Curly haired gals/guys , please help

So I have wavy kinda frizzy hair ..... I also have the fix my curls butter and gel .... I really wanna have defined curls and not the chaotic mess thats my hair right now ..

+ My hair look good asff wet but when I dry it they frizz and deform and puff up (and don't tell me to use a diffuser since my mom wouldn't allow me to buy it )
So how do I make them look semi presentable and cute

(context - my mom and lil sis and nani and basicall everbody around me has pin straight hair .... she opposes to the use of curl cream as well and hates it when I scrunch my hair cause she thinks it messes them up)

+ I tried finger coiling for more definition but my hair are thick asff and I do not have that amount of patience ..

(ig my curls are 2b 2a but i might be wrong)

Also my hair had airdried properly for like once in my life (without using any products and had kinda looked like this)

https://preview.redd.it/kbecddaf23ge1.png?width=390&format=png&auto=webp&s=3204d13fee36a81f6a1dbe3dd902a170acb548b9