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Conditioning Agent

Cetrimonium Chloride

also on labels as Hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride

Antistatic conditioning agent and mild preservative that smooths raised cuticles, boosts slip, and helps rinse-out conditioners spread evenly.

slip/detanglerGood to knowHair typesFound in 8 products
Ingredients · as printedDesign Essentials Almond Butter Express Moisturizing Conditioner

Deionized Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Glycol Distearate, Cetrimonium Chloride, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Polyquaternium-32, Paraffinum Liquidum, PPG-1 Trideceth-6, Phenoxyethanol, Benzoic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycereth-2 Cocoate, Tetrasodium EDTA.

Cetrimonium Chloride is 5th, 5th of 15.Dotted words have their own page.
Good to know

Water-soluble in rinse-off products; keep at low percentages in leave-ins to avoid scalp irritation.

Hair types

Notes for different hair

All hair types; great for tangly or coarse coils.

General patterns from our research, not rules. Hair of the same type can respond differently, so your own results count most.
Found in these products

On 8 of the 34 labels we've read

Labels list ingredients from most to least, down to about 1%. Below that, the order is free.

Cleanse 0 · Condition 6 · Leave-in 1 · Style 1 · Seal 0

  1. 5of 15
  2. 7of 28
  3. 9of 23
  4. 9of 16
  5. 12of 23
  6. 13of 16
  7. 15of 21
  8. 30of 40

These are labels we've read by hand from brand sites and packaging, not a list of recommendations. We add more as we go.

Also slip/detangler

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