DevaCurl

[ridethelightning]

My hair is straight/naturally wavy. I let my friend (a stylist) try out her DevaCurl products on me, and I loved them. But, they're not cheap. Do any of you have any suggestions of alternatives or any tips on no/low poo washing? My hair is thick, fine, and oily.

Here's my hair blow dried straight:

[ridethelightning]

Here is the DevaCurl:

[stingsharkruns]

no suggestions - i've never heard of deva curl.. but I really like your hair in the 2nd picture.

I'm currently pouting over the fact that I chopped all my hair off. I miss my long hair.damnit

[ridethelightning]

And here's my hair air dried:

[ridethelightning]

Yeah in the second one I love it, but as you can see in the 3rd, my usual "curly" routine is no bueno.

[otterama]

Do you use a diffuser with your blow dryer?

[ridethelightning]

Jan 2, 2013 15:15:28 GMT -5 otterama said:

Do you use a diffuser with your blow dryer?

No, I don't even own one. Do you buy one that fits a blow dryer, or do you have to buy one that has one already on it?

[StellarSailor]

I loved that no poo too. I use baking soda and vinegar now because its cheaper. I've only been doing it for about 3 weeks though.

You should also get a diffuser. I like the detachable bowl. I can't PIP but google it. Also, YouTube pixiecurl method. I've been blow drying my hair like that for years.

Hope this helps. FWIW, I've found YouTube to be my best friend when experimenting.

[charitylynne79]

Never heard of the hair. I just scrunch my hair with gel to get the scrunched look since I have curly hair and let it air dry. I find that a diffuser makes my hair pouffy too so I skip that route.

[highfive]

I have curly hair too and really like the DevaCurl products but it is on the expensive side for me so I just get whatever curl styling products I feel like trying out at the time.

Stellar-thanks for your recommendations, my diffuser sucks. I found a helpful video about the pixiecurl method. I'll have to try that.

[gogreengowhite]

I use: curly hair solutions-curl keeper

Devacare no-poo and devacare anGEL.

I know it's expensive but you can totally tell the difference.

Ulta sells the devacare line and you can use the 20% off coupons.

[gogreengowhite]

You can also find all three products on amazon for good prices.

[StellarSailor]

I've heard so much about curl keeper but the really big bottle on amazon is, like, $30+.

How much hair do you have?
Is it thick/fine?
How long did a bottle last?

Please and thank you.:)

[alabasterangel]

Surrender! Go to keratin and relax them! Be smooth and soft!

[glw]

DevaCurl didn't make any difference for me, so I'm back to the cheapy Tresemme products.

I do use a large diffuser every day, if my hair air dries it's frizzy and flat on top.

[charitylynne79]

Jan 2, 2013 15:20:42 GMT -5 ridethelightning said:

Jan 2, 2013 15:15:28 GMT -5 otterama said:

Do you use a diffuser with your blow dryer?

No, I don't even own one. Do you buy one that fits a blow dryer, or do you have to buy one that has one already on it?

There are some that come with the diffuser that comes off or you can buy a universal diffuser for your hair dryer.