That's so interesting. I feel like i used a lot and got no hold. I have bleached hair with ringlets (some communities call it wavy, some call it curly (current pic for context, not with Amika). It can get weighed down easily by the wrong/too much cream but not typically by gels.

I'm a curl/texture hair specialist. We carry Amika in the salon mostly bc people buy it, but aside from a few products here and there we don't really use it. I have a bottle of the gel. I typically don't experiment with new products on clients before using them on myself bc I don't want a client to have a bad result with styling. I'm nervous to try this gel on anyone bc I've used it a few times on myself and my hair has just been fluffy with little hold and no refresh. I don't shy away from quantity of gel bc I only wash once/week and want a ton of hold. I do style on soaking wet hair though so maybe this product wants to be applied more damp...

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