tldr; Camille Rose Naturals Curl Maker is a popular and effective medium-to-high hold gel, often recommended for defining curls and providing lasting hold.
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“My current hair routine is: Wash every 2-3 days with Sun Bum Curly Shampoo and Conditioner On soaking wet hair I style with: - Crown Affair Leave-In Conditioner - Sun Bum Air Dry Cream - Sun Bum Anti-Frizz Oil Mist - Camille Rose Curl Maker Defining Jelly (Not as good as Uncle Funky’s Daughter) - OGX Coconut Curls Mousse - Sun Bum Heat Protector - Brush in downward swooping motion with a denman brush until clumped together - Scrunch with T-Shirt - Shake out hair and place where I want it - Diffuse on medium heat/ low air - Shake out curls and scrunch out crunch with YU MultiUse Hair Oil - Spray undersides with Zero Fuss Spray Wax and hit one more time with diffuser for extra volume”
“Skip the leave in conditioner and just use a gel. Experiment with some different gels or a foam: Kinky curly curling custard Camille Rose curl maker Innersense I create lift Curlsmith in shower style fixer Also, it sounds like you’re over moisturizing. Have you tried any protein/bond treatments? I have never tried K18, but people on here talk about it. I use Curlsmith bond curl rehab salve as a pre-poo on days I clarify. My daughter has hair similar to yours—-fine strands but extremely dense. She can either use conditioner in the shower or a leave in conditioner but never both. When she uses both, she ends up with undefined curls and massive frizz, no matter what she does.”
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