If you want to use heat to style your hair, but still want to have healthy hair, you're going to have to make sure you use products to protect your hair from the heat. Here's a countdown of 10 of the best heat protecting products on the market.

10. Curly Q's Moist Curls Moisturizer

This great moisturizer also doubles as a detangler and conditioner for curly haired girls. This is a very gentle product, and is a great choice for curly haired children as well. It's easy to use and will help make anyone's curls lovelier.

9. Clairol Herbal Essences Gel, Humidity Defying, Intense Hold

Can you curly hair not handle the hot, humid, summer months? No need to worry! This great gel will give your hair lots of hold and will help keep it frizz free all year long. If you like to scrunch your curls, this curly hair product is a great choice.

8. David Babaii for Wildaid Amplifying Whipped Mousse

Like to use mousse to tame your curly locks? This amplifying whipped mousse is a great choice for helping to define curls. Since it's a mousse, it has light hold, but it can double up great with a good curly hair friendly gel or curl creme.

7. Nature`s Gate Aloe Vera Moisturizing Conditioner for Normal to Dry Hair

If you're on the market for a conditioner that is good for curly hair, try this great Aloe Vera one. It'll leave your hair soft and shiny, and your curls bouncy. Best of all, you can also double up and use this product as a leave-in conditioner.

6. Back to Nature Berries and Creme Silk Serum

This great smelling curl creme will leave your hair smelling yummy and leave your curls looking shiny. It's not at all sticky or greasy and is even animal friendly, making this a great curly hair product for absolutely any girl's collection.

5. Biosilk Silk Pomade

Biosilk's Pomade is great for any curly hair girl who has a shorter cut. It has light hold but still manages to give curls great definition and isn't greasy in spite of it being a pomade. It's also a good product to make your hair more shiny.

4. So Cozy Kooky Kiwi Styling Cream

This kiwi-scented curl creme will give you picture perfect curls. It has excellent frizz control and will still leave your curls soft and touchable instead of giving you hard hair like many other products do. It's the perfect way for a curly haired girl to finish her look!

3. Tigi Bed Head Some Like It Hot Heat and Humidity Resistant Serum

Tigi's humidity resistant serum can survive a bout with a blow drier or keep your hair frizz free even on a humid day. It only takes a tiny drop to keep your whole hair humidity safe, and will help to give you healthy and pouf free hair.

2. MOP C-System C-Curl Curl Defining Cream

Be careful- many a girl who has started using this curl defining cream hasn't been able to go back to any other product! This will give you perfect spiral curls and will keep them looking shiny and beautiful throughout the day. It's silicone and sulfate free.

1. HPO Spa Treatments Twisty Locs

Do you have dry, frizzy hair? This moisturizing curly hair product will give you the luscious spiral curls you never dreamed you could have. It's great for definition, volume, frizz control, and is even silicone and sulfate free. For shiny, perfect curls, there's no better product.