Who doesn’t love a great Wash and Go? They are the easiest way to style and maintain your curls and help keep your signature tresses, coiled, curled, and bouncing all week long. A wash-and-go consists of shampoos and styling products that you layer on your hair to help improve your curl and coil pattern. The key to taking your wash-and-go to the next level is understanding your hair texture to know which products fit best for your regimen. Curly, coily, and wavy textures all benefit from a wash-and-go to keep hair shiny, happy, and healthy. We’re breaking down the winning wash and go products from the 2023 Best of the Best Awards, as voted by the NaturallyCurly community.
Each category has a winner for Type 3 Curly, and Type 4 Coily hair as well as an overall winner for All Curl Types. Not sure what your curl pattern is? Take our Texture Typing Quiz to learn more about your unique hair type.
BEST GEL
Best Gel for All Curl Types, and Best for Type 4 Coily Hair: The Doux Bee Girl Curl Custard
The Bee Girl Honey Curl Custard is an all-around favorite because of its amazing hydration and definition it brings to an array of curl types and textures. Users love it for its ability to create a tight curl without any crunch or flaky residue. It can be easily applied on wet hair and raked through the hair for fluffy and bouncy curls.
Coily, kinky, and tighter Type 4 textures love this product because its super-charged honey formula helps to give a hydration boost to thirsty hair. The combination of aloe, vitamins B, C, and E are great for growth and protection and help seal in moisture, fight frizz, and boost shine.
Best Gel for Type 2 Wavy Hair: Ouidad Advanced Climate Control Heat and Humidity Gel
Say goodbye to frizz with this award-winning gel that is infused with ceramides and defines curls with a strong, long-lasting hold. Designed for extreme humidity, this helps to bring hod and definition to finer curls with a crunch-free finish. The combination of sericin, anti-frizz nano technology, and molecules works to protect your curls in any climate.
Best Gel for Type 3 Curly Hair: Curls Sea Moss Curl Slime
Are you ready to get your hair silk shiny with this vitamin-infused curl jelly? Curls bring a new style of gel with their Sea Slip Mineral Infused Curl Slime that moisturizes and defines dry hair with a medium hold. It’s ideal for type 3 curlies because it helps to nourish and moisturize hair which protects the hair from damage when styling. Its anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, and anti-fungal ingredients help deliver shiny and hydrated curls.
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BEST HAIR BUTTER
Best Hair Butter for All Curl Types, and Best for Type 3 Curly Hair: Mielle Organics Moisture Rx Hawaiian Ginger Moisturizing Hair Butter
Let’s bring back the moisture to thirsty and dry curls with Mielle Organic’s moisturizing hair butter. This works exceptionally well with all hair textures and types because it’s infused with fruit extract, coconut oil, and ginger oil which can be used directly after you shampoo your hair. If you’re looking for a boost of shine and a way to lock in moisture during these summer months, this is your go-to product.
Type 3 curlies love this product because it can be added to any hair regimen before styling whether you want a wash-and-go, twist-out, braid-out, or Bantu knots. Curlies love these ingredients because they are packed with nourishment and naturally derived from fruits like ginger oil, orange and lemon extract, and coconut oil. Get ready for moisture and hydration with this power-packed product.
Best Hair Butter for Type 2 Wavy Hair: Innersense Inner Peace Whipped Creme Texturizer
Innersense is here to bring your curls inner peace with their whipped creme texturizer that focuses on hold, separation, and texture. As a lightweight texturizing formula with shea butter and bee-friendly honey, you can look forward to flexible and defined waves. For type 2 waves and finer curls, this is a very moisturizing formula that protects from humidity, and elimination frizz, and flyaways.
Best Hair Butter for Type 4 Coily Hair: Qhemet Biologics Burdock Root Butter Cream
Let’s get to the root of how type 4 coils, kinks, and tighter textures benefit from the moisture-filled Burdock Root Butter Cream. This creamy leave-in helps with textures that have dry or medium-low porosity by delivering lightweight moisture without buildup. The ingredients include olive oil, oat straw, and burdock root to strengthen the follicle, reduce shedding, and soften and condition the hair.
BEST MOUSSE
Best Mousse for All Curl Types, and Best for Type 4 Coily Hair: The Doux Mousse Def Texture Foam
Hello to a dual-use mousse that we can’t get enough of! This Mousse Def Texture Foam is great for helping any curl type or texture achieve shine, definition, and volume. This is loved by so many curlies and coilies because it helps you achieve maximum definition without the pesky flaking and crunching associated with normal mousses.
This is fantastic for Type 4 textures because it helps with manageability and hold. The Mousse Def Texture Foam delivers because it contains natural humectants and silk proteins that resist humidity and strengthen hair while leaving an amazing shine.
Best Mousse for Type 2 Wavy Hair: Innersense I Create Lift Volumizing Foam
Your curls can enjoy a shiny, healthy, and defining finish from root to tip with this lightweight styler. Innersense brings volume, texture, shape, and sculpting powers to wet and dry curls looking for a boost between washes. This volumizing foam is created with aloe vera, honey, lavender, and orange flower oil for defined curls.
Best Mousse for Type 3 Curly Hair: Design Essentials Curl Enhancing Mousse
We’re jumping for joy with curls that pop and sing because the Design Essentials Natural Almond & Avocado Curl Enhancing Mousse gets the job done! This mousse is formulated with wheat protein that helps to penetrate the hair cuticle for stronger and healthier-looking hair. The blend of avocado, almond, and olive oil helps to enhance curl definition and provide a luminous shine without any flaking.
Check out the rest of the 2023 Best of the Best Award winners to for more curly community-approved products. You might just find your next Holy Grail!
