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11-18-2009, 03:50 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 6,707
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Seriously thinking about going gel-free....
Thats all for now 
But I really am. What about just a leave in? I'm thinking aloud here.... My texture has gotten tight enough that I no longer require "hold". SO all I need is to minimize frizz....
What'dya guys think?
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Curls,Coils,Waves & WhatKnot
3miii/My HGs tame bulk&frizz/Give definition w/o crunch
My Photobucket Album
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11-18-2009, 03:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 599
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Totally go for it. Did you read the thread about Lorraine Massey. She's practically an all condish curly girl now and rumor is she only uses condish to style. And her hair looks great! I've been thinking about doing this also. My hair seems to look its best when it only has a leave in condish in it.
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~belasuna 
3a/b, very dry, fine/med-coarse, high porosity
CG since 7/27/09
Bella Curl Products
CW: protein free-cleansing creme
CO: protein free MRcondish
Styler: FSG + protein free LI Elixir, Gellie, Shine & Seal Serum
Lady of Elixir, Keeper of the Secret Blend, in the Order of the Curly Crusaders
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11-18-2009, 03:59 PM
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#3
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 251
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I agree. I've been doing both...some days only conditioner other days I'll use gel...depends on what I feel like doing.
If conditioner is enough to give you definition and minimize your frizz I say why not forgo the gel.
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3b. Normal porosity. Medium texture. Low elasticity.
CONDITIONERS: GVP The Detangler, Tresemme Naturals Nourishing, CJ Curl Rehab, CJ Hibiscus & Banana Honey Butta, Suave Pomegranate Splash, KC Knot Today
LEAVE-IN: Shea Moisture Shea Butter (LOVE!)
STYLERS: CJ Curl Queen (LOVE!), Biotera Gel, LA Looks Sports Gel, AOMM
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11-18-2009, 04:05 PM
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#4
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 6,707
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I'm gonna try it next time I wash!! I'm excited! I didnt know Lorraine Massey doesnt use her own products?? Strange.... But maybe it makes sense; if I recall her texture mine is fast approaching it.... 
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Curls,Coils,Waves & WhatKnot
3miii/My HGs tame bulk&frizz/Give definition w/o crunch
My Photobucket Album
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11-18-2009, 04:07 PM
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#5
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 286
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I'm definitely an amateur here but I say try it! I haven't tried it yet; I keep thinking it's going to look dull and have no shine but Lorraine's hair looks pretty good in that second picture if that's what she's been doing.
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11-18-2009, 04:11 PM
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#6
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 2,295
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So how did the mousse experiment go? Was it not "wow"ing enough to make you wanna stick with it?
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Grand Goobah Caedran, Aqueous Infusion of Demulcents, Order of the Curly Crusaders
Hot and Humid SpaceCoast area of Florida * Fia 2cFi, fine texture, med porosity CG 5-29-09 * My hair loves protein! Currently using : Curlisto Bio-Gel Mousse, CJ DFCC, KMFUM, BHRG, Spiral Solutions -- Everything!!! Coconut Oil Pre-Poo, once a month Hard Water shampoo. Avoiding Glycerin in finishing products.
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11-18-2009, 04:13 PM
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#7
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 251
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I had this problem and thanks to a suggestion by belasuna I added a bit of jojoba oil to my hair, once it was dry, for shine. Works perfectly.
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3b. Normal porosity. Medium texture. Low elasticity.
CONDITIONERS: GVP The Detangler, Tresemme Naturals Nourishing, CJ Curl Rehab, CJ Hibiscus & Banana Honey Butta, Suave Pomegranate Splash, KC Knot Today
LEAVE-IN: Shea Moisture Shea Butter (LOVE!)
STYLERS: CJ Curl Queen (LOVE!), Biotera Gel, LA Looks Sports Gel, AOMM
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11-18-2009, 04:17 PM
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#8
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 6,707
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I got sidetracked  I have only tried 2 so far - thanks for reminding me! I was waiting for some online stuff to come and when it did I was busy and shoved it in my PJ drawer!
I'm gonna try just a leave in first, out of curiosity. Maybe I will start with KCKT.... 
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Curls,Coils,Waves & WhatKnot
3miii/My HGs tame bulk&frizz/Give definition w/o crunch
My Photobucket Album
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11-18-2009, 04:48 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 284
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The other day I knew I wasn't going out so I skipped KCCC and gel and just left in some KCKT to see what my hair would look like "naked." When I would run my hand over my hair without looking I got freaked out because it felt like it was one fluffy undefined mass, but when I looked in the mirror I just saw nice soft ringlets. I think it felt messy because I'm used to feeling that slight crunchiness of the gel defining every curl. I don't know if I would do that all the time -- by the end of the day my hair was noticeably messier -- but it definitely wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. And it dried a lot faster, too.
I want to try this out again sometime but leave a LOT more conditioner in, maybe using conditioner as a styling product. I wonder how much Lorraine uses.
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11-18-2009, 04:50 PM
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#10
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 251
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When I use conditioner as a styler I use as much as I do when using gel (about 3 to 4 quarter-size puddles for my shoulder length hair).
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3b. Normal porosity. Medium texture. Low elasticity.
CONDITIONERS: GVP The Detangler, Tresemme Naturals Nourishing, CJ Curl Rehab, CJ Hibiscus & Banana Honey Butta, Suave Pomegranate Splash, KC Knot Today
LEAVE-IN: Shea Moisture Shea Butter (LOVE!)
