Best Sulfate Free Shampoo For Wavy Hair

What it is: A sulfate-free shampoo that‘s formulated with UV filters and antioxidants to protect against fading and keep color vibrant for longer.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Color Safe
- Color Fading
- UV Protection

Key Benefits:
- Prevents color fading
- Protects against sun damage
- Counteracts dulling hard water

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Amino Acids: Smooth the cuticle and boost shine.
- Soybean Oil: Contains high levels of antioxidants to maintain color and vibrancy.
- Sea Buckthorn: Full of vitamins and antioxidants for healthier hair.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This shampoo works hard to keep color looking fresh, so you don‘t have to. It forms a shield around hair strands, protecting against environmental aggressors like UV rays, hard water, and free radicals. The sulfate-free formula cleanses without stripping and is infused with amika‘s signature scent—so you can say "so long" to faded, dull hair.

Which hair type is it good for?
✔ Straight
✔ Wavy
✔ Curly
✔ Coiled
✔ Tightly Coiled

What it is:
A sulfate-free shampoo that preserves hair color and prevents color from fading.

Key benefits:
- Protects hair for lasting vibrancy and shine
- Protects against environmental aggressors
- Nourishes hair

If you want to know more…
This sulfate-free, multi-protecting shampoo gently cleanses dry, color-treated hair to protect and maintain healthy hair color. This nourishing formula creates an anti-deposit effect on the hair fiber’s surface for lasting vibrancy and shine.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Sulfates

What it is: A sulfate-free hydrating shampoo that gently removes buildup and infuses hair and scalp with omega-7-rich sea buckthorn for soft, silky, bouncy hair.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Dryness
- Frizz
- Color Safe

Key Benefits:
- Visibly improves scalp condition
- Gently cleanses scalp and hair
- Fatty acids weightlessly hydrate and revive dullness

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Coconut Acid: Removes extra sebum and product buildup from scalp and hair; is also full of fatty acids to give hair a healthier, shiny appearance.
- Sea Buckthorn: Rich in fatty-acid omega-7, making it the holy grail for all things hair.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: A little goes a long way with this concentrated formula. Normcore is infused with a cocktail of vitamins and antioxidants to gently cleanse and hydrate hair, leaving it soft and shiny. Don't forget to emulsify in your hand before massaging into the scalp for optimized foaming results.

What it is: A sulfate-free shampoo for all curls and coils. Gently cleanses to remove all residue and buildup.

Hair Type: Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Dryness
- Frizz
- Shine

Key Benefits:
- Cleanses scalp & hair to remove all residue & buildup
- Creamy formula gently cleanses without stripping hair of natural oils
- Free of Sulfates, Parabens, and Minerals

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Manuka Honey: Intensely hydrates for smooth, manageable curls.
- Ceramides: Lock in moisture to restore natural body and protect against breakage.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, mineral oil, and sulfates SLS & SLES.

What Else You Need to Know: Embrace your natural curls and coils with this creamy, gentle shampoo to remove all impurities and buildup. The shampoo is infused with Manuka Honey and Ceramides and formulated without sulfates, parabens, or mineral-oil.

Fragrance Description: A warm and elegant composition born from the petals of glowing tuberoses. Top notes of frangipani flower and jasmine petal; middle notes of tuberose petal fir absolu, freesia, and tiare; and base notes of white musk bouquet, honey milk, and nougat.

Research Results: In a controlled study using system of Curl Manifesto Bain + Masque + Refresh vs. non-conditioning shampoo

-63% more hydrated hair was shown**
-87% stronger hair was shown**

In a controlled study using system of Curl Manifesto Bain + Fondant + Creme + Gelee

-94% of women saw more definition***

What it is: A rich, sulfate-free shampoo to prevent fading and maintain the vibrancy of color-treated hair with handpicked musk rose and goji berry.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Shine
- Color Safe
- Color Fading

Key Benefits:
- Gently cleanses while preserving hair color
- Adds noticeable shine

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Musk Rose Oil: Deeply nourishes hair.
- Goji Berry Extract: Protects color-treated hair from oxidation and fading.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and sulfates SLS & SLES.

