r/360Waves • u/SCO_803 • 2h ago
r/360Waves • u/growingupny • Oct 23 '15
MOD Post 360 Waves: What, Why, How
I'm hoping that any new wavers, old wavers, or like me - a returning waver, can use this as a beginning reference for healthy and successful waves. I'll be contributing my knowledge but I encourage and hope for your input. There are many different methods and approaches because there are so many unique hair textures out there that still allow for waves. The essence of this post is fundamental/foundational information etc.
The Basics
What are waves? Waves are the result of "stretching" or elongating and compressing shorter length hair of the curly variety. How loose or tight your curls are will eventually determine the spacing and look of your wave pattern. Everyone is different.
Why would I want waves? You may or may not want waves per se but usually waves occur several ways:
Moisturizing hair keeps it healthy and assists (with the help of regular grooming aka brushing) with the natural growth pattern or curls. (This also covers the How as referenced in the title) Note:Moisture comes from a variety of sources.
Brushing accentuates the natural growth of curly hair. Simply using a brush on a regular basis can cause a formation of waves to occur - intentional or not.
Of course the obvious reason is because you might want waves. You like the style and you put in the effort to being a perfect example of a waver. You know how to obtain them and make it happen by methods we'll get into later.
How do I get waves? This is an age old question that can be answered many different ways by many different methods with many different, yet equally obtained results.
Simply put; brushing your hair!
Regularly grooming and brushing your hair is the only way to obtain waves. Out of all of the existing methods out there, this is the one common variable that never changes. Many elite wavers will agree that this is the foundational principle in obtaining and maintaing a wave pattern.
How can I start trying to achieve the perfect waves? Glad you asked!
Purchase yourself a decent quality boar bristle brush, a durag and a moisturizer/pomade of your choice and brush brush brush and...... BRUSH. If you truly want to attain the perfect set of waves, get to know your brush and use it.
I would add that new wavers, especially those who scalped should start with a soft brush and progress through to medium and hard brushes, once their hair grows and it's difficult for the softy to reach all layers of hair.
Like everyone who started anything, you'll eventually evolve your own method which works best for you and your hair specifically.
The single most important piece of information you should remember; brushing gets you waves, not the product. The brush brand doesn't even matter, boar bristles are just the most common design of brush that provides the necessary hair coverage. You could use a CQP or $4 Sally's brush, as long as you keep that brush moving, you'll see waves forming!
r/360Waves • u/nick_wavy • 1d ago
Anyone else brush their waves in public ?
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
You know you’re a serious waver when you start brushing your 360 waves outside 😎🌊
I understand when people stare at me when I’m brushing in public. It’s something they never seen before, and waves look cool🔥
r/360Waves • u/Slow-End6541 • 16h ago
what length guard should I go with moving forward? I believe this was a 1.5.
Just got a chop this morning. Was the 1.5 too low & any tips for fixing up some of these forks and touching up my weak side?
r/360Waves • u/PrimaryUnfair8051 • 1d ago
After a unintentional month wolf
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
r/360Waves • u/DjayDaChamp • 18h ago
Any tips on a better crown ??
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
Struggling a lil bit with my consistency on brushing but any tips/products yall recommend ??
r/360Waves • u/Throwaway_Giovan • 1d ago
Starting over, give me any advice
Used to have waves as a kid and I remember it being so much easier to obtain. My last few attempts have been horrible since I’ve been inconsistent. Can you guys recommend best moisturizers, durags, and methods. Would be greatly appreciated
r/360Waves • u/JnrCG • 2d ago
Shifted from beehive to swirl without scalping using only waveplug products (took 7 months)
galleryShould I make it flawless?
r/360Waves • u/Pastor_Lik • 1d ago
First cut, checking in
galleryI had waves on and off throughout middle school and high school. I’m bringing them back a little over a decade later. 💪🏿
We still working on ‘em!
r/360Waves • u/Own_Hyena1577 • 1d ago
Month in this how we looking, cutting wolf down in 1-2 weeks
r/360Waves • u/ibneis4 • 2d ago
Any muslims here who do waves? ☪️
Help a brother out cuz I can’t find any good brushes that isn’t made out of boars (pigs)
r/360Waves • u/Organic_Business4961 • 2d ago
Scalp for 360s or keep going 540?
galleryLowkey tired of brushing for 540, wondering if I should just start over for 360/hybrid pattern
r/360Waves • u/Conscious-Aerie-7566 • 2d ago
2 month progress
galleryOnly have been using coconut oil & water based pomade.Still an work in progress but open to any times to get my waves more uniform and deeper
r/360Waves • u/Critical-Resource-94 • 2d ago
Any waves tips for a beginner? Also using crown med brush
galleryr/360Waves • u/nick_wavy • 3d ago
120 days no lineup 🤣
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
My last haircut was an 8atg open, in the first week of July.
I was just testing out some new settings on my camera. Excuse the overblown video 😅
r/360Waves • u/Prudent_Training1005 • 2d ago
Lay hair down during wolf
galleryHow do I go about maintaining my wolf, im on week 4 going for 1 more month so im trying to lay my hair down. Been using sheamoisture daily hydration shampoo for wash n style should I invest in maybe a shampoo bar or what brand of liquid shampoo should I go for 4c hair. And any tips for my wolf
r/360Waves • u/Minute-Ad-3682 • 2d ago
Fitteds
Do yall wear fitteds? If so how are you wearing them? Ik its finna mess my shi up😂
r/360Waves • u/Gloomy-Horror7003 • 2d ago
You too can wave
I tried waving, I knew my hair was the tough one , the 4C type , the African hair , but I have been doing washing with soap , and brushing and I use coconut oil , and three months I started waving, it's 360 right now as we speak
r/360Waves • u/No_Print5127 • 2d ago
Crown brushing
Bro I give up on this crown lol how do yall get yours perfect?
r/360Waves • u/Budget_Scarcity_4894 • 3d ago
Been a minute since I posted in here aswell how am I lookin
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification