Curly hair gels – Everything you need to know

I’m using Taft – power activity gel now, but Syoss gel was very good too :))
Great tips as always! 🙂

Hi. I had chemically straightened my hair on this January. But now I want to get back my original curly hair. What should I do? How can I get back my curly hair now?

Hey Anjana..
Great blog.. Thank you so much for doing something so elaborate and specific about curly hair..
By the way how do you take care of your hair while you are on the road. Like with the wind.. Because if you leave your hair open, it will be a tangled mess. And if you put it up in a ponytail or in a bun, the hair band will leave a kink plus the curl pattern gets a bit weird..

Hey Anjana.
Have you tried Tresemme Curl Care Gel X Hold ?
What are your reviews..?
Do you think I should give it a try ?
My hair is type 2b/2c.

As of now I use Cantu shea butter curl activator, dove conditioner and shampoo . What do I change with respect to the products ?

Hello Anjana! 😊 I hope you are doing well. I love your hair a lot. I want to have the same frizz free curls as yours. Though I deep condition with banana-olive oil hair mask every week, still I am not getting rid of the frizz. I use ayush anti dandruff shampoo, loreal smooth intense conditioner and use it as leave-in also. And I use homemade flax seed gel. My hair gets really dry after the first day of hairwash. What should I do to get rid of frizziness and dryness?

Hi Anjana! I wanted to ask- Is there anything like too much gel? How to know if you have gone overboard? and is there anything we can do to correct it (other than washing all over again) ?

Hi Anjana! Thanks for this fantastic blog (Aurelia from Bounce referred me to this treasure trove!) I tried using gel for the first time today, and I’m wondering if I’ve used too little because I don’t seem to be getting any white cast even though its dry. My curls are defined and frizz free so no complaints really but just curious if I’m doing something wrong?? Using the Taft green with a hold of 6. I applied some Moroccan Oil as a leave in and plopped my hair after…

Anjana, thank you sooooo much for all of the information you’ve given us on this site. I’ve spent 3 days devouring it and have finally gotten the chance to put all of this to action on my ‘meh’ hair.

I’m FLOORED that it is curling up as much as it is. I wasn’t sure if I’d even get a good wave, much less a curl out of it (I’m starting to wonder if I’m a curly girl and not just a wavy girl!!) That said, I have a few questions:

1) Does it take your hair FOREVER to dry? Literally, my hair did NOT dry overnight last night. Then I realized I didn’t put enough product in, so i did the super soaker method to put more gel in and then diffused, but it’s taken me soooo long!!! (& I’m STILL not sure it’s dry. 😂 Could the gel make it still feel wet, even if it’s not?)

2) I’m scrunching and scrunching my hair, but it’s still feeling kind of stiff. Is this normal for using gel (versus using nothing), or is your hair ACTUALLY soft to the touch? (In which case I may have used TOO MUCH gel the second time around.)

3) Should my hair feel slightly sticky? It’s not ACTUALLY sticking to my hand and no product is in my hand, but I kind of feel a remnant of SOMETHING when I scrunch. Again, is this normal or does it mean I over-gelled?

4) I got a HORRIBLE haircut about a month ago. I requested 8” be taken and she took 14”. (Yes, I cried. For several days.) I still hate my hair and am trying to get used to it. Do you have any tips for someone with REALLY SHORT curly hair?(It’s an inverted bob. Just above my shoulders in front and at the nape of my neck in back. 🙁 )

Again, THANK YOU for how much time and patience and GENEROSITY you’ve put into this. You have helped COUNTLESS of us and I know I speak for us all when I say we can’t thank you enough!

Thanks Anjana, Can you suggest me a ultra fine conditioner that will be suitable for The body shop ginger Anti dandruff shampoo? I am using enliven raspberry conditioner presently. I am going for suplate free shampoo actually. But guess I can do that after I get rid of dandruff. I have ordered cantu Shea curl activator cream and L’Oréal home gel. Please suggest a ultra fine conditioner that will go with the shampoo

I’m a little confused. In your article about flaxseed gel you said to rake gel through hair with fingers but in this article you said and I quote “DO NOT rake/run fingers through your hair”. So which is it??

Hi Anjana,
How can I find out a hard hold gel from the list?

Hi Anjana,
I am new to the cg routine. My curls are 3a-3b type. Before too, I hardly ever used to use any heating tools since it used to dry my hair. I had never straitened or done any kind of treatment or coloured my hair. But all my life, I had used sulfates and silicons. Hence the hair was always frizzy and dry. Its only had been 3 months now that I had started cg. But for the past one month what I have noticed, that I am having tremendous hair fail to the extent that the scalp have started to show now. Now I have stopped using sulfates/parabens and silicons. And the hair fall had started. I am not sure what I am doing wrong?