Protective Hair Products

What it is: A lightweight, soothing anti-itch scalp lotion infused with aloe vera, avocado oil, and eucalyptus that moisturizes and relieves the tight feeling from a dry scalp.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Key Benefits:
- Helps Relieve Tight Scalp, Soothes, and Helps Address Itchiness

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Aloe Vera: Soothes itchiness moisturizes.
- Avocado Oil: Moisturizes and helps soothe dry-scalp irritation.
- Eucalyptus: Soothes and calms dry scalp.

What Else You Need to Know: Supremely lightweight and nurturing, this calming scalp lotion helps soothe dry, itchy scalps for healthy-looking hair. Perfect for protective style wearers and those with scalp concerns. Use on the go—carry it with you to help eliminate itching anytime, anywhere.

What it is: A frizz-fighting leave-in treatment that detangles, protects, and conditions dry, coarse, or brittle hair, and helps to provide moisture and UV and heat protection.
Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, and Curly
Hair Texture: Medium and Thick
Hair Concerns: Straightening and Smoothing
- Heat Protection
- Color Safe
Key Benefits:
-Helps Defrizz and Detangle
- Provides UV and Heat Protection
- Protects Against Breakage
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, and Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil: Condition, soften, and add shine.
- UV Filters: Help protect hair against the drying effects of the sun.
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 top-selling leave-in treatment is blended with six featherlight oils to help soften, silken, tame, defrizz, detangle, and protect against breakage. Plus, it contains UV protection to help shield hair from the drying effects of the sun. It works well with dry, damaged, and/or color-treated hair.

What it is: A lightweight leave-in conditioner that locks in hydration and locks out humidity that causes frizz.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Dryness
- Frizz
- Shine

Key Benefits:
- Minimizes frizz, smooths hair, and adds shine
- Nourishes, hydrates, and detangles
- Clean and naturally derived, formulated 6-free ™

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Rosehip Oil: Protects hair from free-radical damage and provides essential fatty acids to help deter frizz and balance hair hydration.
- Argan Oil: Provides vitamin E and essential fatty acids to thoroughly condition and address dryness, damage, and frizz.
- Coconut Oil: Seals in moisture and protects against breakage, environmental impurities, and excess heat.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This leave-in conditioner is formulated with rosehip, argan, and coconut oils to seal the hair cuticle, minimizing frizz and enhancing smoothness, shine, and manageability. It‘s also perfect for nourishing and detangling hair right out of the shower and formulated with 98 percent naturally derived ingredients.

Research Results:
- Scientifically proven to fight frizz
- Scientifically proven frizz protection for up to 48 hours*
- Scientifically proven to decrease frizz for up to 48 hours*

*In a third party study using human hair tresses

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Clean at Sephora is a curation of brands committed to evolving the beauty industry. When you see our Clean seal, you can be sure this brand's products are formulated without certain ingredients that are potentially harmful to human health and the environment and also address ingredients clients are concerned about, including phthalates, formaldehyde or formaldehyde releasers, oxybenzone and octinoxate, hydroquinone, triclosan, coal tar, methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone, insoluble plastic microbeads, and more. For the full list, check out the Ingredients tab.

What it is: A weekly cleanser comprised of California sea salt and tea tree oil that exfoliates and treats the scalp to restore your natural oil balance.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, and Curly

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Key Benefits:
- Deeply cleanses
- Soothes scalp

Formulation: Scrub

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Tea Tree Oil: Soothes the scalp and alleviates dryness.
- Sea Salt: Gently scrubs away product buildup and flakes from hair follicles.

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

What Else You Need to Know: This fragrance-free and silicone-free weekly cleanser helps restore hair’s natural balance.

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Clean at Sephora is a curation of brands committed to evolving the beauty industry. When you see our Clean seal, you can be sure this brand's products are formulated without certain ingredients that are potentially harmful to human health and the environment and also address ingredients clients are concerned about, including phthalates, formaldehyde or formaldehyde releasers, oxybenzone and octinoxate, hydroquinone, triclosan, coal tar, methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone, insoluble plastic microbeads, and more. For the full list, check out the Ingredients tab.

