| The best products for curly hair help lock-in beautiful | | | | cortex and root for increased strength and holding |
| waves that require little maintenance or styling. | | | | power. |
| For those looking for the best curly hair products, | | | | Maintaining waves - tight or large - is a function of |
| consider shampoo, conditioners and styling tools | | | | strength. While hairsprays, mousse and gels work |
| designed specifically to maintain bounce and silkiness | | | | very well for controlling design, humidity, heat and |
| without leaving your style drab or brittle. | | | | environmental factors work to break-down |
| Curls come in two types - ones we want to enhance | | | | connections in the follicle shaft. Using conditioners and |
| and hold and ones we want to straighten, level or | | | | shampoos designed to strengthen and provide soft, |
| control. Shampoo for curly hair uses proteins, | | | | but lasting hold can greatly improve appearance, while |
| Panthenol and botanical extracts that restructure | | | | adding shine and luster that may be stripped during |
| protein bonds created by amino acids. These bonds | | | | chemical treatments or excessive heat from styling. |
| can be broken and "re-positioned" through chemical | | | | Products with Chamomile, Aloe and Hydrolyzed |
| reaction, heat and specific shampoos and conditioners. | | | | Keratin and collagen have been shown effective for |
| While many cleansers are formulated to provide | | | | maintaining curl strength without weigh down your |
| adequate cleansing and conditioning, those developed | | | | style - especially useful for longer locks. Gentle |
| to maintain curls provide active ingredients such as | | | | surfactants protect and help avoid damage and |
| rice, corn or wheat proteins to penetrate the shaft. | | | | botanical extracts not only help your hair grow |
| These "actives" can either gently coat the follicle | | | | faster, they promote renewed growth for |
| shaft for for improved shine or penetrate to the | | | | exceptional curly, soft hold. |