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Styler

Ouidad Curl Quencher Moisturizing Styling Gel

An optional styling step. Formula as listed on Ouidad’s US product page.

Maker’s directions: Divide damp hair into sections. Full directions ↓

Sizes: 8.5 oz / 33.8 oz

Price:
  • $26.00 for 8.5 oz ($3.06 per oz)
  • $75.00 for 33.8 oz ($2.22 per oz)

List prices on Ouidad’s own store, checked

See how its price per ounce compares

Your step: Styler

Source: the label and directions Ouidad publishes for this product

Gels and foams for curly hair, compared Every styler we list

View at Ouidad

How to use it

  1. Divide damp hair into sections.
  2. Rake a nickel-sized amount through each section, then hold the ends and shake to form curls.
  3. Air-dry or diffuse.

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 silicones
PEG-PPG-15/15 Acetate Dimethicone; Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate
Curly Girl Method
Lists PEG-PPG-15/15 Acetate Dimethicone and Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate (silicones) and Ethyl Alcohol and Isopropanol (drying alcohols), which the method leaves out. What counts
Hold, in Ouidad’s words
“Soft Hold”
Read the full ingredient list

Water/Aqua/Eau, Ethyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, VP/DMAPA/Acrylates Copolymer, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, Panthenol, PVP, PEG/PPG-15/15 Acetate, PEG-PPG-15/15 Acetate Dimethicone, PEG-PPG 15/15 Allyl Ether Acetate, Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate, Isopropanol, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium acetate, Benzalkonium Chloride, Caprylyl Glycol, Dipropylene Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Citronellol, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool, Dimethyl Phenethyl Acetate, Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Fragrance (Parfum)

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

Ouidad says to use a nickel-sized amount for each section, so how much you use depends on how many sections you make. Measure it once, and the cost calculator does the rest.

Every fact here comes from what Ouidad publishes for this product; our sources page lists each one. Holding the product? Check its ingredient list.