What is the Curly Girl Method? The Curly Girl Method, from Lorraine Massey’s book “ Curly Girl: The Handbook ,” is a hair care method that trades in damaging habits (like shampooing and heat styling) for a healthy curly hair regimen using just conditioner and gel. While this set of recommendations has been shown to have incredible results for many curlies in our community, you should always feel free to modify them to suit your hair! The dos and don’ts of the CG Method The first step to starting the Curly Girl Method is knowing what NOT to do. There are many common, everyday hair care practices that many of us have been using all of our lives that are actually damaging to curly hair. Here are 7 things to avoid when following the CG Method. DON’T USE Shampoo Heat styling tools Combs & brushes Sulfates – namely sodium lauryl sulfate & ammonium laureth sulfate Non-water soluble silicones Alcohol Fragrance Do I have to give up shampoo cold turkey? No! Yo