MY $35 SUMMER CURLY HAIR ROUTINE + LIFE UPDATE 

"This is the year for my seester." Mell, you're a real one. That is so considerate and loving and humble.

What i like about you mel is that you arent an influencer as much as you are an educator

As a short hair curly gray woman, I would love to see you do a video dedicated to gray short hair. You have helped me very much and I just love your energy.

Would love to have more grey-centric & fine hair conversations ❤

As a fellow hair stylist with curly hair, thank you for teaching me so much. I have used your techniques both on myself and clients and my clientele has GROWN. Now if only your videos could count toward continuing education hours. Not sure if you have to do that in Canada but a lot of states in the US require education hours every time we renew our licenses

I’m 58, and I spent my life with no idea how to deal with my hair. Everyone I talked to had different answers and none of them were right. Then I discovered you and you literally changed everything. My curls are back, they’re healthy and best of all, I can take care of them myself …with your guidance!❤ thank you!

Definitely no-fuss hairstyle content would be fun! Whether they're for work or the beach. I'm a low density - fine hair - mixed texture curly 😅 so it's hard to style my hair without it looking thin. Glad you had a great trip!

Thanks to Mell, we're having better hair day's! ❤❤❤

Mel you've transformed my hair! Your advice has gotten me to a point where I rarely have a bad hair day (in humid af Houston!!!)! People compliment my hair CONSTANTLY! I love my hair now thanks to you ❤ as someone with no seesters I appreciate everything you do!

Mell, you're truly a blessing to the curly hair community. My boyfriend (who does not have curly hair) watched this video with me, and I told him how informative you are and how much I have learned from you over the past 5 years and that your knowledge and expertise has definitely helped me and sooo many other curly girls around the world love their hair. He smiled and said "She is very funny". 🙂Honestly, you are hilarious and yes, you should get back into theatre and acting. Thanks for all that you do. ♥

Your passion and skill at educating is a joy to see every week. So excited for your plans moving forward! Oh girl, that skincare situation hit me hard. I know. I understand. I was taught by my Japanese mother about great skincare, waaay before sunscreen and routines were a thing. Travel is the best and I’m so glad you had the experiences of a lifetime. I went to Italy when I was 18 and dude, I need to go back! Love ya.

I never thought I would get the styling down for my curly hair. The more I style my hair I find it is getting easier. My hair is actually learning what I want it to do. The definition is getting better so it's all about repetition. Practice Practice practice my friends. There is a curly glowing light at the end of the tunnel. 😂❤ Thank you for repeatedly going over the steps and teaching me how to get the best curls. 😊

This was such a fun format for your superfans! Almost fell outta my chair when you answered my question. You’re amazing as always! 💟

You are one of the sweetest, smartest, and most funniest person ever Mell. Your a legend.

Oh, Mell, I am truly so happy that you have been able to tour the world...and at such a young age! Do ALL the travels, Curlfriend...and thank you so much for all of the goodies...I love it all!! 😍 Oh, and yes, a travel packing haircare video would be ideal; I leave for my cruise in a few months!

Love you Mell! I love that you are flexible with your diet and willing to challenge yourself. I get so sad when people think if they don't do a diet perfectly, they are failing. There is no perfect diet, and finding what works for you is as tough as finding your own personal hair routine!

Good to have u back sees ❤

Suggestion, summer hair styles for curly girls. Possibly to include which ones would look good with which face shape. Also sun protection for the hair. Love your idea of opening a salon/ school for curlies.

I love your content. Started watching you early this year to figure out my daughter’s (very similar to yours) hair. I have learned so much, and now more of it is, like, really sinking in, because you’ve really educated me over whatever somewhat random content of yours I’ve seen. Plus I use your techniques on my (poofy, frizzy, used to be more wavey before I fried it and got old) straight hair. Seriously, your channel is a gold mine of info, and you are so fun to watch.

I'm obsessed with your channel. You've helped me so much with figuring out my curly hair routine.

I loved this little update! I’d love to see more hairstyles! Summer camp styles that will make hair last and business casual that keeps hair out of the face.

Summer quick summer hairstyles while you get ready with your outfit of the day. I love that because weekly it’s probably different be a nice series

Honestly my favorite videos are blogs containing you & Amanda. Like following y’all around for a week, cooking/doing makeup for a friends party etc. I love y’all’s personalities & would wanna see more of that doing fun summer activities!

Thanks Mel for showing me the 10 in 1 hair "primer" for fine hair. The stuff is magic for my curly, fine hair! ❤

Awe Mell, You are a fantastic teacher! You have helped and continue to help me with my curly hair journey!

