Little One, I have super curly hair, and usually pin curl my hair when i do vintage styles. The key with pin curls when you are naturally curly is not to brush them with a brush but to brush them with out with your fingers. I usually hold them toward the nape up my neck then run my fingers through my curls. I also have a few good anti frizz serums. Like many people with curly hair my curls need to be weighed down to control them. I use only very heavy conditioners and only shampoo my hair one time a week while I condition it every day. I helps to rinse the conditioner out then put more in the bottom and rinse it partially out. Then I pin curl my hair when I is still completely wet. I put pomade and light gel in it when I pin curl it. Also I keep a spray bottle on hand so that when I get toward the end of it and hair is starting to not be soaked I can spray it down, again. When my set is in I spray it down with hair spray then wrap it in a scarf for bed. My hair takes about 10 or 12 hours to dry so I like to blow dry it a bit through my scarf in the mornings for a while to ensure it being dry. When I style it I also make sure I have a curling iron on hand for those few curls that just won't do what I want. You can also wash you hair at night and put it in a low ponytail making sure that the hair that is pulled against your head is smooth and straight, and put product in it as well. In the morning when you take the ponytail out the top portion will be smooth and flat, you can then use a large barrel curling iron on you hair, and brush it out with your fingers and put serum in it. You can also use hot rollers when you do the ponytail thing. Here are some pictures for you to look at.
My hair naturally, with no vintage styling.
Now here is my hair in a pin curl set.
Here is that set taken down before styling and then post styling
Before:
After syling:
My hair naturally, with no vintage styling.
Now here is my hair in a pin curl set.
Here is that set taken down before styling and then post styling
Before:
After syling: