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"Much like Beth&amp;#x27;s bestie Dena, I have two great friends who, no matter how many times I see them, manage to have the most glamazing curls I&amp;#x27;ve ever seen. Being the hair lover that I am, I just had to inquire how (and what!) they use to style those curls. Even though these two women are different ethnicities (with equally diverse styling routines), both have at least one hair product in common. Read their curl confessions and see if you can spot the similarities.Jessie (left) and Elaine (right) (While reading, please note that neither have seen what the other had to say.) Here&amp;#x27;s fellow beauty writer Elaine&amp;#x27;s curl confessions: &amp;quot;My mom is African-American and my dad is white (a mixture of German and Irish). I love that my hair is big, bouncy and full of character. It&amp;#x27;s become a part of my personality. On the rare occasions that I straighten it, my friends hardly recognize me. What I love most about it is that it takes 5-10 minutes to do in the mornings. I&amp;#x27;m a wash-and-go girl to the core (aka really lazy). Because I&amp;#x27;m always on the go, this routine happens only once (maybe twice) a week. However, if I don&amp;#x27;t maintain my hair properly, it becomes a beast to tame. Here&amp;#x27;s how I get these curls: 1. I cleanse it with DevaCurl No-Poo Cleanser. It&amp;#x27;s a creamy, zero-lather cleanser that is free from detergents that dry out curly hair. 2. Then, it&amp;#x27;s time to condition. I create a little cocktail in my hand with a few pumps of DevaCurl One Condition and TRESemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner. Together, they rock my world. 3. While my curls are saturated with conditioner, I use a wide-tooth comb (or sometimes just my fingers) to detangle them by working my way up from the tips. 4. Next, I pin it all up on the top of my head so that the conditioner can marinate a bit, while I wash the rest of my body. Before I exit the shower, I&amp;#x27;ll usually add another quarter size amount of conditioner to leave in. 5. While my curls are still wet, I coat my ringlets with Miss Jessie&amp;#x27;s Quick Curls. (I&amp;#x27;m kind of obsessed with this stuff right now. It&amp;#x27;s undetectable once my curls dry, and it repels frizz.) 6. Then, I squirt DevaCurl Set It Free all over to protect my hair from frizz when I blow dry. I then pop on my little green miracle worker (i.e. the DevaCurl Deva Fuser) onto my blow dryer, flip my head and blow dry my hair for about 10 minutes. I make sure to concentrate the heat up front so my bangs become perfect coils, and I give the roots an extra teasing for volume. Then, I shake it out, stretch the lower layer a little (which adds dimension to my cut making it look longer) and I&amp;#x27;m done! All of the above products are reactivated by water so if a couple of strands get puffy, I re-wet and then twist around my finger for them to bounce back to ringlet status.&amp;quot; Now, let&amp;#x27;s chat with beauty publicist Jessie: &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m a white Jewish girl and my hair tends to do whatever it wants on a daily basis. However, I don&amp;#x27;t feel like myself when my hair&amp;#x27;s not curly. I don&amp;#x27;t own a comb, brush, blow dryer or flat iron. I get my haircut by Melissa at the Devachan Salon. She cuts my hair dry and shapes the curls around my face so that it grows out perfectly. (I highly recommend a dry cut to anyone who has curly hair!) Here&amp;#x27;s how I style my curls: 1. In the shower, I use the DevaCurl No-Poo Cleanser. Many typical shampoos have sulfates that strip and dry out the curls. 2. Then, I use conditioner. 3. I comb my hair with my fingers and wring it out in sections. 4. Next, I apply a dime-sized amount of Living Proof&amp;#x27;s No Frizz Wave Shaping Curl Defining No Frizz Styling Treatment. I also love to use Davines&amp;#x27; MOMO Moisturizing Anti-Frizz Protective Fluid. 5. After, I apply hair gel. I&amp;#x27;ve gone through some emotional separations with hair gel. I don&amp;#x27;t like anything that&amp;#x27;s sticky or crunchy. When I found Sebastian&amp;#x27;s Weightless Curl Light Hold hair gel, it was like it fell from the heavens just for me! But, then they discontinued it so now I&amp;#x27;m on the hunt for a new one and open to suggestions! 6. I do not touch the curls until they&amp;#x27;re dry after I put in the gel. (I believe that&amp;#x27;s key to this look.) Sometimes if it&amp;#x27;s a good hair day, it can take me into the next day. When this happens, I just apply Sebastian Potion No. 9 Wearable Styling Hair Treatment.&amp;quot; And there you have it! Were you able to spot the one hair product that both Elaine and Jessie&amp;#x27;s curls have in common? (I&amp;#x27;ll give you a hint: one of the words in the product rhymes with the word &amp;quot;boo.&amp;quot;) What are some of your fave products to use on your curls? Check out these other curly girl posts: What&amp;#x27;s Your Summer Hairstyle Saviour? Want Blake Lively&amp;#x27;s Curls? Here&amp;#x27;s a Super-Easy Way To Get &amp;#x27;Em Which Type of Curl Do You Prefer On Mariah Carey? *** More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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