What's your routine?

What do you do on wash day and between?

mine: wash day, Malibu C hard water shampoo, Innersense Hydrating conditioner, their Serenity Styling cream. Comb it through, flip head over and rake it through upside down. Scrunch, then scrunch with a soft microfiber towel. Wrap it in the same damp towel (between a plop and turbo twist arrangement) while doing skincare. Then let the hair down and gently clap some gel through, diffuse (sometimes hovering, sometimes scrunching, depends on how it's looking).

Refresh, everything except the shampoo.

Mini-refresh, sometimes I can smooth on some mousse or foam and the added definition is enough. Sometimes it looks good and I can hairspray. If it's stretched out those don't work though.

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My hair is I guess what you would call barely wavy. If I let it air dry, the top is quite flat and the bottom curls under a bit. With coaxing, I can get the waves and curls to show up but it definitely takes some effort. I’ve always been envious of curly hair so I’m excited that mine isn’t as flat as I always thought but I wish it was a bit curlier. Oh well; grass is always greener.
My normal routine:
(Occasionally use Suave clarifying shampoo 1st)
Not your mother’s curl talk bond builder shampoo
Conditioner version of the same, during which I comb out any tangles
AG1 curl enhancer spray, I forget the real name
AG1 gel mousse on my roots up top
AG1 gel serum(?) on the rest of my hair
style with the BounceCurl brush, hair still sopping wet
scrunch, plop sometimes
diffuse
Lately I think I need a firmer gel. My hair is growing out and the weight makes everything limp. But I’m starting to think that shorter layers don’t give my wide wave room to develop. So we’re always trying new things over here.
I usually don’t bother refreshing; it comes out stringy. So I just brush it out a bit and most of the wave disappears.

I just don't wash my hair often, and use dandruff as gel substitute.
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