
you should get layers like a shag! it’ll look great! also, make shre you trin your ends once every few months to help with flow, help growth, and reduce breakage of the ends. you just go thru little sections and cut the tips off, you don’t need to do more then a third of an inch. i think a shag with healthy ends would look sooo good with your hair!
for products, it looks like a sea salt spray would be good for you since you already have good curls without product and the spray would elevate them. not your mothers had a good one. for tighter curls, i say use a lightweight mouse in your hair as its pretty wet, apply it to midsections to ends then scrunch it in and let it air dry or defuse it. make sure all products you use are lightweight