What can I do to make my curls less poofy and last all day?

Question

My hair is very thick,curly and most of the time by the end of the day very poofy. The only way to calm my hair down is to have moisture in it... Whatever it takes water,leave in conditioner,gel,regular conditioner... It's all fine looking when wet or in the morning,but by the end of the day it's a big curly poof ball... The biggest white girl afro you've ever seen. I still can't believe that to this day I'm only caucassion with this mad curly poofy hair... Please help give me some advice on how to manage my hair without having to add moisture,water, and conditioner every five minutes. Not to mention I live in the sunshine state with a lot of humidity... Please help!!

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Answer 1

deFRIZZ gel.

they sell at any drug store; hair salon.

it works really goooood!

cus i have really curly hair too and i use that

&it works perfect :D

Answer 2

i would just spray it with hairspray(u should get the humidity resistant hairspray) and then some gel and then some water

Answer 3

Try Redken fresh curls conditioner, a bit expensive but well worth it!

And Nexxus gorgeous curls mouse.

:] It'll give the impression of soft and bouncy curls.

Answer 4

I recommend Sprits it makes your hair stay in place my mom uses on me and her it helps for our curls not to fall.  

Answer 5

add water in the morning and then gel

Answer 6

John Frieda's Frizz ease!!! I don't have curly hair but my best friend swears by it.  Just put some frizz ease on your hair in the morning and it should flatten your hair down & get rid of any frizz while accentuating your beautiful curls!!! Hope this helps

Answer 7

My hair is curlier than yours!!!!! in te third picture i like your hair what do you use?

for shampoo i use

dove frizz controll + conditioner

i use sauve kids detanguler that works good but i go through like a bottle a week!

Answer 8

use this stuff :

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=30806...

just not to much thou,

and wen u use this u dont need any gel hairspray or anything just make sure to apply evenly

and growing ur hair out will hair too,