How to use it
- Shampoo and condition as usual, then detangle and towel-dry.
- Let your hair air-dry for a few minutes so your natural pattern starts to show.
- Scrunch a golf ball-sized amount through your hair.
- Keep scrunching as it dries.
Pick one styling product to begin with. A foam and a strong-hold gel do not have identical instructions. 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
- CETEARAMIDOETHYLDIETHONIUM SUCCINOYL HYDROLYZED PEA PROTEIN
- Curly Girl Method
- Fits its ingredient rules: no sulfate, silicone, drying alcohol or wax on this label. What counts · More products that fit
- Hair texture, in Kristin Ess’s words
- “boost waves and encourage natural texture on fine to medium hair”
- Hold, in Kristin Ess’s words
- “light hold”
Read the full ingredient list
WATER (AQUA/EAU), SODIUM CHLORIDE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, C11-15 PARETH-12, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), OLETH-20, PEG-40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, GLYCERIN, PYRUS MALUS (APPLE) FRUIT EXTRACT, PANTHENOL, SEA SALT, CETEARAMIDOETHYLDIETHONIUM SUCCINOYL HYDROLYZED PEA PROTEIN, HYPNEA MUSCIFORMIS EXTRACT, SARGASSUM FILIPENDULA EXTRACT, ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS (KIWI) FRUIT EXTRACT, ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF EXTRACT, HEDYCHIUM CORONARIUM ROOT EXTRACT, MANGIFERA INDICA (MANGO) FRUIT EXTRACT, PASSIFLORA INCARNATA FLOWER EXTRACT, TOCOPHEROL, CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA (MATRICARIA) FLOWER EXTRACT, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED OIL, MANGIFERA INDICA (MANGO) SEED BUTTER, PERSEA GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) OIL, RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL, COCO-GLUCOSIDE, GELIDIELLA ACEROSA EXTRACT, ALGIN, CARRAGEENAN, CHITOSAN, PVP, PHENOXYETHANOL, LAURETH-4, POLYQUATERNIUM-4, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, DISODIUM EDTA, ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE, AMINOMETHYL PROPANOL, BENZOPHENONE-4, SORBITOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, SORBITAN OLEATE, XANTHAN GUM, CHLORPHENESIN, BENZOIC ACID, SORBIC ACID
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 golf ball-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.