Ouidad Advanced Climate Control Heat & Humidity Gel

I have difficult hair. Texture runs from fine to coarse (finer hair on crown and canopy, coarse hair on the lower sections). I also have a LOT of hair. Curl pattern ranges from almost straight to s-waves to medium corkscrew/ringlet curls. For porosity, most of my hair is low porosity, although the coarser bottom layer has some medium-porosity strands. Given that my hair has such great variation, it’s really hard to find products that work for my entire mane.This gel works GREAT for my hair! My best approach for styling has been leave-in conditioner plus lightweight curl cream plus gel that dries to a cast, which I then scrunch out once dry. This gel is wonderful for that. I still experience small amounts of halo frizz (practically unavoidable with my hair. Since the topmost layer is finer, the strands that grow straighter on top refuse to join curl families. If I attempt to finger-curl those baby flyaways they might stay together, but will be practically straight). But overall, gel hold is really good and works over at least two days (I’m on day 3 today- still have some nice bouncy curls despite minimal refresh). This gel doesn’t leave my hair feeling dry or limp, so it works in my routine to maintain my ideal protein/moisture balance levels.Also, I’m highly sensitive to fragrance, especially floral scents. I was concerned when I opened my trial-size bottle to break the seal. It was a mild scent, but definitely floral. I needn’t have been worried though. The fragrance isn’t heavy, and completely disappeared once my hair was dry and I scrunched out the gel cast.On days I’m looking for springier curls, this is quickly going into regular rotation. My other almost-holy-grail product (verb foaming gel) works best for softer/tamer curlsFor background: despite trying multiple approaches and various levels of fidelity to the curly-girl method, I’ve found my best bet is to find products that work for my hair, no matter whether they include forbidden ingredients. Despite having self-admitted difficult hair, it’s extremely tolerant to sulfates and water-soluble silicones. The strict curly girl method was a complete fail for my hair over the 1-2 years+ I attempted it. I’ve spent the past few years trying various products to see what works for me.

It was a bit expensive, but the results are wonderful, especially if your hair is not pin straight in humid weather. Has a great hold without making your hair look hard. It has a soft look, and controls frizz for curry hair wonderfully.

This product is a miracle in a bottle! This is the only product I have ever found that prevents my curly/wavy hair from getting frizzy or big in the Kentucky humidity. Even on days when it is so humid that my skin is covered in dew from the moisture in the air, my hair is still completely controlled and curls defined. It does get a little crispy when the wet hair dries, but scrunching it breaks the crunch up without frizzing it.

Great product! Holds curls not stiff leaves har soft and no frizz!

So i heard about this gel from a youtuber teaching about her curly routine and i had to try it because her hair looked too good. Well safe to say it was her best kept secret because this stuff is fantastic. Holds shape well and if you scrunch it to get the crunchiness out you will still have those beautiful curls. Very lightweight as well, you can’t even tell you put gel on. I can’t smell anything with this either, so it’s not like perfumey or anything. Got this in a travel size, will get in full size once i run out!

This product regularly gets rave reviews, and I don't doubt it works for people with a certain kind of hair. But for people like me with wavy, fine, low porosity hair? It's failed me just like every other gel that claims to "lock out humidity". I live in Michigan where it generally feels like a sauna for at least two to three months out of the year. Now this gel works wonders on my hair under normal conditions. Leaves it defined with a soft hold... But when I step outside on July on a day with 98% humidity? Frizz city.So if you're lucky enough to have more robust strands, this might work wonders for you. Though I dare say there are cheaper brands that would work just as well for you. But for anyone with baby fine hair like mine? Don't expect this to work any better than all the other gels that have come before it.

I have frizzy curly hair and this helps bring down frizz

Pretty sure I was given a return with water. It’s very very thin and watery. It didn’t have any stickiness when used. I used quite a large amount and didn’t even creat any kind of cast. Very disappointed since I hear great things about this product.