Mel, thank you for all you do to bring so much awesome information to us. We really appreciate you. Love your curly hair tutorials; please keep them coming. You would be amazing in theatre, you should pursue your passion; we are cheering you on. Sending lots of love to you and your seester Amanda. 💕

I think you are already living out your acting goals! Your channel is your own personal stage and the world is watching and we love you!

I love watching your videos to help me with my knowledge on haircare and how to improve my curly/wavy hair (2B, 2C) that lacks protein, and the bottom portions of my hair get flat (even with styling my hair ends up curly/wavy at the front and stringy and wavy/flat on the bottom/back). It was really helpful seeing which products you used and what you liked about them! Thanks so much :)

Mell you and Amanda, always make my day! You got me to love my hair, know how to take care of it and embrace it. You're videos make me happy. Lol i always look forward to them. You girls are so Awesome. Thank you for all of the love and amazing content. Very informative and just fun to see. I love the seesters💖

Loved this format! SO MUCH! Your trip looked amazing. You poor unfortunate soul - I know the EXACT feeling of being without skincare. FOR REAL - Biossance. Game changing skincare. Almost every product is a HG. THANK YOU for educating us and being as wonderful as you are! You and SEESTER

You are such a delight Mell. Hair looks fab as always. Thanks for consistently creating such great content. Definitely go for that acting goal! I recently reconnected with my artistic passion and it’s the best thing I’ve ever done for my self care and soul. Can’t recommend it enough.

Thank you! I have learnt so much from you that I have been able to share your channel with others. I love it when I see someone with great hair and they say they watch your channel as well 😊

OMG, yes, let's go over travel hair products and what we need. I have a trip to Puerto Rico in August and that would be awesome!

Happy Texture Thursday!! Happy you're back!! Excited for this video as always!! Much love and happiness!! Xoxo 😘

I found you while looking for how to deal with curly hair. Since I went gray, my hair texture went insane. Thank you so much for all your help. I am much happier with the results. For you, love, love, love your hair cut. The curls are awesome.

As someone who was strictly vegan for 6 years, I love this approach to veganism. I've always said when I go to Japan I'll eat the vegan options when they're there, but I am absolutely going to have authentic sushi and Ramen. I think it's our daily habits that matter and if someone was thinking it's "all or nothing" so they never tried their best.. that's so sad!!! Just try your best. If one day you're craving that one thing, have it! It's better to be imperfectly vegan than to never cut back. (I'm an environmental scientist and I urge everyone to do their best at eating less meat and dairy ❤)

Hi Mell! So Glad you had such a fantastic trip. I recently picked up your Verb foaming gel during a Sephora sales and I love it! Makes my hair so soft and silky and the waves look so pretty. Thank you!

I'd love more curly hair styling vids, like a week of styles. Fast, quick and easy. And yes, I'm also down for some non-curly related vids (just whatever you'd like to share with us and find fun). Mel, my curls have never looked better. Many thanks to you! 💖

Super loved this video. You’ve changed the way I style my curls and I get compliments all the time.

I really loved watching this video!! It felt like we were just sitting down and catching up ❤❤ love all the updates and excites for whats coming up!!!

Yes!! Please, please open a school in Ontario!! My daughter would totally attend after the hairdressing program she’s starting next year. You truly have a gift for educating others about hairstyling.

Thank you for starting me out on my journey to bring out my waves! I'll be traveling to japan this summer for a teaching internship (I'm getting ready to bring all my hair products and knowledge to help beat the heat and humidity)!

Thank you for the update! I’d love to see more summer hairstyle ideas, and maybe an in-depth video on DIY pintura highlight application? 👀 I’ve been dying to try them myself.

Happy texture Thursday! I love how much you and your seester love each other ❤

love this! Would definitely love to see you open up a salon/ school someday. But in the meantime, I'd also love a video about what to pack when travelling for curly hair -- thanks for all you do!

Ok so after much debate I decided to try this combination. Figured not too bad if I hate it. I took a deep breath and been using these 3 products after my last 3 washes. Omg they actually work and I love all of them. I was so shocked. Nothing ever works when I try stuff others have tried. Thank you SO much for sharing this ❤.

Well I'm sold! I usually just finger detailed, apply all products in the shower and plop/skip diffusing to save time. I've been fighting the TX humidity all summer (even bought new products) and I've tried brush styling before and didn't like it. Tried your method this morning, skipped diffusing except for a few minutes before I walked out the door (had to get the kids ready!) and I've had a FABULOUS hair day! So thank you for breaking it down 🥰 new follower for sure!

