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Summary
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Balancing protein-rich and moisturizing products in your routine is key to healthy, strong hair. Curlsmith's Shape Up Aqua Gel is a protein-enriched styling gel that provides light hold and weightless definition for all curl types.
Benefits
- Defines curls without compromising on volume or weighing the hair down
- Flexible, light and bouncy results
- Enriched with proteins at low dosage, it can be used frequently without the risk of protein overload
- Balancing protein-rich and moisturizing products in your routine is key to strengthen and protect the hair against damage. The more damaged and porous your hair is, the more protein-rich products you should use
- Light hold (5/10), it creates very little crunchy cast around the hair while drying
- The "cast" is key to trap moisture, keep frizz at bay and enhance definition, but the crunchy feeling is only temporary; once curls are completely dry you just need to gently "scrunch" your hair upwards to break the cast and reveal soft, defined results
- Incredibly lightweight water-based texture easily spreads through the hair, coating it evenly
- Vegan, cruelty free, clean ingredients and curly girl friendly (no sulfates, silicones or drying alcohols)
- Designed for all curls and texture types
Key Ingredients
- Powerful patented active that targets and fortifies internal hair structure (hair bonds)
- Hemp Seed & Rice Protein complex, completely plant-based alternative to animal keratin that helps the hair look stronger and more elastic
- Blend of nutrient-rich superfoods (Prickly Pear, Kale, Guava, Shiitake Mushroom, Blackcurrant and Pumpkin Seeds)
Apply to soaking wet hair. For extra moisture, prime your hair with your favorite Curlsmith leave-in. Rake through to ensure you are evenly coating all strands. Use the 'praying hands' method to smooth all locks down, seal the moisture in and tame the cuticles. Scrunch to encourage curl formation, then air dry or diffuse.
Water (Aqua), PVP, Panthenol, Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Lentinus Edodes (Shiitake Mushroom) Extract,* Psidium Guajava (Guava) Fruit Extract, Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Fruit Extract, Brassica Oleracea Acephala (Kale) Leaf Extract, Opuntia Tuna (Prickly Pear) Fruit Extract, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Seed Extract,* Hydroxypropylgluconamide, Hydroxypropylammonium Gluconate, Hydrolyzed Hemp Seed Extract, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Carbomer, Glycerin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tartaric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Aminomethyl Propanol, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Linalool, Limonene, Geraniol, Fragrance (Parfum).
*Organic Ingredients
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Reviews
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Ratings Distribution
Hair Type
- 6Wavy Hair
- 4Very Curly Hair
- 3Straight Hair
Most Helpful Positive Review
Hold and Film-Forming
I have used so many gels over the past 15 years, and I have "made do" with a lot of them. I have a favorite natural gel (film-former) that I have been using for a long time and I will never give that up. However, it only gives me about 3 days worth of hold, if that. I have been searching for an all-...
Most Helpful Critical Review
It depends
This did not have enough hold for my medium to fine, low density 2b-3a hair. It felt like a liquid serum good for adding moistures and assisting in smoothing the hair during styling. Might be good for a tighter curl pattern that likes a smoothing effect or perhaps doesn't want a lot of volume. I fou...
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I will buy this again.
Hair Type Straight Hair
It helps my fine hair hold curl after blow drying.
Light Weight, great shine, no frizz or leftover residue
I have to wear my hair up a lot due to my work, so i use this with a leave in conditioner on days im not doing my standard curl routine. Ill set my hair in a braid so its out of my face and then after work i can take it out and it helps hold the braid waves so well and has such a nice shine with no frizz or residue feeling. I did not like this product at first because the hold isnt strong enough for my standard routine, but i hate wasting product. Im happy i found the perfect use for it and its definitely a product ill purchase again for my braid days.
Great for fine hair
On a whim I decided to try this gel and I love it. I have fine curly hair and it doesnt weigh my hair down like creams do. Its runny so its easy to distribute through my hair. I make sure my hair is really wet, rake the gel through my hair, and diffuse to form a cast. As long as your hair is really wet when raking in the gel, you'll have beautiful seaweed clumps. Once it's fully dry, I shake out the cast and I have perfect ringlets with no frizz.
Left my hair dry.
I thought my hair was frizzy before I used this product. This left my hair dry and brittle and very fuzzy. I've used this brand before and was impressed, this one not so much. Will return
Just not for me
Tried it for a variety of applications and felt like it missed the mark on all. Frizzy and undefined curls, sticky weird blowout that made my untouchable hair move as one unit… love my shampoo and conditioner but hard pass on this gel.
