The Doux 808 Base Curl Defining Gel for Natural Hair – Medium Hold Styling Gel with Honey, Aloe & Marshmallow Root – Anti-Frizz Curl Enhancer for Wash and Go, Twist-Outs, TWA & All Curl Types

Since I’m older and the gray hairs come in, the texture of my hair has changed. I’ve tried so many products but to no avail. I spent a lot of money and asking others what they use. I asked a total stranger what she use, her hair was beautiful! She told me and I purchased two of your products. It WORKS!! I love it! It’s perfect and most importantly it’s not oily it yet my hair’s is not dry. I will be using your whole line of products because it’s perfect for my hair! Thank you so much!

My hair is soft to touch but it held my curls for 5 days before I needed to refresh it. I am in love!

I used this gel on my kids' mixed hair - 3a and 3c respectively. The gel does define and hold the curls well for a whole week with minimal retouching. However, the hair only looks good on day 2 and after. Even with a diffuser blow dryer, even when fully dry, it looks awfully "wet" and clumpy on day 1, and it's hard to the touch. I know some people love the "wet look", maybe that's what this gel is going for, but this is too much. It's hard to break the cast in any kind of attractive way on day 1. My kids sleep in satin bonnets and it took until they crushed the cast evenly by sleeping on it for one night to actually get a softer look that doesn't look plastic. My kids are 9 and 11 years old so I've tried all kinds of products over the years, and this one has the heaviest, most plastic-looking cast of all. I really like the hold after day 1, I just wish day 1 wasn't a total loss. Now I have to do even more planning if there's something like pictures being taken for holidays/school/etc. and I want their hair to look natural and not plastic. That's very disappointing.

Works good. Nice gel. My hair responded well to it.

Great product!

Didnt work to well for my 3B/3C curls. It left a hard cast on my hair which i don't typically mind. However after scrunching it out, my hair felt greasy and weighed down. After day one it was also very frizzy and would get super knotted. I initially tried it on its own with no other products, which is what the instructions say to do. However, doing that left my hair looking very dry and frizzy - worst i've seen it in a long time. I tried again and this time used my usual leave in conditioner before the gel and the results were a bit better, but didnt last more then 3 days without looking frizzy and needing to add more product. My hair just didnt like this product even though I really wanted to love it. I was looking for a cheaper alternative from what I normally use but the search continues.

One of my favorite curly hair products from the doux which really hasn’t had any misses yet in my book. Reasonably priced, great for slip and hold for defined curls. Cons: can be a little crunchy. But helps with poofy roots if that’s an issue you have. I didn’t really need edge control with this product. One or the other.

This gel really defines my curls without making my hair sticky or flaky.