Help with air drying wavy hair!

[Wiennetta]

I need your help! I’m trying to use heat on my hair less, and air dry it. My hair goes a bit wavy when air dried, but any heat and it’ll go straight - so if I even roughly blow dry it, it’s straight.

I’ve seen lots of products for curly hair, but what about slightly wavy hair? My hair is quite fine, although there’s quite a lot of it, so I don’t want anything to weigh it down. I’d love something I can put it my hair to leave soft waves. At the moment it just looks messy, with uneven waves (some bits more shape than others) and frizzy :( I’ve tried salt sprays but don’t like the crunchy feeling, I’m after something softer.

Picture of how it looks air dried currently.

I have very similar hair to you. I initially tried to follow advice for people with curlier hair but that tends to relies on layering on lots of different products, and on my hair that just makes it look weighed down and greasy. My approach is to use tiny amounts of product, apply it soaking wet using my fingers to rake and scrunch it in and then don't touch my hair until it's dry.

If I want a natural look I use a leave-in conditioner (Camille Rose moisturising milk) followed by a very light curl priming cream, and then apply a couple of drops of hair oil (3 more inches magic oil) when it's half dry to stop the frizz. I like to avoid products containing silicone. This gives me very gentle waves.

If you want more defined waves you will have to use either a gel or a mousse. It's important not to use too much in our hair type though. It helps to mix the product with water and put it in your hair when it's dripping wet. Once it's dry you can scrunch it again or if it dries too stringy I sometimes comb it very gently with a wide tooth comb (people with curlier hair will tell you not to do this, but I am willing to sacrifice curl definition to achieve a softer look). I use the Umberto Giannini Curl Jelly Scrunching Jelly or the 3 More Inches Volumising Mousse.