How to use it
- Use weekly or as needed in place of regular shampoo.
- Emulsify in hands, apply to wet hair, lather, and rinse well.
Once every one to two weeks or 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
- Arginine; Glycine; Alanine; Serine; Valine; Proline; Threonine; Isoleucine; 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
- Hair texture, in OLAPLEX’s words
- “For straight, wavy, curly, coily hair types, and fine, medium, or coarse textures”
Read the full ingredient list
Aqua (Water, Eau), Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Coco-Betaine, Sodium Chloride, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Cocamidopropylamine Oxide, Acrylates Copolymer, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Decyl Glucoside, Sodium Methyl Isethionate, Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate, Lauric Acid, Panthenol, Arginine, Polyquaternium-11, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Valine, Proline, Threonine, Isoleucine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Aspartic Acid, PCA, Coco-Glucoside, Lauryl Glucoside, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium PCA, Glycerin, Sodium Sulfate, Laureth-10, Sodium Laurate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Lactate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Benzoic Acid, Chlorphenesin, Citric Acid, Parfum (Fragrance), Citral, Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Menthol, CI 19140 (Yellow 5), CI 15985 (Yellow 6).
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
OLAPLEX gives two amounts: 2.5 mL in its directions and 5 mL in its FAQ. Measure your own amount before working out the cost.
Every fact here comes from what OLAPLEX publishes for this product; our sources page lists each one. Holding the product? Check its ingredient list.