This is an awesome gel! I like it more than DevaCurl Angel (Lightweight Defining Gel). This has much better hold and is better at defining my waves, but is still lightweight and has the same amazing smell. I'm used to gels that have a bit more hold, but this keeps my hair in place without any annoying crunch, and it has a natural look and feel. I'm glad I got the 32 oz bottle :)

I love this gel. I scrunch it in my hair after applying my leave-in conditioner and it doesn't dry my hair out. It helps provide me with nice, soft, defined curls all day. The instructions are dead on. The smell is good. I would definitely repurchase because it's hard to find a good gel that doesn't get crunchy but that holds really well!

i cannot say how much i hat this product! other than the smell this product sucks!!! it desnt moisturize my hair as it claims it does, it leaves my hair very hard and crunchy and matted and frizz and make my hair look stringy this left my hair feeling very yucky and hard and i had to wash my hair twice to get my hair feeling back to normal! unluckily for me i bought the 32oz so i have to use it out but will definately not be repurchasing. this product is also expensive and not worth the money and still has harmful chemicals in it. this left my hair with no bounce

I wish I could have loved this gel, especially since it is lightweight and really does melt into your hair. However, these were the only good traits of this product. After gently scrunching the gel cast, my hair started to frizz in just a few minutes! On top of that, this gel caused major shrinkage on my 3b hair and no matter which way I applied this (use less, use more) it always made my hair come out the same: shrunken curls, poofy, and a frizz halo within minutes. Very disappointed with my first experience with DevaCurl, i'm very hesitant on trying any other products from this line in the future. Definitely not repurchasing this again, I expected much better hold and definition for the price of this gel. (note: I have thick 3b curly hair)

I like that this gel really does dissolve instantly like it says. I may have used a bit too much, but the result was a really well defined bantu knot-out. There was absolutely no flaking and my hair did feel a little wiry and dry but that was most likely due to the fact that I failed to use a better moisturizer underneath the gel.

it does a good job of defining my curls/ coils but it doesn't have enough hold for me. it smells great though

was using the light defining gel which i liked enough but decided to buy a travel size version of this to see the difference. i love this even better!!!! my hair is left defined, frizz free, soft & shiny. no crunch or stiffness like a lot of gels i tried. smells delightful too. very fresh and citrusy.

(3b/a, coarse, low porosity) I got a sample of this some time ago, but I hadn't tried it because I have a huge bottle of DevaCare ArcAngel, and I thought this one was just DevaCurl ArcAngel with a new name. When I read it's actually a new formulation I got curious, so when I had a free day to let my hair dry with gel in it, I tried the Ultra Gel. It is noticeably different from ArcAngel in comparison with DevaCARE ArcAngel. I haven't used DevaCURL ArcAngel in years, so I don't remember what caused me to prefer DevaCare ArcAngel over the "curl" one, and I don't know what's different about Ultra's ingredients. This new DevaCURL Ultra Defining Gel definitely has more hold than my Care ArcAngel, and it definitely controls frizz better! Like all of Deva's gels, it seems to melt immediately into my wet hair, but Ultra Defining Gel seems to have more slip. When I rake it through my hair I don't feel like I need to add more and more to get all the hair covered, because it spreads so easily. Ultra Defining Gel seems to dry faster than ArcAngel, but it could just be the time of year (it's very dry now). I rated this gel with 4 curls because, in my opinion, it's a very well formulated product that does a great job keeping frizz away and holding curls in place. However, being a "low-porosity" curlie with fairly coarse hair, I've learned that when protein is high up on a product's ingredients list, that product is for occasional use only. Regular use of lots of products with proteins dries the heck out of my hair and causes knots and breakage. When the weather is arid, glycerin can have a similar effect, so I have to be quite careful with Deva-gels and all their glycerin and protein. But that's just me, and I wrote this in case it may to help out others with low porosity hair. If you have normal-high porosity, this gel is wonderful for definition, hold, and frizz reduction, and I'd bet many people will "return" to using a gel because of this product.

ArcAngel used to dry out may hair but gave me decent hold if I used 2 palm-fulls. This gel on the other hand does not dry out my hair and still provides hold with 1 palm-full. My hair is waist length when wet and bra strap length when dry.I used Kinky Curly Knot Today underneath and 1 good palm-full for my entire hair when wet. The good thing about the Deva Curl line is that they offer travel size bottles that can be used for sampling. I purchase my travel sized bottle at Ulta. Go ahead and try it!

I used this for the first time this morning with my typical routine of CJ Smoothing Lotion and Curl Keeper. This is the best curl definition and non-crunchy hold I have had in a long time. The only reason I gave it four stars is that, before my hair dried, there was a white residue in my hair (not near the scalp and not in the consistency of dry scalp flakes). It was definitely the product, because it disappeared if I rubbed it between my fingers and after I diffused. I think I vaguely remember this happening to me before with Arc Angel, too, but this gel is hands down better than Arc Angel, in my opinion.

A great gel all around. Good definition, solid hold. I kept reaching for it and had to remind myself to test something else.

FINALLY! I have tried almost every product in the Deva line and everything seemed WAY too heavy for my fine, thin hair. I use No Poo, One Condition, B'Leave in and then this gel and my curls now look how I expected them to after I first started the Deva line back in April. My hair is soft and never crunchy. Even 2nd and 3rd day curls look good. I love it!

Until now, I've always mixed Devacurl AnGel with Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee to give the AnGel more hold. Now I don't have to! Really liked this gel a lot and IT'S ABOUT TIME Deva came out with a stronger hold. Arc AnGel didn't come close. I use the One Condition as a leave-in and then apply the gel, beautiful when dry and scrunched out. My new HG product!

Until now, I've always mixed Devacurl AnGel with Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee to give the AnGel more hold. Now I don't have to! Really liked this gel a lot and IT'S ABOUT TIME Deva came out with a stronger hold. Arc AnGel didn't come close. I use the One Condition as a leave-in and then apply the gel, beautiful when dry and scrunched out. My new HG product!

Until now, I've always mixed Devacurl AnGel with Biosilk Rock Hard Gelee to give the AnGel more hold. Now I don't have to! Really liked this gel a lot and IT'S ABOUT TIME Deva came out with a stronger hold. Arc AnGel didn't come close. I use the One Condition as a leave-in and then apply the gel, beautiful when dry and scrunched out. My new HG product!