Cantu Grow Strong Strengthening Treatment 6 oz / 173 gm - For Fragile, Breakage-Prone Hair
Fragile hair is a maintenance problem more than a repair problem. Something is breaking it every day, usually heat, and stopping that is worth more than any amount of treatment applied afterwards.
Cantu's Grow Strong treatment works on both ends of that. It strengthens the weak points along a strand so hair breaks less under normal handling, and it lays down a thermal barrier that shields hair from a dryer, a straightener or a wand. One product covering cause and consequence is a rare thing on a shelf like this.
The heat protection is the half that gets forgotten. Applying it after styling is not the same product used later, it is a different product entirely, because a barrier only helps if it is between the hair and the tool.
Where it fits:
- Fragile, breakage-prone hair that sheds short broken pieces
- Regular blow-drying, straightening or curling
- Before a chemical service, to prepare hair that is already weakened
- After one, to support hair through the recovery
6 oz, or 173 gm. Smaller than a masque because it is a targeted treatment rather than a weekly conditioner, and worth keeping for the hair that genuinely needs it.
Water (Aqua), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Lanolin, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice, Hydrolyzed Silk, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Laminara Cloustoni Extract, Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract, Silk Amino Acids, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Parfum (Fragrance), Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Carbomer, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Hydroxide
- 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
Before the heat, never after. Work it through damp mid-lengths and ends in sections, then blow-dry, straighten or curl as usual.
Give the ends an extra pass, since they take the most punishment from a wand or a flat iron. On days without heat, the same application still earns its place as a strengthening step under a leave-in or a cream.
Results
Fragile hair stops leaving the short broken pieces that collect on a dark top. Strands hold together under a comb and through a blow-dry, so length stays on the head rather than in the sink.
Heat-styled hair keeps more shine and less of the crisp, cooked feel. Ends look blunter and less wispy over a run of weeks.
Composition
Full ingredients list
Water (Aqua), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Lanolin, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice, Hydrolyzed Silk, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Laminara Cloustoni Extract, Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract, Silk Amino Acids, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Parfum (Fragrance), Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Carbomer, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Hydroxide