Maya, have you thought about wrapping your hair in a microfibre wrap to help it dry a bit more before you put product in? I only leave mine for 10 mins or so (getting dressed time) but it does make a HUGE difference in terms of how dry my hair is when I get to the styling point.

I have one like this (but a cheaper version) http://www.sephora.com/browse/.....?id=P35087

Maya, I have been avoiding replying to this thread. I think you (like April) have some hair dysmorphia going on You seem to have great hair and honestly, it looks pretty fab in every picture you post. I have seen in in person and it looked fantastic! If you don't believe the 50+ replies to this thread telling you how great it is (and it's one of several obsessing about your hair), I don't know what will help???!!!

The other thing to keep in mind is not every one has a salon beautiful hair day every day. I'm pretty obsessive about my hair too and this summer has been brutal. The heat and the humidity has really done a number on it and even though I spend 20+ minutes blowing it out every other day, I still end up having to tie it up in a pony tail more often than not (something I HATE doing) because of the frizz! I have about a gazillion hair products in my cabinet and regardless of what I use or what method I go about it, it still looks like crap on these very humid days (part of the reason why I couldn't stand living down south!!). I say just wait a week or two and you will see that your hair is going to start behaving once it cools down a bit.

Well it does look good in the first pictures. This I did not deny! I haven't taken any other clear pictures of it since getting it cut though, so realistically no one here would know how it looks

I don't even think it's the humidity anymore. I don't have frizz problems since I stopped blowdrying (somehow it inspires the baby hairs to stick out all over the place). I just don't think the products are working for me. They probably work for diffused hair but not air dried. Or maybe the curl cream is for VERY curly hair, and mine is only slightly wavy. I'm not sure. It's definitely a product issue.