How to use it
- Squeeze a dime- to quarter-sized amount into your palm, depending on how thick your hair is.
- Apply to wet hair and massage into the scalp to a rich lather.
- Add more if you like, rinse thoroughly and repeat if needed.
- Follow with a very moisturizing conditioner or mask.
Manufacturer describes use as needed.
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
- Named protein ingredients
- CETEARAMIDOETHYLDIETHONIUM SUCCINOYL HYDROLYZED PEA PROTEIN
- Curly Girl Method
- Lists SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE and SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE (sulfates), which the method leaves out. What counts
Read the full ingredient list
WATER (AQUA/EAU), SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), PHENOXYETHANOL, SODIUM SULFATE, GLYCERIN, DISODIUM EDTA, PEG-4 LAURATE, PEG-4 DILAURATE, CITRIC ACID, TETRASODIUM EDTA, CETEARAMIDOETHYLDIETHONIUM SUCCINOYL HYDROLYZED PEA PROTEIN, IODOPROPYNYL BUTYLCARBAMATE, PEG-4, HYPNEA MUSCIFORMIS EXTRACT, SARGASSUM FILIPENDULA EXTRACT, SORBITOL, GELIDIELLA ACEROSA EXTRACT, METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA (MATRICARIA) FLOWER EXTRACT, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED OIL, MANGIFERA INDICA (MANGO) SEED BUTTER, PERSEA GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) OIL, RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL, METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE, COCO-GLUCOSIDE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, ALGIN, CARRAGEENAN, CHITOSAN, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, SORBITAN OLEATE, XANTHAN GUM, LIMONENE, RED 33 (CI 17200)
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
Kristin Ess says to use a dime- to quarter-sized amount but doesn’t say how much that is. Measure your usual amount once, and the cost calculator does the rest.
Every fact here comes from what Kristin Ess publishes for this product; our sources page lists each one. Holding the product? Check its ingredient list.