Cantu Shea Butter for Natural Hair Curling Custard, 12 Ounce

I would compare this to the Kinky Curly styling gel Custard, which is my favorite of all the natural hair custards for curly hair. That stuff is amazing on my curls. However, the price is not so forgiving to my pockets! This Cantu Custard is a life saver! Just when I thought there were no products to come close to the Kinky Curly Custard, I stumble upon this stuff! I used it yesterday after I washed and conditioned my hair (its the only product I used at all) & to my surprise, it works like the Kinky curly product. Camilla Rose makes a similar product too called "Curling Jelly." That's my stand by product. Its expensive too, like the Kinky Curly Custard, & the results arent as great, texture is similar to custard in the Camilla Rose product, but clearly not a custard. The first PRO I have on this product is the price! The one thing I love about Cantu natural hair styling products is the price. Most of the product line is affordable. It also smells great. It has that famous "Cantu scent" to it. And im pleased with the results. The trick to custard application is using little to absolutely no other product with it. If you are using any other product with it, make sure its not a "cream". Hair also must be soaking wet during application. A water bottle, and your fingers, is really all you need during application of a hair custard (follow directions on label). The custard seems to do very well on 4b even 4c hair types. Mines is 4A/4b. From the videos and reviews I have seen, with the best results, the hair type has been of females with type 4 natural hair. After application is done, I always let my hair "air dry". I wash in the morning (early in the day), this way my hair has hours to dry. Once its dry, it will have a cast. You do not want to start pulling your strands apart dry- with the cast. First you want to either wet your hands & scrunch your hair, or apply oil to your hands & scrunch your hair prior to separating your curls. Otherwise this is where the FLAKING comes in at. TIP: While my hair is still wet, I shake it like crazy, during application. Up down side to side! This will keep the hair from laying flat like a hat or helmet, & gives you natural volume- when it dries. It also separates the curls. So shake your head every once in a while during application, and while the hair is drying.👍🏾 This stuff has long lasting results. For example, I covered my hair with my bonnet, went to sleep, woke up expecting the worst under the bonnet. To my surprise, my curls was still in tact. I just put some oil on my hands again, scrunched my curls (they were soft at this point) pulled it out, to fluff it back out from laying down all night, and voila! I was out the door. Without using any extra hair products in my hair, no gel for touching up, no leave in moisturizures, styling sprays, or anything. Just fluff and go! So the results LAST!

Best product ever .

Cantu is the only brand I will use on my hair, and the define and shine custard It is a big part of my daily routine. It holds the curls all day and most of the time I just have to spray my hair down with a spray bottle, scrunch my hair with define and shine and go.

I thought the product would be a solid substance, or at least a harder gel, but it was completely liquid. I tried to put it in the fridge to harden it but it stayed in the liquid form. Still smells awesome!

I've been using this custard for over 5yrs for my very picky curls. I need to mix it with the Curling Cream to avoid flakiness and soften them up. Otherwise, my curls come out very defined but too crunchy. You can play around with the custard/cream ratio for definition and softness. It does not elongate my curls but that's ok. Oh and it smells really good!!

I truly wanted to love this product and give it 5 stars as I saw reviews and tutorials on YouTube.. 1. Smells good 2. This gel good consistency a little should do the job. 3. Big jar should last a long time. 4. Better price than in the hair stores. 5. Leaves curls very shiny. 6. Defines curls!!!! No matter what curl pattern you have I used the Cantu conditioner along with the curl custard . The custard left my hair shiny defined curls however my hair was “crunchy “ and hard. I shampooed my hair , conditioning then a rinse. I used the Cantu conditioner first and then the Cantu curl custard. My hair looked amazing and I thought it would dry soft and manageable. Not the case... once my hair air dried.... my hair was shiny and crunchy. I used more conditioner to try to soften it up.... didn’t work. Next day I used my always go too As I Am. Which softened my hair and still left my curls defined. The next week I did my weekly shampoo doing the same routine, this time when it came to the Cantu curl custard I used less product thinking I may have used too much.... same routine with less product equaled hair still being crunchy. I have to figure out what I need to do. I want to continue to use this product because of the shine... how it defines my curls and that it did not flake. I will change up my conditioner to a more moisturizing conditioner to see if that will help. Overall excellent price for the amount of product. It has great potential just need to find something in conjunction with this product so my hair won’t be crunchy hard!

I am a white girl with very curly hair—-I have tried endless products over the years and absolutely love this one—-it’s so good for my hair and it smells nice too—-I have noticed other reviews say it gets flakey—-personally I only find this if I use too much for my hair—I wash my hair about every 3 days and have noticed no particular build up—I use a little each morning with wet hands to distribute better and of course more when they first get out of the shower—-it defines and keeps my curls springing...it can get flaky or crispy if I use too much....so I just use a little less—my hair is so happy and healthy since I found this about a year ago.

It brought out my natural curls! But it can leave a little white build up, if too much is used! I love this product! ⭐️Revised: I ordered it again! Okay this new recipe of Cantu custard is watery and it doesn’t work on my hair now. I went to my local Walmart the same thing. I went to the neighborhood beauty store an they had the old recipe that thick rich slimy Cantu that I like. The new recipe is trash and the old recipe is amazing ❤️!!!!

Mi pelo es ondulado si lo dejo secar al aire y no le echo ningún producto. Con muy poca cantidad de Cantú y secado con difusor consigo rizar mi pelo como cuando era una niña. La definición del rizo es estupenda. Lo utilizo todos los días ya que me lavo el pelo a diario. No reseca. Lo uso hace varios años. Tiene un ligero aroma a coco aunque desde que cambiaron la fórmula apenas se percibe. Estoy encantada con él.

Works like magic, from dry and brittle to perfect moisture and endless curls. Absolutely amazing product. Highly recommend 👍🎉💫✨

My wife liked it.

It's a gel not a cream as the description mentioned.

smell is good and very good for curly hair!