Hated my curly hair growing up in the 70s but now that my hair is graying I needed more body. I tried this and it works great. In fact, the first time I used this product and then curled my hair, the next morning when I removed the curlers I looked like Little Orphan Annie. My hair was so curly! After styling, the curls lasted for two days! Great product!” I let it air dry and that’s it! If there’s a stray curl that dried in a wonky direction, I’ll either wet it again and re-curl it with my fingers or use a curling iron for touch-ups. This tried and true (since high school) product is averagely priced, easy to apply, and doesn’t leave curls feeling crunchy!

Ouidad provides specific instructions on how to use the gel, but over the years, I’ve developed a variation that works better for me (and moves along a little faster). Once you tell me to section off my hair, it’s too much of a process for me. So here’s what I do: It certainly helps prevent frizz in the humidity, but doesn’t completely tame my hair on really hot or rainy days — but I think that’s just life with curly hair. My curls become less defined after sleeping on them, so it doesn’t hold for more than two days without touch ups. Before I discovered the miracle that is Ouidad Advanced Climate Control gel, other curly hair gels made my hair either super stiff and crunchy, wet-feeling and plastered to my head, or somehow unintentionally poofy. But this product magically solves all of these problems (and also happens to smell amazing). Are any of the brand’s products speaking to you? If you want to know about the performance of the products from customers who have used them, then keep reading.Then, I put a quarter-sized amount of gel in my palm, rub on both hands, and gently scrunch it in until the gel is evenly distributed. I usually use about two pumps of gel total on my shoulder length hair. I have 3a curls which absolutely LOVE to frizz whenever given the opportunity. I've gone through SO MANY different products I can't even begin to list them all, all in an attempt to find SOMETHING that would let me have a half-way decent hair day if I wore it down. I do have a couple of products (a cream, mousse, leave-in conditioners) which I am deciding will likely stay in the repertoire, but this gel HAS ALWAYS been there and will ALWAYS be used by me. As someone with naturally curly hair that is sensitive to temperature, humidity, sleeping positions, and length, and generally just has a mind of its own, this hair gel has given me some form of control. The TL;DR As a 13-year-old trying to keep up with the trends, I often resorted to straightening my hair. But this, as those of you with curly hair that expands at any hint of humidity already know, does not end well. Eventually my hair got too dry and damaged to continue on with my regular straightening routine, and as I transitioned from middle to high school, I decided it was time to embrace my curls. Enter: the Ouidad Advanced Climate Control hair gel. I’ve been using it ever since then and it still holds up.

As you can see, the brand’s products are highly rated across the board. Let’s focus on the Ouidad Advanced Climate Control Heat and Humidity Gel since it received the most online attention. Pro-tip: Ouidad encourages you to divide damp hair into sections, rake the gel through each section with your hands, and then shape your curls one at a time — but that takes a long time. I twirl a few curls with my fingers, then just scrunch the gel in everywhere else. After getting out of the shower, I towel dry my hair, flipping it over and squeezing water out while scrunching with a towel.

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