It depends on the weather for me, too. Right now, I'm having such good luck with the Noodle Head, which I guess you would call a cream, but in the summer, I was using a gel, then when the weather turned a bit cooler & drier, mousse was working better for me. When I first started using the NH, I was putting a gel or mousse over it, but now I find I like it just on it's own