Curl Enhancing Gels

Here are some curl enhancing gels I reviewed:

Smaster's Technique- Consistently Awesome Hair Technique...

Smaster's type styling is where you add product after diffusing or air drying part of the way. Most people use wet/damp hands before adding more product to prevent frizz. The say do this and the magic happens, spirals appear everywhere! It also breaks up the gel cast without frizzing, allowing the hair to be exposed to air and dry faster.

You put half of your hair product in, dry it halfway, then add the other half. For instance, half of your gel, dry it halfway, then add curl enhancer for the other half. Or you can try using all your product and styling as normal, drying halfway, and then adding a tiny bit of curl enhancer, gel, or kccc. That is what I did here. I styled as normal, then added a little bit of AIA curling jelly with damps hands. Look at these awesome spirals for just sitting in the hooded dryer a few minutes then air drying the rest of the way. I never get this much without diffusing.

Here's my video demo of the method:

These are the threads where I learned about the technique:

http://www.naturallycurly.com/curltalk/general-discussion-about-curly-hair/92240-consistently-awesome-hair-technique.html

http://www.naturallycurly.com/curltalk/general-discussion-about-curly-hair/172454-smasters-technique-question-s.html

This is the blog where I learned about it:
http://pedaheh.blogspot.com/2012/04/before-and-after-curly-girl-method.html?m=1

Raquel's Favorite CG Products

Favorite CG Products (These are how they react to my hair and are suggestions only)


Cowashes (Massage the scalp only to cleanse, unless you think the rest needs extra cleansing, very dry or tighter curls should only cowash) Cowashing frequently can overcondition less dry hair types. Now that my hair is low porosity they are mostly too heavy, they were perfect when I was high porosity with highlights.


Suave naturals (good scalp cleanse, can massage better)

Vo5 (Lighter, can’t massage as well for me.)

Dilute cowashes if your curls get overconditioned or weighed down, switch to sulfate free shampoo or water massaging of the scalp. If you are oily, try add baking soda (more abrasive or granulated sugar.)

As I Am Coconut Cowash Cleansing Conditioner, 16 Ounce- Favorite cowash of many, was my favorite when I was high porosity. Cleans very well, but it is thick and very moisturizing, castor oil can build up though.

DevaCare No-Poo No-Fade Zero Lather Cleanser 12 oz (Best cowash to prevent build up)
DevaCurl No-Poo Decadence 12oz  (Best moisturizing cowash to prevent build up)
 
Shampoos- I mostly low poo and use clarifying shampoos now. Occasionally use clarifying shampoo on the scalp only if you used silicones or have build up or if you get weighed down easily. I have got an itchy scalp from build up and hard water, so I clarify to get rid of it.


Clarifying/transitioning shampoos: (These will strip they have milder sulfates, only use to transition or clarify something out, or if you get weighed down easily)


Gud shampoo-Has a milder sulfate-moderate cleanse


Kinky Curly Come Clean Natural Moisturizing Shampoo Sulfate Free 8 oz -Has a milder sulfate-moderate cleanse


Eden tea tree shampoo- Has a milder sulfate, deeper cleanse


Trader Joe’s Tea Tree Tingle Has a milder sulfate, deeper cleanse


Ion Hard water shampoo -Clarify the hard water, or to remove build up/itchy scalp feeling. Deepest cleanse.


CG approved gentle cleansers (Low Poo):


Shea Moisture Raw Shea Retention Shampoo-13 oz-More lather a better clean


Shea Moisture Coconut and Hibiscus Curl and shine-less lather, ok on me


Raw Curls cleansers- Gentle on me, wavy is more cleansing


Maple Holistics- Very gentle


Rinse out conditioners (Condish):


Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Moisture Restorative Conditioner- Most Moisturizing (Shea is heavier don’t use much on finer/low porosities types.) Rinse out completely.


Shea Moisture Coconut and Hibiscus Curl and Shine Conditioner- More Moisturizing, rinse out completely.


Deva Curl - Awesome for everyone to try except protein sensitive, can get producty for some.
Deva Devacurl One Condition Conditioner
DevaCurl OneCondition Decadence (12.0) (More Moisture)

Raw Curls Conditioner- Very moisturing, use hardly any a quarter or half dollar or less, makes hair shiny and give volume and no frizz, no producty feeling. Leave it all in on me.


