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Film-Former / Polymer

Polyquaternium-37

also on labels as PQ-37

Cationic polymeric thickener and conditioning agent that creates creamy viscosity, imparts wet detangling slip, and forms a frizz-reducing film on curls.

Ingredients · as printedAunt Jackie's Curl La La Curl Defining Custard

Aqua/Water, Propylene Glycol, Polyquaternium-37, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Glycerin, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Parfum (Fragrance), Dimethicone, PPG-1 Trideceth-6, Stearalkonium Chloride, Lanolin Oil, Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer, Dehydroacetic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, C11-15-Isoalkanes, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Butylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, TBHQ, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopherol, Benzyl Alcohol, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Orange) Peel Oil, Hexamethylindanopyran, Dimethyl Phenethyl Acetate, Geranyl Acetate, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Amyl Cinnamal, Citronellol, Hydroxycitronellal, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Red 33 (CI 17200), Blue 1 (CI 42090).

Polyquaternium-37 is 3rd, 3rd of 40.Dotted words have their own page.
Good to know

Can accumulate on low-porosity hair if layered heavily without periodic clarifying.

Hair types

Notes for different hair

Medium-to-high porosity and coarse coils needing slip and curl clumping.

General patterns from our research, not rules. Hair of the same type can respond differently, so your own results count most.
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On 3 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 1 · Leave-in 1 · Style 1 · Seal 0

  1. 3of 40
  2. 5of 33
  3. 20of 38

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

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