What it is: A lightweight heat protectant spray that delivers touchable, soft smoothness that lasts up to 48 hours.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, and Curly

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Key Benefits: Heat Protection, Shine, and Straightening and Smoothing

Formulation: Spray

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Patented Healthy Hair Molecule (OFPMA): Smooths hair strands while keeping the hair cleaner, longer.
- Lightweight Emollient Blend: Smooths hair, enhances shine, and makes it easier to brush all while keeping hair touchable and soft.
- Cationic Blend: Controls static by conditioning hair, smoothing the cuticles, and helping smoothness last.

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

What Else You Need to Know: Powered by their patented Healthy Hair Molecule (OFPMA), Living Proof has created a new solution for smoothness that protects hair from heat without weighing it down, or making it stiff or sticky. This versatile formula can be used on damp or dry hair before blow-drying, flat-ironing, or curling.

What it is: A foaming pre-cleanser with a direct-to-scalp application that leaves your scalp feeling balanced and refreshed—like a clean slate prior to using shampoo.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Oiliness
- Flaky, Dry Scalp

Key Benefits:
- Removes buildup, dirt, and oil
- Cleanses and visibly balances the scalp
- Preps the scalp for styling

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil: Moisturizes hair and scalp, prevents breakage, and supports hair growth.
- Tea Tree Oil: Visibly improves dandruff and scalp inflammation.
- Honey: Moisturizes and adds shine to hair.

What Else You Need to Know: This foaming and non-stripping pre-cleanser removes product buildup from your scalp while also prepping it for styling. Thanks to its direct-to-scalp applicator, this formula is easy to apply to protective styles.

Fragrance Description: The fragrance opens with top notes of citrus and freesia petals mixed with a marine accord. Green, aromatic notes of basil and rosemary are revealed in the heart, giving way to leafy, green notes mingled with rich woods and airy musks in the base.

What it is: A thick, rich, leave-in moisturizer that keeps the thickest, driest hair soft and supple for days without the need to re-moisturize.

Hair Type: Coily

Hair Texture: Medium and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Dryness
- Frizz
- Damage, Split Ends, and Breakage

Key Benefits:
- Softens and hydrates extremely dry, high-porosity, and 4C hair
- Strengthens hair and nourishes scalp
- Supports healthy hair growth

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Castor Oil: Deeply penetrates hair to infuse and lock in moisture.
- Olive Oil: Nourishes and strengthens hair.
- Amla: Nourishes and strengthens follicles and supports growth.

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 and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Formulated with castor oil, olive oil, and Ayurvedic botanicals for intensive moisture and healthy hair growth, this exceptional leave-in has become a favorite among 4C naturals worldwide. It's the moisture in a jar your dry, thirsty tresses have been waiting for.

Fragrance Description: Natural citrus-oil scent

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

What it is:
A lightweight, vitamin-enriched protectant spray that repairs and prevents heat and styling damage.

Key benefits:
- Reduces breakage up to 99 percent
- Thermal protection up to 450°F
- Helps repair and seal the hair surface

If you want to know more…
This vitamin-enriched treatment spray with caviar bond enforcing technology protects strands from heat while strengthening and smoothing hair. It creates a protective barrier, preventing breakage, split ends, and frizz for hair that is soft, manageable, and style-ready. Caviar Restructuring Bond Repair Leave-in Heat Protection Spray is clinically proven to help strengthen and shield hair while protecting from thermal damage up to 450°F and reducing breakage and split ends up to 99 percent.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Sulfates

What else you need to know:
Inspired by the Science of Skincare for Hair®, Caviar Anti-Aging is Alterna’s first comprehensive line of hair care products that address intrinsic (natural aging process), chemical, and environmental aging by infusing hair with the finest, most effective ingredients to restore hydration, strength, vibrancy, and elasticity for more youthful-looking hair. Every product contains pure caviar from the roe of non-endangered sturgeon fish, sustainably farmed in France. This product is rich in vitamins, minerals, and omega fatty acids that help restore hair's lipid layer creating healthier, younger-looking hair.

