sharon naturally caught that I missed the glycerin in the Giovanni Tea Tree Triple Treat shampoo. Good catch! Yes, let’s say its low glycerin since it’s not in the top five list of ingredients. Oh man! And darn! I hate when I make a mistake. I double, triple checked all the ingredients before I posted this. Like copy pasted all the ingredients lists for each product into a work document and searched for both spellings of glycerin (glycerine). Shoot! And here is an ingredient list I used to double check myself for the shampoo from the Walgreen's website. Ingredients Aqua (Purified Water), Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Lauryl Glucoside, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Decyl Glucoside, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Panthenol, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Polysorbate 20, Phenoxyethanol, Menthol, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice (Usda Certified Organic), Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Oil (Usda Certified Organic), Achillea Millefolium Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Equisetum Arvense Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) Oil (Usda Certified Organic), Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Leaf Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil (Usda Certified Organic), Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Tussilago Farfara (Coltsfoot) Flower Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract (Usda Certified Organic) This formula of the Giovanni Tea Tree Triple Treat doesn’t have any glycerin in it. And that is the ONLY ingredient they didn't list. Weird!
Thank you! Do you have any glycerin-free shampoos you do recommend then? What do you think of the Jessicurl gentle lather? I had my first glycerin-free wash day today with Jessicurl samples I'd just received and have definitely less frizz than usual (in this humid climate I live in)! Not sure how I'd love their shampoo over time but I definitely want to find a glycerin-free shampoo! I do have the As I Am coconut cowash as well but not sure my fine hair can handle cowashing every time.
Do you have another glycerin free conditioner other than jessicurl? I'm allergic to mint 😩 need slip as I'm very tangle prone, and my hair loves protein. I really love watching your videos as you are the holy Grail of good hair and I struggle so much 🥰 I've considered prose 🧐 what you think?
@@amym.5960 I really like the Jessicurl gentle lather shampoo. I think its nearly impossible to find a totally glycerine free low poo (or at least I haven't found one). In my mind since you are rinsing out the shampoo or low poo totally the glycerine isn't staying on you has and therefor wont effect your hair too too terribly.
TO ANYONE WATCHING: dont know if this channel have updated this info since I see that this video is a year old but as this is a characteristic of all humectants, the other very strong glycerin-level humectants to look out for in high amounts in products are Propylene Glycol, Sodium PCA, and Sodium Lactate. This is by no means exhaustive though so do your research!
Most of the curl talk line by Not your Mothers is Glycerin free, shampoo, 3 in 1 conditioner, mousses, defining cream (the Gel is not) Some of the Not Your Mothers Naturals are glycerin free the Blue Sea Kale Foam Mousses is (Note- the regular Not Your Mothers line is not CG, just the curl talk and Naturals line) Zerran Styling Mousse Camille Rose Curl Maker (I find it to be exactly like Uncle Fuckly Curly Magic) is glycerin free Generic Value Products (Salleys) Has a Matrix Biolage Conditioning Blam comparison that is AMAZING and glycerin free is you get the small bottle for whatever reason the 33 oz is not, and I have been told the Actual Matrix one has glycerin in it sometimes. Pineapple curls by Pacifica (also has a deep conditioner). Kinky Curly has the leave in and curl custard but also a sitting cream and a Mousse. Aussie Instant Freeze gel, The Herbal Essence Spray Gell, and several of their mousses and other gells Maui Heat Shield, The Main Choice Biotin Styling Gel, Most of the Conditioners from Love Beauty Planet Most of the conditioners form ApotheCARE, Cantu's protein conditioner is Glycerin free, Alikay Acavado Repairing Mask, Sashapure Restorative conditioner mask and they defining cream, MopTop Deep Conditioner, Fertilizing Dip from Soultanicals, Curly Hair Solutions Pure Silk Deep Treatment. And for some super cost effective ones, Sauve Essentials Most if not all their conditioners are glycerin free as well as a lot of the VO5 Naturals. Yes, most of the LA Looks gels are glycerin free and at least one of then is Glycerin and protein free, Sofftee has a few gels that are glycerin free one of then is a protein gel. Frizz Be Gone by Giovanni is glycerin free however it has several oils that some people say are not CG So it depends on how CG strict you are and or which CG method you follow. It also has sodium cocoyl glutamate which some people believe is not CG. Ok, that's all I could think of off the top of my head, its a lot to so I might have overdone it.