Didn’t see the survey but I would love for you to bring in people with all different hair types and demonstrate what works for their type of hair. For instance I am 62 with gray thinning hair that is silky and doesn’t tangle, then do someone with tight coils, and everything in between. I LOVE that you’re teaching stylist how to do curls! ❤❤❤

I loved this video. You and Amanda made it so I could enjoy my curly hair . ❤

The Twist curl cream and gel are my go-to stylers. I also have fine hair. Your videos are so helpful.

Would love to see some more reviews of curly products new or old that you’ve never tried! Also more makeup for sure! ❤

Your hair looks amazing! What a great routine! Please do a video on travel hair routines and updated summer routine. Also please do a routine for short curly hair like chin length hair. It’s hard for us to brush style and coiling.

My favorite two concepts in one video! I missed you Mel! From your loyal fan- Asa

I love your theater kid energy! You’re an amazing educator.

I love all your videos. You always crack me up. And still give great advise. I would love to see more of the outfits with hairstyles that you used on your vacation. The short clips were cute. I love your style. Also, add in how to pack for travel for curly hair.

I’m like you I am veganish. I want to be vegan, but I had exactly the same problem. I want to be healthy and so many I was eating processed food a lot of bread and pasta. I love watching you. Thank you for spreading your enthusiasm for curly hair. I’m gonna try it. At work now we have curly hair Thursday. We all have curly wavy hair that we straight and we’re all watching you now and we are going to try it. It’s just so much work for us.

Great updates..always love your content.. Happy Summer to you! ❤

For years i didn't knew my hair's curly... You've helped me figuring out my curly hair routine, I've learned so much from your content and love your character! If you're planning to come to germany for your next european trip, my wish is to test the products here and share your recommendations. ❤from munich/germany!

Fellow Canadian 🇨🇦 here (just down the road from you actually!). I love all your videos but since you asked what we might want to see you cover, could you perhaps do a few videos focusing on wavy vs curly hair and what it is we should or shouldn’t do given our textures aren’t like yours? The struggle is real and can be very deflating when wash day ends up looking like I made no effort at all 😞. I trust you can help us a lot…thank you in advance.

Love you! Love all your videos. I’ve learned so much from you already. I would come to your school. Also Mell’s summer adventure vlog for the win. I loved your travel vids. So well done!

Beautiful! You are so theatrical and you deserve an Oscar for your RU-vid videos! I need ideas on hair up dos. Thank you!

Yes, please help me pack as few hair products as possible for a humid climate (loved your Mexico video)!

Finding you has been the best thing to ever happen to my hair!! 😍 I would LOVE to see you do a review of the RevAir vs Dyson AirStrait. Your video of the AirStrait was so helpful bc I knew I could really trust your experience to match mine, but I’m not sure whether I’d want the RevAir or the AirStrait for when I blow out my hair. THANK YOU! Plus more hairstyle ideas would be awesome 🙏

Yes please make a video on how to pack your curl products😘❤️ ur hair looks so amazing and healthy ❤️😍

As someone who resides in LV, I am super excited for you! 🎉❤

I would LOVE to see a curly hair packing/travel video and new DIY haircut! I tried the universe haircut on longer hair and now I have a bit of a shelf of layers in the back.

Hi Mel, thanks for another fun and engaging video! I'd like to see more routines and style options for short curly hair. It seems like most curly hair videos are for people with long, lovely locks. I like to wear my hair shorter than a bob, but I feel like I've been wearing the same cut/style for years. Can you feature some styling tips for short curly hair?

i LOVE what you said about cruelty free products !

I would love to see videos on a routine for water damaged hair and low porosity using products I don't see here on RU-vid like Kristin Ess or not your mothers. ❤❤ awesome video. I loved it!

I love when you share budget routine, but id loved to see you try some zero waste product/ solid product, im always struggling between wanting to reduce my plastic use and wanting the best for my hair 🫤

Always love the chats, Mel! Thanks for sharing.

Please, Mell. A Curly hair products for traveling video will be awesome! I will visit a tropical island this next couple of months and I will love to have an idea of what to bring with me. Thank you so much. 🙂

I would love to see a video on what products to pack while traveling. It is hard not to over pack but you want to look great because you will be taking pictures ugh. Please share your tips. Thanks a long time fan!!

Thank you for your videos. I am so glad I found you. Congratulations to your seester 🎉. Looks like you had a awesome getaway and you both looked amazing!

Hi Mell, wauw you came to Europe, great to hear you had a good time. I live in Holland. Hope you visit Holland on your next Europe trip. ❤

I am so bewildered by your experience with the Twist gel. I got practically no hold from it at all, frizz galore!

