Review of Anthony Dickey Method

Today I tried a revised version of this method. I watched a few videos and then had at it. I started on co washed hair and unlike some of the videos I saw, I applied my products on soaking wet hair while I was still in the shower.
My issue with wng is that my texture in the back is coilier than my texture in the front of my hair. The front is looser and wavier and has some hang time... while the back shrinks up and gets REALLY frizzy.
I never have the success I want with wng so I figured, what's one more attempt.

I consider it a success for what I wanted to achieve. I wanted less frizz in the back and less shrinkage on the sides and more definition in the wavier sections in the front.

I thought my hair was gonna be heavy and crunchy and kinda disgusting with all that product. But my hair is soft and touchable and light. It has movement (as much as my curls can have....).

Here is what I did and products I used:

I co washed with Trader Joes Nourish Spa conditioner

After I rinsed the conditioner, while my hair was soaked with water and I was still in shower, I applied Miss Jessie's Pillow Soft Curls in sections making sure to be heavy handed with the product.

Then I stepped out of the shower and applied Isoplus gel, again being heavy handed, to each section of the hair paying special attention to my roots in my frizz prone areas on the sides and in the back.

I hit my edges with some Eco styler clear.

Since I don't want to sit under a dryer or diffuse, I air dried partially with my hair loose (about 30 minutes) and then put my hair carefully and gently into a smoothed low ponytail to finish drying and to help stretch the hair. I was careful to just gather the hair and contain it with a banana clip. I didn't jostle the curls or manipulate them at all.

Once my hair was dry, I moistened my hands and separated the curls and rubbed my hands over the front of my hair to soften the gel cast.

These are my results. First pic is of my most successful wash n go prior to this method. The remaining pics are of my hair using the A. D. method.

My hair is completely dry in all photos except for one rogue strand in the front of my hair.

havilland said:

Today I tried a revised version of this method. I watched a few videos and then had at it. I started on co washed hair and unlike some of the videos I saw, I applied my products on soaking wet hair while I was still in the shower.
My issue with wng is that my texture in the back is coilier than my texture in the front of my hair. The front is looser and wavier and has some hang time... while the back shrinks up and gets REALLY frizzy.
I never have the success I want with wng so I figured, what's one more attempt.

I consider it a success for what I wanted to achieve. I wanted less frizz in the back and less shrinkage on the sides and more definition in the wavier sections in the front.

I thought my hair was gonna be heavy and crunchy and kinda disgusting with all that product. But my hair is soft and touchable and light. It has movement (as much as my curls can have....).

Here is what I did and products I used:

I co washed with Trader Joes Nourish Spa conditioner

After I rinsed the conditioner, while my hair was soaked with water and I was still in shower, I applied Miss Jessie's Pillow Soft Curls in sections making sure to be heavy handed with the product.

Then I stepped out of the shower and applied Isoplus gel, again being heavy handed, to each section of the hair paying special attention to my roots in my frizz prone areas on the sides and in the back.

I hit my edges with some Eco styler clear.

Since I don't want to sit under a dryer or diffuse, I air dried partially with my hair loose (about 30 minutes) and then put my hair carefully and gently into a smoothed low ponytail to finish drying and to help stretch the hair. I was careful to just gather the hair and contain it with a banana clip. I didn't jostle the curls or manipulate them at all.

Once my hair was dry, I moistened my hands and separated the curls and rubbed my hands over the front of my hair to soften the gel cast.

These are my results. First pic is of my most successful wash n go prior to this method. The remaining pics are of my hair using the A. D. method.

My hair is completely dry in all photos except for one rogue strand in the front of my hair.

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Thanks for the review, have you made his technique a regular?? Beautiful hair by the way.

snookes said:

Thanks for the review, have you made his technique a regular?? Beautiful hair by the way.

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Yes. I use it regularly. Thanks!

havilland said:

Yes. I use it regularly. Thanks!

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Ah that's good isn't it may try it myself. But at the mo I am experimenting with the heavy sealing with grease lol. I like it so far

His method is the truth! I haven't done wash n gos in a while but when I did his method worked like a charm. Perfect every time. Too bad my hair tangles horribly in a wng now.