How to use it
- Wet hair, work product in hands, and apply to the scalp.
- Massage through buildup, rinse until clear, then repeat.
- Follow with conditioner.
Every fourth to fifth wash.
Replace the regular cleanser for this wash. Do not add both automatically. Read the clarifying-wash guide .
Ingredients and formula details
Makers change formulas now and then. If the list on your bottle differs, go by your bottle.
- Fragrance / Parfum
- Listed
- Curly Girl Method
- Fits its ingredient rules: no sulfate, silicone, drying alcohol or wax on this label. Stricter lists also leave out Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate. What counts · More products that fit
- Hair texture, in Curlsmith’s words
- “Best for: All Textures”
Read the full ingredient list
WATER (AQUA/EAU), Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cellulose, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower Extract, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Leaf Extract, Vinegar (Acetum / Vinaigre), Glycerine, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Polyquaternium-10, Sodium Gluconate, Phytic Acid, Propanediol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Fragrance (Parfum), Linalool, Limonene, Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil.
These are formula details, not predictions of conditioning, hold or how your hair will respond. Read about ingredient comparisons .
What the maker doesn’t say
Curlsmith says the ingredient list on its website and the one on the product may differ while it updates a formula. Go by the one on the product.
Curlsmith doesn’t say how much to use, and its directions have you lather twice. Measure your usual amount for both lathers once, and the cost calculator does the rest.
Every fact here comes from what Curlsmith publishes for this product; our sources page lists each one. Holding the product? Check its ingredient list.