Playing around with products and amounts.

So I'm having some fun figuring out what combo of Jessicurl products works best for this new short cut. I'm finding that if I use my old standby combo of RR + CCSS, I get SUPER curly hair. Which typically would be good! :) But since I'm feeling this cut is a little shorter than I'd hoped, I'm now aiming to elongate the curls a bit to get a little more length.

On Monday, I didn't wash it, I just conditioned with Too Shea. I used a little Aloeba as a leave in and styled with RR and CCSS, scrunched with towel and diffused for 5-8 minutes. Once it dried and I had scrunched out the crunch, I smoothed a little Oil Blend over and scrunched it in a little to soften it up and add some shine. My hair was kind of fluffy but very soft. I don't think I need as much conditioning as I did with my longer hair, so I'm guessing the leave in was not necessary, and I might be better off using Aloeba as my daily rinse out for a while. I LOVE my Too Shea, but maybe it's just too conditioning for my now super healhty hair. It was SUPER curly, thus making it really short. It was nice and shiny though, which I attribute to the Oil Blend, but over all pretty much looked like the last pic I posted.

Today I tried a different tactic. I washed with Hair Cleansing Cream and conditioned with Aloeba. I didn't use a leave in and instead of RR, I used Gelebration Spray, since it's lighter and thus, less curl enhancing. I scrunched into wet hair about a quarter sized puddle of CCSS and sprayed all over with Gelebration Spray. I scrunched with the microfiber towel and diffused. Once it dried and I scrunched out the (very little) crunch, I again smoothed over some Oil Blend. This time I didn't scrunch after adding the Oil Blend, I kind of just smoothed it all over. I think I like this better. It SEEMS a little longer and less curly, but obviously, still VERY curly and well defined, which I love. I wonder what your perception is - is there actually a difference, or is it all in my head? :-) Here's a pic, and I welcome your input. I will say, I'm loving how SHINY it seems. Again, I think that is because of the Oil Blend. It doesn't feel greasy to the touch, just nice and soft, but SO shiny.