STYLERS: CJ Curl Queen (LOVE!), Biotera Gel, LA Looks Sports Gel, AOMM
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11-18-2009, 04:55 PM
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#11
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 6,707
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Do you feel greasy??
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Curls,Coils,Waves & WhatKnot
3miii/My HGs tame bulk&frizz/Give definition w/o crunch
My Photobucket Album
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11-18-2009, 05:04 PM
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#12
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,095
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Several of us gave up gel last Fall. It was great until the weather got really cold and dry. Got a hair cut and highlight today. I usually style when I get home because it's fairly straight from him combing while cutting. I used leave in before he started and spritzed with the Taliah Waajid Bodifer Mist when I got home--didn't feel like wetting. The volume stayed, it was never that curly.
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3a (Corkicelli), highlighted, fine, low porosity
modified CG, since April '07
CG since 3/11/08
SE PA
HGs: Curly Kinks Satin Roots, Curlycue ReNew and Coil Jam; homemade FSG and okra gel; soap bars; DM MiraCurls Curling Gelly; UFD Curly Magic; Shescentit LIs; Sevi conditioners; Botanical Spirits Puree, CJ Repair Me
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11-18-2009, 05:14 PM
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#13
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 4,898
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That's all I do...I just use leave-in conditioner...it's like a curl cream for me. If I need more hold (like when it's windy outside), then and only then will I use hairspray. Gel does nothing for me but make my hair look awful. Never got it to work well for me. I like curl creams, but I find I don't need them anymore...just a leave-in...that's it.
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That's right, I said it! I wear scrunchies!!
I am a sulfate washing, cone slabbing, curly lovin' s.o.b. The CG police haven't caught me yet.
3a/3b
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11-18-2009, 05:20 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 251
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Not at all. But I've never had hair that gets oily. Though that might be an issue for those whose scalp tends to produce more oil. And I am using VO5 so that may help considering it is a lighter conditioner.
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3b. Normal porosity. Medium texture. Low elasticity.
CONDITIONERS: GVP The Detangler, Tresemme Naturals Nourishing, CJ Curl Rehab, CJ Hibiscus & Banana Honey Butta, Suave Pomegranate Splash, KC Knot Today
LEAVE-IN: Shea Moisture Shea Butter (LOVE!)
STYLERS: CJ Curl Queen (LOVE!), Biotera Gel, LA Looks Sports Gel, AOMM
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11-18-2009, 05:46 PM
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#15
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 800
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Today I just used Abba Pure Gentle LI and FSG. I don't know if you consider FSG as "gel", but I actually liked the result better than if I'd used the BRHG or HESMU over FSG. No crunch and curls were soft and defined. My usual late day frizz is minimal as well. Perhaps the harder hold gels are too much for the colder weather. Why would this be?
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 3B, fine, low/normal porosity
CG - July 2009
CO/RO/Trt.-Suave, BCB, Tigi OH & MM, EO, CJRehab, SG, DF & CF, Jasmine's, Bellacurl, SS, Darcy's, K-Pak, Shescentit, DE Coconut, MD, Oyin, JCWDT, CurlQ
LI-GDLI, Abba PGC, CJRehab, CF,SG & BCLI, Jasmine's, Bellacurl, SS, Shescentit, DE Coconut, MD, Oyin
Styler-FSG, Re:coil, CJCCCC lite & CIAB, Komaza CCP & CS, DB, BRHG, Joiwhip/gel, Ecostyler, Boots, SS, Gel-les'c, DMMCG, KCSS
Too many others to list!
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11-18-2009, 08:20 PM
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#16
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,196
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I've been using only conditioner for the past two weeks now and I'm VERY happy with it. I'm a little frizzy by the end of the day but no worse than using gel and my hair feels sooo much better and more moisturized all the time now. I actually have nothing to complain about at this point in time if you can believe that!
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CG - 3/27/09
3b - dry - medium texture/medium porosity!
Co wash/rinseout/leave in: currently auditioning products
Styling: lube and BRHG
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11-18-2009, 08:56 PM
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#17
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 124
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Ooooo, I'd be terrified to without BRHG! I do my hair at night, and it helps my curl stay "fixed" while I sleep. Then I just SOTC. I'd be scared that my hair would be a total mess when I woke up.
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fine hair, not sure of porosity.
Deva Care Lo-Poo
Rinse-outs: AO GPB, JC
Leave-in: CJ Curl Assurance (a dime's worth)
Style cream: KCCC, CJ CCCC-lite, & BRHG
Protein Treatment: SS Repairing Protein Treatment
DT: SS Deeply Decadent Moisturizing Treatment, CJ Hibiscus & Banana Deep Fix
Holy Grails: AO GPB, SS Repairing Protein Treatment, KCCC, & BRHG
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11-18-2009, 10:00 PM
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#18
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,493
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I go without gel alot these days. I get a much looser wave pattern with only leave-in but sometimes I just don't want to mess all the styling. I always have less frizz with condish only styling too...just not the volume I want.
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High Priestess JessMess, follower of the Goddess of the Coiling Way and Confiscator of Concoctions in the Order of the Curly Crusaders
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11-18-2009, 10:08 PM
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#19
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 13,967
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Um. No. Never.
Does not work for my hair, lol.
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Kiva! Microfinance works.
Med/Coarse, porous curly.
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11-18-2009, 10:40 PM
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#20
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,545
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I tried the conditioner only one time and my hair felt greasy and producty.....maybe it was the conditioner I used. I'm tempted to try it with a different conditioners to see if it makes a difference....hmmm
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