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Curly & Coily Fantasia-IC Curl Custard - Define, Hydrate & Enhance Curls for Curly & Coily Hair 340g/11.99 oz

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Custards are thicker than a cream and softer than a gel. That middle ground is the whole reason they exist: enough body to hold a coil in place, enough moisture that nothing sets hard.

Fantasia IC Curl Custard is a definer first. It sculpts and separates, then holds, so a twist-out or a wash-and-go keeps its shape into day two and day three rather than swelling out by lunchtime. The 340g jar is generous, which helps, because custard is a product people use in handfuls rather than pea-sized amounts.

Apply on damp hair in sections and rake it through, then air dry or diffuse. Going in on soaking wet hair gives softer, looser definition. On lightly damp hair you get more grip and tighter clumps, which is the version to use if your curls tend to drop.

It layers well too. A leave-in underneath and the custard over the top gives you moisture and hold in the right order, and that is usually the fix when definition keeps falling out by the afternoon. Used alone it still performs, though denser coils tend to want the moisture step first.

Best on 3b through 4c textures that want definition with no crunchy cast left behind.

Application tips

Custard is a wet styling product, so it goes on hair that is still dripping rather than towel dried.

Take a marble sized amount per section, smooth it down the length, then rake and shingle until every curl is coated. Scrunch upwards to encourage the clump and leave it alone while it dries. Touching it before it sets is what turns definition into frizz. Diffuse on low or air dry.

Results

Curls set with a soft cast that breaks out into definition once you scrunch it away. Frizz sits down, the pattern reads clearly from root to tip, and the hold carries through a working day without going crisp.

On coils it adds weight and evens out the way shrinkage falls. A jar this size lasts, because the product spreads much further on wet hair than most people expect.

Composition

Full ingredients list

Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Carbomer, Propylene Glycol, PVP, Polysorbate 20, Triethanolamine, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum (Fragrance), Ethylhexylglycerin, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil (Argan Oil), Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Disodium EDTA, Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol

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