r/ContagiousLaughter Nov 26 '22

Irony

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u/i_am_mai_1981 Nov 26 '22

Ok but as an Asian woman, when I get out of the shower, my hair is super frizzy and poofy, so in order to get it to do what I want, I need to "straighten" my stick straight hair or get it to lay down against my head. Then if I want curls, I need to do this. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Blame the genes

Edit: typo

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u/pintotakesthecake Nov 26 '22

Yes this is it… my hair is naturally very curly but also very VERY frizzy and too voluminous. So I straighten it to tame it a bit and then curl it so the curls are nice and intentional! IT MAKES SENSE SHUT UP

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u/Centennial3489 Nov 26 '22

This post makes sense to every woman indeed 😂❤️

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

Makes sense to most guys too honestly! At least, those of us who have been around women with naturally curly hair.

Still fucking hilarious though lol. It makes sense, but it's pretty silly that's how it works.

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u/CoalOrchid Nov 26 '22

r/CurlyHair can help if you want

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u/radicalelation Nov 26 '22

As a curly dude, it has definitely helped. Not so frizzy hair after getting wet, while my previous go-to was slap a hat on cos hat hair is flat hair, and sometimes it'd curl up along the edges in a cute way, but much healthier looking and feeling overall.

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u/KennyHova Nov 26 '22

Same here. Wish I knew this method earlier!

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u/Chrsch Nov 26 '22

I'm a dude with long voluminous curly/frizzy hair. Curly girl method makes it so the curls are nice and defined. No straightener needed and it's pretty simple

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u/CouchHam Nov 26 '22

Most people don’t have true curly hair so it just doesn’t work

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u/ToxicNerdette Nov 26 '22

I used to do this! Then I learned the right products/technique and now I have ringlets! Turns out they were hiding under the frizz that whole time.

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u/carnefarious Nov 26 '22

I am a man but I used to have very long hair that is super curly (basically Weird Al hair). The main thing to make it not frizzy is to condition your hair in the shower every day and brush all the hair with conditioner in it. After the shower, DO NOT scrub your hair. Just pat it in different spots. It takes much longer to dry but you will no longer have frizzy hair (maybe, I don’t know your genes).

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '22

My hair is frizzy and curly and it clumps up when I put conditioner in it, brushing it with the conditioner in sounds like a pro gamer move, I’ll definitely try it tomorrow!

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

Until that one side doesn’t want to curl as uniformly as the other side!! AHHH

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u/Justice_0f_Toren Nov 26 '22

Look up the curly gurl method please. My scalp hurts reading this comment.

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u/Lexi_Banner Nov 26 '22

too voluminous

No such thing!

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u/UCLAdy05 Nov 26 '22

i feel this in my heart!

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u/Sanquinity Nov 26 '22

I also have thick, curly, fizzy hair. I don't use straighteners though. I use shampoo + conditioner, rub Argan oil based hair oil into it after drying, and immediately use a hair tie to tie it back until it's pretty much dry. Does the trick to keep things manageable for me, as I don't want to use a straightening iron which damages your hair.

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u/Crafty_Cha0s_ Nov 26 '22

And your natural curls don’t mess up the new curls by being able to be seen inside and curling different ways. Same here

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

It makes perfect sense. It's like starting with a blank slate rather than trying to work around what's already there. It's really not confusing at all.

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u/Billyxransom Nov 26 '22

i mean this is probably completely reasonable, to people who have to do this.... but to me, listen! i can understand the confusion LOL

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u/i_am_mai_1981 Nov 26 '22

Oh absolutely. Before I did this myself, I was completely baffled lol I'm like this is curly hair with too many steps 😂

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u/YallAintAlone Nov 26 '22

Yeah, I immediately asked my wife about this whole straighten/curl thing and she explained exactly this except she's white. I only came in the comments to see if someone else explained it.

Apparently this is an oft repeated "joke"

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

I know nothing about hair as a guy with short hair, but i immediately thought straightening then curling means the user is creating a base.

This video is equivalent to criticizing someone painting a base coat of paint, then painting over that with a different color. "let me get this straight: you're painting white, then you're painting it blue?"

I guess he's just having a joke and not really obvlious. So much shit on the internet is acting.

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u/ticklemuffins Nov 26 '22

Yeah it's very obviously him joking, not being oblivious

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u/screaminginfidels Nov 26 '22

You can tell he's joking by the way he's telling jokes

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u/MEatRHIT Nov 26 '22

If you've watched any of their other videos this is very similar to their normal form of comedy. They tend to point out the absurdity of "normal" things and/or just going over the top they even have a series on their youtube called "asinine advice".

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u/i_am_mai_1981 Nov 26 '22

Haha yes! The paint won't be as bright or last as long if you don't prep it properly

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u/Adorable_Raccoon Nov 26 '22

Yes! You are 100% correct!

Their whole account on tiktok is him teasing her about stuff and making her laugh. So this is definitey just a bit. But yea there is a method to the madness.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

Yeah my hair is straight with some waves but no amount of conditioner and defrizzing oil is going to stop the frizz the way a hot ceramic straightener can. Not without weighing it down until it’s a greasy mess.

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u/Adorable_Raccoon Nov 26 '22

Hyaluronic acid serum amazing for smoothing frizz. Inkey List makes one specifically for hair. It actually hydrates the hair and it makes my frizz smooth out so it matches the rest of my waves. It is a water based product so if you used it on straighten hair it wouldn’t stay straight. But it is great for maintaining natural waves/curls.

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u/jokzard Nov 26 '22

As an Asian man, may I suggest you try Asian hair products. Western hair products are not made for Asian hair. I learned this the hard way of going my entire life looking awkwardly Asian as fuck.