This product is suitable for color-treated hair and free of added SLS/SLES, DEA/TEA, and synthetic color.

What it is: A lightweight spray with a UV filter and heat protection up to 450°F to help shield hair from damage.

Hair Type: Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Heat Protection
- Shine
- UV Protection

Key Benefits:
- Protects against heat damage
- Lightweight
- Adds glossy shine

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Rose Water: Reduces frizz, promotes shine, and softens hair.

What Else You Need to Know: Protect your coils, curls, or waves from any kind of thermal styling—and get sleek, frizz-controlled results with a glossy shine. Made with rose water extract, this weightless spray helps shield against heat damage from blow-dryers, hooded dryers, flatirons, and diffusers up to 450°F.

Fragrance Description: Top notes of sparkling pink grapefruit and juicy mandarin blend with a floral medley of jasmine, rose, and freesia. The fragrance ends with notes of musks and woods.

What it is: A nourishing serum that is dry to the touch, non-oily, and is formulated with UV inhibitors.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Curl-Enhancing
- Dryness
- Flaky/Dry Scalp

Key Benefits:
- Formulated to a pH level for a healthy scalp
- Nourishing
- Moisturizes and hydrates dry scalp

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Scalp Re-Balancing Complex: Moisturizes dry scalp.

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, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This non-oily, nourishing serum contains DevaCurl’s Scalp Re-Balancing Complex, which moisturizes dry scalp. It can also be used while wearing extensions or protective styles.

Fragrance Description: This serum contains a comforting, spa-like scent that starts with notes of eucalyptus, coriander, peppermint, and jasmine and finishes with pine, musk, and juniper.

Which hair type is it good for?
✔ Straight
✔ Wavy
✔ Curly
✔ Coiled
✔ Tightly Coiled
What it is:
A concentrated treatment that strengthens the hair from within, reducing breakage and improving its look and feel.
Key benefits:
- Addresses damaged and compromised hair
- Strengthens and protects hair structure
- Restores healthy appearance and texture
If you want to know more…
No. 3 Hair Perfector is not a conditioner, it’s an at-home treatment that contains the same active ingredient found in all professional Olaplex products. Created by two of the top PhD's in chemistry and materials science, Olaplex products feature first-of-their-kind, patented, bond-building technology, which relinks the broken disulfide bonds caused by chemical, thermal, and mechanical damage to the hair. This formula is made to work with every hair type, providing real, structural repair that works from within.
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Phthalates

Clean at Sephora
Clean at Sephora is a curation of brands committed to evolving the beauty industry. When you see our Clean seal, you can be sure this brand's products are formulated without certain ingredients that are potentially harmful to human health and the environment and also address ingredients clients are concerned about, including phthalates, formaldehyde or formaldehyde releasers, oxybenzone and octinoxate, hydroquinone, triclosan, coal tar, methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone, insoluble plastic microbeads, and more. For the full list, check out the Ingredients tab.

What it is: A leave-in hair styling cream that's infused with argan oil and anti-static ingredients to condition, hydrate, and reduce frizz.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Key Benefits: Prevents Dryness, Fights Frizz, and Maintains Hold

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Argan Oil: Restores elasticity, smoothness, and manageability to hair.
- Behentrimonium Chloride: An anti-static and conditioning agent.

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. This also comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This lightweight, multipurpose styling solution creates smooth styles while providing hydration and a soft hold. Suitable for all hair types and as a next-day style refresher.