GVP Conditioning balm (Sally’s)- I LOVE THIS. HG. Good for anyone. Good moisture for all hair types except maybe the highest porosites, Deep moisture for low to medium porosity, great slip for detangling. I leave all this conditioner in my hair.


Yes to Carrots- Leave it all in


Tresseme Botanique- Moderate moisture, good on anyone, except protein sensitive, I leave itr all in


Naturelle Biotera Ultra Color Care Conditioner 13.5 oz Silicone & Paraben Free - I leave it all in, medium moisture
Nature's Gate Hair Defense Conditioner - Pomegranate Sunflower - 18 oz - I leave it all in, light but moisturing

Raw Curls Wavy swavy is so light for volume but has moisture, no shea butter, perfect for wavies, but also fine or low porosities to try (leave it all in)


Suave naturals-Not much moisture


Vo5-Least moisturizing


Leave in conditioner: (Any conditioner can be a leave in, fine wavy types may not need it at all and will be weighed down by it)


FAVORITE LEAVE IN: Leaving all my rinse out conditioner in, adding more or another leave in on top of that for extra moisture if the hair is frizzing and not clumping wet. You can try rinsing it all out or rinsing and adding more ears down as well.


Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Style Milk- lighter than the smoothie (Heavy on low/med porosity due to the shea). This is my HG leave in. It has emollients like shea butter that smooth and seal the cuticle, but it could be heavy and build up on finer, low porosity, or less dry types.


Shea Moisture Curl enhancing smoothie- more moisture, heavier Leave/Styler/Curl enhancer combo may work if you’re higher porosity or a tighter curl. It is my HG cream in the winter or with fresh highlights. I use the milk under it.


GVP conditioning balm- Medium to heavy but light moisture


Kinky-Curly Knot Today Leave In Conditioner/Detangler - 8 oz - I LOVE this now. HG leave in for the curly girl method, medium moisture on me, not heavy, very volumizing, good for anyone to try but not very moisturizing on high porosity hair. Hum,ectants are great on low prosity or fine hair. I think too much humectants made me frizz when I was higher porosity.


As I Am Leave In- Similar to KCKT, cheaper and not a volumizing on me.


DevaCurl B'Leave-In curl Boost and Volumizer 6 oz-Love it!! Gives me giant ringlets and light volumizing moisture with a touch of a gel feeling.


Tresseme Botanique- Medium moisture


Suave naturals- Lighter, low moisture


Vo5-Lightest, least moisture


Sealer: (Oil over leave in to lock in moisture longer to prevent frizz and wash and refresh less, I refresh with this too use in the LOC or LOG method-Leave in, oil gel for weaker or less dry curls and LOC liquid oil cream for tighter dryer curls)


(Now that I am leaving all my conditioner in and have low porosity roots, I don’t need these now and they weigh my hair down.)


Coconut oil- Very moisturizing, Makes me oily if I use too much in the summer, some use it a lot, try the tips first. Loved it last winter to seal and refresh. Too heavy for me now that I am low porosity.


Shea Moisture Raw Shea Elixir- Spray oil, more moisturizing, can use it like a serum or a spray heavier. Too heavy for me now.


Shea moisture Coconut and Hibiscus Moisture Moist- Lighter refreshing spray if you don’t have too fine of hair because of the shea butter. Too heavy for me now.


Shea moisture Tahitian and Noni high shine glosser- Lighter oils and no shea butter but has a lot of coconut oil if that is greasy on you avoid…Medium texture curls could try this. I refresh with this often now. Can be heavy on me now.


Jobaba oil- All hair types-like your own hair oil-moderate level seal (online or at organic stores), Light. Low porosities like it.


Grapeseed oil- Light, heavier than jojoba (Online/organic stores) I used to refresh with this more often now. It made me greasy if I use too much though. Too heavy now. Low porosity, coarse textures love this.


Sunflower oil- the lightest penetrating oil I have tried, awesome refreshing oil, especially in the summer. I use it for or deep conditioning now. Light penetrating oil.


Argan Oil- The only oil I really use now. Very light, nice to refresh if you are frizzing bad.


Raw Curls Oil- Light oil mixture, very nice to SOTC, not too heavy. Has broccoli seed oil for shine.


Curl enhancer: (for curls to clump, use harder gel over it)


Kinky Curly Curl Custard Gel, 8 oz -HG curl enhancing gel. LOVE IT!!


Flax seed gel, the best clumpiest lightweight, antihumectant but good on anyone (Make it, order it on Etsy or get Jessicurl rocking ringlets), wavies love it.


Ecostyler- good if your curls are tighter or healthier, I didn’t make me curl in the beginning when my hair was straighter, mostly a curl clumper. The protein and glycerin causes many to frizz.


Shea moisture Gel Souffle- Heaviest, Vegetable Glycerin, Flax seed oil, Coconut oil, only use over very moisturized hair or you will look greasy. Very potent, use a pea size or less to try. Just seal the tips to try at first I suggest it only for tighter curls than mine unless its just the tips. It acts as a curl enhancer and sealer on me.


Fructis Garnier Pure Clean Gel- Ok for clumping


Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing smoothie-Leave in styler combo, more of a cream than a leave in, heavy, can weigh my curls down. Try if curl pattern is type 3a or above if your hair likes shea. Use sparingly at first.


Uncle Funky’s Daughter Curl Magic Stimulator- Very clumping and makes hair shiny


Curl Junkie Pattern Pusha Hair Styling Gel - 16 oz-Clumping and can use alone


MopTop - Curly Hair Custard Citrus Kumquat - 8 oz. - Cluming with hold, can use alone.


Hard hold gel (HHG):


La looks sports gel (The best, cheapest gel to find)


La Looks Extreme Spikes- My FAVORITE


Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee- Very, very strong use a tiny amount


Beyond the ZONE Bada Bing gel- LOVE it, it feels like a mixture of La Looks and BRHG.


Deva Arc Angel- Nice light hard hold, no frizz without the crunch, air dies well.


Raw Curls Firm Gel- Soft hold for HHG, air dries well and give slight curl enhancement with no crunch, not a ton of hold if you need more, it is enough for me.

Spiralicious- HHG on fine or low porosity

Moderate hold gel: (I preferred hard hold for good curls, but these are lighter if you need to work up to hard hold gel or hate crunch)


Herbal Essence totally twisted- softer hold


Fructis Style Pure Clean Gel- softer hold, clumps curls too, cleaner feeling, low hold


Uncle Funky’s Daughter Curl Magic Stimulator- Very clumping and makes hair shiny


Curl Junkie Pattern Pusha Hair Styling Gel - 16 oz-Clumping


Mop Top Curling Custard- Clumping decent hold


Ecostyler- Many use this as a HHG. Not hard on me. Hard on some finer types The protein and glycerin causes many to frizz.


Serums:


Curl Keeper- Gets rid of frizz and promotes definition, block frizz in the summer if you’re not glycerin sensitive,


Ky or lube- Curl Keeper dupe, some/many don’t like it as much as curl keeper


Original Moxie Hold Up Serum- Prevents frizz, makes curls shiny.


Curl creams (Heavier, more moisture):


Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing smoothie- Thicker, Shea and coconut oil high porosities


Eden All natural curl defining cream- Moderate- Coconut oil, Vegetable oil, Aloe Vera juice, Cetyl Alcohol, less shea


Cantu Coconut Curling Cream- Lighter, Canola oil, Glycerin, Cetearyl alcohol, less shea


Camille Rose Aloe Whipped Butter Gel- Light, good for wavy and low porosity


DevaCurl Creams- My HG, I LOVE these! The only creams I use now.


Deep conditioning treatments (DT):


Moderate/high porosities:


Shea Moisture Organic Raw Shea Butter Deep Treatment Hair Masque-deep moisture, argan oil- High porosities (May have to low poo out if you look oily) My HG when I was high porosity.


Shea Moisture Superfruit Complex- Cetyl alcohol, Vegetable Glycerin, Moderate moisture


Shea moisture, Tahitian noni and monio, added proteins for damaged hair


Low/Medium porosities or finer/thinner hair:


SheaMoisture Manuka Intensive Masque-My favorite DT now.
Curl Junkie Rehab- Awesome for LP hair

GVP with honey and coconut oil mixed in (go easy with the honey or it will be stuck in there) add olive oil for more moisture


Anyone's hair:


Easy/cheap DT for anyone coconut oil, condish, honey and add olive oil if you need more moisture and greek yogurt or an egg for protein. Don’t cook the egg...lol Could happen using a shower cap.


Combine DTs above as needed


PT-Protein Treatment: (good to repair bleach/straightening/brushing/long hair life damage and some finer types love it to create thicker feeling hair and volume.)

Aphogee Two Step Protein Treatment- Has cones, clarify with a stronger low poo to get them out.