Feisty Ginger haha no you didn’t over do it!!! this is a fabulous list and a great resource! Thank you for sharing! I haven’t tried any of these products! You are definitely giving me the itch to buy these!
I use nothing but Cantu and I started looking at the ingredients and the second ingredient in most of them is glycerin! I live in Alabama and it’s always hot and rainy and my hair has been so frizzy and it makes perfect sense now!
Same here Savannah. I live in FL and use Cantu products and after watching this video, I too noticed the second ingredient in my Cantu curl activator cream is glycerin. Ugh, now I know why when I go walking outdoors my hair turns into a huge hairball. No more glycerin for this FL resident.
So is it good to use Cantu products when it is more colder? I live in London and most of the time the weather is cold but recently it has been getting a bit hotter
I'm in Australia, but where I am it's currently Winter, and our temperatures are only about 10 degrees Celsius each day, with close to 100% humidity and the dew point is about the same as the temperature!! And, 7 months into being cg, I've discovered that every product that I have ever used has high amounts of glycerin in it!!! As I've battled dry hair, with halo frizz all my life, it's no wonder that I still have the frizz!! If anyone can work out when/ If I should do my hair at the moment, I will love you forever 💜
omggg same ! back when i used cantu (may-sep) & stepped foot outside my hair was such a mess, i thought it was just me😭 but i use eden bodyworks shea curling cream now & it still has glycerin but is not one of the primary ingredient, for me that curling cream is better than cantu
Your channel is so encouraging! I just started the CG method a few weeks ago and am trying to stay patient with the results. Right now I’m just figuring out my hair’s porosity/ sensitivity to glycerin / how much moisture vs protein my hair needs. But something I’ve been doing is picking out my favorite curl on my head every day and saying to myself that it is really beautiful! And how cool it is that God made our hair so fun and unique!
I'm reading this several months after you wrote it, but I've been properly cgm since February and I still can't get my head around all of those things!! Just discovered that all of the products that I have ever used are full of glycerin though, and I have battled with frizz all my life!!!
Gosh I thought I was ok with Glycerin because I'm in the UK and it's always cold... I didn't realise it had to be THAT cold for it to be beneficial. Always so much info 🙈🙈 Thanks as always Courtney ♥️ you're a true hair fairy 🧚🏻♂️
I agree I can not use Glycerin in the winter my hair has the worst frizz I’ve ever had when I use Glycerin in the winter it’s hard finding products that are Glycerin free especially in the UK so this was very helpful 😊
I'm finding that Winter here in Victoria, Australia is being awful to my hair. But then discovering that absolutely every product that I have used in the last 7 months has glycerin in it, but nothing has protein, has me wondering if I have too much glycerin or not enough protein!! And finding glycerin free products here is ridiculous!!
I am the Queen of Frizz. Just started the CG method this month and so far I learned my hair hates protein and now I see that it hates glycerin. Uncle Funky is my favorite curl enhancer and now I understand why. Thanks for the explanation.
I just started my CG journey to and I was wondering if Uncle Funky’s is heavy? I have fine wavy 2B, 2C hair so I struggle with weight. My hair doesn’t like protein either! Thank you if you can help.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video. I have just started the CG method and have very dry, bushy, high porosity hair. It may actually be wavy but the jury is out right now since I've used heat products (blow dryer and curling iron) for all my life. Not sure where this journey will take me but I'm going to try. I'm 72, live in North Carolina with lots of humidity so next wash day will be with all glycerin free products to see if it will help. I'm binge watching all your videos and I just love them. Thank you.
Awe thank you so much for joining me here! 🤗🤗 Humidity can cause so much trouble with wavy/curly hair!😩 Let me know if it helps eliminating glycerin. Enjoy the wavy/curly journey! 🥰🥰
This is why my hair was looking better when I first started than it does now! Everything I’m using has glycerin in it and it’s so humid! Thank you for the explanation!
