I have hair thats on the thick side. Its a curley/wavy combination (if that makes sense). ...sometimes some of my hair dries and i have a few "pipe curls" here and there, but they're generally pretty lose curls/waves ....

I have my hair cut now in layers, which I recently read is no good for curley hair (it adds to the puffyness)

I'm just looking to find out how I can keep my hair looking healthy. Being curley/wavy it often has a frizzy/dry look. The problem is that it is NOT dry at all. Actually, I take a shower in the morning and wash my hair (every day) and by the time i go to bed at night it feels a bit oily. .. so I do not like to add a lot of product to my hair becuase it often leaves my hair looking oily/dirty.

I do not use heat to dry my hair. Every day I let it air dry (Even if that means going to work with a damp head) Occasionally (once every other month) i use a straight iron and straighten it. But thats basically the only heat I use (and its a rare occasion)
*Once my hair grows out a bit more I'm going to get it cut to all one length (and a little shorter in the front, i dont have bangs...but I try to keep the hair thats around my face a little bit shorter than the rest so that it sourt of shapes my face a bit - if that makes sense)

i have naturally curly hair, and i have found that not washing it every day helps. you said your hair feels oily, but looks dry, so maybe it's just that you think it's oily but it's not. either way if you like washing it every day you should try the sunsilk line. the pink bottles are pretty good for curly hair, and they have shampoo, conditioner, and some sort of leave in stuff that comes in a smaller bottle. it does not make your hair look or feel oily if you put it in your hair after you wash it, right before you brush it. i use it and let my hair air dry and it works really well. they had a green bottle that was even better, but they discontinued it for some reason.

hey! i have the same problems! well when you are getting ready to step out get either biosilk silk therapy and put just a TINY amount in your palms and put it in your hair and avoid the roots and scalp (to prevent it from looking oily) or you can try catwalk camera ready (same as biosilk but in a spray form) its easier to put it and doesnt make it lookk so oily...and try to get it thinned out to reduce puffyness..C:

i have naturally curly hair to, and one no no is to not ever get layers in ur hair and don't blow dry it or ur hair will just be frizzier and dryer, and u shouldn't wash ur hair everyday because (well at least that's what my hairdresser said) for my hair though i use suave or pantene but depending on how different ur hair is from mine u might need a different kind ( :

I have the same type of hair as you do (some corkscrew curls, mostly waves and loose curls), and the same habits (wash every day, no blow drying). The only exception is that I have fine hair, and adding any products to it makes it look oily. I found that a spray leave-in conditioner (I use Infusium) helps to keep it from looking dry without weighing it down or making it oily.