Is it Hair Transition or Terrible Products for Your Hair? That is the question! 

I actually have dreams about my hair! Yikes! Now that is an obsession.

This so helpful...this can cause so much confusion. Not only did I get lost in the product junky frenzy when I started, I did a few things wrong. I did not consider how different my fine/high porosity/low density hair was from people I was following for advise...curl pattern really doesn’t matter. I didn’t pay attention to dew points and humidity...my hair needs change drastically in the summer with high humidity. I assumed wet styling was needed for my high porosity hair but I learned that I need a combination of wet styling for leave-ins and damp for gels. When I started, drug store products like Shea Moisture actually worked okay, but I think my hair was starved for nutrients. Then I tried Mop Top products in the summer but the glycerin was a problem. Then I thought JessieCurl’s products would be the answer since they are mostly glycerin free...but the lack of protein put me into moisture overload and I became a fluffy alpaca (love this term). Then I thought TreLuxe would be the answer...but discovered my hair frizzed up with Aloe (I really hope that is only due to the humidity). So back to lightweight protein products...Giovanni for conditioning, leave-in and gel, and BioSilk gel. Oh boy...Humectant free but protein rich products are hard to find. It can be so confusing but once you finally find the ingredients and techniques your hair needs, it is all worth it.

establishing curl memory is so tricky for me- my job means I have to pin my hair back for most of the week, so my curls only get a chance to get together at the weekend :(

I also really like the idea of using the same products, but in different quantities, especially when you are learning what works for you. Sometimes my hair needs less product than I was expecting (or more), so in knowing that I am going to have bad hair days anyway, giving myself permission to use a bit of trial and error has been very helpful to me. Just remember to follow Courtney's advice and document, so you can track the changes.

Totally agree! I've been at this for 1 1/2 years now and you're completely accurate! Keep it simple and focus on the health of your hair first!! Curl memory is totally a thing. I can go with no product now, it won't be as defined or hold as well but the curl is the same!

yucko barfo is the technical term I'M DEAD

Hey Courtney. This is so true! So, I started In March with my curly journey. My hair looked awful and it wouldn't curl, so I eventually gave up. But since I was working from home due to the pandemic and had a lot of CGM approved products, I continue to used them and stoped putting heat to my hair. My hair started to get curlier over time, even with no styler. And then some weeks ago I started styling it again and, out of the sudden, it looks great! Time to get your hair healthy is the most important thing!

I had been flat ironing my hair daily for about 16 years because as a teenager I didn’t know how to manage my frizz and curls. The routine just stuck with me since then. Currently my hair is super fried, dry, and bleached. Three weeks ago ago on wash day, I applied baobob oil after washing my hair and I had a head of curls. When it dried though, I was left with limp messy hair. It was my AHA! moment though. But holy cow it’s a process. I’m only three weeks in my journey but I see progress everyday.

I started modified CG about 6 months ago in March when lockdown started because I figured it would be the best time to transition and finally get my frizzy wavy hair sorted! The first few months no matter what I did my felt dry so I just slathered it in hydrating products whenever I washed it ... Fast forward 6 months, after massive initial improvements, my hair became super weighed down and frizzy again. I think I finally hit the point where my waves weren’t dying of thirst anymore so all the products I was using just no longer worked because I was overmoisturizing!! Now I‘ve begun integrating more protein into my wash day and BOY do my waves love it!! The definition I saw around month 3-4 is finally coming back and I‘m so excited! This whole journey had been crazy and difficult and confusing but also super rewarding and I absolutely love it! (You‘ve also been a major help these last few months so thank you!!)

I am almost a year into CGM. I have thick, coarse, low porosity hair. Age 65 and haven't colored for over 15 years, so I have streaks of pure white, warm sandy grey, and kind of strawberry blonde. (I was a natural red head) I always considered myself to have straight hair that got lumpy if I air dried. I went from daily washing/blow drying/curling iron to washing twice a week. Because my hair is coarse I tried some of the Shea Moisture products and the one that started out horrible was their Coconut and Hibiscus Curl Enhancing Smoothie. I followed the directions and it was a greasy disaster, so it got relegated to to the back of the cabinet. Then one day my hair was being unruly, so in desperation I got it out and used just a tiny bit, barely touching a couple fingertips into it and smoothing it over my hands. I used the praying hands method of application, some scrunching, and my hair was under control. I use it often now, still just a tiny bit.

This is a 10/10 video Courtney. Excellent explanation and advice.

Great video!! I’m two weeks into my transition and let’s just say every wash day brings upon a new...surprise. It’s frustrating but glad to learn it normal!

This was the most helpful information I have heard to date since starting the CGM two months ago! You described exactly what I am going through. Thank you so much! Now to figure out what to do with the 50 products I have accumulated!!! There really should be a CGM drop-off/pick-up where we could all just trade products that didn't do the job for us!!!

This was so helpful! I only learned 2 weeks ago that I had secretly wavy hair, and I was struggling to find people who actually showed pictures from their transition. It helps me with my patience retraining my hair.

I am at the 6-month mark on my 2b-ish hair. This the first time I have heard about hair stringing vs clumping during transition! I always thought that either the products or my application was to blame. It also might explain why my clumping and curls radically improved after my last wash a day or so ago! Maybe my hair is finally moving out of transition!! Woohoo!

The “fluffy photo” made me feel so much better 😂 my hair currently looks so wavy stringy 🤣

I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with my transition phase (I'm at around 6 months) but I have fully embraced my product junkie status with no shame and I WIIILLLLL NOT STOP. Love your videos Courtney!

The explanation of curl memory / curl family was fabulous, Courtney, LOL so true

Oof... this is exactly what I needed to hear 5 years ago. I wish I hadn't been so loyal to a particular brand for several years, but I thought it was my hair, my hard water, etc. instead of the products. If you've given your product lineup a good month or so and still aren't liking the result, start subbing out one thing as a time as described in the video. Don't wait years like I did!

During our first curl coaching session, you emphasized this for me, and it was SO VERY HELPFUL! Thank you so much! I am using the lineup of products you suggested, and it has helped me improve in my ability to discern and intuit what my hair is doing when I try different techniques. Looking forward to our next coaching session. Many thanks!!!

I just started CGM two weeks ago, and am definitely in transition. I needed this video so much! Thank you!

Thank you so much for your content, Courtney! I just started my cg journey thanks to getting lazy during quarantine and experimenting with air drying my hair. I've lived 40 years thinking that my hair was straight and due to air drying, realized that it has a definite wave pattern. I've binged mainly your videos and have learned SO much! Thank you!!!!

I have been doing the cg method for 2 months and I am loving it I am so glad that I found your Chanel my hair is already starting to look good

Thank you so so much Courtney! This is exactly what I needed to hear. I am currently in month 4-5 of the transition phase, and just been getting so frustrated! Love your channel and your enthusiasm

This is very helpful, thank you! I'm only a few weeks in and trying to figure out what my hair needs

Soooooo many helpful ideas in this video! I become so overwhelmed with my products cause I have sp many but I'll start substituting and see how it goes! Thank you!

I wish I had this video 8 months ago! You hit the nail on the head. I kept products that didn’t work for me at first and now they work much better. And I love love love Jessicurl for my course thick lo po 2a 2b waves. Question- does anybody else dislike how Bounce Curl smells?

I am in the transition stage and I can feel you ❤️

OH!!! I NEED THIS VIDEO BADLY, thank you!! Been in so called transition for 7 stinking months :( Will be watching in a bit! Xo

Such a great point of getting intuitive about hair, Courtney! I think the touch and feel aspect of curly hair is quite underrated and goes a long way in product selection, especially in the initial stages. One product that my hair had pretty confusibg reactions to was the bounce curl gel..the first time I had the best hair day but the second time it flash dried inspite of adding tons of water.So like you said I've stuck it to the back of my closet and an planning to revisit it in some time.

Totally has been happening to me! I'm 3 months in to embracing my wavy hair. Thank you Courtney! My gel had been drying out my hair and looked awful when it dried! I thought it was a protein/moisture balance issue. But once I found a protein Curl cream it completely changed my hair!! Still in transition, but I see there is hope for my hair!!

Your hair looks amazing! I just shaved my head a few months ago, so I'm still waiting for it to grow long and healthy again :D My natural hair is quite similar to yours and I only found this out because of you

Wow, thanks for this video. I'm new and gave up the wavy styling technique but still used the correct products this last time because it felt like my curls were great the 1st wash but since it's been terrible. I didn't know curl memory was a thing!

This is exactly what I’m doing: change out one product at a time and document the results! Keep it simple, right?

Wow! Thanks for the info on curl memory. That is really useful and gives me hope for my floppy 2 hour hair! 😂

OOOHHH!!!! Thank you! Now I understand way more because of this video!! 1st wk CGM. I know it will get better!!

I didn't really like the Curls Blueberry Bliss Leave In at first but now its my go to! It was weird and sticky in the beginning but I think once I started using it immediately after my shower WHILE still in the shower it really made my hair super hydrated.

This is my fave video of yours so far. So much information!! Most of these things really resonated w me & 3wks in are my struggles

I’m so impatient!!! Been leaving my hair wavy with probably too much (definitely too much) product for 10 months(?) and just now doing CGM. Been a week. Hair is annoyed, so thank you for this😂

I am a COVID-19 curly! I’m a pre-school teacher. When I was laid off in March I started watching you and a few other channels. I’m 53 and I’m letting my silver grow in as well as making my hair as curly as possible! LOVE JESSICURL products!! Wanted to love LUS, but made my scalp itchy 😟. Thank you for your help! I’m back at work now and a few kids have said,”you’re hair is so curly!” I love 💕 those kids!🤣

This was so helpful!!! Thank you so much

Today was the first day I tried the curly-wavy hair and I’m not going to lie, looking at your hair transition photo made me feel a little better because mine looks exactly the same right now, so it gave me hope that my hair will look beautiful with time too.

Your hair looks so good in this video!!

Very helpful, thank you!

When you said that with starting you want to go out and buy everything to try, I felt that. Really did. I just started learning and watching videos a few weeks ago and have been buying off Amazon a little at a time that ends up building up on cost. I was thinking of getting a new shampoo and conditioner the other day, had it in my cart ready for payday. But then yesterday was wash day and I decided to try the squish to condish method for the first time and I do think it made a huge difference. I also changed up styling techniques a little and used a little more product. Hopefully that will help with slowing down on purchases since I have at least one of each type to use.

That was a really helpful video. Thank you.

I'm about 2/3 months into the CGM, and this video could not have come at a more perfect time for me. I've been trying to keep my routine very simple (one brand shampoo, conditioner, and styler), only changing when I've got an empty. Before trying this method, I could count on one hand the times I blow dried my hair and maybe only straightened it about 10/15 times. I've been so discouraged about my hair because it'll come out of the shower looking SO cute, ringlets and beautiful clumps, and those will stay after I plop, but a few hours in, my hair is straight again. Seeing Courtney's pictures and her explanation that this just takes time absolutely made me feel better, but it also made me feel understood! THANK YOU.

Your hair looks amazing and you're SO cute! 🤩

Such a funny question. I thought I was in transition but I was actually in a low dew point using tons of glycerin and I was also over moisturized and in major need of protein.

Omfg I have been watching your videos for like two years and never save your before hair. You literally just made me so motivated to stick with this because my hair looks just like that

Wow this makes so much sense I have urge to want to buy every curly girl product! So I have two sets of products right now the bumble and bumble curl line and the not your mother curly talk line I have been using not your mothers more so I will stick with it for a while to see if it eventually keeps the curl clumps! My hair definitely looks like your first picture you showed!

So helpful, thank you!!

So, my story is that the reason I was struggling so much with hair was because of those drugstore brands with sulfates and silicones, - and brushing my hair on the regular because I didn't know that brushing curly hair is damaging (or that my hair was supposed to be curly to begin with!). I've never bleached, dyed, or had harsh salon treatments done to my hair. Nor was it ever heat damaged because I rarely use heat stylers. So, what was the reason for my dry, brittle, thirsty hair? Sulfates and silicones. I had no idea that I even had curly hair, until I turned to the curly hair community here on RU-vid and began trying out different things. Anyway, I found a RU-vidr/hairstylist who said that those with extreme low porosity hair likely have extreme low porosity hair because of the sulfates and silicones which dries hair out from the inside. Then the silicones seal the hair so moisture can't get in. Literally, my hair would repel water. When I go to wash my hair, I have to wet it for a good minute because it's like there's a force-field on my hair, lol! Well, not really funny - but kinda funny. But, I say all this because that same RU-vidr recommended that people with my hair type need a weekly deep conditioning treatment with heat to heal extreme low porosity hair. I've been using the Jessicurl Deep Conditioning Treatment with my heat cap and I have noticed a significant difference. I only just started this routine about 2-3 weeks ago, so I don't think my hair is at it's happiest or healthiest yet. But, I think it's gonna get there. I struggled with dry, frizzy, brittle hair for YEARS (give or take 20 years). So, seeing _any_ improvement is HUGE to me!! You have NO idea!! Well, some might relate, who knows.. I'm just so happy and excited to see _SOME_ kind of improvement after all these years!!! UGHHHHH! Lol!

This Video is Made for me in this Moment!! Thank you very much ❤🤯

Dipitydo hair mousse, being a Canadian brand I was so excited for it. I heard so much good especially about their gel. I blame the Glycerin, my hair went so crazy it was the worst hair day of my life. I also placed it in the back of my bathroom vanity and their it still sits and reminds me of that day lol. I will need a more adventures and brave wash day before I pull it out again lol. So I'll get back to you on the last part 🤭 Ps another great video, Thanks I so enjoyed it. With your video, and my coffee in hand I feel like I'm listening to a good friend 😊.

That well loved herbal essences mousse gives me super stringy curls. I gave up on mousse. Recently tried a foam and it works way better.

This was a super helpful video! I had a not so great washday today, and I think I needed this. Lol. I literally just started CGM like, a week ago. I've had two decent washdays, where even though I clearly had a long way to go, there were waves and my hair looked relatively happy. Today... not so much. So thank you for clearing this up! I've spent my whole life blow drying my hair straight (because I thought I had straight hair...), so clearly my hair has literally no memory of a curl pattern. It's starting from scratch! Lol!

OMG. You’re speaking to me right now.

Heat styled and straightened my hair nearly every day since 1974 ... Covid made me lazy during telework. My nearly 60 year old self has developed beautiful ringlets. Thanks for your videos. I wouldn’t know what to do with it.

You must have read my mind! I've always thought application method is more important than the products themselves. I'm still very new to the CGM so I am hesitant to try pricier products since I still am learning what my hair needs.

I’m in my 6th month of transition from colour and highlights to silver and 4 months into cgm. Total chaos happening. Lol. Learned about flash drying with the Dippity Do wired gel. Some days I wear your alpaca look too. Thanks for the info on using one line. Makes so much sense. Will sheepishly hide the 2 other lines I collected and try your recommendations.

I'm in the middle of transition. Been on the wavy journey for a month and a half now. I'm just trying to be patient and see it through. My hair is getting healthier though, so I can't complain

Love your content!!

I’m 2 months in and I feel like my clumps break faster and the frizz is sooo bad compared to the beginning. But I also have a ton of new baby hairs. And I can finger detangle in about a minute where the first time it was like 15 minutes. It’s a back and forth of...it’s better...no it’s worse...it looks great....nope I need to put it in a bun! The bun is my new hairstyle! 🤣

Girl thank you for this video! Also the thumbnail cracked me up 🤣

Looking forward to this video! I’m at the 3-ish month mark and idk what’s going on 😭 I’ve been using the same products the whole time so i could experiment with technique but I still can’t get consistency.

Thank you for this! My hair is stringy, fuzzy, very curly at the back, kinda curly at the sides, and stringy at the top with very little wave even. It looks good when I leave the house in the morning. But fuzzy by 10 am. It does feel better, healthier now.

I know that I am trying to finish using all the stuff that I have partially for space but also because lack of money. Even just the different techniques that I have applied since November have improved how my hair looks and feels. I have started styling my hair with the mousse and gel I already had on hand and only bought a leave in, a deep conditioner and recently an oil. It has helped me limit accumulating a ton of products. Because honestly while I want to be more particular about the products I use in my hair I need to get rid of the non cgm approved products first so I’m using them while I’m learning the application techniques and learning what I need in my hair and how to take care of it so that as I have used up the products that I already have I can start subbing in other products and be more picky than just using what I had. It has helped me save money while also learning and improving my hair health. So I understand that my transition will last longer because I’m not fully transitioning all at once but I’m still getting good results. The one product that I hated how my hair felt was a tressume gel and my hair felt sticky and gross and like it had build up the day I put it on. Since it was the first time I had put on gel it was possibly I just didn’t understand how to apply it. I will probably try it again after I finish my current bottle of gel and then finish my bottle of mousse.

Thank you Courtney! This is so true to life. I really don’t know much about transitioning because I never straightened or blow dried my hair. After 40 something years of trail and error I had a pretty good routine. I just figured I was supposed to have big hair. Once I tried CG products and finally used gel my hair was so much less frizzy and more curly. I also have gone back to products I used even before CG and now they work for me because my hair is 3 years into a healthy routine. (I didn’t know they were CG😉)Everyone’s hair is different. The best advice I took was PATIENCE and find what works for you! Change one thing at a time-including plopping, diffusing, using a brush, etc. Do it for a few washes before you change one thing again. Be your hair’s best advocate!!

Thanks so much for this, it was so informative 😉💜😊

I did so much research and saw so many amazing things about Innersense. It was definitely pricey, but I was willing to pay for great quality. Turns out, it did nothing for my hair. I was having more and more bad hair days, and then I saw your video about glycerin. So now I’m on the hunt for some great glycerin free products!

I was like this for many months when I started the cgm method.

I have finally started seeing “curl memory” in my hair after almost 6 months! I was strictly “curly girl” for about 3 months and then I found what works for me- now I do use some silicones 😉

Omg I really needed this video. I was so confused that my hair is going straight.

I am starting month 3 and I am most definitely in the frizzball stage. It doesn’t help that Chicago has had the most humid summer in ages!! I’m sticking to my current products though because I have seen potential. I still end up stringy and frizzy because I am working on the perfect ratios but I’m trying my best to be patient. And you are so right about damp styling during transition- it doesn’t work. I gelled while wet and later thought “this will never cast, let me add more gel before it dries completely” 🤦🏻‍♀️ HUGE mistake.

Today is the best hair day I've had in a long time!! I got my top layer to curl today! I washed my hair last night and made the mistake of brushing it after I took it out of the towel, but I put it in a braided bun and thought it would be ok. I took it down this morning and it was not fully dry and it felt ok. But as it dried it got super frizzy and dry bristle like😭😭🤷‍♀️🤔🙈. My sister asked me to feel her hair today to see if I thought it felt healthier, and then she felt my hair... of course it had to be on a bad hair day 😭😂. It was so tangeled! And she said it felt like straw😂😂😂😭. So I refreshed it and used my new diffuser and I got my soft curls back. I even got the top layer to curl!!

Omg you know everything!!!