Sharlene A. I believe we try too hard sometimes. Definitely my hair changes with the weather. Glycerin!!! Coconut is a no. Buildup etc. so much to learn. Still, a bad day curly is better than a bad day straight for me. Good luck!!!
Heather Rosdol i though Glycerin is good for humid environments. Because they hold the water from the encironment and put it into your hair. The problem is in winter when outside is dry and then will glycerin take the moisture out of your hair and put it into the environment :)
Uncle Funky’s gel now has glycerin as the 2nd ingredient. I can use products with glycerin if is vegetable glycerin and not in the 1st 5 ingredients. I love Giovanni products as well. I initially bought them from their website for full price. Now that I found them at Marshall’s and Kroger Food stores for more than half price. Excellent informative video. Thanks
I love this explanation because we currently have 100% humidity and it’s a 69 degree dew point and I’ve been wondering why I have a frizzy mess on my head! Got to look for a glycerin free gel..thought I was losing my mind, but you explained the science and now I get it why this is happening! Thank you!! My hair is very similar to yours and yours is my favorite wavy/curly channel.
Very useful information. I never cared to look further than sulphates and silicones. Been struggling with halo frizz, trying everything I can do to understand whats going wrong. I went back now and checked the labels and guess what? I have glycerin in my conditioner, leave in AND gel! Duh! Icing on the cake- checked dew point for my area and it turns out 70°F 🙄 thanks a ton babe, this video is an eye opener...
One of the best things to come out of me doing the curly girl method was glycerin free products in the Texas weather. I get a huge frizz halo with sad waves and gives my hair a tacky feeling. I will certainly revisit glycerin this winter to see what happens.
I think an easy way to figure this out is simply: how humid is your climate? I'm originally from the Malaysia (very humid. tropical country) and now I live in Canada. When I'm back home, glycerin makes my hair frizzy because its overloading my hair with moisture. I usually fix this with a DIY rice protein mask. In Canada, glycerin is super helpful because its so dry here (but I pair with a little bit of curl cream as an emollient), and keeps my hair moisturized without being moisture-overloaded.
@@TK-jj3pc you asked just at the right time! Im having my first summer in canada. My hair routine is consistent yearout and I dont need any less or anymore glycerin to keep my hear healthy. But my hair gets a lot curlier in the summer I've noticed. I go from a 2a-2b to a 2b.
Thank you for this video! So informative! When you describe your hair...I can completely relate: Fine, but LOTS of it...my hairs loves protein...goes flat & limp in humidity. I am glad I found a CG with very similar hair type, wave, temperament, etc. Have a blessed day!
Helpful to me!! Thank you!! 😍😍😍😍 Edit: can I just say that I eliminated glycerin for the first time this morning, and I'm having an amazing hair day! Thank you again!
I'm British with a very similar curl pattern to you and it always confused me when people talk about low humidity in winter because winters here are pretty much constant rain and high humidity, at least as much as in summer. I've learned to cut back on the humectant because my hair is constantly battling high humidity
Me too I’m from the UK and only been on this curly hair journey for about 4 months and I just started getting the hang of it until now WINTER ❄️ my hair is super frizzy so I’m trying glycerin free products today to see if it helps xxx
Hello from Canada! Thank you so much for this video. I discovered the dew point where I live, Calgary, Alberta, is -3 F! Not glycerin friendly. I just started the CGM 2 weeks ago and had dry, frizzy hair. I thought this was part of the process for my hair. However, when I checked the ingredients in the Devacurl products I was using, there was a ton of glycerin. I searched my house for other products and found shampoo with glycerin pretty far down on the ingredients list, glycerin free conditioner (from my teenager's bathroom) and the Devacurl Frizz Free Mouse (glycerin free). I noticed a huge difference after the first wash! Much less frizz!! These will get me by until my Jessicurl arrives! Thanks again for all the great info!!
Hey Charity, I also live in Calgary. Just started the CG method myself and am having a hard time finding Glycerin free products here. Looks like glycerin products are going to be used not often here.. lol. need a goldilocks day. Tough when we live in desert type humidity :)
Jody P Hi Jody! I found a great place to buy CG products in Calgary. It's called Curl Warehouse. All of the products have labels indicating whether they have glycerin or protein which is super handy. They ship fast or have curb side pick up right now. So far I like the Jessi Curl line. Hope that helps! curlwarehouse.com Good Luck!
