I tried starting from simple, and made one big braid, and waited until it dried, without leaving overnight. Of course my first result was far from perfect, but even with this poorly made try, i did get a visible change in waviness. So i now want to experiment more, make tighter braids, leave them overnight.

Thank you very much for recommending me this :3

This is a great method. I was friends with some horse girls as a teen and I let them braid my hair to practice for the horses. I was so curly back then 💖

considering the restrictions this might work, I find my hair always curls up when I don't brush it right after a shower so braiding it and waiting would do the trick

This method looks very simple, and is easy to improve effect by using curling lotion and keeping braids overnight. I will obviously try it, but i dont know whether it is an effective method to make hair curly, to later use it with curly girl method.

This method seems interesting to keep hair curly and beautiful. My problem however, is that to use this method, i must get my hair curly in the first place.

Curly girl method specifically requires to not use any dangerous chemicals or dry hair with heat, so i cant do either the heat curling or chemical curling, and i dont know whether this method is useful for keeping hair curly and beautiful if i use temporary curling methods like braiding.

Idk if it depends on my hair type but I've found with mine, that if I leave my hair to airdry fully, it becomes very stringy (as in, hair strands clump together and the hair becomes flatter with way less volume)

If anyone has the same issue, a middle ground approach works well for me. Pat down the hair with a towel to remove any excess dripping water, leave to air-dry for about 10 mins, then blowdry (I just use the cool temperature) for a min or so. At least for me it retains the volume in my hair, makes it a bit more fluffier and keeps some of the natural waviness. If I need to brush it, I'll just lightly use a detangle brush

Another way is to put your hair in a ponytail while it dries. I seem to retain a lot of my waviness one I let it down afterwards, at the risk of a little less volume

Extra/edit note: My hair does have some natural waviness that is very noticeable when wet. So I'm not saying this will work for everyone ^ But if your hair has any natural waves in it, it might do. (Way of knowing is to see how your hair looks when wet, if it straight, you've got straight hair. If it is wavy or curly, that's your natural waviness). Over-brushing or blow-drying it too much or too soon, with high heat can accidently get rid of that waviness for me

I already dry it naturally. I rub it with towel just enough to not be soaking wet, and then just let it dry over time. The main thing that i need to do, is to actually curl it, as i didnt curl it earlier, it just stays straight after drying

As far as i understand, the main part of keeping the hair curly, is to keep moisture in it. Salt will just dry the hair out, so i dont see this as an useful method to make hair curly. On the other hand, it looks relatively simple, so i can at least try it and see if it works for me.