30 Best Curly Hair Products for 2020

Ouidad is the original curl expert! The brand is known for opening the first salon dedicated to cutting and curly hair care -- 35 years ago. Their curly hair care routines and exemplary products are legendary to the legions of curly-haired girls in the know. This anti-frizz and sulfate-free shampoo is gentle and safe for color-treated hair, while its formula respects the hair’s natural protective barrier, helping curls look more defined and creating the perfect frizz-free protective barrier. This curly hair product is the best beginning step for every curly hair routine.

With just a few healing drops, this affordable, powerful hair serum from OBX is one product to never leave out of your curl arsenal. This potent blend is infused with argan oil and will help to deeply heal, smooth and restore luster to dry, damaged and coarse hair. This exotic formula of OGX Moroccan extra-strength penetrating oil is specially formulated to renew, and it creates softness and strength while protecting curly locks from harmful styling heat and UV damage. Just apply a small amount to hands and distribute evenly on wet hair, starting with the ends, for healthy hair and luscious-looking curls.

The phrase "miracle product" is often overused, but this multitasking leave-in conditioner lives up to the hype.

This Mixed Chicks Quad Pack is the perfect combination of full sized shampoo, deep conditioner, leave-In conditioner and hair silk.  These four products from beauty cult-favorite Mixed Chicks hair brand will moisturize, control frizz and define curls. 

The Aveda Flax Seed Aloe Strong Hold Sculpturing Gel has been a go to get for curly haired girls for almost 20 years. This Aveda gel contains aloe vera and flax seed. The gel gives maximum control for sculpturing and molding the strands of your curly hair.

Sangre de Fruta's Garden Of Earthly Delights Botanical Conditioner is formulated with avocado, ginkgo biloba, and jojoba oils.  This is one of the beauty cults favorite conditioner which moisturizes and smooths hair, leaving it shiny and healthy. 

For those times when you want to give your natural curl some stretch for a looser curl pattern, this Garnier Fructis pudding is a perfect pick. It uses coconut oil for moisture without the greasy residue, elongating curls to make them softer and more wavy. And it’s beyond easy to master: Apply to wet hair after using shampoo and conditioner, then blow-dry and gently pull curls downward, stretching and wrapping them around your fingers to create covetable waves. It’s a simple style switch-up to your hair care routine that won't damage your hair.

You can use Oribe Gold Lust Nourishing Hair Oil with in three different ways: apply before you shampoo as a treatment, before blow drying for heat protection or on dry hair for needed frizz control.

Set up your frizzy hair for success with this curl primer from the styling geniuses at R+Co. It adds moisture to control frizz and give you defined curls, prepping them for whatever spiral styling you plan on achieving. This styling product is made with aloe vera, pequi fruit oil from Brazil, shea butter and hydrolyzed quinoa protein, it’s everything you need to put your curls on their best behavior and control frizz.

If you have coarse hair, the Mixed Chicks 1" Flat Iron is a professional grade flat iron with three layers of ceramic flat iron plates, a FTFC heater and a variable temperature up to 450 degrees.

The Goop G.Tox Himalayan Salt Scalp Scrub Shampoo is a unique whipped shampoo made of exfoliating Himalayan pink salt,  cold-pressed moringa oil and rosehip oil purifies and detoxifies all at once. The shampoo scrub cleanses the hair and scalp of product buildup, oil and dirt which leaves your hair and scalp both clean and refreshed.

This Redken Frizz Dismiss Conditioner is formulated for frizzy hair. This sulfate free conditioner moisturizes, detangles and helps protect your curls from frizz. Redken Frizz Dismiss also makes a corresponding shampoo you can find here. 

Olaplex No.7 Bond Oil is a first of its kind extremely lightweight, highly concentrated and repairing styling oil. Olaplex No. 7 strengthens, repairs and provides a massive amount of hydration to all hair types.

Keranique's Deep Hydration Scalp Stimulating Shampoo has the ideal blend of softness, body, moisture and volume for dry and damaged hair.

A fundamental product in any curl care regimen, this all-star product from curly hair specialists DevaCurl is an absolute must. Traditional shampoo can be too harsh to use every day for curls. For those not in the know, a cleansing conditioner is a sulfate-free option that simultaneously cleanses and conditions without stripping away much-needed natural oils from dryness-prone curls. While there are plenty of no-shampoo options out there, this one gets our seal of approval thanks to a peppermint and grapeseed oil formula that make your beautiful curls look shiny and healthy.