Monica playing ping-pong! Great (and effective!) visual! I'm frizz central, so this is needed info. Though I'm so thankful for the CGM and the part its played in helping me take care of my hair, I don't feel that Lorraine Massey adequately addresses the wavy girls (can't speak to the curly curly girls as I'm not one) and I'm so glad to have you filling in the gaps! Thank you!! 💕
Hi, I'm Jen. I like Giovanni too and I always wonder why it's almost never talked about when they make some really good affordable stuff! Just found your channel and love it! My hair is SUPER long, thick, heavy and course. 2b and 2c and although it's healthy, I don't have the incredible softness and shine you do. But my type is really strong and must be mostly low porosity as I can't do much protein and it's hard to get products into my hair. I recently discovered Sun Bum and Wow! You have to listen I and choose because some of their products are cg and some arent. They have a curly line with silicone and a regular line without! Their curls and waves styling cream (silicone free) make my hair so silky and pairs well with Mop Top custard. My new favorite combo. Makes my hair almost as shiny as yours ;)
Would you please do a demo on how you use the Kinky Curly Curl Custard? I need to find a glycerin-free regime for the winter (I bought and LOVED the Giovanni products but had an allergic reaction to one of the ingredients - sunflower seed oil. Looking for an alternative.). I'd really appreciate it!!
I plan on buying the Jessie’s Curl gel and the deep treatment to take with me on vacation. I think I’ll give the curls blueberry leave In a try as well.
They are both super super good! I love the citrus lavender sent of the Jessicurl deep treatment but they also have a fragrance free option if you are super sensitive to smells which is really cool!
Swavy Curly Courtney I bought the Jessi curl gel unscented and you are right it’s a great gel for the summer. Also bought the blueberry bliss gel. My hair loves both of these gels. 😊
Thank you for all the stuff you’re doing, thanks to you I believe I might actually be on the right way to finally understand my hair. You seems like a really nice person, it’s good to have you here. :)
My curls are destroyed at high "dew points" too! Though not temperature based, my home town is very wet ( Portland, OR) and the moisture in the air very high. I go to college where it is very dry, and noticed when I go home my hair falls so flat!! Ill have to try a glycerin free routine and see how it goes next time I head home!!
I've been watching hundreds of cg videos for the past year but after just now finding your channel randomly from your picture on Facebook's bounce curl page I feel like I've finally found someone who's advice I can actually take, haha. Long, low stress, high definition type 2 hair.... that's my goal, seemed pretty impossible but now I think not!!!!
CURLS Blueberry Bliss Reparative Leave-In Conditioner may not have glycerin in it, but it isn't humectant-free. Sorbitol is listed halfway down the ingredients list.
The science of this is really fascinating 🤓 🧪 so basically, it depends on the time of year - whether or not you should use a product with glycerin? ALSO, I just left Kroger and found out they have a small bottle of the Triple Treat shampoo for about $5!! Which is amazing, cause I can try it on a small scale before committing to a bigger bottle 🙃 🎉
This is super informative thank you. I have found through trial and error that both glycerin and aloe vera have the same effect on my hair, that is like yours, they make my hair straight! I will try the sandwich technique you mentioned.
Hi I looked up the Curls Blueberry Bliss leave in and it has these two ingredients. Aren't they Glycerin? Glycereth-26, Caprylyl Glycol I need to find some glycerin free products. ugh! Thanks
Love this video and learning from you... however, the music in the background is a little bit distracting. Don't get me wrong, I like it. I just wish it wasn't so loud.
I love Giovanni as well. I use the Smooth as Silk and the Triple Treat Shampoo and Conditioner, the Direct Leave In, the Foam and the Gel. Love, love, love it!
