Hair Product Ingredients and Identifying "Curly Girl" Products

Expand this box for a HUGE list of ingredient categories and product list links:

Fatty alcohols - ok to use:
Behenyl alcohol
Cetearyl alcohol
Cetyl alcohol
Isocetyl alcohol
Isostearyl alcohol
Lauryl alcohol
Myristyl alcohol
Stearyl alcohol
C30-50 Alcohols
Lanolin alcohol

Drying alcohols to avoid:
Denat. alcohol
SD alcohol 40
Witch hazel
Isopropanol
ethanol
SD alcohol
Propanol
Propyl alcohol
Isopropyl alcohol

Silicones to avoid:
Bisaminopropyl dimethicone
Amodimethicone
Amodimethicone (and) Trideceth-12 (and) Cetrimonium Chloride
Behenoxy Dimethicone
Cetearyl methicone
Cetyl Dimethicone
Cyclomethicone
Cyclopentasiloxane
Dimethicone
Dimethiconol
Stearoxy Dimethicone
Stearyl Dimethicone
Trimethylsilylamodimethicone

(You should also avoid castor oil, mineral oil, and waxes.)

Water soluble silicones - ok to use:
Lauryl methicone copolyol (water soluble)
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Hydroxypropyl Polysiloxane (water soluble)
Dimethicone Copolyol (water soluble)
PEG-Dimethicone, or any other 'cone with "PEG-" in front (water soluble)

Proteins - ok to use:
Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed casein
Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed collagen
Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed hair keratin
Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed keratin
Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed rice protein
Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed silk
Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed soy protein
Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein
Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl silk amino acids
Cocoyl hydrolyzed collagen
Cocoyl hydrolyzed keratin
Hydrolyzed keratin
Hydrolyzed oat flour
Hydrolyzed silk
Hydrolyzed silk protein
Hydrolyzed soy protein
Hydrolyzed wheat protein
Hydrolyzed wheat protein
Keratin
Potassium cocoyl hydrolyzed collagen
TEA-cocoyl hydrolyzed collagen
TEA-cocoyl hydrolyzed soy protein

Sulfates (avoid):
Alkylbenzene sulfonates
Ammonium laureth sulfate
Ammonium lauryl sulfate
Ammonium Xylenesulfonate
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
Sodium cocoyl sarcosinate
Sodium laureth sulfate
Sodium lauryl sulfate
Sodium lauryl sulfoacetate
Sodium myreth sulfate
Sodium Xylenesulfonate
TEA-dodecylbenzenesulfonate
Ethyl PEG-15 cocamine sulfate
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate

Gentle cleansers - ok to use:
Cocamidopropyl betaine
Coco betaine
Cocoamphoacetate
Cocoamphodipropionate
Disodium cocoamphodiacetate
Disodium cocoamphodipropionate
Lauroamphoacetate
Sodium cocoyl isethionate

not silicones and water soluble, but end in -one:
Benzophenone-2, ( or 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
methylchloroisothiazolinone
methylisothiazolinone

A longer ingredient list:
http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/curl-products/ingredients-commonly-...

List of CG products:
http://curlgirljourney.blogspot.com/2008/12/curly-girl-method-approved-produc...

Curly girl method page:
http://www.wikihow.com/Follow-the-Curly-Girl-Method-for-Curly-Hair

CG product list here as well:
http://healthycurls.net/

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/whimaway
Tumblr:
http://whimaway.tumblr.com/
Vlog channel:
http://www.youtube.com/sarahelizastevens

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• waterlily716

[waterlily716]

@bestieswithmarlene Nope. Lol castor oil, mineral oil, and waxes arent water soluble. But things can be insoluble without being silicones. :) hope that makes sense

[bestieswithmarlene]

why is castor oil bad

[waterlily716]

@bestieswithmarlene it's not inherently bad, it just isn't water soluble.

[MultiPandalicious]

can you show us a list of products that are good for curly hair? please :)

[waterlily716]

@MultiPandalicious the products i am currently using are always listed on my profile. :) i like those. i will try to put together a huge list someday.

[missbeccavilla]

This video is amazing!! so helpful!!! thanks Sara!!!!!!!! (=

[bestieswithmarlene]

@waterlily716 so its a silicone?

[waterlily716]

@jkfitz00 hi! please send me a private message with the list of the ingredients or a link to the ingredients. thanks!

[naturalnaturelover70]

its so strange LUSH is a very eco friendly brand and I would think CG friendly but their shampoos AND conditioners have sulfates!! they claim the reason for having it in a conditioner is as an "emulsifier" its so strange :/

[LoveMusic1549]

Thank you SO much for this video!!!

[jkfitz00]

So it is CG approved? Thank you!