Hey Courtney, first off, deaf here and the CC were not up yet. Usually they kick in a day later but I can't wait any longer. I'm going to try to keep this short. I'm 65 and up until April of 2019 I had been flat ironing my hair religiously. I am 100% white from an inherited predisposition to go gray early. It is fine, medium density and most like high porosity but I could be wrong. It's definitely not low for sure. My hair is curly but I have a hard time with hold and technique which I know from reading the comments is not the thread of this video. You recently (I watch every video that is CC by you) suggested pairing AG recoil and Harry's gel for a stronghold....I did and it works! So happy 😄and hoping it keeps on working. Now for technique I am stumped. I know there are many ways to do this and I love plopping and have the maneuvers down pat but no matter how long or short I keep it up with the products in, when I take the t-shirt off my hair it is literally stuck to my head and yes I accordion the curls downward. Shaking it around does not get it off and it acts like I've used too much conditioner which to my shame I hardly ever use because everything I buy is too heavy. Even light weight leave ins can be a problem. Currently, my hair is passed my shoulders and collar bone. I thought for sure that once it got to this length plopping would no longer be a problem but that's not the case. The sides of my hair are stuck in a forward facing unbecoming way and not pretty to look at OR dry in that position. Right now, I brush my wet hair and divide and conquer without plopping. If you can think of any reason why plopping isn't working for me please, please let me know. I'm losing my mind here😩. A fun fact...I do not follow the cgm 100%. Even tho my hair is white and most likely dry, tho it doesn't feel it (I'm oily) my hair just can't take all that product. I really, really appreciate all the hard work you put into your videos trying to help others. Keep up the good work. Well done.........

Thanks for this! I just started cgm. After the first time I used the wash and style method (I hadn't used heat for a couple of years) it looked so lovely and curly with some frizz. After the second co-wash and style it looked like a frizzy mess. This was encouraging!

Thanks heaps for that Court! I started off with Innersense, didn't like them, or my hair didn't like them, specifically! Then I tried the Curlsmith Scalp Care range... OMFG!!! My hair absolutely LOVED them! Then I bought a heap of Oway... and, about six weeks down the track, my hair's getting used to them, but still not loving them... and I want soooo much to love them like everyone else does! Soooo... maybe the thing is that I should go back to Curlsmith, as my hair loved those products sooo much, and let my curls come back totally, and then give both Innersense and Oway another go. I've only been doing the CGM since probably Feb this year, had my hair cut, I've got all the bits and bobs (silk bonnet AND pillow case, Tangleteaser, Denman brush, afro pick, etc, etc), I can't come at the diffuser though, I just HATE using heat on my hair, I do have one, but never use it. I've basically got naked hair, I've not coloured it or used heat on it for years, and I'm 57 yo now... but most of my life I've fought against my curly hair. So I guess I'm just going to have to be extra patient with mine, after all the years of heat styling and abuse! This video's been especially helpful for me, so thank you, girl! xxoo

I've been doing CGM for over a year now... I remember getting CG approved products and having most of my hair just be a stringy mess as my hair was so damaged from straightening it. 3 months ago before I cut off the damage, you could see a hard line where the damage generally stopped. It was severe. For me, a product change for my stylers was crucial, as I learned from research and many failed wash days in the wintertime that glycerin was dehydrating my already dehydrated hair. I changed stylers, added a custard, and I finally got "seaweed" textured hair! I was amazed, as I only had wet frizz for a long time. I wasn't hydrating my hair enough, and glycerin was the culprit at that time. Later, I realized I over hydrated more towards the warmer months, and I had to get a protein filled mask to balance it out. I'm still figuring it out, but feel your hair often, take notes and pictures of wash days... once I did that the progress was faster! Balance protein and moisture... moisturize a lot early on, and get a few products with protein to balance it out. I wish I had used hair masks earlier on in my journey, as that would have helped so much! The LA Looks gel killed my hair in the wintertime, but now after using it paired with another gel, I get some crazy hold!

Yes I needed this! I've never had extensively damaged hair, but my version of caring for my hair was letting it do whatever it wanted (also not helpful). And I'm currently reaping what I sow- it's still doing whatever it wants XD. Even though I started out "ahead" I still need to slow down. On that note, I've tried the Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil deep conditioner and my hair came out feeling like a potato chip...That product is being donated

Hi, I found your channel in search and I really enjoyed watching this video. I'm following this channel to see your journey and I can't wait to see your next videos :-)

I just started the CGM a few weeks ago. The thing with my hair is I hadn’t been using heat or anything hardly ever for a while because my hair was coming out a lot and I was trying to minimize that. Then I started to notice it wanted to be wavy, after not ever having curl in my hair before. My hair has always had wave, but it’s been this puffy, Un-uniform situation. But suddenly there’s curl or wave so I’m trying to see what happens. My hair doesn’t like to clump. I feel like it looks stringy most of the time. Hopefully in time it will look better. 🤞🏻

Hi! I've been doing the CGM for 1month, just tried the Bounce Curl Light Gel and ...hate it! Now I understand what flash dry means!

