Cantu For Kids Styling Gel 2.5 oz / 64 gm - For Kids' Curls & Styles
Children's hair is finer than adult hair and their scalps are more easily bothered, so a kids' gel has to hold without being harsh about it. This one is built on pure shea butter and cocoa butter, which means it conditions while it holds and it does not go white and powdery halfway through the school day.
It handles the everyday jobs: neat ponytails, defined braids, tidy twists, and getting flyaways to stay flat for a school photo. The hold is real but soft, so nothing crunches when a hand goes through it, and nothing sticks to a hood or a hat. Because the butters are conditioning rather than drying, taking the style down at the end of the day is quicker and costs fewer strands than it would with a standard gel.
Work a small amount into damp hair, section by section, then style as normal. 2.5 oz / 64 gm, which lasts a good while at the amount a child's head actually needs. Suits 2c through 4a curls and coils.
Water (Aqua, Eau), Polyquaternium-11, Glycerin, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Honey Extract, Fragrance (Parfum), Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Aminomethyl Propanol, Disodium EDTA
- 24-hour delivery
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- 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
Damp hair, small sections, and a fingertip of gel per section is genuinely enough on a child's head. Smooth it along the length before you braid, twist or gather, rather than trying to add it once the style is up.
Comb the section flat, then build. Let it dry before a hat goes on, or the shape will set wrong.
Results
Ponytails stay neat past lunchtime and braids keep their edges for days rather than fuzzing out by the second morning. The hold stays soft, so hair does not crunch when a hood goes up or a hand goes through it.
Nothing turns white or powdery through the day, and take-down at night is quick and costs few strands.
Composition
- Shea Butter
- Conditions while the gel holds, so hair does not dry out
- Cocoa Butter
- Adds softness that makes taking the style down easier at night
Full ingredients list
Water (Aqua, Eau), Polyquaternium-11, Glycerin, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Honey Extract, Fragrance (Parfum), Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Aminomethyl Propanol, Disodium EDTA