Knox PT treatment from Sciency hair blog-1 pkg. Knox gelatatin mixed into 1/4-1/2 cup water microwaved steaming hot water. Mix in tresseme naturals, coconut oil, agave or honey. Let sit on hair 5 min and up to 1hr for bleach/heat damage, add heat if extremely damaged.


I have added Knox straight into my rinse out masque and did a PT that way. Let it sit 20 min.


Try adding an egg or greek yogurt to DTs for added protein. If it gets hard after, it could be protein overload. If it helps and makes the curls tighter, you retain moisture better, and you are less frizzy your hair likes the extra protein.


http://science-yhairblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/gelatin-protein-treatment-recipe-update.html

Squish to Condish Method (STC)

This method promotes curl clumping formation and helps you with dryness and allows for better hydration. It seals the cuticle and allows you to use less leave in product.


Basically cup your hands with water to scrunch out your rinse out and don't rinse out all of your conditioner. Your hair should feel like seaweed. If you feel dry and your curls aren't clumping, add more conditioner and rescrunch as needed. Use a cheaper conditioner like SN to scrunch with if you are using a lot of conditioner. I do this and add more rinse out and I do not hardly ever use a true leave in any more. :)


http://www.thereoncewasacurl.com/blog/squish-to-condish

http://youtu.be/oDi0OvYSgSA

Wavy Suggestions

RO- GVP CB or Tresseme Undone
Cowash- SN or AIA
Low Poo- SM
LI- KCKT
Enhancer- KCCC, Rocking Ringlets, AG Recoil, FSG
HHG- LA Looks Sports gel or BRHG
Tresseme Undone Line

Apply on damp hair, not soaking wet, ears down to get volume.



Diffuse for volume.

The LOCG, LOC, LOG, and LCO Methods to Lock in Moisture

LOC Method~ Locks in Moisture on dry types. L (Liquid or water/Leave in), O-Oil, C- Cream. The oil seals in the leave in. The cream seals in the oil and smooths out the cuticle. The leave in is usually water based. The oil can be an oil or solid form oil-a butter. The cream can be a anything creamy. Some use conditioner that is creamy. I use creams with emollients like shea butter because they make a film, soften the cuticle, and lock in my moisture. Curls are nothing but water and protein. Just like your body need water, your hair does too. Not too much and not too little. Dry curls need moisture or they will be limp.

Styling:

LOCG- I do this in the winter to lock in moisture on my weaker waves. L-Leave in/Liquid, O-Oil, C-cream, G-Gel. I use SM milk, Coconut oil, SM Smoothie, LALSG. I need the gel to define my weaker waves but many tighter curlies don't need the extra step.

LOG- I do this in the summer to seal in my moisture. I don't need the cream in the summer because there's more moisture in the air. SM milk, Sunflower oil or grapeseed (lighter oils because I am less dry and coconut is too oily in the summer), KCCC, and LALSG. The smoothie made me oily in the summer and was too much moisture.

LCO- Some low porosities do Liquid/leave in, Cream, to pack the moisture into the hair, then seal with oil because it forms a hydrophobic barrier to lock in the moisture. You have to play with both methods to see which works best for you.

Refreshing:

I use LOG to refresh using what I need: using water, leave in, oil, and gel as needed. I wet and smooth the cuticle down and don't spray it because my hair type gets frizzy because it agitates my hair and cause friction and fractionates my curls and causes frizz. The cream makes me weighed down and sticky, so I get less days and I only use it as needed in extreme frizz situations. I can refresh 3-4 days if I am fortunate now.

If you need extra moisture you can refresh with LOCG if you need though. You could play with LCO too.

If you are low porosity or finer, you might not need the extra oil sealing steps. Or you can try just a couple drops of jojoba, sunflower, or grapeseed oil or you might not need any at all.

LOCG Demo:

Places to Find CG products

Sallys~SM,Eco,GVP CB,AIA
Walmart~SM,AIA,LAL,
Target~SM,AIA,LAL
Whole Foods~KC, oils
Trader Joe's~Condish and oils
Amazon~Anything and oils
Ulta~Lot's of goodies. I will explore more of it soon.
HEB- Mop Top

http://m.iherb.com/Bath-Beauty Nature's Gate, Andalou Naturals

http://m.vitacost.com/categories/body-and-shower-products

http://www.curlmart.com/

http://www.soap.com/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetCurlsElixirs (FSG)

Ulta -- Deva Curl
Amazon, Target online -- DevaCurl for much cheaper
Whole Foods -- Kinky Curly, Nature's Gate, and tons of other CG lines
Trader Joe's
TJMAX -- Nature's Gate, Andalou Naturals, Shea Moisture
Marshall's -- Nature's Gate, Andalou Naturals

Google search the curlmart coupon.
http://www.retailmenot.com/view/curlmart.com?c=5747515

Sign up for the Sally's beauty card and email. It's free if you're military I believe. Get rewards and coupon sent to your e-mail. Google the monthly coupons.

