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This is where most people go wrong – not through neglect, but simply because nobody showed them the method. The way you apply product and dry your hair has as much impact on the final result as the products themselves.

Here’s the approach we recommend to our own clients, using the Only Curls range:

1. Start with towel-dried hair: After washing, gently scrunch out excess water with a soft towel or microfibre cloth. You want the hair damp – not dripping, not dry. This is the right starting point for product application.
2. Combine a curl cream and curl gel: Take a small amount of curl cream and curl gel and combine them in your palms before applying. Using both together – rather than separately – gives you the moisture of the cream with the hold and definition of the gel. The Only Curls Curl Cream and Curl Gel combination works particularly well for this.
3. Apply by scrunching upward: Work the product through from mid-length to ends, scrunching upward toward the scalp to encourage the curl to form. For longer hair, a curl brush or Denman brush can help distribute product evenly and define each curl more precisely — rake through gently from root to tip, then scrunch.
4. Diffuse on medium heat and medium speed: Attach a diffuser to your dryer and use a medium heat and medium speed setting – not high. Place sections of hair into the diffuser bowl and hold, rather than moving it continuously. Work around the head in sections.
5. Stop when you see the first signs of frizz: This is the most important step people miss. When the curls start to show early frizz at the surface, that’s your signal to stop diffusing – not to keep going in the hope it resolves. The hair is dry enough. Continuing past this point breaks up the curl definition and creates the frizz you’re trying to avoid.