What Else You Need to Know: Immerse yourself in blooming florals with this shampoo for color-treated hair. Infused with opulent musk rose and antioxidant-rich goji berry, the sulfate- and paraben-free formula prevents color from fading, keeps your scalp's natural oils feeling balanced, and leaves your hair clean, shiny, and radiant.

Fragrance Description: The gentle floral scent of goji berry meets with sweet musk rose oils for an addictive fragrance that blooms with each lather.

What it is: A gently cleansing, sulfate-free, keratin-safe, hair-smoothing shampoo that delivers optimal nourishment, manageability, and anti-frizz benefits.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Frizz
- Straightening and Smoothing
- Damage, Split Ends, and Breakage

Key Benefits:
- Adds Softness and Radiance
- Smooths Hair
- Makes Hair Easier to Manage

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Surface Protector: Smooths, softens, and detangles hair.
- Hair-Precision Care Agent: Restores a natural, weightless effect.
- Softening Agents: Add softness.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES.

What Else You Need to Know: This anti-frizz shampoo restores flexibility and weightlessly disciplines hair, taming frizz and protecting against humidity

Which hair type is it good for?
✔ Straight
✔ Wavy
✔ Curly
✔ Coiled
✔ Tightly Coiled

What it is:
An ultralightweight hairspray that builds incredible volume and texture.

Key benefits:
- Builds volume and texture
- Absorbs oil
- Refreshes hair

If you want to know more…
Part hairspray, part dry shampoo, this talc-free multitasker is the ultimate go-to product to achieve innately cool model-off-duty hair. The formula keeps hair looking full all day and all night with more hold than a dry shampoo.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Phthalates

What else you need to know:
Jen's style tip: mist it on dry hair and scrunch strands out with your fingers for a loose, lived-in look. Flip hair upside down and spray for instantly fresh-looking hair. This product is scented with Ouai No. 3 Fragrance, containing notes of Italian bergamot, water lily, and white musk.

What it is: A layerable, aluminum-free dry shampoo that absorbs excess oil while leaving hair residue-free.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Oiliness
- Volumizing

Key Benefits:
- Dispels odor and oil without residue
- Adds volume
- Refreshes scalp

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Rice Starch: Absorbs dirt and oil while adding volume and texture to hair.
- Sea Buckthorn: Rich in fatty acid omega 7, making it the holy grail for all things hair.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: Formulated with rice starch, Perk Up Dry Shampoo helps restore hair's volume and oomph. It's lightweight, layerable, and leaves your hair looking freshly washed with no white residue—ever.

Which hair type is it good for?
✔ Straight
✔ Wavy
✔ Curly
✔ Coiled
✔ Tightly Coiled

What it is:
An invisible, weightless, buildable dry shampoo that uses finely milled volcanic ash for a lightweight cleanse to refresh hair and erase mild dirt and oil.

Key benefits:
- Invisible, no powder residue
- Weightless, buildable, gentle
- One percent cleansing powders provide a lightweight, gentle cleanse

If you want to know more…
This invisible dry shampoo erases mild dirt and oil with gentle, finely milled volcanic ash, reviving your hair and scalp without leaving it dry or brittle. It is gentle enough to refresh styling throughout the day and in between blowouts.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Phthalates

What else you need to know:
This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and provides UV protection. It is free of gluten, artificial colors, triethanolamine, mineral oils, harsh detergents, methylisothiazolinone/methylchloroisothiazolinone, and petrochemicals. It is perfect for normal to dry scalps and fine to medium textured hair.

Beauty tip:
For deeper cleansing levels, see IGK Direct Flight Multi-tasking Dry Shampoo or IGK First Class Charcoal Detox Dry Shampoo.

Which hair type is it good for?
✔ Straight
✔ Wavy
✔ Curly
✔ Coiled
✔ Tightly Coiled

What it is:
A rich, nourishing shampoo to revive dry or overworked hair.