Google the Ulta coupons or sign up for rewards for coupons. I love the $3.5 off a $10 purchase coupon.

Curl Enhancers and Curl Definers

Enhancers- Enhance or create curls

Rocking Ringlets- Use generously (good for protein sensitive)

KCCC- Use sparingly (glycerin free)

FSG- Use generously  (glycerin free)

SM Curling Souffle- Use sparingly, heavy with oil

Ecostyler- Use generously, curl clumper (protein and glycerin heavy)

Mop Top Custard- Use Sparingly

AG Recoil- A wavy Favorite

Definers- Defines ones already there making them clump and be less frizzy

SM Smoothie- Very heavy, frizz fighting, can build up

DevaCurl Super Cream- Use sparingly, only a few pumps or less, unless very thick, coarse or curly, very volumizing and curl enhancing

DevaCurl Styling Cream- Lighter cream

Camille Rose Aloe Whipped Butter Gel- Medium cream, has castor oil

Eden Curl Creme- SM Smoothie almost dupe, has more coconut oil

Product Suggestions and Styling Based on Porosity, Thickness and Curl Pattern

Product Suggestions Based on Porosity and Density

A lot of curlies and wavies struggle with CG because they are picking the wrong products for their hair type. You must take the time to learn you hair properties. If you are a fine haired wavy loading your hair up with Shea butter, heavy conditioner and oil constantly, you are going to eventually have product build up and greasy limp waves or curls. Here's my suggestions based on your hair type. Of course, CG is all trial and error and I cannot guarantee they will work for you, but I can give you an experienced guess.

These are listed in order of lightest to heaviest based on my research.

Cowashes (using conditioner to cleanse the hair): 
Vo5
Suave Naturals (the one for a dollar)
Your regular conditioner
Yes to Carrots
Eden BodyWorks Cowash
DevaCurl No Poo
Devacurl Decandence No Poo
As I Am Cowash (has castor cil, could build up)
Camille Rose Caramel Cowash

You can use ANY conditioner to cleanse the hair, but conditioners advertised as cowashes have more cleansing properties.

Low Poo (occasional use for build up)
All Shea Moisture Shampoos
DevaCurl Low Poo
Eden Tea Tree Tingle (clarifying, use sparingly)
Kinky Curly Come Clean (very clarifying)
Ion Hard Water Shampoo (for those with hard water)

Conditioners (Rinse Out):

All hair types
Tresseme Undone (May be too light for coarser/porous types)
Tresseme Naturals
Yes to Carrots
Nature's Gate Pomagrante and Sunflower
Generic Value Matrix Biolage Conditioning Balm from Sally's (has parabens)Tresseme Naturals
DevaCurl One Condition

For higher porosities and densities, leave in all the conditioner and do not rinse it out or just rinse the roots. Finer/wavy types can rinse it all out or rinse out or add more ears down or away from the roots down.

Fine/Thin Hair or Low Porosity

Suave Naturals
Tresseme Undone
Tresseme Naturals (the avocado oil in it may weigh down very fine haired wavies)
Generic Value Matrix Biolage Conditioning Balm from Sally's (has parabens)
DevaCurl One Condition

Coarse/Thick Hair or High Porosity

Tresseme Naturals
Yes to Carrots
DevaCurl One Condition
DevaCurl Decadence One Condition
All Shea Moisture Conditioners and Masques
Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Restorative Conditioner Conditioner

Leave in Conditioners:

You can leave your regular conditioner in as a leave in or after you rinse it all out, you can use it as your leave in. Or you may have better results adding a leave in to your routine, after rinsing out all the conditioner or adding more on top of your regular conditioner if you left it all in.