Love your update videos!

Somehow I forgot that you’re a theater kid! I just recently had that itch after 7 years away from musicals and did a show this fall, it brought me so much joy. Hoping you get an opportunity to perform soon!!

yes on how to travel with curly hair products!! i have a trip coming up this summer and would love advice! ❤

Great vid ❤️ I love drugstore vids! Can you do one to include the best Shampoo/ clarifier & conditioner? TY 🥰

Your comment about travelling without your Dyson reminded me to ask you if you could do a hair routine for those times when you MUST air dry even though normally you don’t. I have to travel next month and unfortunately I will not be able to bring a hair dryer with me. Help!

Love your curls and your story. I sometime have Stringy curls, but now you helped me. Love from Holland.❤

Would love to see some makeup and skincare videos included with the hair. I'll watch any video you make, there always so fun.

I noticed from your videos that I haven’t been using enough product! Doing the medusa style keeps my waves/curls in. Using a bonnet flattens mine out badly. My hair yesterday and today looks AMAZING!!!

yes to the travel packing video!!!!

I feel we, or at least I, definitely need a list of hair products you'll bring on holiday, especially on a "cabin luggage holiday"!

I haven't watched you on RU-vid for a minute and I missed your videos so much. ❤❤

Mell I love your channel! Can you do a OOTD video or add this to your upcoming vlogs? Your outfits (that I have seen on Instagram) are 🔥 🔥

I watch your videos for my 3 mixed girls (mexican, white, black) and they all have 3 different curls but your videos do help! So thank you! And man i miss acting myself lol i was in almost every school production and didnt realize how much i missed it until you said something.

You are amazing and I love your channel so much!

Thank you Mel for sharing your tips for us curly girls. I wanted to ask how you cut your hair. I moved and not able to finding a stylist. I've also just started my natural curly journey over the last 2 years and still feel overwhelmed. Anyhoo, thank you again and have a wonderful day! 😁🌺❤️

More videos for us wavy girls with fine hair!!😁❤️

Hair looking gorgeous as always mell you literally never have a bad hair day i swear lol ive been subd probably more than 2 yrs now and ive learned so much invaluable info but ive not started my curly hair journey as of yet. Ive always straightened or straighten and curl up the ends which comes out beautiful but its so much work ! Like a lot. Ive got thick course wavy hair with some curl to it i guess.. probably more curl than i even realize though honestly.. maybe... And lots of damage im sure! I knew back when i subd to your channel that at some point i would hopefully be ready to start figuring out my hair so i can teach my little girl how to manage hers when its time!! Shes 6½ now so basically its for her- mostly..and a little for me too!! She actually has way better hair than me thank goodness lol hers is less course and she has ringlets. I think her strands are thiinner though.. im wondering how my hair routine will differ from hers.. maybe for the time being i just focus on mine lol To be honest im still a bit overwhelmed and dont know where to start! I bought a detangler brush i found linked in A Video i saw recently and even that was like i didnt know which one to buy haha.. ive also been kind of collecting products here and there basically so yeah what i wanted to ask was if you had any advice for someone preparing to start their curly hair journey whos a bit overwhelmed ? And all advice is welcomed if anyone thinks they have a suggestion that would help!! Thank you so much for what you do Mell i wish i could find someone like you who undstands curly hair to cut mine!! I live in such a rural community i bet id have to travel 3hrs or more to find a curly hair stylist and even then i just dont trust anyone with my hair lol and i dont dare cut it on my own lol would be a true and total disaster lol but yeah love your videos and love how you do things in your own way in your own style!! You are an amazing role model Mell youre really doing so many people a service that they couldnt get anywhere else!!

Great video! Would love to see your packing/traveling hair product tips as I'm also heading to Europe for a few weeks in a couple months.

You are everything Mell 🎉❤

Sardine pate on sliced baguette: my Portugal favorite food. They eat simply but everything is done soooo well.

Would love to see a video of hair care, when you work in retail, around places where coffee is being made and around excess steam, hot liquids and hot air.

Maybe give an update on any trims u have had as diy. Your pigtail cut has changed my life! Love the results and dont miss the anxiety of hair being cut too short by my hairdresser! Have done 2 diy cuts and each better than the last😂.

I would love to see a video about the top 5-10 cast forming gels. I have fine hair with low-moderate density but my fine hairs need a strong hold otherwise they fly away,especially the unruly gray hairs. I would love a video on best cast gels that won’t over dry or weigh the hair down too much.

More on how to style wavy hair and good products that don't weigh down hair!! I loved your end comments...that made a difference for me...my curls at times are stringy...thanks!!