I have bunches of wavy-to-curly hair - the shorter it is, the curlier it is. Right now it's nape-length, so it does ringlets. Because of the curls, it looks quite thick, but there's actually not a lot of it and the individual strands are rather fine.
And that! Means! FLYAWAYS! I stick hair conditioner in there which reduces but doesn't eliminate them, and sometimes I add mousse, but that makes the curls kind of rigid and cardboardy.
I basically want something that will reduce frizz and let my curls hold together as they dry (I don't heat-style unless I'm desperate to get out the door) without making them crunchy or weighing them down with gludge. And it would be great if it smelled nice.
Any suggestions, especially for products not tested on animals?
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1. Paul Mitchell's The Conditioner
2. Bumble & Bumble "Hot Mama" Curl Conscious conditioner
I never blow dry -- just try to control the frizz and flyaways.
Try this: shampoo, conditioner, let air dry, and comb as desired with your pick and/or fingers. Then squeeze a small dollop (about the size of a quarter) of hair gel into your palm, mix with a few drops of water, and comb that all over and through your (dry) hair with your fingers.
For me, this works perfectly to tame any lingering frizz and give shape to my curls, but it doesn't make my hair crusty or weigh it down. And when I wake up the next morning with frizz again but I'm not ready to wash my hair again yet (because my hair's pretty dry and I don't like to overwork it), I just take another little dollop of gel and do the same thing again.
Plus, they're having a hair products sale. Such timing!
My personal fav hair product is the aveda "be curly" line.
Here is my regimen:
No more flyaways, because shampoo is what dries curly hair!
I warn you, if you decide to do this, start it when there are about three weeks you don't mind if you look kind of scuzzy. It takes your scalp somewhere between 2-6 weeks to adjust to the fact that you are no longer torturing it by stripping out all the oils, and your hair might be kind of oily and flat for a few weeks in the interim. BUT IT IS SO WORTH IT. Seriously, I've had other curly haired people come up to me and say "you've switched to no shampoo, haven't you? I can tell, you look fantastic."
Deva products are expensive, yeah. But they do such great things for my hair. And now that they're being sold in salons and not just over teh intarwebs, I'm more tempted to buy them when I go out... *grabby hands*
I still need some frizz control afterwards though. I like Potion #9 as a leave in conditioner. I've also found that a small amount of Paul Mitchell Super Sculpt works well. The key is to find stuff that doesn't have alcohol, which a lot of gels, and even anti-frizz products have.
Hope that helps,
Astrid