ApHogee Curlific Texture Treatment 8oz
ApHogee have a reputation for protein treatments that mean business, which makes Curlific the gentler entry point in the range. It is a deep conditioner built for curls, coils and waves rather than a hard protein reconstruction, and it is designed for weekly use rather than occasional rescue.
The formula runs on shea butter, hydrolysed quinoa and keratin amino acids. The amino acids and the quinoa handle strength, the shea handles the softness that stops a protein treatment leaving hair stiff.
Hydrolysed is the word to notice on the quinoa. It means the protein has been broken into pieces small enough to get into the hair rather than sit on the surface, and that is the difference between a protein that works and one that only coats.
What it does:
- Puts stretch back into dry, brittle curls
- Cuts breakage from combing and styling
- Restores bounce to curl patterns that have gone limp
- Holds the result week to week rather than for a single wash
8oz, used on clean damp hair, worked through in sections and rinsed. If your curls have dried out over a winter of indoor heating, this is the shape of product that fixes it.
Water (Aqua, Eau), Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Behenamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Glycerin, Panthenol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol, Mauritia Flexuosa Fruit Oil, Sodium PCA, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Seed Oil, Dimethicone, Amodimethicone, Lactic Acid, Polyester-11, PVP, Isostearamidopropyl Morpholine Lactate, Aminopropyl Dimethicone, Cetrimonium Chloride, Trideceth-10, Silicone Quaternium-22, Laureth-23, Laureth-4, Keratin Amino Acids, Trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone, C11-15 Pareth-7, C12-16 Pareth-9, Trideceth-12, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Fragrance (Parfum)
- 24-hour delivery
- Every brand we carry ships within 24 hours, not just the hero lines. Order before 2pm and it leaves the same working day.
- Free over £40
- UK delivery is free on orders over £40. Below that it is a flat rate, shown at checkout before you pay.
- Tracking
- You get a tracking link by email the moment it is picked up.
- 30 days
- Send anything unopened back within 30 days for a full refund. No explanation needed.
- Opened it and it is wrong for your hair?
- Tell us what happened. Curl products are hard to judge from a photo, and we would rather swap it than have you stuck with it.
- We price match
- Find it cheaper somewhere else and we will match the price.
Application tips
Shampoo first, then squeeze the excess water out. Section into four, coat the lengths from an inch below the root downward, and leave it on while you finish in the shower. Longer if you can spare it, and warmth from a cap gets more out of it.
Detangle while the treatment is still in, wide tooth comb, working up from the ends. Rinse cool. Weekly is the rhythm it was built for, and more is not better with protein.
Results
Curls come back with spring in them. The stretch test gives it away, a strand that used to snap now pulls and returns instead.
Softness is the other half. Protein on its own can leave hair stiff, and the shea keeps this on the pliable side, so clumps stay defined without the straw feel. Combing gets quieter, ends look less ragged, and the pattern holds its shape further down the length.
Composition
- Shea Butter
- Keeps the treatment soft, so protein does not leave hair stiff
- Hydrolysed Quinoa
- Broken small enough to get inside the strand rather than coat it
- Keratin Amino Acids
- Rebuild weak spots along the length, so curls stretch further
Full ingredients list
Water (Aqua, Eau), Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Behenamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Glycerin, Panthenol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol, Mauritia Flexuosa Fruit Oil, Sodium PCA, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Seed Oil, Dimethicone, Amodimethicone, Lactic Acid, Polyester-11, PVP, Isostearamidopropyl Morpholine Lactate, Aminopropyl Dimethicone, Cetrimonium Chloride, Trideceth-10, Silicone Quaternium-22, Laureth-23, Laureth-4, Keratin Amino Acids, Trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone, C11-15 Pareth-7, C12-16 Pareth-9, Trideceth-12, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Fragrance (Parfum)
