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Heat protectant

Curlsmith Curlshield Cream

Goes on before heat: a diffuser, a blow-dryer or a curling iron. Formula as listed on Curlsmith’s US product page.

Maker’s directions: Start with dry hair. Full directions ↓

Size: Full 4.4 oz

Price:
  • $29.00 for Full 4.4 oz ($6.59 per oz)

List prices on Curlsmith’s own store, checked

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Your step: Heat protectant

Know first: Curlsmith says to start with dry hair and calls it a heat protectant cream that also gives curl definition; it can be left in without heat.

Source: the label and directions Curlsmith publishes for this product

View at Curlsmith

How to use it

  1. Start with dry hair.
  2. Rub one pump between your palms, adding more if needed.
  3. Smooth it on section by section with praying hands.
  4. Follow with a heated tool to refresh curls, or leave as is.

“Wash day or refresh day.”

Put it on before heat, in the order its label gives. A leave-in or a styler isn’t a heat protectant unless its maker says so. Air-dry or diffuse: what changes .

What changes your choice

Curlsmith says its ingredient lists may vary for a time and to check the list printed on the package.

Ingredients and formula details

Makers change formulas now and then. If the list on your bottle differs, go by your bottle.

Fragrance / Parfum
Listed
Named protein ingredients
nicotiana benthamiana hexapeptide-40 sh-polypeptide-47
Curly Girl Method
Fits its ingredient rules: no sulfate, silicone, drying alcohol or wax on this label. What counts · More products that fit
Read the full ingredient list

Water (aqua / eau), cicer arietinum seed extract, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, behenamidopropyl dimethylamine, prunus persica (peach) leaf extract, brassica campestris/aleurites fordi oil copolymer, avena strigosa seed extract, nicotiana benthamiana hexapeptide-40 sh-polypeptide-47, lecithin, polycitronellol acetate, undecane, polyquaternium 10, tridecane, butylene glycol, benzyl alcohol, ethylhexylglycerin, pg-hydroxyethylcellulose cocodimonium chloride, pentylene glycol, tocopherol, lactic acid, citric acid, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), alpha-terpinene, citral, citronellol, coumarin, dimethyl phenethyl acetate, tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, limonene, linalool, citrus Aurantium (orange) peel oil, pinene, rose ketones.

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

The maker doesn’t say whether it can go on damp hair before diffusing.

Every fact here comes from what Curlsmith publishes for this product; our sources page lists each one. Holding the product? Check its ingredient list.