Review Time: DevaCurl Discovery Kit

Review Time: DevaCurl Discovery Kit

Ok, so we all know I love me some Paul Mitchell. I do. And when the curls line stuff (finally) came out I was all on board. When my hair was long and healthy, it would curl up like no other and looked really amazing.

See?

The creams were doing what they were supposed to do. 

(I will put a disclaimer here though- I wasn't using the curls line shampoo or conditioner)

So lemme back up and spin you a tale.

Awhile ago, I lightened my hair to almost platinum. It was a long process, I had to do it twice, and by the end of it (despite all my hair staying on my head and not falling out as it probably should have) I had barely any curl left. Which is sad, because I wear my hair curly 99% of the time, and if I can swing it- I let it air dry.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, I had to switch gears. I reached for my curls line stuff and it was just not doing anything. That stuff if legit when it comes to your hair being in good shape and crazy curly- because the creams really just shape and take away frizz. It's not really great for bringing unhealthy hair back to life. It just isn't.

I had heard a lot about DevaCurl but I was always really on the fence. Curls stuff really never seems to nail it for me. It's either too light, too heavy, not enough moisture, or too much moisture and doesn't actually "clean" your scalp. It's just tough when your hair isn't really curly and isn't really wavy either.

But when I went to look at the box, I was actually surprised to see the logo at the bottom saying it was for all curl types- even barely a wave.

So the kit comes with 5 items:

No-Poo Conditioning Cleanser (shampoo)

One Condition (conditioner)

Light Defining Gel

Frizz-Free Volumizing Foam

The DevaTowel

And here are the claims. It's a 3 step process (which is silly, like, all hair care stuff sort of boils down to shampoo, conditioner, and styling products, but whatever), and it's supposed to work no matter what your curl type is.

SO LET'S CHECK THIS OUT.

The No-Poo and One Condition work really well. I won't say I'm a big fan of the sulfate free shampoos (like, the shampoos that don't lather), but this was actually really nice. I felt like my hair was actually clean and it didn't feel gunk-y. I even used it on 3 day old hair just to see if it had the cleaning power and it actually did. I was shocked. And the conditioner felt really nice! It was on the thicker side, slid through my hair nicely and when I rinsed it out, it felt like my hair was noticeably softer.

Now when it came to the styling products I was a little on the fence. Here's the deal- I hate gel on curly hair. I really do. It seems to always get crunchy and create sort of a hot mess- but this actually worked out nicely. It wasn't sticky or gross, it spread through the hair without a problem and it didn't feel like a million pounds. The foam on the other hand- I don't know if this worked out for me so much- just because my hair is very processed and needs some extra love (oils, creams, whatever), but I will say this- the foam is very light and weightless and would be great if my hair wasn't a huge hot mess. I think if I had used my beloved Awapuhi Hydrocream whip from Paul Mitchell instead, it probably would have made this the right combo.

I am a firm believer in the towel makes a huge difference. When my hair was long and amazing and looked like a damn mermaid, I would use old t-shirts to dry my hair to keep my curls looking nice.

Honestly, this towel is a glorified t-shirt. I will say though, it's very absorbent and I felt like it dried my hair WAYYYYY faster than a t-shirt. In fact, I left it on my head too long a couple times and my hair was crazy dry.

SO HERE'S WHA-HA-HAPPENED:

I wrapped my hair in the towel by tying the opposite ends together once I got out of the shower. I put all the products in and sort of scrunched it a bit and then left it the hell alone.

I took a nap with the dog for awhile and read a book and generally had a nice day off.

 Here is is mostly dry. The whole process up until this point was a toss up for me because my hair felt gross. It was dry and straw-like and I was really getting agitated with the whole thing. (plus my nap sort of flattened the back, which was dumb of me).

But then it dried completely and my hair was crazy soft. It was light and fluffy like cottom candy and the curl was 100% stronger than it was just air drying it with my normal products. My curls came back after one round with the DevaCurl stuff! It was ridiculous.

So here's my verdict:

The shampoo and conditioner are awesome. I would definitely go with that (especially since the conditioner also has instructions for how to use it has a leave in). 

As for styling products, I mean, they're ok. DevaCurl has more styling products with different end goals so I might switch to something else they carry- like the styling creams or something. I like that the ones I got were light and weightless, but right now my hair is just too dry and needs more hydration.

DevaCurl also has a really interesting diffuser attachment for your blow dryer as well, which would be really interesting to play with- but for the purposes of this review, I wanted to show how it worked just on its own without help.

So get your curl on, and make your life easier,

-SamanthaK