At this stage in your hair journey, what products do you swear by for restoring damaged curls?

I love doing a scalp massage with castor oil. But it’s so thick and syrupy so I mix it with coconut oil, which helps it wash out better. I use Sunny Isle’s Castor Oil, £11.99. I’m still working out what products my hair responds to best as it’s constantly changing, but I do love the Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil Leave In Conditioner, £10,99, and the John Frieda Frizz Ease Dream Curls Deep Conditioner, £6.99, and John Frieda Curl Defining Creme, £6.99, right afterwards.

The most important tip I’ve learned is to do everything in the shower. From shampoo, to the hair mask, to the curly cream and jelly - everything! It all needs to be applied when the hair’s soaking wet, otherwise the frizz will have already set in by the time it’s started to dry. I wish they wrote that as an instruction on the back of bottles!

Who takes care of your curls?

Joleigh Wynter of @Curl.Talk - she’s amazing. She’s the only person with a pair of scissors that I trust. She’s trained in the DevaCut method of shaping curly and textured hair, and is about to open a salon in Brick Lane.

How has your daughter responded to you going curly?

She’s obsessed with the fact that we’ve got matching hair and it’s really changed her view of her hair. There’s only so much blame you can place on the fact that not all Disney princesses have curly hair. You have to make that change. It’s got to come from you, it’s a little closer to home.

Everything I do, she wants to copy, so I don’t think I could blow dry my hair straight over and over again now. I’m not saying I won’t do it again, it’s nice to have a change once in a while, but I’m not going to until I’ve got my hair to where I want it to be. I’ll never say never, but I think she would really tell me off! I hope she doesn’t go through the wanting-to-straighten-her-hair phase.

Rochelle Humes on ditching straighteners and embracing her curls