CURLSMITH - Curl Defining Styling Soufflé - Vegan Medium Hold Styling Gel

I read the reviews and gave it a try. Why the hell not? I've spent a FORTUNE over the years looking for the "one" product that actually works. This is it! It has a pleasant smell, very mild, and its not sticky at all, a nice kind of slick texture. I wash, then spray my hair wet again, apply leave in conditioner & squish, then I apply the styling souffle by Curlsmith and again squish, squish and curl shapes start. I let is mostly air dry and then squish curls w/my dryer and then an under the hair shake out. OMG... my curls are defined and it really takes down the frizz level. AND.... throughout the day I have to walk between different locations and usually come back a bit frizzy. I just get my hands wet, slide them over my curls, and the frizz is gone and stays gone!!! I've always done this to reactivate the product and it worked for a while but frizzed up again. Not now... the curls are nicely shaped, defined and pretty much frizz free. I HIGHLY recommend you just buy the small size to try it out. I know not every product works with everyones curl type, but this one is just amazing and I've tried soooooooooooooooo many... serum, mousse, cream, gel and more. If you've got curly hair I know you have too. I'd start with this styling souffle. I just got the spray curl reactivator and morning just hand dampened my hair, sprayed it in and added a very light touch of the styling souffle and curls look pretty damn good without the air fluff, etc. Enjoy my curly sisters and brothers!!!

Smells really sent-sational but still not perfumey. Light & fruity, rosy. Delish! I actually have the softest, cleanest feeling hair with spirals now. Doesn’t feel heavy or crispy at all. As an adult I am normally a straight/wavy girl but was born with curly hair. Here I used the product following a scrunch with a reflex serum (by another brand,) along with a bounce curl type brush for curl definition. (No mousse) and I was left with a nice glossy & bouncy result the very first time. I have noted that it has all of those great nourishing ingredients like rosemary, sage, babassu oil, shea butter, castor oil, and aloe vera. (But c’mon, how is it so featherweight still?) 🥇 This product gets my vote! Try it out.

This product is nice enough. I get the feeling that I've not really unlocked its full potential. I have thin, low porosity hair that ranges from 2B to 3A. It took a LOT of trying different methods to get be able to use this product without ending up with crispy, piece-y waves. I would say this is not for low-maintenance hairstyles. It definitely wants hair to be pretty wet when its used, though I can get away with only about a nickel size amount on all my hair. Then I use a denman brush to shape my waves before diffusing. I have never had much luck air drying with this product or simply scrunching. The smell is very pleasant and I do feel like it offers a strong hold, and the cast scrunches right out when dried, provided I didn't use too much. My hair tends to be frizzy and this helps to an extent. I first bought the smallest size and it lasted me a good long while, so while it is expensive I do feel like I got my money's worth. This time I got the larger size and I was extremely disappointed to discover upon arrival that the product had opened up in the envelope and squirted out. I lost a good inch off the top. For something that costs $40, I would have hoped there would at LEAST be some kind of guard against that. Heck even a piece of tape over the lid would have sufficed. I have to wonder if it was a used product to not have even one of those removable tabs under the lid. That's mainly why I knocked off a star.

Perfect gel cast hold that doesn't leave my hair heavy, hard, or looking like it is wet. My hair has never looked so shiny or bouncy, it does such a great job at getting the initial cast I need for my hair to dry and is probably the best gel I have used in terms of breaking the cast and being left with a soft bouncy curl. In the past with other gels I have struggled to break the cast and this gel does not make it difficult at all. After using this gel I went from only lasting 3-4 days to easily almost 8-9 with great looking curls and almost no retouches. The application feels gross at first on your hands, it almost feels like alcohol and very drying on the hands/hair but does not actually have a drying affecting on the hair. If anything it feels like my hair is more hydrated and voluminous after using it. No strong smells. Overall very happy with the gel! You don't have to use a lot either. —— Coming back one YEAR later to say the 16 oz bottle I purchased on July 31st 2024 has just ran out on June 7th 2025. This stuff is amazing! An entire bottle lasted 1 year with my hair being hip length

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It comparison to the Curlsmith air dry cream, this is definitely a step down. I don't find the holder much stronger and it smells awful. Airdry cream is also conditioning. I am glad I bought it on big sale so it was not big waste of money. I will use it but will not repurchase.

I have a mix of all of the Type 2 curls. I have fine hair that usually frizzes out of control. I used to live somewhere where soft water was a thing, now I live somewhere where it’s only hard water. This curlsmith soufflé is the best product I’ve ever used for my hair. 1. A little goes a long way, LESS IS MORE. 2. It MUST be applied to sopping wet hair - in the shower or re-wet over the sink. I starting using more of this product because I changed up my routine in the morning - and my hair started to look thin and like I had 4 curls on my head. Randomly one day I decided to stop using this, but as my hair started to frizz out of control, I was like ok I’ll just re-wet and use a little to control the frizz and I what I ended up with was the nicest, softest, fuss-free curls. For fine hair, the key really is to use 50% less than you think you need then go from there. And your hair must be sopping wet. With these 2 tricks, I don’t even get a cast or have to crunch, it’s just perfect as soon as it’s dried - with all of my separate curls, a bunch of volume, and no frizz! I have tried Innersense curl cream and I can’t get it to do what this product does, so for me this product wins. Though I do prefer Innersense shampoo and conditioner…

Best hair products I’ve ever used. I love them all. My curls have never looked this good and I’ve tried alot of curl products. It’s a little on the expensive side for buying all 3 products but after using them and getting no frizz they are worth it to me.

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This deserves more than 5 stars tbh. I have lots of wavy, fine strands of hair. My wave is probably 2a but is very inconsistent and hard to give body to. Using this as per the instructions gives me consistent and resilient waves that are more like 2b. Best piece of advice I can give: DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE CAST. This product is SUPPOSED to make your curls stiff and crispy; with just 10 minutes of scrunching out when your hair is dry, the cast will disappear. Think of it like a plaster-cast that helps form the shape of the curls beneath that you then break away. I have very fine hair that gets greasy super quickly, but this cast comes out perfectly in my hair with no lingering product. You would never even know it had been there. Even more amazingly — yesterday I went walking on a windy beach, slept on my hair during the night, and my waves were still perfect the next day. This is unheard of. I have never liked my hair, it is messy and frizzy and fine and the waves seem random and can't be easily tamed. Honestly this gives me the hair I've always wanted. I can't find a single fault with it. Worth the price 100%, I promise.

It smells great and all, but if you want something to help hold your curls better this is not it. This also has a very weird texture that feels almost dry and it leaves flakes over your curls. I will not be buying again

Premetto che ho sempre investito sui miei ricci ma mai un prodotto mi ha resa completamente soddisfatta. Questo gel mi ha convinta al 100% e’ fantastico!!!! Un unico prodotto che ha reso i ricci definiti lucidi ed idratati senza appesantire assolutamente il capello. Consiglio vivamente 🔝⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The product is way over priced for the tiny size.