I am doing a very modified curly girl method, I’m not sure if I can still call it CGM at this point lol. I stay away from harsh shampoos and clarify regularly with Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate. I use products without silicones but it isn’t a big deal to me if a product I want has silicone e.g. a heat protectant. I blow dry my hair with a diffuser on low heat, always using a heat protectant. I tend to stay away from products, like hairsprays, that have drying alcohols in them but I’m learning they may not be all that bad. I use wide tooth combs and a tangle teezer.
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I don’t use CGM, it’s too time consuming and can get expensive. I wash every three days with silicone free shampoo and conditioner. I use a wide tooth comb or sometimes I just finger comb when my hair is chin length. Once my hair gets past my shoulders I switch to washing every four days and I have a paddle brush to use before washing (to get all the lose hair out before hand). I like to use a curling cream to style and refresh by re-wetting between washes. If the frizz gets nuts on humid days I just pull my hair back and forget about it.
I used to air dry for like decades and man it would take too long to dry. CGM calls blow dryers blow fryers but I think they can be helpful with proper use. I also finger detangle when my hair is wet with lots of conditioner in it. I can wash once a week with a mid-week refresh but since I’ve been adding hair growth oils to my scalp every day I wash twice a week. The oils are probably doing nothing but I figure it can’t hurt to try. My hair is down to my tailbone so I try to be very gentle with it, treat it like lace. I’ve also tried co-washing and it was just not good enough for me, kinda weighs everything down.
Something else. Have always used shampoo and find that minimal silicone works better than none.
Also in styling usually I am in a hurry and blow dry without diffuser to get some of the water out then put the diffuser on.
But I have learned so much from the curly girl adherents, mostly styling techniques, refresh methods. And my stylist does use a Deva cut as the core of her cutting method, dry curly shaping.
Products, I fall firmly in the “hair gauge and porosity matter more than curly shape” camp.
