From hair products to celebs, these got your top votes
We asked you to tell us your Best of the Best for 2009, and you did. Thousands of you did.
We chose three winners in each category. They included some perennial favorites as well as some newcomers; salon brands as well as those products that can be found at your drugstore.
Without further ado, here are your Best of the Best!
The brands you love the most.
Best Brand:
Devacurl, Jessicurl and Kinky-Curly
Best Cleanser:
Devacurl No-Poo, Jessicurl Hair Cleansing Cream, Wen Sweet Almond Mint Cleansing Conditioner
Best Second-Day Hair Product:
Jessicurl Awe Inspiraling Spray, Kinky-Curly Curling Custard and Devacurl Mist-er Right.
Best Daily Conditioner:
Jessicurl Too Shea!, Devacurl One Condition and Suave Naturals Tropical Coconut Conditioner
Best Leave-In Conditioner:
Kinky-Curly Knot Today, Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk and Giovanni Direct Leave-in Weightless Moisture Conditioner
Best Deep Conditioner:
Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose Moisturizing Conditioner, Ouidad Deep Treatment Intensive Conditioner and Jessicurl Weekly Deep Conditioning Treatment
Best Styling Mousse:
Herbal Essences Totally Twisted Curl Boosting Mousse, Paul Mitchell Sculpting Foam and Joico JoiWhip
Best Styling Gel:
Devacurl AnGell, Kinky-Curly Curling Custard and Jessicurl Rockin’ Ringlets
Best Anti-Frizz:
Kinky-Curly Curling Custard, Curly Hair Solutions Curl Keeper and Jessicurl Confident Coils
Best Pomade:
Aveda Brilliant Humectant Pomade, Oyin Burnt Sugar and Jane Carter Nourish and Shine
Best Styling Cream/Pudding:
Miss Jessie’s Curly Pudding, Kinky-Curly Curling Custard, AG re:coil
Best Product for Braids & Twists:
Oyin Whipped Pudding, Miss Jessie’s Curly Pudding and Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk
Best Natural/Organic Line:
Amourai Organique, Kinky-Curly and Aubrey Organics
Favorite Curly Celebrity: Taylor Swift
Favorite Curly Athlete: Troy Polumalu
Favorite Curly Celebrity:
Taylor Swift, Sarah Jessica Parker and Rachel True
Favorite Curly Actress:
Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts
Favorite Curly Actor:
Adrien Grenier, Patrick Dempsey and Seth Rogen
Favorite Curly Musician:
Taylor Swift, Josh Groban and Shakira
Favorite Inspirational Curly:
Jessica McGuinty, Lorraine Massey and Taylor Swift
Favorite Curly Athlete:
Troy Polamalu, Anderson Varajao and Joakim Noah
Favorite Book:
“Curly Girl” by Lorraine Massey
Best Place to Buy Products:
Online
Best Beauty Site:
MakeupAlley.com and Sephora.com
Best Place to Get Style Info:
Online
Best Special Occasion ‘do:
Updo
Best NaturallyCurly Columnist:
Tonya McKay (Curl Chemist)
Best Blog:
Curly Nikki and Jillipoo
Best Article:
Michelle Obama “Politics of Hair”
Best Site Feature (NaturallyCurly.com):
CurlTalk
This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 5:45 am and is filed under Care Methods, Celebrity, Kinky Hair (Type 4a), Products. You can follow any comments to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:39 am
Congratulations to Jillipoo! Her blog really is exceptional.
That’s a heck of a list, but that’s the best picture you could find of Taylor Swift?? 
July 1st, 2009 at 8:42 am
Congrats to Jillipoo and Kinky-Curly!
July 1st, 2009 at 9:48 am
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July 1st, 2009 at 9:59 am
Thanks everyone! What an honor to share the “best blog” title with Curly Nikki!
It’s fun to write the blog and even more fun to realize that people like it.
And how about that Kinky-Curly, huh? IT ROCKS!
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:07 am
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July 10th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Hmmm, interesting that there are so few fave curly celebs of color…
July 11th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
PrettyMedusa – I didn’t really notice that until you said it, but I looked over the list and realized that this is true. But it might be because major stars of color (Beyonce, Taye Diggs, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, etc) are either straightening their hair (women) or shaving all of their hair off (men) ? I mean, in terms of white celebrities a majority of them do it as well, and really the whites in the “Fav curly celebs” section are the only white celebrities with curly hair that wear it naturally. I think it’s less of a race issue and more of a small-section-of-celebrities-to-choose-from issue.
July 15th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
This list rocks! I have purchased alot of the items on the list and they do work on my curly textured 3c/4a hair. I am not a product junkie but we all are always looking for a product that works better than the last. Thanks!
October 27th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
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