Wow sorry you had that experience! My hair is about 4 to 5 niches long, ordered body wave but I think it's slight wave(was a stock). I hold it about a foot away from my hair and make sure to move it around my head really fast so it gets the whole circumference without caking it in powder. I then wait about a minute or two and then brush it out. I've done it about three times already. Do you think maybe you applied it too closely?