Medium Thickness or Normal Porosity
As I Am Leave In
Kinky Curly Knot Today Leave In
DevaCurl B' Leave In
Your Rinse Out Conditioner
Shea Moisture Milk (can be heavy on some textures)
Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil Leave in  (can be heavy on some textures)


Fine/Thin Hair or Low Porosity 
As I Am Leave In
Kinky Curly Knot Today Leave In
DevaCurl B' Leave In (can be heavy on fine wavies)
Camille Rose Coconut Water Leave in
Your Rinse Out Conditioner

If you are a fine wavy, you may not need a leave in. especially if your hair looks weighed down.

Coarse/Thick Hair or High Porosity
As I Am Leave In (may be too light)
Kinky Curly Knot Today Leave In (may be too light)
DevaCurl B' Leave In
Your Rinse Out Conditioner
Camille Rose Coconut Water Leave in (may be too light)
Shea Moisture Milk (lighter)
Camille Rose Moisture Milk
Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil Leave in

Creams (not needed for fine wavies...except possibly in the extreme cold, apply over your leave in)
DevaCurl Styling Cream (light, good for low porosity or finer types but also good for thick/porous)
DevaCurl Supercream (a little heavier, very volumizing)
Camille Rose Whipped Aloe Butter Gel
Eden BodyWorks Coconut Shea Curl Defining Curl Creme
Camille Rose Almond Jai Twisting Butter
Camille Rose Coconut Water Style Setter (has castor oil, great shine, can get heavy with too much)
Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie (heavie, forms up the curls and stops frizz)

Curl Enhancing Gels or Custards (use over leave in or creams)
Flax Seed Gel (FSG)- (homemade, can freeze and can customize with additional ingredients, awesome definition)
Jessicurl Rocking Ringlets (Similar to FSG, with lots of salt for curl enhancement)
Ecostyler (not exactly a curl enhancer, but gives good definition and curl clumping if your hair loves protein, it will tighter the curls)
Kinky Curl Custard (wavies love this stuff for curl enhancement tighter curlies love the definition)
Mop Top Custard (many like it better than Kinky Curly)
Shea Moisture Curling Souffle (heavier than Kinky Curly and too heavy for fine wavies good definition)

Gels (used over leave ins, cream, or curl enhancing gels, listed lighter to harder hold)
Ecostyler (protein heavy, light hold, type 2-4 hair)
DevaCurl Light Defining gel
GVP Sebastian Wet (great for finer hair that gets crunchy or weighed down easily type 2-3 hair)
Jessicurl Spiralicious (good for fine to normal types)
La Looks Nutra Curl (light hold)
La Looks Mega (medium hard hold, may be crunchy if you're very fine, or don't use much/very moisturizing leave in, mix (cocktail) with a lighter gel if you like, type 2-3 hair)
La Looks Sports gel (very hard hold, type 2-3 hair)
La Looks Extreme Spikes Gel (very very hard hold gel, type 2-3)
Beyond the Zone Bada Bing Gel (this feels like a mixture of La looks sports gel and Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee, clumps well)
Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee (extreme hard hold, wavies love this cocktailed with kinky curly custard for ultimate lightweight curl enhancement, hold and volume, it has protein which fine hair loves and holds the waves up, apply with wet hands and mix with another clumping or curl enhancing gel if you can't get it to clump well)

Mousse (not a huge fan of them because they don't have much hold so they don't provide much definition and don't fight frizz as well, but many fine wavies that do not have much frizz love them)
Herbal Essence Totally Twisted
DevaCurl Foam
Tresseme Sea Foam
Shea Moisture Fruit Fusion Coconut Water Mousse (has a drying alcohol, but is so moisturizing it didn't affect me...it's the only product I use with an alcohol and not often...this is the best mousse I have tried actually)

You can use mousse alone, over leave in or under gel for more volume without being weighed down by a cream.

You can layer products in these methods:
CO - Conditioner only (one product for cowash, leave in and styler)
M - Mousse
LG - Leave in and gel (the basics of the curly girl method, can leave all your regular conditioner in)
LM - Leave in and mousse
LC - Leave in and curl cream
LCG - Leave in, curl cream and gel
LCEG - Leave in, curl cream, curl enhancing gel and hard hold gel.
LO - Leave in and oil
LOC - Leave in, oil and curl cream
LOCG - Leave in, oil, curl cream and gel
LOG - Leave in, oil, gel
LEG - Leave in, enhancing gel, and hard hold gel
LMG - Leave in, mousse and gel
E- Enhancing gel (fine wavy types)
EG - Enhancing gel and hard hold gel (fine waives wanting curl enhancement and volume)