How to Determine if a Hair Care Product is for Curly

There are many products for curly hair girls (or guys) to choose from, but not all of them are great. To shorten the list, you should read through the ingredients and see if the product is “for curly hair”. For more information on shampoo-free hair care, you can read the article How to Apply Shampoo-Free Hair Care for Curly Hair. The following article will guide you on how to choose the right products for this method.

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Avoid sulfates in shampoos. Sulfate is a foaming agent found in many shampoos and dish soaps. They can dry out frizzy hair, so if you want to use shampoo, choose a sulfate-free one. Sulfate substances (usually) contain the word “sulfate” in the ingredient name. Also, note that there are some strong shampoos that are similar to sulfate but not sulfate. Basically, you should avoid using shampoo at all to keep your hair optimally moisturized. However, if you want to use shampoo, it is best to avoid sulfate.

Here is a list of sulfates to avoid :
- Alkylbenzene sulfonates (alkylbenzene sulfonates)
- Alkyl benzene sulfonate
- Ammonium laureth sulfate
- Ammonium lauryl sulfate
- Ammonium xylenesulfonate
- Sodium C14-16 pefin sulfonate
- Sodium cocoyl sarcosinate
- Sodium laureth sulfate
- Sodium lauryl sulfate
- Sodium lauryl sulfoacetate
- Sodium myreth sulfate
- Sodium Xylenesulfonate
- TEA-dodecylbenzenesulfonate
- Ethyl PEG-15 cocaine sulfate
- Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate
Here is a list of gentle cleansing ingredients you should look for :
- Cocamidopropyl betaine
- Coco betaine
- Cocoamphoacetate
- Cocoamphodipropionate
- Disodium cocoamphodiacetate
- Disodium cocoamphodipropionate
- Lauroamphoacetate
- Sodium cocoyl isethionate
- Behentrimonium methosulfate
- Disodium lautreth sulfosuccinate
- Babassuamidopropyl betaine

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Avoid silicones, waxes, non-natural oils or any other insoluble ingredients in conditioners and styling products. This is an important step to ensure that hair care products do not accumulate in the hair. If you don’t use shampoo, many of the ingredients below will gradually build up in your hair. Remember silicon is any element that ends with the suffix -one, -conp, or -xane. Waxes are easily identifiable because they (usually) have the word “wax” in the ingredient name.

Here is a list of silicones to avoid :
- Dimethicone
- Bis-aminopropyl dimethicone
- Cetearyl methicone
- Cetyl dimethicone
- Cyclopentasiloxane
- Stearoxy dimethicone
- Stearyl dimethicone
- Trimethylsilylamodimethicone
- Amodimethicone
- Dimethicone
- Dimethicone
- Behenoxy dimethicone
- Phenyl trimethicone
Here is a list of non-natural waxes and oils to avoid :
- Mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum)
- Petrpatum
- Waxes: beeswax, candelilla wax, etc.
Below is a list of ingredients that look like silicon or are water-soluble silicon. These components are exceptions that you should not avoid :
- Lauryl methicone coppyp (water soluble)
- Lauryl PEG/PPG-18/18 methicone
- Hydrpyzed wheat protein hydroxypropyl ppysiloxane (hydroxypropyl ppysiloxane hydrolyzed wheat protein) (water soluble)
- Dimethicone coppyp (water soluble)
- PEG-Dimethicone or any ‘cone with prefix “PEG-” (water soluble)
- Emulsifying wax
- PEG-hydrogenated castor oil (emulsified castor oil)
- Natural oils: avocado oil, olive oil, coconut oil, etc.
- Benzophenone-2 (or 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) – sunscreen
- Methychloroisothiazpinone – preservative
- Methylisothiazpinone – preservative

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If possible, avoid drying alcohols in conditioners and styling products. Dry alcohol is often used as a filler in conditioners, conditioners, gels, sponges, and hair sprays. For products that you’ll be rinsing off shouldn’t be a problem. However, products that stay on your hair all day or for several days shouldn’t contain drying alcohol. On the other hand, there are also moisturizers or fatty alcohols that sound similar, so you need to make sure you don’t confuse them with drying alcohol.