Key benefits:
- Enhances shine and reduces frizz
- Nourishes and strengthens
- Protects hair from pollution damage

If you want to know more…
This formula instantly infuses intense hydration to overworked, moisture-deprived hair with a blend of vitamins and moisturizers that deep condition and add luxurious shine. Perfect for heat tool addicts and damaged and colored hair, litchi extract helps protect hair from pollution damage as well as oxidative stress, while vitamin E conditions the hair—making it more lustrous, shinier, and stronger.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Phthalates

What else you need to know:
Hot Girls Hydrating Shampoo’s fragrance features lush, vibrant notes of guava, coconut water, pink lotus, midnight violet, and vanilla.

This product is color safe with UV protection, vegan, cruelty-free, and formulated without mineral oil, petroleum, and gluten.

What it is: A creamy, low-lather shampoo that gently cleanses and conditions curls without stripping hair for strong, defined curls straight from the shower.

Hair Type: Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Curl Enhancing
- Frizz
- Damage, Split Ends, and Breakage

Key Benefits:
- Makes curls three times stronger after one use
- Starts defining curls right out of the shower
- Start transforming your curls to look visibly healthier after one wash

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Healthy Curl Complex: Delivers strength, natural, flexible definition, and ultimate manageability.
- Methiopeptide: Contributes to hair strength and elasticity.
- Conditioning Agents: Help eliminate frizz while enhancing slip and softness.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This creamy, low-lather shampoo is powered by the Healthy Curl Complex to gently cleanse without stripping hair. It balances cleaning and conditioning, plus weightless detangling, for stronger, more defined curls straight from the shower. It’s infused with Living Proof’s Healthy Curl Complex, which prevents damage, makes curls stronger, enhances frizz protection, significantly reduces cuticle lift for shinier curls, encourages curl groupings for enhanced definition, and creates visibly healthier curls instantly and over time.

What it is: A sulfate-free, color-safe glossing shampoo formulated with scalp and hair in mind, removing dirt and product buildup without damaging the hair shaft or stripping color.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Dryness
- Color Safe
- Damage, Split Ends, and Breakage

Formulation: Lightweight Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Sacha Inchi Seed Oil: Extracted from the seeds of the sacha inchi fruit, this oil is used for its potential to moisturize and soothe irritated skin. These benefits are attributed to the high concentration of antioxidant polyphenols, omega 6 (aka linoleic), and omega 3 (linolenic) fatty acids that sacha inchi seed oil contains. In hair care, sacha inchi oil adds shine and helps offset the damage done by heat styling due to its ability to both coat and partially penetrate the hair shaft.
- Panthenol: Also known as pro-vitamin B5, it is used as a powerful hydrating ingredient that helps smooth, soften, and strengthen the hair shaft.
- Coconut Amino Acid Blend: Gentle, fatty-acid-rich, coconut-based surfactants work together to create a rich foam that effectively lifts dirt, styling products, and other substances away without damaging or stripping color while quick-absorbing amino acids add strength and improved manageability, giving hair a healthier, glossier appearance with visible body and bounce.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: Amino acids smooth and strengthen hair, add shine, and give visible body and bounce. Antioxidant and fatty-acid-rich oils add moisture without weighing hair down. It is formulated without sulfates for a gentle, low-foam cleanse. A blend of moisturizing sweet almond oil and extract has a naturally sweet almond scent that dissipates quickly.

This shampoo is free of sulfates, silicones, essential oils, fragrance, dyes, and drying alcohols.

For 30 years, celebrity hairstylist Chris McMillan has worked with every recognizable head of hair in Hollywood. But he could never find a product to do what he wanted: bring hair back to its strongest, healthiest state. So he collaborated with his childhood friend who also happens to be the founder of Drunk Elephant. Together, they created a line of hair care that focuses on the scalp—products that dissolve years of buildup while nourishing hair with coconut-based cleansers and shine-boosting amino acids. The rest just grew from there.
Drunk Elephant is a supporter of IEF (International Elephant Foundation) and is cruelty-free.