Wow! Very informative video! Thank you!!! Im just 7 weeks into my curly (im actually a wavy) girl journey. Im finally starting to learn about protein, moisture, and thanks to your video, glycerin. I live in Alabama where the dew point is sooooo high, especially in the summer. Ill definitely be trying some of your suggested products. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for this video and all the information. This explains so much! I’m normally a Monica from friends hair girl! Now that I’ve started using products, suggested by my favourite UA-cam ladies, I’ve been having much better hair days. Basically I need the protein and the glycerin, especially in the humidity we have in southern Ontario in the summer. May have to switch to glycerine free in the winter so thank you for the suggestions. Love all your videos, you’re so sweet and down to earth. Thank you 😊 🙏💜
Thank you! So helpful to know about how glycerin affect hair. I want to try the Uncle Funkys Daughter Curly Magic Curl Stimulator. You mentioned you wouldn't use that alone. What products do you use with it?
I hope you see this even though it’s an older video! Do you use the blueberry bliss leave in together with the uncle Funkys followed then by gel? Just wondering if the uncle funkys is moisturizing enough to stand alone or if you use the leave in as well?
Hi Courtney! Thanks for this video. With helpful as usual. Was wondering if you could do an aloe Vera video. I just found out that my hair is sensitive to aloe 😭😭😭 would love some info on this and potential aloe free products ❤️
You explained this so well thank you! The whole dew point thing seemed overwhelming so I have just been ignoring it on my curly journey but now I'm thinking I can do this haha
My hair is like straw, very dull and super frizzy!! I live in Ontario Canada! Please tell me how to get shiny, soft and non frizzy hair!! Thanks in advance 😉
Omg... Things make soooo much more sense now! I used Cantu curl cream the other day and had GLORIOUS hair. Next wash day, I used it again since it'd seemed to work so well, and had some serious frizz issues with curls falling flat... It was just wavy frizz. I ended up putting my hair up it was such a bad hair day. Watching this video today while drinking coffee before work and the lightbulb went off! I was a victim of GLYCERFRIZZ! Cantu has glycerin as one of the top ingredients and (before now) I had absolutely NO idea why one wash day was great and the next was total poo. Needless to say, I wasn't careful when I was purchasing my last batch of products to try and almost all of them have glycerin... Drat. Seeing as I'm (apparently) very sensitive to glycerin, I will have to go hunt down some of these lovely products to try....and, for today, I water washed, used a leave in, and tied my hair back wet since being in Ontario and living so close to the lake means that high humidity is almost a constant here. Actually, today the air is what I'd call "soupy"... So gross. So humid it feels like I might actually have to grow gills just to walk around in this climate. Courtney, can you please help out us hard core humid climate girls?? It's so bad here that even the cold winter months are often humid AF 😱 (just because it's "freeze your nips off" cold, doesn't mean there isn't a butt tonne of moisture in the air).
it was excellent. Thank you so much. and most of all thank you for giving us numbers, i have read about the effect of glycerin in low and high dew points but i couldn't find what range of dew points were considered as low or high ! but you made it all clear. so.,Thank you :)
So, to simplify.........using glycerin-containing products when it's very humid can cause frizz. How does this factor in when some of us are in air conditioning most of the time? Should we still avoid glycerin during humid seasons? (For me, in FL, humidity is a season- basically, May until November.) Thanks for the info, very helpful.
I wanted to like the Giovanni mousse but it made my hair super frizzy. And I tried it on wet hair, dry hair, by itself, with a gel, and after shampoo and after cowash days! I can't figure out if it's just this mousse or mousse in general that my hair hates
I just absolutely adore you and how Science-y you get. I'm still learning, but I'll get there. You're my fave curly gal... probably because you're a southern gal and not way up in the snow like others on here, so you know what me and my hair go through, lol. The Florida heat and humidity here kills my hair. I have just realized that glycerin is my enemy thanks to you. I can follow CG to a T, but will friz like I got hit by a stray lightning bolt in 2.2 seconds. I can't wait to try all of this new stuff! Thanks so much for being the cool nerd that has the ability to keep us weirdos interested and looking good!
I’m new to the curly girl method but I live in Houston so I learned pretty quick what glycerin does to my hair!!! I know it’s not as simple as humidity but since we are so humid down here, I’m avoiding glycerin in styling products and my hair is sooooo much less frizzy!! ❤️❤️❤️
I think I'm susceptible to glycerfrizz AND I think aloe flash dries me. I'm going to do a washday with no aloe or glycerin in my leave-ins and the Ouidad heat & humidity gel (the red one), which HAS glycerin but is supposed to be okay b/c of the rest of the ingredients... Fingers crossed.
