I am doing a very modified curly girl method, I’m not sure if I can still call it CGM at this point lol. I stay away from harsh shampoos and clarify regularly with Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate. I use products without silicones but it isn’t a big deal to me if a product I want has silicone e.g. a heat protectant. I blow dry my hair with a diffuser on low heat, always using a heat protectant. I tend to stay away from products, like hairsprays, that have drying alcohols in them but I’m learning they may not be all that bad. I use wide tooth combs and a tangle teezer.
Something else. Have always used shampoo and find that minimal silicone works better than none.
Also in styling usually I am in a hurry and blow dry without diffuser to get some of the water out then put the diffuser on.
But I have learned so much from the curly girl adherents, mostly styling techniques, refresh methods. And my stylist does use a Deva cut as the core of her cutting method, dry curly shaping.
Products, I fall firmly in the “hair gauge and porosity matter more than curly shape” camp.