This spray is made for people with medium to coarse wavy, curly, or coily hair who want to stretch the time between wash days. DevaCurl's own product sizing points it at medium-to-coarse texture specifically, not fine hair, which may find the spray unnecessary or the hold too light to matter.

It's a beginner-friendly product: there's no diffusing, plopping, or special technique involved, just misting and scrunching, so it works as well for someone new to curly-hair care as for an experienced curl-method user doing a mid-week refresh.

The reason to reach for DevaFresh instead of just re-wetting hair in the shower is the Time-Released Freshness Complex, which is built to neutralize odor for up to 48 hours rather than just masking it with fragrance — a bigger deal for curly and coily textures that naturally go longer between washes and trap sweat and product closer to the scalp. Skipping silicones and sulfates also means it's less likely to compound the buildup that curl patterns are already prone to if used often.

Lightly mist DevaFresh directly onto the scalp to refresh it, then continue spraying through the mid-lengths and ends. Scrunch gently with your hands to re-activate curl definition and volume. Do not rinse — style as usual. Use on dry hair between wash days whenever curls need a lift or the scalp needs a refresh.

Pros:

• Menthyl lactate gives an immediate cooling sensation on the scalp, useful for curl patterns that trap heat and product buildup between washes
• No propellant or powder means it can be misted straight onto the scalp without the white residue some dry shampoos leave on dark roots
• The plant-extract blend replaces the alcohol many refresher sprays rely on, so it's less likely to dry out already-porous curls

Cons:

• It refreshes and moisturizes but doesn't reset fully fallen curl clumps the way re-wetting with a diffuser and curl cream would
• The cooling sensation from menthyl lactate can feel strong on a sensitized or product-reactive scalp
• At 3 oz, the bottle is small for a product meant to be used repeatedly between every wash