I cried the day in 2006 when Sebastian discontinued my favorite curly hair gel Sebastian Wet.  I used this product for decades up until that point. Luckily, with a little sleuthing I found that there was a generic version formula made just in time by Generic Value Products called Liquid Sculpting Gel Compare to Sebastian Wet.  I religiously use this product every single day and it is the exact same as the original version.  I highly recommend checking out this product for under $7 and adding it into your curly hair gelling routine.

Not Your Mother's All Eyes On Me 10-in-1 Hair Perfector Spray is infused with natural keratin and transforms hard to manage hair. The 10 different benefits in the aforementioned name include adding body, strengthening, detangling, moisturizes, adds shine, controls frizz, repairing dry hair, protecting from heat, mending split ends and seals the hairs cuticles.

SheaMoisture is a go-to all-natural brand that's perfect for those who regularly color, straighten, perm or heat style their hair, as well as kinky, curly or wavy hair and natural hair curl styles. If your dry, damaged hair needs some serious repairing and a deep conditioner, this is the 911 product you should reach for. It’s a deep, deep conditioning hair mask made with shea butter and Jamaican black castor oil in an ultra-nourishing and reparative formula that strengthens and restores even the most brittle, chemically damaged strands. It works on all types of curls, from super-textured hair to looser curls and waves. 

Beyonce's hair stylist Kim Kimble has recently launched a haircare line for natural hair.  Kim Kimble's Shine Spray adds thermal protection and shine to any hair type. Spritzing this spray helps speed up the blow dry process, too!

If there is anyone who knows just how beautiful curly hair can be, it’s Tracee Ellis Ross. The Black-ish star spent decades trying to make her hair conform to the straight-and-sleek status quo before deciding to embrace her gorgeous natural hair. That struggle led her to launch her own hair care line for curls, Pattern. It caters to those in the 3b to 4c hair types of curls, coils and tight texture. Her Intensive Conditioner is one of our faves because it is specifically formulated for those with the most porous, dense curls. It replenishes curl patterns and hydrates with shea butter, avocado oil and vitamin E to help protect against and repair damage, breakage and dryness. Also, you can get the matching shampoo here.

Christophe Robin Luscious Curl Cream with Flaxseed Oil is formulated with clean, concentrated, 99% natural-origin ingredients which are designed to deeply nurture and enhance curly-textured tresses into enviable ringlets.

The Paul Mitchell Soft Sculpting Spray Gel is a lightweight spray hair gel which contains conditioners that promote body, provide control and flexibility to create a natural-looking and soft finish with the perfect shine.

The Nexxus Vitatress Liquid Gel is an extra hold styling agent fortified with Panthenol to add both body and fullness to your curls.

Haitian Black Castor Oil for Hair Growth Rosemary Mint by Kreyol Essence is a safe and natural, non-comedogenic oil made to increase hair growth. Use 1 drop before bed and brush out your hair to make it soft and supple by the morning.

Moroccanoil Intense Curl Cream is a beauty cult-favorite for curly hair girls. This leave-in conditioner provides lasting protection against frizz while maintaining your true curl shape and helps to promote soft texture.

This milky, sulfate-free shampoo from Bread Beauty Supply works into a soft lather to gently cleanse thick, curly or textured hair.

The Amica The Immortal Power-life Hair Dryer is the hair dryer of all hair dryers. This hair dryer has tourmaline-infused ceramic components help make your hair frizz free. Also, this hair dryer has a five year warranty.

Hairstylist Michael Sparks, who has worked with Meghan since 2006, dished to ET that she uses this small bristle brush to tame frizz and smooth out the hairs around her face. "She would actually bring that and be like, 'Use this!'" he said. "She uses it every day."

She revealed to Beauty Banter in an interview that she is "obsessed" with the Wella Hair Oil. "It smells like vacation and makes your hair slippery and touchable. I love this stuff! It also doubles as a pretty amazing body oil post bath," she shared.

The n:p Beautiful Smoothing Shampoo fights frizz by formulating this shampoo with antioxidant-rich plant extracts, oils sustainably sourced from The Amazon, and a revolutionary plant-based stem cell formula.