Curl Talk Defining Cream — Reddit Reviews
Updated November 12, 2026
Lightweight curl cream with keratin amino acids for defined, lasting waves; fragrance included.
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A lightweight leave-in styling cream with keratin amino acids and shea butter ethyl esters, applied to soaking-wet hair for definition without flattening volume. Fine, wavy hair gets especially good Day 2 results, though stronger hold usually needs gel or mousse.
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Not Your Mother's Curl Talk Defining Cream ingredients
Water (Aqua) (Eau), Polyacrylamide, C13-14 Isoalkane, Shea Butter Ethyl Esters, Polyquaternium-10, Keratin Amino Acids, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract, Acyl Coenzyme A Desaturase, Lactobacillus/Tomato Fruit Ferment Extract, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, PG-Hydroxyethylcellulose Cocodimonium Chloride, Laureth-7, Disodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance (Parfum), Linalool, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Citronellol
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Real Reddit threads — 41 mentions across 22 threads
Not Your Mother's Curl Talk Defining Cream on Reddit, in one place — 22 threads from r/curlyhair, r/Wavyhair and 3 more, summarized.
“scrunch in quarter sized amount of emulsified Not Your Mother's Curl Talk Curl Defining Cream”
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“Apply a pea sized amount of Not Your Mother's Curl Talk Defining Cream and rake it through my hair”
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“Apply a pea sized amount of Not Your Mother's Curl Talk Defining Cream and rake it through that section as well”
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“use NYM Curl Talk cream and then NYM curl talk mousse”
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“A good drugstore product (the one I currently use) is Not Your Mother's Curl Talk defining cream”
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“I apply a pea-sized amount of NYM Curl Talk Cream”
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“Now take a nice, LIGHT curly product like Mot Your Mothers Curl Talk Defining Cream”
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“I heard that Not Your Mothers Curl contains cancer causing ingredients, is there a new formula?”
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