We all have our Holy Grails as Curlies, Coilies, and Wavies.
But if you’re an animal lover, you care about the way your hair care products are made and tested, and shop cruelty free exclusively! Fortunately, that doesn’t have to mean too much extra effort scouring stores on your part. Try these top products on for size!
SheaMoisture’s Mongongo & Hemp Seed Oils High Porosity Moisture-Seal Shampoo
This product is great for hair that is low moisture or especially dry and damaged. It is ultra-moisturizing and won’t strip your strands. Best of all, it seals your cuticles to lock moisture in even after you’ve rinsed!
DevaCurl No-Poo Decadence Zero Lather Ultra Moisturizing Milk Cleanser
When your curls need cleansing with an added moisture element, this is a great cruelty-free option for curls. It gently cleanses while offering the hydration found in nutrients like quinoa protein, grapeseed oil, and more for hair that’s soft and silky, no bubbles needed!
Dominican Magic Nourishing Shampoo
For a cruelty-free clean your curls will love, this shampoo is all magic, and no tricks! It’s made with powerful avocado oil to strengthen while cleansing and every curly’s favorite succulent, aloe vera to add moisture and shine to strands.
Oyin Handmade Honey Hemp Conditioner
Handmade with natural elements known to restore moisture to hair, including that most elusive ingredient—love, this silky product offers the humectant properties of honey, hemp oil, aloe vera gel, and more. And not only can you use this as a traditional rinse-out conditioner, it also pulls double-duty as a leave in!
Curl Junkie Curl Rehab Moisturizing Hair Treatment – Strawberry Ice Cream
This fun and fruity hair conditioner smells like a summery strawberry treat, and that’s not even the best thing about it! Curl Junkie’s rehabilitative treatment is packed with heavy moisturizing properties like healing oils and butters, but unlike its namesake, it manages not to be too sticky or too heavy.
Mixed Chicks Deep Conditioner
A popular choice for curlies, this product is great for adding moisture, but it also tackles other tough issues like post-wash tangles, and unusual dullness. Shine and softness in one? We’re down.
DevaCurl Heaven in Hair Intense Moisture Treatment
With extracts of rosemary and cocoa butter, this moisturizer is great for adding hydration to hair in a cruelty-free way that includes real stimulating herbal power. Best of all, it’s truly a product for ALL curl types! Not that that means you have to share or anything…
As I Am Coil Defining Jelly
When you want a cruelty-free option perfect for working with coils, this is the one! It has a gentle formula that won’t leave flakes—perfectly formulated for Wash n’ Gos, and guaranteed to put your coils in high-definition!
Camille Rose Naturals Almond Jai Twisting Butter
This is a great thick product for twisting styles, packed with natural moisturizers like pumpkin and sesame seed extracts, green tea extracts, and more! When you need more hold than a leave in, but less hold than a gel, this deliciously nutty butter is your happy medium!
Jane Carter Solution Nourish & Shine
Do you want a finishing product with shine AND substance? Jane Carter has you covered with natural ingredients like shea butter, mango butter, and grapefruit. It isn’t greasy and or heavy so your curls won’t be weighed down and it is silicone free so you get shine without buildup!