Omg defintly agree at re trying products. I recently cut out sulfates from shampooand thought my hair was in need of protien so i got a protien heavy mask from glow lab. My hair hated it. Caused a tangly dry mess. Fast forward a few months and my hair now loves it. Use it and my hair doesnt tangle or dry out. But best thing is after use my curls are more defined then using my normal mouster mask.

Dew point matters too. My hair needs in dry weather versus hot humid weather big difference for me

Carol's daughter hair butter and marguerite's magic 😭 my hair liked it once but then hated it! Even now that I'm done transitioning and have healthy curls, my hair still hates it. As soon as I put it on, my wet hair feels dry and I get flash drying!

Everything makes sense now. This is super motivating. Thank you for sharing this information. My biggest suggestion to everyone is to invest in a continuous misting water spray bottle. It will literally make a difference immediately. And remember to scrunch your hair with a cotton t-shirt instead of towel drying, unless it's a microfiber. I only have the t-shirt and that's just fine. But the spray bottle makes THE biggest difference. I think I have a mixture of low and high porosity hair, and yes, I'm 3 months into my CGM journey so it has very bad days at times, and yes, I've cried at least once... But, I think it will get better. Thanks again for reminding us not to go buy ALL the products at once. I'll stick to a routine with a few, and hope for the best. At first I hated the NYM flexible hold gel, but now I love it. It's the water, y'all, the WATER😅❤

You hair looks gorgeous today 😊

Good stuff and love those bloopers at the end! 😁😂🤗

I decided to change up my application process to yours to see if I get better results, which curl wise, yes, it was better but my part was a hot mess and had no volume on top. I went back on Sunday to my way and holy volume. But if I did not keep my products the same, I would have not been able to identify what was the problem.

Co wash... my hair didn't like it but then tried couple months later and loved it

Great video Courtney! The one product my hair screamed at was a Shea Butter product from Shea Moisture. It literally made my hair feel like instant straw. 😂

I hardly ever use a curling iron, blow dryer or straighten on my hair. So there isn’t much damage. The underneath part of my hair has some nice curls. But the top is just straight. So hopefully in a couple months my hair will start to look better. It’s so frustrating to do all this work for my hair to look like crap. But that you for the advice I was starting to give up on it.

I can't use Bounce Curl gel, makes me sad. My hair liked it for a while but started to dislike it. 2 years later and still a no. This was a great video!

I tried the garnier curl treat jelly as a refresh with wet hands on dry hair (like I normally do with other gels/custards) and it ended up looking and feeling SO gross that I had to rewash 😅 but it works just fine for me on wash day!

I'm still fiddling with my routine and being consistent, but I definitely have learned that my hair LOVES mousses, and so far from my gel experiences, is not fond of gels! I haven't been heat styling much for a good while now, but I haven't been taking the time to let my hair form its own waves (heatless curls are a big crutch for me). Well, the past two times that I did let my hair find its own pattern, I think I may even have 3A curls in my less damaged spots! I'm SO shocked because I literally almost didn't try CGM at all because I thought my hair might not even be wavy. I've never dealt too much with frizz as long as I'm not manipulating it a lot, so I thought maybe I was just a 2A. I'd say so far, I look 2B-2C dominant! I've been enjoying your videos and find them really helpful. And its funny, because I nearly didn't watch your videos because I thought our hair was too different, like yours was so much wavier/curlier than mine so it wouldn't be helpful. All this to say, I kinda think everyone with a slight bend in their hair should try CGM to see what happens :)

I've heard if you do want to experiment with products to try it for a full week before switching. As someone with a sensitive scalp this is good advice since I react with too much change too quickly

My hair HATED aloe in the beginning. I bought tons of treluxe and Curlsmith products only to have flash drying... But i saved them, amd now theyre my HG products... my hair is soft, shiny and og so hapoy with those products! I've just ordered replacements, which I dont do very often 😉