Which products actually help in humidity? I’ve rounded up 18 of my favorites from each category including leave-in, curl cream, gel, mousse, and hairspray. I’m including products from both drugstore and high-end.
Ingredients that Fight Humidity
Download the checklist of ingredients that help fight humidity. Look for multiple of these ingredients in all of your leave-on products, especially the final product in your routine.
- Anti-Humidity Ingredients Checklist
Leave-In Conditioners for Humidity
- Ouidad Moisture Lock Leave-In Conditioner
- Function of Beauty Curly Hair Leave-In Conditioner Base with Mango Butter
Curl Creams for Humidity
- Hask Curl Care Curl Defining Cream
- AG Curl Fresh Definer Silicone-Free Soft Hold Styling Cream
- Twist Weather Up Lotion
- Not Your Mother’s Curl Talk Cream
- DesignMe Bounce.Me Curl Balm
- AG Re:coil Curl Activator
Gel
- Umberto Giannini Curl Jelly Scrunching Jelly
- Twist Weather Up Gel
- Ouidad Advanced Climate Control Heat & Humidity Stronger Hold Gel
- Not Your Mother’s Curl Talk Hard Hold Hair Gel
- Jessicurl, Spiralicious Gel, Strong Hold Styling Gel
- AG Liquid Effects Extra Firm Styling Lotion
Mousse
- Umberto Giannini Curl Whip Curl Activating Mousse
- Not Your Mother’s Curl Talk Curl Activation Mousse
Hairspray
- Bouclème Flexible Hold Hairspray
- Curlsmith Flawless Finish Hairspray – Flexible Hold
Best Styling Product Pairs for Humidity
- Ouidad Moisture Lock Leave-In Conditioner
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- Ouidad Advanced Climate Control Heat & Humidity Stronger Hold Gel
- DesignMe Bounce.Me Curl Balm
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- Ouidad Advanced Climate Control Heat & Humidity Stronger Hold Gel
- AG Re:coil Curl Activator
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- AG Liquid Effects Extra Firm Styling Lotion
- AG Curl Fresh Definer Silicone-Free Soft Hold Styling Cream
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- AG Liquid Effects Extra Firm Styling Lotion
- AG Re:coil Curl Activator
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- Jessicurl, Spiralicious Gel, Strong Hold Styling Gel
- Not Your Mother’s Curl Talk Cream
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- Not Your Mother’s Curl Talk Hard Hold Hair Gel
- Not Your Mother’s Curl Talk Cream
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- Not Your Mother’s Curl Talk Curl Activation Mousse
- Umberto Giannini Curl Whip Curl Activating Mousse
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- Umberto Giannini Curl Jelly Scrunching Jelly
Don’t forget to download the anti-humidity ingredients checklist to use when you’re shopping for anti-humidity products. You can also visit the shop page and apply filters for those ingredients to find more product suggestions.
Watch this video to learn how to humidity-proof your curls in a curly hair routine.
2 Responses
Hi Gena! I wonder if you’ve ever reviewed Pureology Color Fanatic Multi-tasking Leave-in Spray or Tresemme Flawless Curls Hair Mousse. Both have many of the ingredients you suggest are good for humidity control. I have all-over vibrant color hair and my stylist loves the leave-in spray for me, and quite a few of my curly friends love and recommend the mousse.
I currently use the leave-in just out of the shower, then use the Ouidad anti-humidity with extra hold, brush style and diffuse until almost dry (or as much time as I have on a work morning, lol), and follow with a bit of the mousse, targeting my roots.
If you haven’t reviewed these yet and/or don’t plan to, do you have anything you’d change with this routine?