They're up there, but my curls' greatest enemy isn't humidity, breakage, or frizz. It's not even an inexperienced hairstylist with a pair of blunt scissors (but a chill did just run down my spine). It's sex. Either you tell your partner to watch themselves and miss out on the whole passionate, hands-in-your-hair, Outlander experience, or your hair doesn't take priority, and you wake up the next morning with knots, tangles, and flattened curls that can only be fixed by a shower. But now, no longer.
A new crop of curl refresher sprays are hitting shelves that promise to take a broken up, frizzy curl, and get it back to a place that's ready to see the light of day. We've seen options that have claimed to do this before. There have been hair oils that leave you greasy, water-based mists that leave you bedraggled, dry shampoos that soak up oil but don't do anything for your curls, and dry conditioners that make your hair soft, but also do nothing to fix curl patterns. The closest thing to success, in my experience, has been spray oils, and while those are good, spray too much and you end up a greaseball.
But after testing all the options pouring into Glamour's beauty closet, I came up with three that hit the sweet spot between detangling and adding hydration, hold, and shine. On shelves, look for an aerosol formula, with oils included, but usually not at the top of the ingredient list (I found those ones are likely to weigh down your hair). I road-tested each with a hookup...or my best attempt at replicating the effects. As familiar as I am with The Apps, I am but one woman. So at some point, I had to fake it by rolling around on the couch to mimic the experience, touching my hair like an idiot man who has no idea how expensive hair products are. The reviewing process, you know how it is.
Read on for the three best curl refreshing sprays that held up to the challenge.
The Best Re-Styling Spray for Frizz:
Living Proof No Frizz Instant De-Frizzer, $29
Rachel Nussbaum