....we use Celsius range....I cannot understand (and maybe, I wouldn't even if in celsius...numbers are my enemies....) But thank you so much! I will study it. I think here could be the answer for some of my major issues
If you go to weather.com you will see the F next to the C from celsius, tap on the F and you will see the dew points. Hope this make sense, I'm from Holland.
Thank you for this great information! However the GIOVANI TTTT shampoo has glycerin in it. I live in central Florida and we have dew points in the mid 70’s during the summer. I’m desperately trying to find a wash day shampoo that does not have glycerine in it. Any other suggestions?
I think this might explain what’s going on with my hair... My hair is low density and fine, and gets overloaded with moisture quickly. It’s been incredibly frizzy lately- but hasn’t felt dry. And I live in a humid area with dew points >70 😬
Our dew point is 6 degrees F. I live in Montana and we have very low dew points. I am not sure what products to use. Since I have started cgm I have tons of frizz and breakage. I have 2a 2c curls. Very fine hair, not thick at all. But with cgm my hair looks thicker when I first started. Now since winter has arrived it has been a nightmare! HELP! I have purchased tons of product, most from your recommendations. So any suggestions you have I probably have the products already. I am getting a cut next month, not a trim but a cut. The back of my hair is so broken I have to get at least 4” off. It’s only hair hopefully it will grow back healthy.
Hi Courtney, your videos are Fabtastic! I'm in San Antonio, and thinking back I have noticed swelling on hot and humid days, so I'm thinking it would be good for me to switch to glycercin-free products. My question is about dryness. Physically I have a lot of problems with dryness, and I'm wondering if glycerin can dry out my hair in very low dew points? Physically I start to feel terrible when the humidity stays under 40% for a few days, and I was wondering if glycerin might be drying out my hair in low dew points?
Wow! I love this video!!! Thank you so much! Do you think if I’m living in Bali, which is pretty hot most of the time and its a subtropical climate, its gonna be too much of water in my hair?
Uncle funkys daughter curl stimulator says on the link that you provided that the second ingredient is Glycerin so if that is correct then it has glycerin in it. I know some sites can be incorrect though, but I clicked the link that you gave in the description box for this product and that's what it said so 🤷🏼 just letting others know. I didn't Google the ingredients myself though to check if the Amazon ingredients are correct so if you are one who is interested in this product, you may want to do further research!!
I know this is almost a year old..but what happens when it is really cold outside? Dew point here in Utah during the winter is 25 F. And we are so very, very dry cold, bitter air. Does the glycerin take moisture out of my hair and put it in the air?! This information will potentially chance my hair life. Holy moly.
🤯🤯🤯 I’ve heard of “glycerin sensitivity” and sought to avoid it at times - but then realized it was in all the products that worked the best for me. I decided that it must just be that my hair loves glycerin, like some people are more sensitive to protein than others. BUTTTTTT I live in Portland, OR where the dew point is rarely below 40 or above 60. It also explains why sometimes I have really bad hair days when I go on vacation. Thanks for this information!!!
I realized that 6/7 of my styling products have glycerin haha and also the others I was using 2-3 years ago, but my hair is not soooooo frizzy, there are some bad days yes, but it's usually ok. Now it's -2 and around 80% humidity, no problem. The one without glycerin that I have is the "Giovanni Direct Leave In Conditioner", it's for all hair types, but it's so lightweight, somehow with this one my hair can get more frizzy, I fix it with a bit of oil and that's it :). I will try more products without glycerin and see if there's some difference, but I think it does not affect me that much.
Will you please clarify something? Are products that are rinse out - like shampoo & conditioner - more OK to have glycerin in? The glycerin doesn’t stick in the hair? Or is that not the case?
Uncle Funky’s has been my go to for two years..... just went to order more and checked the ingredients.... second ingredient GLYCERINE 😞 they changed the formula! What am I going to do?
Julie G I have actually!!! I really like it but it is very concentrated and moisturizing. I tend to use too much every time I use it but that is my own fault. And the citrus lavender sent is my FAV! So good!