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What it is: A curl-enhancing shampoo that gently cleanses waves, curls, and coils while maintaining hydration for soft, bouncy curls.

Hair Type: Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Key Benefits: Cleanses, Enhances Definition, and Hydrates

Formulation: Lightweight Lotion

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Sunflower Seed Extract: Contains fatty acids that deeply nurture and increase hair manageability while providing natural UV protection to prevent color fading.
- Glycerin: Naturally binds moisture to hair for added softness.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, and mineral oil. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This shampoo gently cleanses waves, curls, and coils of all types while promoting a clean, balanced scalp. The lightweight cleanser is formulated with sunflower seed extract, which works to maintain hydration and provide natural UV protection so that curls are hydrated, protected, and ready to style.

What it is: A texture-enhancing shampoo that gently cleanses hair, adds body, and enhances waves for a natural, tousled look with a hint of grit.

Hair Type: Straight and Wavy

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Oiliness
- Flatness
- Color Fading

Key Benefits:
- Absorbs oil
- Adds volume
- Color safe

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Sea Water: Protects hair from breakage, improves strand quality, and restores minerals into damaged hair.
- Natural Sea Salt: Adds natural volume and effortless texture.
- Quinoa Protein: Repairs damage while coating, strengthening, preventing breakage, and protecting hair.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES and parabens. This product is also cruelty-free, and gluten-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This texturizing shampoo is the first step in creating the coveted model-off-duty look. It contains sea water and natural sea salt to enhance hair‘s authentic beachy waves while restoring essential minerals back into fragile strands. It also includes amino acids provided by quinoa protein to coat hair and protect from future damage.

What it is: A two-in-one moisturizing texture shampoo that fights frizz and detoxifies, leaving hair with the perfect balance of texture and shine without over-drying.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns: Frizz, Volumizing, and Oiliness

Formulation: Rich Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Zeolite: Fights frizz, detoxifies hair, and builds long-lasting volume and texture.
- Kaolin Clay: A rich, mineral clay derived from sedimentary rocks; has extraordinary oil-absorbing abilities to thoroughly cleanse dirt and absorb excess oil and impurities.
- Rice Starches: Provide exceptional oil absorbing properties to absorb dirt, oils, and add volume and texture to hair.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also cruelty-free and gluten-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Sexture Beach Look Shampoo delivers the perfect base to clean hair and achieve a sexy, textured look—no conditioner needed. Kaolin clay absorbs excess oil, while zeolite fights frizz and detoxifies without over-drying. Result is long-lasting grit and beachy texture.

Clinical Results: Sea buckthorn berry (also known as obliphica) is included in all of Amika’s haircare and styling products. It contains over 190 biologically active compounds, including vitamin C (15 times more than an orange), vitamin A (three times more than a carrot), and vitamin E. It also has high concentrations of the rare omega-7, making up 40 percent of the berry. Typically only found in fish oil, omega-7 keeps free radicals at bay and promotes the production of collagen, a key building block for skin, hair, and nails.

Sea buckthorn has been thoroughly researched in over 130 modern scientific studies that have found that this berry promotes health. Women throughout the ages have used the obliphica berry to protect themselves against the ravages of the sun and the elements. Founded on tradition and now based on extensive scientific research, sea buckthorn is one of the biggest functional whole food rediscoveries of the 21st century.

What it is: A moisturizing shampoo that transforms dry, coarse or brittle hair, leaving it soft, silky, and smooth—without the weight.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, and Curly

Hair Texture: Medium and Thick

Hair Concerns: Dryness, Damage, Split Ends and Breakage, and Shine

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, and Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil: Condition, soften, and add shine.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, and mineral oil. This product is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This shampoo helps to provide moisture and transform dry, coarse, or brittle hair. A luxurious blend of six featherlight oils helps hydrate, soften, silken, tame, defrizz, detangle, and protect against breakage, all without weighing hair down. This shampoo also works well with dry and damaged hair