Keracare Curl Essence Coconut Co-Wash 12 oz / 355 ml - For Curly & Coily Natural Hair
If shampoo leaves your curls squeaky and stiff, a co-wash is the usual fix. This one cleans with conditioning agents instead of sulphates, so buildup comes off while the hair keeps the moisture it started with. Jamaican black castor oil and coconut oil sit in the base, and the target is curly and coily hair, 3b to 4c.
Keracare tested it against combing and buildup, and the numbers are worth knowing: 85.5 per cent of oil buildup removed, combing 37 per cent easier, detangling 36 per cent easier. Those figures match what most people report, which is that the hair feels clean rather than stripped, and the comb moves.
- Washes without sulphates, so curl clumps survive the shower
- Enough slip to detangle in the shower rather than after it
- Sensible between full shampoo washes, or as the only cleanse for drier hair
The 355 ml bottle is a fair test run. Work it into the scalp with your fingertips rather than your nails, and rinse for longer than you would a shampoo, because a conditioning cleanser lingers.
Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Betaine, Glycerin, Cetrimonium Chloride, Quaternium-18, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Extract, Phytosterols, Fragrance/Parfum, Abies Balsamea (Balsam Canada) Resin, Polyquaternium-37, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Ppg-1 Trideceth-6, Citric Acid, Propylene Glycol, Piroctone Olamine, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Potassium Chloride, Peg-40 Castor Oil, Stearalkonium Chloride, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate
- 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
Wet the hair right through first, then apply in four sections, scalp before lengths. Fingertips in circles for a minute or two so the conditioning agents can lift what is sitting on the skin.
Now leave it in and detangle, ends first, moving upward with fingers or a wide tooth comb. Rinse once the comb runs clean. No second wash needed.
Results
Curl clumps leave the shower intact rather than blown apart, because nothing in the formula stripped them in the first place. Hair reads clean without the squeaking, stiff finish that sends you straight for a heavy mask.
Slip is the other half of it. A wide tooth passes through without a fight. On drier hair this can be the only cleanse you do; on oilier scalps it slots in between shampoos.
Composition
- Jamaican Black Castor Oil
- Thick, conditioning oil that keeps moisture in through the wash
- Coconut Oil
- Adds softness during the wash so curls do not strip out
Full ingredients list
Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Betaine, Glycerin, Cetrimonium Chloride, Quaternium-18, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Extract, Phytosterols, Fragrance/Parfum, Abies Balsamea (Balsam Canada) Resin, Polyquaternium-37, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Ppg-1 Trideceth-6, Citric Acid, Propylene Glycol, Piroctone Olamine, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Potassium Chloride, Peg-40 Castor Oil, Stearalkonium Chloride, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate
