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.

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.

Across labels

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

Cleanse 0 · Condition 4 · Leave-in 1 · Style 0 · Seal 0

1st10th20th30th40th

5of 15
ConditionDesign Essentials Almond Butter Express Moisturizing Conditioner
12of 23
Leave-inPATTERN Beauty Detangling Nectar
13of 16
ConditionMizani Moisture Fusion Intense Moisturizing Hair Mask
15of 21
ConditionDesign Essentials Honey Crème Moisture Retention Masque
30of 40
ConditionBriogeo Don't Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Hair Mask

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

Source: The Good Coil research · Ref ING-002Get this as data (JSON)How we write these