Best of both worlds...

[Kurlee]

So, I finally stop wearing braids and i've been experimenting with my natural 4a hair a bit longer than shoulder. I jus wanna know can i have curl definition that actually feels soft and looks good. It seems like a product will give me great definiton and crunch or feel heavenly and look like crap! Any suggestions. I use kccc but its leaves me crunchy, i tried adding glycerin to the mix, with no luck

Any suggestions???
TIA

 

[Tene]

I agree it seems like the ones that do define curls real good leaves your hair crunchy. Kccc defines my curls nice but it leaves a sticky residue sometimes. I thought I was the only one with that problem. A couple things that defines my curls real good without the crunch is redken ringlet, Qhemet Honeybush Hair Tea, and Jessicurl confident coils. I also just got some curly custard, ginger gel-o from long lovely locks. I'll be trying those out soon, but if you ever order from her make sure through curlmart. Another I use to do to keep from my hair getting crunchy was putting coconut oil on first and then putting the gel or whatever over top of that.

 

[Cheleigh]

Have you tried just using a creamy leave-in conditioner or not rinsing all the conditioner out after a CW? Shaking my hair after the CW actually does a good job of curl definition too. The lower the manipulation of my hair after I CW, the better my curl definition.

I'm thinking about using gel more often only because I want some sunscreen protetion and I want my hair to stay damp a little longer at the sun gets hotter. But my hair has more frizz because I needed to manipulate it to get the gel in my hair, and my curls are actually smaller with gel than without it. I use the blue fantasia along with a creamy leave-in underneath and I have no crunch in most areas and a very light crunch (easily scrunched out if I want to) in a few spots.

 

[Kurlee]

Thanks for the responses so far ladies, keep em coming!! Fantasia gives me good defintion, but it feels really dry, i usually use knot today as a leave in or elucence, i'll try the coconut oil thing, cuz i have it stockpiled and didn't know what to do with it (lol)