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Leave-in conditioner

Kristin Ess Weightless Shine Leave-In Conditioner

An optional conditioning layer that stays in. Formula as listed on Kristin Ess’s US product page.

Maker’s directions: Towel-dry your hair right out of the shower. Full directions ↓

Size: 8.45 fl oz

Your step: Leave-in conditioner

Source: the label and directions Kristin Ess publishes for this product

View at Kristin Ess

How to use it

  1. Towel-dry your hair right out of the shower.
  2. While it’s still completely wet, apply 5 to 10 sprays all over.
  3. Blow-dry or air-dry as you like.

Leave-in follows rinsing. It does not automatically replace a rinse-out conditioner or heat protectant. 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
Named silicones
TRIMETHYLSILOXYAMODIMETHICONE
Curly Girl Method
Lists TRIMETHYLSILOXYAMODIMETHICONE (a silicone), which the method leaves out. What counts
Read the full ingredient list

WATER (AQUA/EAU), C11-15 PARETH-12, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), PANTHENOL, GLYCERIN, CETEARAMIDOETHYLDIETHONIUM SUCCINOYL HYDROLYZED PEA PROTEIN, HYPNEA MUSCIFORMIS EXTRACT, SARGASSUM FILIPENDULA EXTRACT, 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, PHENOXYETHANOL, CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, TRIMETHYLSILOXYAMODIMETHICONE, C11-15 PARETH-7, C12-16 PARETH-9, TRIDECETH-12, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, QUATERNIUM-80, BEHENTRIMONIUM METHOSULFATE, SORBITOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, SORBITAN OLEATE, XANTHAN GUM, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN

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 5 to 10 sprays 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.