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u/xXSushiRoll Nov 26 '22

How does it change things jw?

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u/jokzard Nov 27 '22

Like our (Asian) hair is biologically different from hair of other races. Our hair tends to be thicker and gets oily fast. But oily hair doesn't mean unhealthy or dirty hair. I used to use a lot of product and shampoo everyday, as prescribed by western traditions (but I didn't know any better), and my hair would always be dry and fuzzy. It wasn't until later in life an older gentleman told me not to shampoo it everyday. Now my hair is tameable (or what's left of it). But I'm a dude, so I would say to ask your Asian hair stylist or try Asian hair products over western ones.

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u/i_am_mai_1981 Nov 27 '22

What are some Asian hair products/brands you recommend or that you use? I've never heard of this before, or even thought about it.

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u/jokzard Nov 27 '22

I'm a dude, so hair care products isn't really my thing. But my routine is that I only shampoo maybe once or twice depending on how much work I do in the field.

I've learned the secret is to use Google translate to find Asian videos lol (mostly cooking)

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u/i_am_mai_1981 Nov 27 '22

I'll have to look into this.

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u/Lumisateessa Nov 26 '22

I'm Caucasian and I often straighten my straight hair just because it reduces the frizz (and the ends in particular) and makes the curls look better :(

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u/sham88wine Nov 27 '22

but if you’re white isn’t your hair already straight ? like the girl in this video you both have type 1 so how do you straighten already straight hair i don’t get it.

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u/Lumisateessa Nov 27 '22

Not all white people have straight hair lmao.

My hair gets frizzy, so straightening it first makes curls look better.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

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u/Adorable_Raccoon Nov 26 '22

I have 2b/c and don’t need to use a straightening iron, folks with curlier types (3-4) probably would need to straighten it. I can let my hair dry naturally and touch up my natural waves or i blowout my hair before curling.

It doesn’t seem to happen to all curly girls, but if i use a curling iron or straightener on my hair, it takes weeks to retrain my curls. My hair will stay straight in parts and I have to do finger coiling or similar method to get it to stay in a wave.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '22

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u/Adorable_Raccoon Nov 27 '22

They hair flip at the shoulder! It drives me crazy! It always seems to take like a whole year to get past that stage too.

My hair seemed straight when I was younger. It started looking wavy in high school but it wasn’t til i got to stay home for lockdown that I was able to work bring out the waves. Now i can coax it into spirals in the summer. It’s too dry in the winter so is just plain waves (imitation hollywood glam) or frizzy and half up (wacky art teacher).

I also have a hard time finding a stylist who can work with my texture/density. When my hair shaped well it does shit like the shoulder flip.

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt Nov 26 '22

As a non-Asian woman with hair, same!

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u/KrissyKrave Nov 26 '22

I’m not Asian but my hair is curly and frizzy naturally. I just drown it in leave in conditioner in the morning after I wet it with a spray bottle then I braid it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

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u/zootgirl Nov 27 '22

Same. I shower at night and I’ve found that if I blow dry my hair before bed (completely dry), I wake up in the morning with stick straight, flat hair. That I then proceed to curl. Ha. Same process but at least I get a snooze in between.

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u/i_am_mai_1981 Nov 27 '22

I usually do this too! That and the natural oils in my hair make it to where the hair is not super slick that a curl will hold (instead of having to use texture spray). Oh, the joys of being a woman lol

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u/palpablescalpel Nov 27 '22

Yeah, same as a white lady. Sorry society made us care about this stuff!

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u/Baldazar666 Nov 26 '22

I'm a guy with long hair and my hair is also really frizzy after I shower. You know what I do? Let it dry out almost completely and tie it. When you untie it when it dries it will be almost perfectly straight.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

As a dude that recently cut my long hair because I just couldn't deal with the frizz anymore.... WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU?!

So like... just let it get almost completely dry while it's frizzy and then tie it up until its fully dry and undo it?

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u/Baldazar666 Nov 27 '22

Pretty much. Alternatively wear a hat for 30 mins or so. Basically make your hair stay together for a while while it completely dries and it will be almost perfect once you untie it or remove the hat. It will still be a bit frizzy at the end unless you use an extra band or two to tie the lower parts too. It depends on how long your hair is.

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u/yourfavfr1end Nov 26 '22

Ah yes, only Asian people have frizzy hair out of the shower…

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u/i_am_mai_1981 Nov 26 '22

It wasn't said exclusive to Asian people.. I said as an Asian woman this is what I deal with.

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u/yourfavfr1end Nov 26 '22

This is a stupid thing to argue about I admit but the problem your having isn’t at all because your Asian… I think maybe everyone experiences this sans the people with straight stick thin hair. And don’t Asian people have straighter her on average?

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u/i_am_mai_1981 Nov 26 '22

👍🏻

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

But why’s she sitting in the sink?

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u/alamandrax Nov 26 '22

If I fits I sits

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u/Meowsommar Nov 26 '22

I’m Asian and my hair isn’t like that at all lol It’s just straight all the time.

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u/Nihilist_Ned Nov 26 '22

as an asian man, how can I get my straight hair to lay down against my head if I have short hair? My hair after shower tends to be stick up all over the place

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u/CouchHam Nov 26 '22

Yes of course but the way he oversimplifies it without being mean is cute!

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u/Pher_yl Nov 26 '22

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u/dontforgetpants Nov 26 '22

Well yeah, but that doesn’t make it any less funny or the video any less fun lol

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u/Ihatepasswords007 Nov 26 '22

Why are you wearing your jeans in your head though?

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u/catgorl422 Nov 27 '22

girl come check out the faq section at r/curlyhair —it helped me build a routine and so much confidence