Ok, so last Friday when I had nothing to do I played with my hair. I put it up in a peacock twist while damp with water proof sticks. I slept with it like that. When I took it down it was all twirly and cute. I thought this would be a good option because I wouldn't have to do this every night and I could maybe get away with 2nd or 3rd day hair. Cause when it gets longer it will be more difficult to "do" it every day. Anyways...now, it won't work. I'm gonna try again though, I have no idea why it isn't working now, but is there any other way to get it a little more wavy so it isn't so high maintenance?

Thanks. I am also hoping to get my twisting thing to work again, I really like wearing it down and/or rather not having to wear it up because it doesn't look good down. Like I could just do the second day thing by putting it up in a twist and I'm sure it would look fine but I would prefer not to do that. Now last night I twisted it up before bed, it wasn't damp enough and when I woke up the curls were just kind of mishapen. I spritzed it with water and fluffed a little, I ended up with big sexy hair today. It wasn't perfect but I loved it, I liked the whole touchable thing I had going on. No crunch at all but it still held up great. I think maybe the longer it gets the more I want to get away from my need to have every curl in place and go for the sexy messy volume. It felt great today.

I have a cycle I go through as well.  First day, leave it down.  Second day, half up or a ponytail.  Third day, bun or braid.  If I want to go for a fourth day as well (rarely) I brush it very well and put it in a high bun.