the OP has. Definitely not if it just made it frizz.

We went swimming in a lake in Snowdonia one time and my curls were so soft and seperated like corkscrews ive never had that since.
A rain barrel is a great idea. but cold!

This happened to me once. I thought it was to do with being unable to dry my hair with a towel, so it air dried from soaking wet and curled as a result. Not very practicable day to day though!

My hair behaves exactly like yours and I also usually air dry. I've often deliberately gone out in the rain to try to activate my curls, but I've never come up with a good way of gathering rain water to use indoors.

Yes, it's a known thing. You can also use the water that comes out of the dehumidifier. I can't collect rainwater here because my garden is snail central.

I do get a lot of curl underneath my hair when I air dry, but the top layers stay quite frizzy. This is getting better as i haven't really used heat on my hair for a year now. But I still don't get the effect I do with rainwater. I'm considering collecting it and using it like a mister. Alternatively, if I could just use a product, it would be a lot easier!!!

Use a product , curly hair needs product !

I used to spray my hair with water from the water butt, it was always brilliant!

I have natural curls, wash every day, never use a hairdryer and never have it straight. Just comb when wet put in a bit of product and leave. However I have said for years that my hair is at peak curliness when it's clean and dry but then I get caught in the rain.

It doesn't work when my hair is already wet for some reason.

My hair is curly/wavy too but rainwater has the opposite effect on me - makes my hair frizzy and slightly greasy feeling for some reason.