7 curl creams for irresistibly soft, bouncy spirals

From $49 at Sephora

Sometimes defining your curly tresses requires the help of a lightweight (think soft-serve-like textured) pliable conditioning cream. Well, stop looking, because Bread is here to sandwich up your strands into a mouthwatering world of definition. This silicone-free, multipurpose cream works to not only define and nourish, but also protect against breakage. 

Key features:

• Mango butter works to reduce dryness
• Intoxicatingly sweet-scented
• Hydrolyzed quinoa protein provides strand revitalisation 

Available at:

• $49 from Sephora

From $25.84 at iHerb

This curl cream features an impressively natural list of ingredients, rooted in traditional African hair care. The star of the show, as you can imagine, is certified organic shea butter. The impressive list of natural ingredients continues, combing to create an especially power-packed smoothie, providing you with luscious hydrated, tamed and seriously smoothed strands.

Key features:

• Heroes shine-enhancing neem oil
• Silk proteins help to soften strands 
• Enriched with natural ingredients

Available at:

• $25.84 from iHerb
• $20.99 (usually $29.99) from Priceline
• $15 (usually $30) from Woolworths

From $27.95 at Adore Beauty

This cream gives you the perfect amount of moisture for great curls, without them becoming crunchy or needing to be scrunched out. Simply apply a small amount to damp hair, and air dry or use a diffuser for the perfectly defined curl or wave. All of this for under $27, and we assure you, it's worth all that and more.

Key features:

• Non-crispy feel
• Recyclable packaging
• Colour-safe

Available at:

• $27.95 from Adore Beauty
• $27.95 from Oz Hair and Beauty
• $26.95 from Big W

From $62 at Kérastase

Kérastase's ultra-lightweight smoothing cream delivers intense hydration, effortless detangling and heat protection up to 230 degrees Celsius, while reducing frizz and preserving curl pattern by helping shield the hair from up to 80 per cent humidity.

Key features:

• Offers heat protection up to 230 degrees
• Infused with nourishing manuka oil
• Formulated with hydrating ceramides

Available at:

• $62 from Kérastase 
• $62 from Adore Beauty
• $62 from Oz Hair and Beauty

From $46.95 at Amazon Australia

If you're a curly girl who doesn't like crunchy hair (who does?), this curl defining cream may just be the answer to your hair care prayers. This all-in-one solution promotes natural-looking, touchable curls with more bounce and movement. The nourishing formula helps restore elasticity and smoothness, while increasing shape and separation, and giving a soft hold.

Key features:

• Provides hold and control
• Fragranced with signature scent 
• Helps create natural, touchable looking curls

Available at:

• $46.95 from Amazon Australia
• $56.50 from Adore Beauty
• $57 from Sephora

From $66 at Adore Beauty

The perfect balance between hold and moisture is in the palm of your hot little hands with this baby. The silk-light crème glides through hair to style and nourish with ultra-hydrating avocado, apricot and coconut oils. Curls and waves are given instant, touchable definition, with all-day frizz-control and support.

Key features:

• Provides all day frizz-control
• Formulated without parabens or sulphates  
• Keratin-safe treatment

Available at:

• $66 from Adore Beauty
• $66 from Oz Hair and Beauty
• $66 from SSS Hair

From $19 at Sephora

This weightless cream's been formulated to help define, moisturise and protect curly and kinky hair (while also reducing, protecting and strengthening hair against chemical damage). Apply enough product to thinly coat all of your hair, and watch as it easily defines and prolongs curls' bounce and their natural shape.

Key features:

• Serum-like cream
• Weightless formula
• Strengthens and protects against chemical damage 

Available at:

• $19 from Sephora
• $38.74 from Amazon Australia