well my loctician used thick and slick gel on my comb coils. I have pictures in my fotki. She used it to start my locs. Nice shine and smells pleasant (scent does fade). Now it has been almost 2 weeks and the only thing - it tends to flake after about 1.5 weeks. If you wet your hair more often sh/ not have that problem. I liked the way it holds as well. My hair has NOT unraveled with this stuff.