Le gel « pour que ça tienne »
Le gel fige une forme, il ne la crée pas. Sur ondulés, il fige donc la forme qu'ont tes cheveux au moment où tu l'appliques — c'est-à-dire une vague déjà écrasée par le poids du gel lui-même. Ajoute l'effet carton et la brillance, et tu obtiens l'exact inverse d'un rendu naturel.
La brosse pour « discipliner »
Une brosse passée sur des cheveux ondulés secs sépare chaque cheveu de son voisin. Comme ce sont les mèches groupées qui forment la vague, la brosse détruit la vague et transforme le tout en volume flou. Le démêlage se fait sous la douche, aux doigts ou au peigne large, jamais à sec.
Lisser puis « re-onduler »
Blast a hairdryer on full power to flatten everything out, then try to bring some movement back to the product? That's two heat attacks for a result that won't last three hours. Your hair already knows how to wave. The job is to not get in its way.
The most costly mistake isn't any of the three: it's putting your hands back in your hair while it finishes drying. Every pass breaks the bonds as they form. Once the scrunching is done, don't touch it again.
Your wavy hair isn't unruly. It's just weighed down, dried flat, and cut too short.
Straighten out your waves instead of fighting them
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View the full range Fast delivery · 30-day money-back guaranteeRemember just one thing: with wavy hair, you don't work against the texture, you remove what weighs it down. Squeeze out the water, spray your Barbary® Sea Salt Spray, scrunch, and let it dry without touching it. The rest is just fine-tuning.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions men with wavy hair ask.
Almost always because of weight. A wave is a shape the hair holds with its own strength: as soon as a creamy, oily, or gel-like product is added, the wave opens up and the hair falls back down. The second cause is drying: hair that dries hanging in the air dries straight.
A sea salt spray, applied to towel-dried hair. The salt tightens the fiber and brings the wave up without leaving anything on it. A texturizing powder completes the roots if your waves flatten on top, and a matte wax finishes the job if your waves are defined and going in every direction.
Never rub with a terry towel: press your lengths into a cotton t-shirt. Don't touch your hair between 80% and 100% dry, that's when the shape sets. And never run a brush through it while it's dry: detangling is done in the shower, with your fingers, or with a wide-tooth comb.
Both work, but not in the same way. Air drying gives you a loose wave and a natural look, provided you don't touch it. With a hairdryer and a diffuser, head tilted down, you get volume at the roots and a more defined wave. What doesn't work is drying with hot air without a diffuser: the airflow undoes the shape.
It's a styling product, not a treatment: it stays on the surface and is rinsed out with the next shampoo. The feeling of rougher hair is part of the desired effect, that's what gives it texture. Rinse it out in the evening rather than sleeping with it, and keep your usual moisturizing routine alongside it.
