The best natural anti frizz and curl definition product

If I had to pick a character that embodied my natural hair, I would pick Alice from Dilbert. Yeah you know, the girl with the triangle hair. My hair is all volume and wavy. The worst part is that it's frizzy. If I just blow dry it, it turns into a gigantic puffy triangular fuzzy creature of the wild. If I air dry it, there are curls but they are enveloped by an atmosphere of fuzziness.

I rejoiced when I first discovered the flat iron in middle school. It changed my life! Then as I got older and lazier, and not necessarily wiser, I wanted to go all natural more and more. It's so much easier than spending precious morning minutes blow drying and straightening. So begins my journey to find that magical unicorn to tame my frizz.

The BEEst frizz tame, curl definer

I don't quite remember how I finally found this use, but I swear by it. Cold-pressed Castor Oil!

Heritage Products, Organic Castor Oil, 16 fl oz (480 ml)

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You have to practice getting the right amount for your hair type and length. It works like a natural leave in conditioner, frizz tamer, curl definer, moose, gel, you name it. I'll tell you later all the other things I've tried.

You might think that it would be oily because Castor Oil is highly viscose. Sure it can, but that's only if you use too much of it in your hair. You might think it would not work on thin hair. Well...I have even gotten the Mr. to use it to instead of the gels and pastes he used to style his hair with. He was pretty skeptical at first, especially with his thi**ing hair, but he was surprised it worked as well as it did for him. The hold isn't as strong as normal gel products but it does hold the curls like a pomade.

I use it right out of the shower after lightly towel drying my hair. Don't go crazy with the towel when drying, because you might destroy the curls. Pour the castor oil in your palms or finger tips rub it so it's evenly spread on your hands, then rub through your hair. I try to get it into my scalp as well because it's really good for your hair follicles. If you look at DYI eyelash growth serums for example, people recommend recipes that contain some combination of castor oil, coconut oil, vitamin E, almond oil etc.

Can you blow dry with castor oil and have hair that looks like it's been through hours of curling or hot roller work? Absolutely!

When blow drying, follow the same steps of putting the castor oil in your hair, then blow dry the top portion of your hair straight then follow the direction of the curls while twirling the hair so the hot air actually helps to set the curl. It will be frizz free, non-puffy and amazing!

I haven't tried it out with long hair, that's only because for the last 3 years I've had shoulder length or shorter. I chopped my waist length hair one hot summer day and haven't missed it enough to grow it out again.

All that stuff

Since I have such frizzy puffy hair, I started with after shower products. Every commercial brand of anti-frizz product on the grocery shelf I have pretty much tried. Garnier, John Frieda, Bedhead. Some less known brands. Matrix Biolage, Keratin, stuff I got from salons. None of those products really worked very well. All through college I pretty much either put my hair up or straightened it or gotten it permed straight.  But as I morphed into a lazy bum, I moved on to products that targeted wavy hair right from the shower like Ouidad and serums so I didn't have to spend so much time on my hair. But alas, the improvements just weren't all that noticeable.

My next experimentation phase was with oils. I first tried coconut oil, in the shower but it was too hard to wash out. But I was on a oil roll, I tried everything from jojoba oil to argon oil, almond oil, to even apple cider vinegar (I know it's not an oil, but you know how well vinegar pairs with oils). They were better at taming the beast but for whatever reason I was still looking for something better.

Finally on a total separate quest I ordered Castor oil for castor pack, it didn't really work out for that purpose and just sat there in my bathroom for a while. I started to see eyelash related castor oil uses, gave that a try and it sat there a while longer. Then one day I thought heck, if it conditions your eyelashes why not your hair. The rest was history. So give it try, experiment with the amount, and I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Wishing you all the BEEST!