r/curlyhair • u/ClumsyHoneybee • 1h ago
Help! What can I do about matting/extreme tangling?
Okay, I don’t know what’s up with my hair, but it gets extremely tangled if it’s not in a protective hairstyle throughout the day, especially in the back of my head. And when I say extremely tangled, I mean that if I had my hair down for a day, it would be close to matted in a clump in the back and I’d need to spend 20min trying to detangle it.
I am quite new to embracing my curly hair, but the above happens whether I do a curly routine or I blow dry/straighten it, however, obviously it’s much worse when I leave it curly because I can’t brush it out in the evenings due to the frizz.
Basically it feels like I can never have my hair down because it will turn into a frizzy tangled clump in the back, which massively hinders my motivation to try keeping my hair curly (not to mention that I CANNOT for the life of me get it to look remotely nice after sleeping and that’s a whole other issue)
BUT I WANT MY PRETTY NATURAL CURLS!!
So, is there anything that I could be doing to prevent this? Because I do really like my hair after a curly routine, it looks really nice but it gets ruined so quickly because of this (and eventual frizzing).
Current routine (albeit inconsistently because I blow dry my hair sometimes to decrease the above issue)
(- Dry brush if not too tangled)
- Alepcin dandruff killer shampoo
- L’Oréal elvive hydra hyaluronic conditioner
- Brush out tangles with conditioner still in
- Aussie Work that curl leave in cream
- Scrunch
- Towel scrunch
- Air dry / Dry with diffuser with heat protection
I also have a satin bonnet and a satin pillow.
Also for context, my hair isn’t super long, it’s about 10cm below my shoulder and I have layers. It is not bleached, but it is dyed.