How to use it
- Apply a generous amount from the middle to the ends of freshly washed hair.
- Detangle with your fingers or a wide-tooth comb.
- Rinse well.
Choose a rinse-out conditioner or a mask for the conditioning step; extra layers are optional. Understand conditioner and mask order .
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
- ARGININE; GLYCINE; ALANINE; SERINE; VALINE; ISOLEUCINE; PROLINE; THREONINE; HISTIDINE; PHENYLALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID
- 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), CETYL ALCOHOL, GLYCERIN, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), STEARYL ALCOHOL, HYDROLYZED LINSEED SEED, TOCOPHEROL, ARGININE, GLYCINE, ALANINE, SERINE, VALINE, ISOLEUCINE, PROLINE, THREONINE, HISTIDINE, PHENYLALANINE, PANTHENOL, SODIUM PCA, PCA, PHENOXYETHANOL, CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, BEHENTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, ISOPROPYL PALMITATE, POLYQUATERNIUM-73, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, MYRISTYL ALCOHOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, ARACHIDYL ALCOHOL, TETRASODIUM GLUTAMATE DIACETATE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM LACTATE, ASPARTIC ACID, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, BENZYL ALCOHOL, POTASSIUM SORBATE, BENZYL SALICYLATE
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 generous 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.