How to use it
- Wet your hair thoroughly, then make partings with the pointed tip and apply the shampoo directly to your scalp.
- Massage it in to a rich lather, adding a little water if needed.
- Rinse well before conditioning.
Start with one cleanser. A clarifying shampoo can replace it on a reset wash. See where this step fits .
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; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; ALANINE; SERINE; VALINE; ISOLEUCINE; PROLINE; THREONINE; HISTIDINE; PHENYLALANINE
- 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
Read the full ingredient list
WATER (AQUA/EAU), SODIUM C14-16 OLEFIN SULFONATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, PROPANEDIOL, GLYCOL DISTEARATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) OIL, RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL, GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) STEROLS, BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER, ARGININE, ASPARTIC ACID, PCA, GLYCINE, ALANINE, SERINE, VALINE, ISOLEUCINE, PROLINE, THREONINE, HISTIDINE, PHENYLALANINE, LAURYL LACTYL LACTATE, PEG-150 DISTEARATE, PHOSPHOLIPIDS, HYDROXYACETOPHENONE, GLYCERIN, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM GLYCOLATE, DISODIUM EDTA, GLYCOLIPIDS, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM ACETATE, CHLOROACETIC ACID, CELLULOSE, SODIUM PCA, SODIUM LACTATE, 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 doesn’t say how much to use. 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.