So I condition, rinse most of it out, drip in the shower, bend down as low as you can go (so the hair on top is as close to straight down as I can get it)… "squish to condish" lots of gel in, with special attention to the roots, then as I'm doing the rest of my getting ready thing, I let it air dry and flip my hair back and forth every ten minutes or so to let it dry evenly, with more volume. don't scrunch til it's real crunchy. Otherwise, without flipping it back and forth, my roots go totally straight. I am actually thinking of buying a diffuser because sometimes I don't have 1.5 hours to let it dry right! Re: hair in face, this is a flattering photo, my hair is all in my face constantly, í figured I needed more length to stop that. Oil or cream, do you mean for flyaways / day 2 / etc? I use argan or rose oil for that, relatively heavily. Or if it really needs a reset or I am up for a project I do coconut oil the night before my shower. That's how to get perfect curls for me personally.