Shop the entire collection, hitting shelves April 4. First, this product contains silicones which is totally not ok for a luxury hair styler. The bottle had not be punctured or exposed to heat. I like to wear my hair pulled up into a loose french twist with some soft, curly tendrils, a few days after washing...this product provides so much body, my hair never has that SLICKED BACK look it had gotten in the past when I put it in any type of updo. Ad Choices, I Tried Oribe's New Collection for Afro-Textured Hair, and Here's My Honest Review. Oribe has some of the best packaging in the game, and as someone who has not one but two vanity trays in their room, the idea of having one of those beautiful bottles — full of product I could actually use — to put on display was irresistible. Best curly hair product line I have ever xome across. Because this market is not saturated with options, we want to be one of the first to offer this upgrade. It makes your hair smooth and silky without weighing the hair down. I put this on damp towel dried hair and used defuser. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. Seriously. I do find that I need to rotate with another mousse that has a little more moisturizing. "Now there are more options, but people want to have an elevated experience. Best of all though—and this is key, folks—Oribe Curl Gloss works just as well on air-dried hair as it does when blow-dried by a diffuser. And yes, we strategically utilize high performance silicones in many of our products to achieve just the right amount of slip and feel, leaving hair moisturized and protected. Please reach out to amazonhelp@oribe.com so that we may review further. I swear I stored the bottle upright and didn’t do anything weird. We are very sorry to hear that you did not have a satisfactory experience with Oribe Curl Shaping Mousse. First of all, the mask is thicka than a Snicka — so thick, that if you turn the jar upside down, the product doesn't fall out. It's incredibly frustrating, especially in a culture that obviously admires and emulates the aesthetic styling choices of black women — as long as said aesthetics are presented on anyone but black women. I prefer the curl cream it makes my hair have soft defined curls. My hair is too curly/wavy to look good straightened (frizzies) OR when I try to wear it curly, most other products aren't strong enough without being a pure crunchy glue-like substance which leaves my hair completely untouchable, with no bounce...dead hair look! But the folks at Oribe are making a change: The luxury hair-care brand is rolling out its latest, a collection for highly textured, type-4 hair, tapping pro stylist and textured hair educator Stacey Ciceron to develop it. I contacted Oribe and have not heard back. And these are people who know their stuff — hairstylists, influencers, and editors. Half of the bottles of this mousse I buy have something wrong with the gas used to dispense the mousse. I decided to try it anyway. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. I was introduced to the Oribe product by my hairdresser Samantha, at Dino Palmeri. Between the wealth of affordable beauty supply and drugstore options and the comparably priced or slightly more expensive Instagram-friendly brands (many of which are owned by black women), there is no shortage of choices for folks with access to a good drugstore or the Internet when it comes to highly textured hair. We would love to hear more about your hair type and the specific issue that you faced so that we can do our best to help you. and let it sit for at least half an hour. Consistency: Smell: You can still see all customer reviews for the product. (OK, maybe it's not that much of a mystery: At this point, given the dearth of options high-end brands typically have for Afro-textured hair, it's just bad business as usual.) Please make sure that you are posting in the form of a question. Wash day couldn't come soon enough. We appreciate you reaching out and sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be taking plenty of shots of my vanity with these teal bottles on full display. I've used the Oribe Curl Shaping Mousse for 5 or 6 years and I love it. Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019, I am always on the look out for a good hair product for curly hair. Ouai Curl Jelly: Allure Editors Review the New Curl Definer, The Ouai Scalp & Body Scrub Soothed the Eff Out of My Itchy Skin, Carol’s Daughter Pracaxi Nectar Frizz Tamer Made My Edges So Shiny and Sleek. Please reach out to us at amazonhelp@oribe.com so that we can help review this with you further. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It works better if I air dry it...no frizz at all. Then, on my wet hair, I raked in small amounts of the Styling Butter section by section before going over each section with some of the Curly Gelée, and then smoothing it all out with my Denman brush. Although I use quite a bit (a handful), once I coat my hair with it I can then just either comb waves in the crown of my below chin-length hair or just scrunch it up, and let it air dry... a head full of really great, non-crunchy waves and curls that hold extremely well. Clearly there was something defective with the butane dispenser. I have fine, dry and damaged curls that always need extra moisture. After taking out the first few twists, I knew Oribe had absolutely nailed this line. There's no half-steppin' here. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. I've used plenty of high-end deep conditioners that have worked for me, but as I mentioned before, I haven't had as much luck with stylers. Please reach out to Oribe directly if you’d like to discuss this issue further. It's never been a better time to shop for hair products as a black person with kinky, curly, or coily hair.