DevaCurlUltra Defining Gel Strong Hold No-Crunch Styler | Non-Flaking Formula | Non-Sticky

This is my favorite gel for curly hair. Amazing hold. I even wear it first day without breaking the cast. Then the next day I get a whole new look after breaking the cast. Day three I wear it up on a clip and that takes me back to hair wash day. Amazing lasting product that doesn't weight your curls down or leave you looking greasy.

It works but I like the crams better. Didn't get crunchy it's a great price for the size. But I think the styling cream curls better than the gel.

I love this product however the cost has trippled and have become ridiculously expensive.

Classic Deva gel. Still after all this time, one of my favorite gels.

Must have in my house. Keeps curls in shape without stiffness or drying out my hair.

I've been using DevaCurl products for about a decade and my trio are the No-Poo and One Condition Decadence line, plus the Ultra Defining gel. Every time I take a break (I find that periodically switching things up keeps things working—maybe just imagining things, but...) when I return to my loves (this trio), the results are unmistakable: hair immediately more moisturized, fuller, bouncier and more defined curls and hair just looking and feeling healthier in a NOT at ALL subtle way. I was devastated when everyone started saying that they were experiencing hair loss with the DevaCurl line (and others) and had a real crisis over what product to switch to because I've spent entirely too much on trying too many brands that did NOT A THING for my hair, over the years. When I tried DevaCurl, in 2013, my search was over. I immediately began getting compliments from others with curly hair, asking me what I use, because it's hard and everyone with curly hair knows this problem. When the news about hair loss potentially stemming from this product (and others for curly hair) came out, I was devastated, but, not having had that as my experienced, I continued using it. They were the only products I had gotten amazing results from, consistently, and they nourished and healed my hair from the grievous mess it always was before I found DevaCurl. Now that they've changed their formulation the results are entirely different. Now this gel feels so watered down and I can scrunch until my fingers are blue with no curl effect happening, whatsoever. My curls are in no way what they used to be. The hold is completely non-existent anymore. This was my first bottle of the new formula and I've got to use an additional gel after scrunching (with the DevaCurl hair cloth) and plopping it in a microfiber turban until just damp. The same altered and thoroughly diminished effects are true of the other two products in my trio. So watery and thin, now, and that powerful, juicy, luscious moisturizing effect is totally gone. I'm in mourning because I've not found another product that beats DevaCurl's original formulation results.

THE BEST

Yes. I have curly hair. But before this gel, my hair has been soft, bouncy, hydrated. I needed just a little extra hold. But NO. This gel is HORRIBLE. It leaves my hairs in knots that I have to rip out and it has ruined my hair.