New gel!!! Mielle Organics Honey & Ginger Styling Gel. Here is a link to reviews at the Mielle Organics website:
https://mielleorganics.com/products/honey-ginger-styling-gel?variant=21857873733
I'm currently trialing it. It cost me about $13 at Sally's, much more economical than what has been my best-performing gel -- Camille Rose Naturals Curl Maker.
I applied it to JUST ONLY my bang.
I didn't want to go through applying it to my entire head if it wasn't going to work out. (I've finally gotten smart about patch testing.
) Also, I only wanted to use a little, because if it didn't/doesn't work out, back to Sally's it goes.
Method of application: I applied it liberally, and this time I didn't apply anything beneath it. (I just wanted to see the effects of the gel alone.) I shingled it in.
Effect: This gel is not giving me as much shrinkage as most gels give me.
Yay!
Therefore, interestingly, my 4a coils in my bang look like 4b s-like waves right now, because of the captured stretch. Yes, it's that stretched! Coils now = waves.
Thoughts so far: So far, I loooooooooooooooooooooooooove it! It has a very very very slight crunch, so for me its hold is better than the Camille Rose Naturals Curl Maker. But at the same time, despite having that very slight crunch, my hair feels very soft. This product smells like lemons in a yummy way. The scent is strong during application, but once it dries it's so faint you can hardly smell it. (Well, at least I can't smell it on my one little tuft of hair that is a bang.
)
Next: Trying it with a leave-in beneath it, and trying it for a twist-out.