I Tried The Viral "Mousse Gel Mousse" Technique For My Waves, And OMG My Hair Has Never Looked This Good

That frizz you keep quetch about is belike just a curl waitress to happen .

I always thought my hair was an unmanageable frizz ball that required a straightener to be taken to it every night, but about four years ago I decided to ditch heat tools and embrace my wavy hair. After doing tons of research and spending way too much money, I thought I finally landed on a tried and true method for styling my hair. That was until a few months ago when it started losing definition and frizzing up ONCE AGAIN. So here I am back in my trial and error phase.

So, you can imagine my joy when I came across avideofrom Brittany aka@brittcurlson TikTok of her going through the mousse gel mousse styling method. For someone who wants gorgeous locks while still keeping things pretty low maintenance, this new technique seemed like my cup of tea.

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In her video, Brittany explains how you can take your hair from “frizzy and fluffy” to defined curls with just two products and UNDER $10. Consider me sold. Well me and the other 8.7 million people that have viewed her video.

Brittany starts her styling process with soaking wet hair and rakes in her mousse. She adds “three golf balls” of mousse total and continuously flips her hair from side to side as she disperses the product.

Next, she takes what I can only describe as a smidge of gel and uses her spray bottle to emulsify it with water. That then gets smoothed over her moussed-up hair.

Brittany also makes sure to CONSTANTLY keep her hair soaking wet by having her spray bottle at the ready. Remember, we don’t want stringy curls here, and soaking wet hair helps with clumping the curls together.

After applying the gel, Brittany flips her hair over and brushes it while explaining that this is “going to distribute all the product throughout my hair and also create really even clumps.” She mentions that this step is optional, though.

Lastly, as the name suggests, Brittany smoothes more mousse over her hair before taking a little extra and scrunching it in. She ends by flipping her hair back and instructing that you can either air dry or diffuse your hair at this point — she opts for diffusing.

And just look at those results!

After repeatedly studying Brittany’s technique, I decided to try it out for myself. I already use mousse in my usual hair routine but I typically pair it with a leave-in conditioner and curl cream. So all I needed to grab was the gel.

First and foremost, I washed my hair just to get out any extra product buildup. I typically use any sulfate shampoo to do this followed by a hair mask that I’ll leave in for about five minutes. If my hair is feeling suuuper dirty then I’ll also throw in a scalp scrub before shampooing.

Now, onto the actual routine. I started by raking the mousse into my soaking wet hair right out of the shower.

Then I grabbed maybe a dime-sized amount of gel plus a little water and rubbed my hands together. I definitely think I could’ve used more gel here, especially since mine has a pretty light hold. I smoothed that over my hair using the palms of my hands while also flipping from side to side.

Now it’s time to flip and brush. I know this part was optional, but I’ll do anything for a good curl clump. I made sure to brush the hair directly in front of me away from my face, if that makes sense.

Lastly, I smoothedmoremousse over my flipped hair and scrunched it with additional mousse. I probably used one golf ball size the first time then half of that the second time. I cannot emphasize how important scrunching is — just when you think you’ve done it enough, do it some more.

Okay, now time for the actual last step: diffusing. I started by hover diffusing — so I’m not actually touching my hair but just hovering my blow dryer around it. Then I “cupped” sections of my hair and held it for a few seconds.

It’s normal for your hair to feel really crunchy and stiff after this, but all you have to do is scrunch it out and shake your roots.

And y’all, when I tell you I haven’t seen this kind of volume in my hair in AGES.

Let’s just take another look at the before and after:

And if you’re thinking, “Well there’s no way that held up the next day,” think again! This was my day two hair:

Thanks to@brittcurlsfor sharing her routine and help me achieve some wild book in my hair ! find free to abide by her for all things curly hair .

Claudia poses with her hair pointing out the lack of definition and volume

Brittany holds up a can of mousse and a tub of gel

Brittany rakes mousse through her hair

Brittany sprays her hair with water

Brittany brushes her hair upside down

A before and after of Brittany's hair: from frizzy to defined curls

Leave-in, curl cream and mousse on the left and gel and mousse on the right

Claudia poses with wet hair

Claudia rakes mousse through her hair

Claudia smooths gel over her hair

Claudia brushes her hair forward and away from her face

Claudia scrunches mousse into her hair

Claudia shaking her roots and scrunching her hair up

Claudia flips her hair over while looking shocked

A before and after of Claudia's hair

Claudia posing with day two hair

So, you can imagine my joy when I came across avideofrom Brittany aka@brittcurlson TikTok of her going through the mousse gel mousse styling method. For someone who wants gorgeous locks while still keeping things pretty low maintenance, this new technique seemed like my cup of tea.#

In her video, Brittany explains how you can take your hair from “frizzy and fluffy” to defined curls with just two products and UNDER $10. Consider me sold. Well me and the other 8.7 million people that have viewed her video.#

Brittany starts her styling process with soaking wet hair and rakes in her mousse. She adds “three golf balls” of mousse total and continuously flips her hair from side to side as she disperses the product.#

Next, she takes what I can only describe as a smidge of gel and uses her spray bottle to emulsify it with water. That then gets smoothed over her moussed-up hair.#

Brittany also makes sure to CONSTANTLY keep her hair soaking wet by having her spray bottle at the ready. Remember, we don’t want stringy curls here, and soaking wet hair helps with clumping the curls together.#

After applying the gel, Brittany flips her hair over and brushes it while explaining that this is “going to distribute all the product throughout my hair and also create really even clumps.” She mentions that this step is optional, though.#

Lastly, as the name suggests, Brittany smoothes more mousse over her hair before taking a little extra and scrunching it in. She ends by flipping her hair back and instructing that you can either air dry or diffuse your hair at this point — she opts for diffusing.#

And just look at those results!#

After repeatedly studying Brittany’s technique, I decided to try it out for myself. I already use mousse in my usual hair routine but I typically pair it with a leave-in conditioner and curl cream. So all I needed to grab was the gel.#

First and foremost, I washed my hair just to get out any extra product buildup. I typically use any sulfate shampoo to do this followed by a hair mask that I’ll leave in for about five minutes. If my hair is feeling suuuper dirty then I’ll also throw in a scalp scrub before shampooing.#

Now, onto the actual routine. I started by raking the mousse into my soaking wet hair right out of the shower.#

Then I grabbed maybe a dime-sized amount of gel plus a little water and rubbed my hands together. I definitely think I could’ve used more gel here, especially since mine has a pretty light hold. I smoothed that over my hair using the palms of my hands while also flipping from side to side.#

Now it’s time to flip and brush. I know this part was optional, but I’ll do anything for a good curl clump. I made sure to brush the hair directly in front of me away from my face, if that makes sense.#

Lastly, I smoothedmoremousse over my flipped hair and scrunched it with additional mousse. I probably used one golf ball size the first time then half of that the second time. I cannot emphasize how important scrunching is — just when you think you’ve done it enough, do it some more.#

Okay, now time for the actual last step: diffusing. I started by hover diffusing — so I’m not actually touching my hair but just hovering my blow dryer around it. Then I “cupped” sections of my hair and held it for a few seconds.#

It’s normal for your hair to feel really crunchy and stiff after this, but all you have to do is scrunch it out and shake your roots.#

And y’all, when I tell you I haven’t seen this kind of volume in my hair in AGES.#

Let’s just take another look at the before and after:#

And if you’re thinking, “Well there’s no way that held up the next day,” think again! This was my day two hair:#