What it is: A leave-in conditioner that detangles hair and protects against heat and damage to reduce frizz and flyaways.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Dryness
- Frizz
- Heat Protection

Key Benefits:
- Provides hydration and heat protection up to 450°F/232°C.
- Conditions, detangles, and fights frizz
- Leaves hair smooth, shiny, and manageable


Formulation: Spray

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Tamarind Seed Extract: Provides weightless hydration to your hair.
- Panthenol and Vitamin E: Condition and detangle hair.
- Hydrolyzed Proteins: Protect against damage.

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 color-safe leave-in conditioner is scented with north bondi, which is a floral fragrance with notes of bergamot, violet, and white musk.

What it is: A lightweight leave-in conditioner with heat protection that detangles, repairs damage, treats dryness, and controls frizz.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Key Benefits:
- Enhances Curls, Protects Color, Straightens and Smooths

Formulation: Spray

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Coconut Oil: Moisturizes dry hair and adds shine and softness.
- Fennel Seed Oil: Strengthens hair and prevents breakage.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents.

What Else You Need to Know: This leave-in conditioner is a cult favorite ideal for all curl and texture types. Get 25 benefits in a single spritz with a blend of transformative ingredients, including fennel seed oil and coconut oil. The perfect primer spray for any and every style, it penetrates deep down to the follicle to prep, protect, and restore moisture, leaving hair more manageable, shinier, and softer.

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

What it is:
An essential first step to maintain pH balance and fortify hair against damage caused by washing, drying, and styling.

Key benefits:
- Protects hair from moisture loss during cleansing
- Sets hair to natural pH
- Leaves hair frizz-free, smooth, bouncy, and easier to style

If you want to know more…
Aquis products are designed to minimize hygral fatigue: the stretching and swelling of hair when it's wet that makes it prone to damage, breakage, and frizz. With a clean formula that works with hair's natural pH balance and biome, Prime Water Defense PreWash comprises the essential first step in the four-step Aquis Prime Hair system but can also be used alone. Star ingredients include coconut oil, cysteine, keratin, avocado oil, aloe extract, panthenol, and niacin.

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

What else you need to know:
Prime Water Defense PreWash is gluten-free and dermatologist and allergist tested.

Clean at Sephora
Clean at Sephora is a curation of brands committed to evolving the beauty industry. When you see our Clean seal, you can be sure this brand's products are formulated without certain ingredients that are potentially harmful to human health and the environment and also address ingredients clients are concerned about, including phthalates, formaldehyde or formaldehyde releasers, oxybenzone and octinoxate, hydroquinone, triclosan, coal tar, methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone, insoluble plastic microbeads, and more. For the full list, check out the Ingredients tab.

What it is: A multitasking priming spray that detangles, protects against heat, controls frizz, and enhances shine.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Frizz
- Heat Protection
- Straightening and Smoothing

Key Benefits:
- Provides up to 24 hours of frizz control
- Protects hair from up to 450 degrees
- Detangles and adds shine

Formulation: Spray

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Spirulina Protein: Strengthens and nourishes hair.
- Coconut Oil: Enhances shine and delivers an easy slip for detangling without breakage.

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

What Else You Need to Know: This multitasking prep spray is the first step in any hair routine. It gently detangles, controls frizz for up to 24 hours, protects against heat, and adds shine. The weightless formula also primes the hair for any styler, leaving it smooth, shiny, and frizz-free.

What it is: A lightweight spray that cuts blow-dry time by 50 percent.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Frizz
- Heat Protection
- Damage, Split Ends, and Breakage

Key Benefits:
- Reduces frizz and flyaways
- Smooths and conditions
- Protects against UV rays, heat damage, and breakage, and improves elasticity

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Honey Protective Complex: Conditions while improving hair’s elasticity to help prevent breakage.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, and mineral oil.

What Else You Need to Know: This spray’s added UV filters protect hair against the drying effects of the sun. It’s also color safe.

Clinical Results: Based on a consumer sensory study after one use, 3 out of 5 people agreed:
- This lightweight spray cuts blow-dry time by 50%