The best Curly Girl styling products for curly hair

Curly Girl styling is the technique for styling and caring for curly hair. With the right Curly Girl products, you will make sure your curls get the ultimate volume and nourishment they deserve. Curly Girl styling takes into account the unique and different types of curl types. Want to know which curl type you have? Then read our blog: The Curly Girl Method: everything you need to know.

Nourishing styling products for curls

With Curly Girl styling, the emphasis is on using moisturising and extra nourishing products and substances. The Curly Girl products that belong to Curly Girl styling provide extra nourishment and help define your curls, so your curls always get their maximum volume.

Avoid silicones and sulphates with Curly Girl styling

The Curly Girl Method is known for avoiding sulphates and silicones in hair products. This is no different with Curly Girl styling. All Curly Girl styling products are free of sulphates and silicones to prevent damage and dehydration.

To nourish your curls and prevent frizz, you will find many different Curly Girl styling products in our range. For example, one of our recommendations is a Curly Girl styling milk, such as:

• African Pride Moisturising milk
• Coconut & Hibiscus curl & shine hair masque
• Yari green curls deep treatment mask

For every kind of curl, a Curly Girl styling product

Every curl is different. That is why at A&F Cosmetics you will find a wide range of different Curly Girl styling products, with which you can keep testing and trying. So you will find different types of gel, including the African Pride Silky Edges Anti-Frizz Conditioning Gel, the Cantu Beauty moisturising twist & lock gel and the Pretty Curly Girl maxical flaxseed gel.

The most important thing when styling curls is experimentation. Every type of hair has different needs. Have you already tried several Curly Girl styling milk products? Then check out the Volume boost hair spray, the Design Essentials anti-frizz & moisturising finishing spray or the Pretty Curly Girl protein rosemary hydrosol. Still prefer to use a cream? Then our recommendations are the:

• Butter blend & Flaxseed jelly
• Yari Green curls light-hold cream gel
• Mielle rosemary mint daily styling cream
• Design Essentials natural almond & avocado curl defining cream gel

Styling curly hair in different ways

Styling your curls can be done in different ways. The Curly Girl method generally talks about 4 different methods. Each method lends itself to the use of different products. Thanks to our wide range of Curly Girl styling products, you can try out all methods with A&F Cosmetics and see what works best for your curls!

1. Scrunching curls for more volume

Scrunching is one of the best ways to create more volume in your curls. With scrunching, you can easily apply different products to achieve more volume and give your curls more definition. The best products to use when scrunching are:

• Pretty Girly Curl airy volume foam
• Design Essentials almond & avocado curl enhancing mousse
• Canto Beauty wave whip curling mousse

2. Prevent damaged hair from raking

When raking, apply the product to your hands. After this, ''comb'' your curls with your fingers, applying the product to your hair. Because you use your fingers, you avoid any damage to your hair caused by a brush or comb, and you can easily apply a mask or gel. Some of our favourite products for raking are the Mielle pomegranate & honey coil sculpting custard, the Curly Secret miracle styling foam and the Pretty Curly Girl strong hold gel.

3. Undisturbed curls with plopping

With plopping, you gather your wet curls on top of your head using a cotton T-shirt or pillowcase. But, there are other ways too! If you want to style your curls by plopping, it is important to have a microfibre towel. Curly hair can be damaged by a normal towel, but luckily at A&F Cosmetics we have a wide range of microfibre towels, such as the gentle curl towel.

When you use the plopping method, you don't use any products during the styling process itself. It is therefore important to use a leave-in product after washing. Depending on your type of curls, you can use:

• Babassu Quench leave-in curl primer
• Curly Secret curl candy leave-in
• Cantu Grapeseed leave-in strengthening repair cream
• Pretty Curly Girl protein heavy cream 2in1

4. Let curls dry naturally by airdrying

Believe it or not, but one of the best ways to style your curls is air. Air-drying your curls ensures that there are no brushes or towels to damage your hair. Also, products like the African Pride bouncy curls pudding, the Afrohair styling gel, the Aloe mint wake up refresher spray or the As I Am dry & itchy scalp care oil treatment get a chance to do their job for more volume and vitality.

A wide range of Curly Girl styling products can be found at A&F Cosmetics

As a webshop for multicultural hair and beauty products, we offer a wide range of products for different types of curls. We know how difficult it is to maintain volume in your curls, which is why we offer products specifically tailored to the Curly Girl Method. So you will not only find products for Curly Girl styling, but also Curly Girl shampoo and Curly Girl conditioner.

Looking for more hair and beauty products? Then take a look at our hair care, skin care or accessories. Do you have questions about any of our products? Please contact us and one of our experts will be happy to help you. Want to know more about the Curly Girl Method? Then read our blog on everything you need to know about the Curly Girl Method.