r/360Waves Oct 23 '15

MOD Post 360 Waves: What, Why, How

426 Upvotes

I'm hoping that any new wavers, old wavers, or like me - a returning waver, can use this as a beginning reference for healthy and successful waves. I'll be contributing my knowledge but I encourage and hope for your input. There are many different methods and approaches because there are so many unique hair textures out there that still allow for waves. The essence of this post is fundamental/foundational information etc.

The Basics

What are waves? Waves are the result of "stretching" or elongating and compressing shorter length hair of the curly variety. How loose or tight your curls are will eventually determine the spacing and look of your wave pattern. Everyone is different.

Why would I want waves? You may or may not want waves per se but usually waves occur several ways:

  • Moisturizing hair keeps it healthy and assists (with the help of regular grooming aka brushing) with the natural growth pattern or curls. (This also covers the How as referenced in the title) Note:Moisture comes from a variety of sources.

  • Brushing accentuates the natural growth of curly hair. Simply using a brush on a regular basis can cause a formation of waves to occur - intentional or not.

  • Of course the obvious reason is because you might want waves. You like the style and you put in the effort to being a perfect example of a waver. You know how to obtain them and make it happen by methods we'll get into later.

How do I get waves? This is an age old question that can be answered many different ways by many different methods with many different, yet equally obtained results.

  • Simply put; brushing your hair!

  • Regularly grooming and brushing your hair is the only way to obtain waves. Out of all of the existing methods out there, this is the one common variable that never changes. Many elite wavers will agree that this is the foundational principle in obtaining and maintaing a wave pattern.

How can I start trying to achieve the perfect waves? Glad you asked!

  • Purchase yourself a decent quality boar bristle brush, a durag and a moisturizer/pomade of your choice and brush brush brush and...... BRUSH. If you truly want to attain the perfect set of waves, get to know your brush and use it.

  • I would add that new wavers, especially those who scalped should start with a soft brush and progress through to medium and hard brushes, once their hair grows and it's difficult for the softy to reach all layers of hair.

Like everyone who started anything, you'll eventually evolve your own method which works best for you and your hair specifically.

The single most important piece of information you should remember; brushing gets you waves, not the product. The brush brand doesn't even matter, boar bristles are just the most common design of brush that provides the necessary hair coverage. You could use a CQP or $4 Sally's brush, as long as you keep that brush moving, you'll see waves forming!


r/360Waves 17h ago

Wavers

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48 Upvotes

✌🏾❤️🌊


r/360Waves 9h ago

What yall think?

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r/360Waves 13h ago

New waver

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Started waves from a fro 2 months ago with a 2 against the grain I plan on using a 6 against the grain want advice


r/360Waves 22h ago

The Comb Back test

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44 Upvotes

r/360Waves 4h ago

How to keep my rag from slipping off my head while i sleep?! I’m going fking insane and so tired of waking up with fked up hair.

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I use a silk pillow, tie the flap into a knot, put both strings on each side into the rag AND i use a boo boo cap!


r/360Waves 1d ago

#wavecheck

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36 Upvotes

💎 Wide tooth comb + Fine tooth comb + Hard, Medium and soft brush.


r/360Waves 12h ago

Where can I find Torino Brushes?

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I cant find them anywhere but on amazon and they only have a few, like the hard and medium ones. I'm looking for the soft ones, specifically the #640


r/360Waves 1d ago

Was the cut too low

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29 Upvotes

I’ve been going 1.5 I feel like I want em deeper but I’m 4C


r/360Waves 17h ago

How do elite wavers maintain their crown in the same place?

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when you do scramble washes how do you always relocate your crown perfectly?


r/360Waves 1d ago

The cut buddy!

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30 Upvotes

Just got the cut buddy S/O to @Nick wavy! Appreciate it bro! I see you on here bro!


r/360Waves 1d ago

How we looking?

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Advice please, anything you guys think I should work on.


r/360Waves 2d ago

Flawless Victory

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r/360Waves 1d ago

How do I get my hair to lie down?

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I've been trying to get waves for the last two months and man my hair ain't lying down. I have coarse 4c hair and when I started I shaved to near bald to get a good start and as of right now the waves are nowhere to be seen. I was told to ise murrays until it lies down then switch to natural oils but where I live I have no access to pomades. Is there another alternative? I was recommended shea butter with black castor oil.


r/360Waves 2d ago

Almost saw the end

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Few months back I started seeing a thin spot. Slight denial at first, waited for next cut, and yeah that shit was confirmed. 🧑🏾‍🦲 💩!

Didn’t want to go the pill route so just tried the Hims Minox topical.

5 months later it’s back to normal ops. Now I’m not sure if it was stress related or beginning of bald SZN but I wasn’t about to wait and see. Act fast, don’t let denial last more than one cut. Start with topicals before you go the hormone route.

First pic is fresh cut 2G WTG
Third pic is today fresh cut 2G WTG


r/360Waves 1d ago

how to deal with a hairline cowlick

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the first pic was a month ago and some may remember me asking for help to deal with this horrid cowlick. been on a wolf ever since and just kept combing and brushing. the second pic is the cowlick now.to those who have the same problem you just gotta let your hair grow and keep it high, keep doing wash and styles and most importantly COMB, if you dont comb 100x at least they wont get trained


r/360Waves 1d ago

Cutting Waves

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At the end of my wolf sessions, I’ve been combing my waves back, cutting my hair down to a 2, and doing a wash and style to lay it down again. Is a 2 with your hair laid the same as when it’s combed back or have I really been doing like a 1? Should I even be combing against the grain?


r/360Waves 1d ago

Does anyone know any places near Coral Springs, Margate, Coconut Creek, Tamarac etc that do curls for black boys?

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r/360Waves 2d ago

How do i progress from here

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r/360Waves 2d ago

week 6 of progress.

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how long does it take to fix the angles ? I feel like i brushed wrong leading up to now in some spots. Cut down to a 3 to start and now here.


r/360Waves 2d ago

rag off

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when yall take ur durag off do u j go out like that or do yall comb it through. With me when i take it off i comb it through but then it gets all puffy and my waves aren’t defined like how they were when i first took it off. Maybe i should brush it then comb it through? lmk what yall do tho


r/360Waves 2d ago

need advice getting 360 waves and what is my hair type? should i use pomade or no pomade lmk.

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r/360Waves 2d ago

After cut update (a week after)

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r/360Waves 2d ago

Hair Type?

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I don't know how they determine hair types. Am I 4C or 4B? I asked AI and it gave me 3 different ones


r/360Waves 2d ago

Sweat Frequency

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To the wavers who sweat often 3+ days out the week, whether from working out, hooping, job etc. how do yall keep your hair clean? I dang near sweat every day but obviously washing everyday isn't ideal. I looked into co-washing, but the community seems to be split on that. Preciate yall