Weightless Air Dry Cream — Reddit Reviews
by Curlsmith
Updated November 3, 2026
Lightweight curl cream for loose waves; tiny amounts soften and define without gel.
What the community says
A leave-in curl cream with castor oil, babassu oil, panthenol, and glycerin, best applied sparingly to soaking-wet loose waves. It gives lazy wavy routines softness and some definition, though fine hair can still find it heavy.
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Real Reddit threads — 41 mentions across 29 threads
Curlsmith Weightless Air Dry Cream on Reddit, in one place — 29 threads from r/curlyhair and r/Wavyhair, summarized.
“Use curl cream: Curlsmith Air Dry Cream”
Positive
“To style I used CS weightless air dry cream finished with the CS hydro flexi jelly (using praying hands and scrunching) then leave my hair to air dry.”
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“Bought the soufflee tub years ago and didn't like it at all, but now I'm in love with their air dry cream + aqua gel”
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“I just switched to curlsmith air dry cream and Flexi jelly which didn't work for me at all neither.”
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“apply 2 pea sized amounts of curlsmith air dry cream with praying hands to soaking wet hair”
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“I've been using just the air dry cream and the balm and the results are OK but this gel made a big difference.”
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“I then raked in Curlsmith Airdry Cream then scrunched in Aunt Jackie's flaxseed gel flipping hair side to side.”
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“Curlsmith Weightless Air Dry Cream (a leave in conditioner”
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“a little goes a long way, so I use maybe a dime sized amount”
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