You can you use your straightener to use as a curler but less curly. Just use the straightener like a curler and that will make the curls looser If you are going to put on gel, put it on before you curl it.
Right, in your case what you could do to get loose and luxurious curls is buying a curling iron that says that minimizes frizz rather than making your hair look good at the beginning but then during the day it gets frizzy and untameable. Or if you have a straightener which you said you did you can do some curls either how you prefer, if you don't know how to do curls with a straightener then YouTube it, I'm sure you'll get the curls you'll want! Hope I helped:).
I have curly hair too . Running my fingers through my curls makes them looser. If you have a blow dryer, blow dry your hair and then curl it, and comb the curls out.
Or I straighten and curl my hair with my flat iron . It sounds weird but search how to curl hair with a flat iron on youtube. Something that works perfect for curly hair is Carol's Daughter.It isn't expensive and it really helps when you run your fingers through the curls to loosen them.
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