Curl Talk Activating Mousse — Reddit Reviews
Updated November 3, 2026
Lightweight curl mousse boosts definition; waves often disappear after day one.
What the community says
An aerosol styling mousse built around polyquaternium-46 for scrunching into soaking-wet waves or curls, either alone or beneath gel. It suits fine, low-porosity hair that needs weightless hold, but overapplication can turn hair gunky, limp, or stringy.
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Real Reddit threads — 30 mentions across 27 threads
Not Your Mother's Curl Talk Activating Mousse on Reddit, in one place — 27 threads from r/curlyhair and r/Wavyhair, summarized.
“I have found that not your mother's is my favorite for my hair type.”
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“I have low porosity 'fine' hair.”
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“Not your mother's mousse curl talk”
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“Mousse:Not Your Mother's Curl Talk Activating Mousse”
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“With still dripping wet hair, apply curl creme then scrunch, then apply mousse and scrunch thoroughly, then gel and scrunch.”
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“I applied a palm sized of Not Your Mothers Curl Talk Mousse.”
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“I carefully coated the hair- upside down and did one last scrunch.”
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“For me the NYM mousse was also leaving my fine, medium density, low-porosity, hair limp and stringy.”
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“I've tried Not Your Mother's curl talk mousse and gel”
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“NYM Curl talk mousse”
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“I use Not Your Mother's Curl Talk mousse very wet do NOT rake through or brush just squeeze/scrunch through wet to distribute”
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“But even with that routine, my waves are mostly gone after day 1.”
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