Best Aveda Shampoo for Frizzy & Thick Hair: Choose Your Finish
For a sleek, smooth finish, the best Aveda shampoo for frizzy hair is Smooth Infusion Anti-Frizz Shampoo. If you'd rather wear your natural waves or curls, choose Be Curly Advanced Shampoo. For thick or coarse hair that also feels dry, Nutriplenish Shampoo Deep Moisture adds richer moisture.
The best routine for frizzy hair depends on the finish you want. A sleek blowout calls for a different approach than defined natural curls, and frizz often shows up alongside dryness or breakage. At Aveda Belle Isle Salon in Irvine Spectrum Center, we help clients choose hair care around their natural texture and everyday styling habits. You don't need to straighten your hair to make it look polished. For every hair type, see our guide to choosing the right Aveda shampoo.
What Makes a Shampoo Right for Frizzy or Thick Hair?
Start with two questions: what finish do you want, and how thick are your strands?
Your finish: smoothing products help you get a sleek blowout, while curl products help define your natural pattern.
Your strand thickness: thick or coarse hair can usually handle richer formulas that would weigh fine hair down. That's why Aveda makes richer versions of several lines for medium to thick hair.
A smoothing product is only one part of the picture. If your hair is also dry or fragile, that need comes first.
Best Aveda Shampoo for Frizzy Hair Overall: Smooth Infusion Anti-Frizz Shampoo
Smooth Infusion is Aveda's smoothing line, and it's our first recommendation for frizz. Aveda describes Smooth Infusion Anti-Frizz Shampoo as a "smoothing shampoo" that "gently cleanses and fights frizz."
Use the shampoo on wet hair and rinse. Follow with Smooth Infusion Anti-Frizz Conditioner, which Aveda says helps smooth frizz-prone hair, then rinse again. If your hair is also very dry or damaged, add a targeted weekly masque for that separate need.
The Best Aveda Shampoo for Your Frizzy or Thick Hair Type
Frizzy Hair You Blow-Dry Smooth: Smooth Infusion
For a smoother blowout, pair the Smooth Infusion shampoo and conditioner with Smooth Infusion Perfect Blow Dry. Apply generously in sections to clean, towel-dried, detangled hair, then blow-dry thoroughly to activate.
This detail matters: it needs a blow-dryer to work as intended. Aveda also recommends using it without other pre-styling products, so don't layer a leave-in cream or serum underneath. Ask your stylist how to adapt your routine if you need extra conditioning. Living in Southern California? Here's why your hair frizzes more in summer and how to fix it.
Natural Waves and Curls: Be Curly Advanced
Want to wear your natural texture instead of a straight finish? Aveda's Be Curly Advanced Shampoo is a best seller that "cleanses, moisturizes and removes product build-up for curls, coils and waves." Follow with Be Curly Advanced Conditioner for slip and easier detangling.
For waves and looser curls, Be Curly Advanced Curl Enhancer Cream helps define your pattern and manage frizz. Apply it to damp hair, then air-dry or diffuse. Tighter curls and coils may need a different styling formula, such as a gel chosen with your stylist. Between wash days, Aveda's Be Curly Advanced Co-Wash "conditions and gently cleanses curls and coils" without stripping.
Thick or Coarse Frizzy Hair: Nutriplenish Deep Moisture
When thick or coarse hair frizzes because it feels dry, moisture may help more than smoothing. Aveda describes Nutriplenish Shampoo Deep Moisture as a "rich shampoo" that replenishes dry hair, and recommends it for thicker hair that needs serious hydration. Follow with Nutriplenish Conditioner Deep Moisture.
Not sure whether to choose Smooth Infusion or Nutriplenish? Start with your main need: Smooth Infusion focuses on smoothing, while Nutriplenish focuses on moisture. For more, see our guide to the best Aveda shampoo for dry hair.
Thick, Color-Treated Hair: Color Control Rich
If your thick hair is colored, Aveda's Color Control Rich Shampoo is "ideal for medium to thick hair types." Aveda says it protects color for up to 8 weeks, based on ex vivo testing on hair samples washed 24 times. Read more in our guide to the best Aveda shampoo for color-treated hair.
Frizz, Dryness or Damage: What's Really Going On?
Frizz isn't always a smoothing problem. If your lengths feel rough and thirsty, focus on moisture first. If you notice snapping or fragile pieces after bleaching or coloring, strengthening may matter more than another finishing product.
A few flyaways are normal. The goal is a finish you enjoy and can maintain, not a routine that needs constant heat to eliminate every stray strand.
A Simple Aveda Routine for Frizzy & Thick Hair
For a sleek blowout:
Smooth Infusion Anti-Frizz Shampoo
Smooth Infusion Anti-Frizz Conditioner
Smooth Infusion Perfect Blow Dry on towel-dried hair, then blow-dry thoroughly
For natural waves and curls:
Be Curly Advanced Shampoo, or Co-Wash between wash days
Be Curly Advanced Conditioner
Be Curly Advanced Curl Enhancer Cream on damp hair, then air-dry or diffuse
Planning to air-dry? Skip Perfect Blow Dry, since it needs heat to activate, and reach for Curl Enhancer Cream instead.
Everyday habits for a more controlled finish:
Give conditioner time. Work it through your lengths instead of coating only the surface.
Blot, don't rub. Gently squeeze water out instead of rubbing strands together.
Let curls set. Touching hair while it dries can disturb the shape you're creating.
Brush with your goal in mind. Dry brushing can separate a curl pattern; detangle curls with slip.
Control your airflow. For a blowout, point the dryer down the hair shaft.
Do fewer heat passes. Repeated ironing can leave strands more fragile.
Find Your Frizz-Care Routine at Aveda Belle Isle in Irvine
Book an appointment at Aveda Belle Isle Salon at Irvine Spectrum Center for guidance on a smoother blowout or a more defined natural finish. Bring a photo of your everyday hair so we can build a routine that works beyond the salon chair. Want longer-lasting smoothing? Compare keratin treatment vs. relaxer vs. Japanese straightening, or ask about our hair treatments.
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