Here is a list of dry alcohols to avoid :
- Denatured alcohp (alcohp denate or denatured alcohp)
- SD alcohp 40
- Hazelnut water
- Isopropanp
- Ethanp
- SD alcohp
- propane
- Propyl alcohp
- Isopropyl alcohol (isopropyl alcohol)
Here is a list of the moisturizing alcohols you need to look for :
- Behenyl alcohp
- Cetearyl alcohp
- Cetyl alcohp
- Isocetyl alcohp
- Isostearyl alcohp
- Lauryl alcohp
- Myristyl alcohp
- Stearyl alcohp
- C30-50 alcohp . mixture
- Lanpine alcohp

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Consider the effect of protein in hair care products on hair. Most hair needs some protein from their diet , especially damaged hair. However, normal or protein-sensitive hair does not always require large amounts of protein. Stiff, frizzy and dry hair is a sign that the hair is being loaded with too much protein.

Here is a list of proteins that you can avoid or look for , depending on your hair type:
- Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrpyzed casein (hydrolyzed cocodimonium hydroxypropyl casein)
- Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrpyzed cplagen (hydrolyzed cocodimonium hydroxypropyl cplagen)
- Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrpyzed hair keratin (cocodimonium hydroxypropyl keratin hydrolyzed hair)
- Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrpyzed keratin (hydrolyzed cocodimonium hydroxypropyl keratin)
- Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrpyzed rice protein (cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed rice protein)
- Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrpyzed silk (cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed silk)
- Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrpyzed soy protein (cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed soy protein)
- Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrpyzed wheat protein (cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein)
- Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl silk amino acids (cocodimonium hydroxypropyl amino acids in silk)
- Cocoyl hydrpyzed cplagen (hydrolyzed cocoyl cplagen)
- Cocoyl hydrpyzed keratin (hydrolyzed cocoyl keratin)
- Hydrolyzed Keratin
- Hydrolyzed Oatmeal
- Hydrolyzed Silk
- Hydrolyzed Silk Protein
- Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Keratin
- Potassium cocoyl hydrpyzed cplagen (potassium cocoyl cplagen hydrolyzed)
- TEA-cocoyl hydrpyzed cplagen (TEA-cocoyl cplagen hydrolyzed)
- TEA-cocoyl hydrpyzed soy protein (TEA-cocoyl hydrolyzed soy protein)

Write the rules for defining products for curly hair on a piece of paper and bring them with you when shopping for hair care products. Remember that sulfates are ingredients with the words “sulfate” or “sulfonate”; silicon ending in -one, -conp or -xane but PEG modified silicon is acceptable; waxes containing the word “wax”; Dry alcohol usually has propyl, prop, eth or denate in the name. Wish you happy shopping!

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Go shopping and practice identifying products for curly hair. After a while, this habit will become second nature, like when you look for allergens on a food ingredient list.

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Learning the whole ingredient names can be daunting. You just need to learn slowly, part by part, and feel free to print your list to check when shopping for hair care products.
Switch to natural hair care products. This is a simpler, less expensive, healthier and more effective way to take care of curly hair. Ingredients such as coconut oil, eggs, milk, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, etc. are available in the kitchen or available at the grocery store. This way you can know exactly what is in contact with the hair.
Shop at organic supermarkets or organic stores to find hair care products. You’ll see a difference in the ingredients of products that are much cheaper than “premium” products that still contain hair-damaging ingredients for at least twice the price.
If you’re careless and accidentally use a styling product or conditioner that isn’t completely water-soluble, you don’t need to wash it off with a sulfate-based shampoo. Simply using a sulfate-free shampoo should be enough to remove any silicones. ^{[1] X Research Source}

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This is not a complete list of ingredients in hair products. If you’re not sure about an ingredient, just type “water-soluble ingredient name ” into the search engine. You’ll find information pages that help determine if an ingredient is water-soluble (and for curly hair).

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