Hello, I am new to curly girl and I love your videos they are very informative! If you have a moment I have some questions. I have 2c 3a fine and thin hair that gets weighed down. I was using the As I Am Coconut Co wash, my hair looked good, I loved what it did for my bangs (I have to straighten them with a flat iron and usually I get baby hairs that stand up) the body of my hair looked good but felt dry and awful. I read that sometimes coconut acts like a protein and came to the conclusion that my hair does not like protein. Is this true about coconut? Or maybe I need to use conditioner after the co wash? I'm currently using Maui Moisture Lightweight Hydration shampoo and conditioner, I like them but my ends feel dry, I think the shampoo is drying me out because it has C 14-16 Olefin sulfonate and I just read that that is a more clarifying ingredient. I'm wondering if the As I am co wash helped my baby hair halo frizz because its like a protein? I want to try the Giavana Smooth as Silk conditioner you recommended is there a smooth as silk shampoo also? Have you tried it?
So I believe there is glycerin in the vo5 strawberries conditioner that I use. I never get seaweed hair. I always have wet frizz. Could the glycerin be why? I am rinsing this out. Or do these glycerin thoughts really only apply to stylers that you leave in?
I feel your pain. Philly summers can get quite hot and humid. I was looking like a scrub brush with all of my halo frizz. My hair DOES NOT like glycerin. Or protein. Loves ALL the moisture.
Thank you so much for the sharing, it is professional! i am wondering if the glycine is the reason why my hair looks good at the beginning and just half day pass, it become very frizzy 😭😭😭, suffer so much for this
Another great video! ! Do you pair something else with the KCCC for hold? same question for UFDMC? oh and what protein is in the Biosilk??? thanks so much!
I es wondering the same thing. I am looking for a new gel Nd es going to try KCCC because I thought it was a product with hold. What would you pair it with?
@@abbyb1481 i dont really know what to pair KCCC with...but if ur looking for HH Gels you might check out Treluxe Hi definition gel or Ecoslay Jello shot, maybe Orange Marmelade...all are glycerine free
It would b great to have the perfect dew point 40 n 60....I still not get it right... I used my regular routine here in California n get nice 3b ringlets, in October was in New York n I had total freeze cotton ball....I thought I could use glycerin in low dew point, but not in high dew point.... Still cannot get it right...help.
i use eden bodyworks shea curling cream & it has glycerin andd it works great for me during summer but its not one of the primary ingredients so i can see why my hair is not frizzy but i also use xtreme hair gel when i scrunch & it has glycerin as the 2nd ingredient & it works great ! why is that ?
Thank you so much for recommending the curls blue berry bliss leave in it has literally it has literally saved my hair routine 👏🏽🙏🏼😘❤ it literally has the perfect moisture and protein balance. Behetromonuim Methosulfate being the first ingredient and further down the ingredients list there's protein.
How do I know what our few point is? I'm in Toronto, Canada and we can have very humid summers. But I've been using two Curl Keeper products with glycerin in them and I haven't been able to style my wavy/curly hair since I started and it's only spring. It won't hold a curl and it feels limp. I also have hard water but have been using a filter and Ion hard water shampoo but still can't style it properly. Could it be the glycerin not working for my hair? Help. Lol
sharon naturally caught that I missed the glycerin in the Giovanni Tea Tree Triple Treat shampoo. Good catch! Yes, let’s say its low glycerin since it’s not in the top five list of ingredients. Oh man! And darn! I hate when I make a mistake. I double, triple checked all the ingredients before I posted this. Like copy pasted all the ingredients lists for each product into a work document and searched for both spellings of glycerin (glycerine). Shoot! And here is an ingredient list I used to double check myself for the shampoo from the Walgreen's website.
Ingredients
Aqua (Purified Water), Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Lauryl Glucoside, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Decyl Glucoside, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Panthenol, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Polysorbate 20, Phenoxyethanol, Menthol, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice (Usda Certified Organic), Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Oil (Usda Certified Organic), Achillea Millefolium Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Equisetum Arvense Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) Oil (Usda Certified Organic), Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Leaf Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil (Usda Certified Organic), Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Tussilago Farfara (Coltsfoot) Flower Extract (Usda Certified Organic), Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract (Usda Certified Organic)
This formula of the Giovanni Tea Tree Triple Treat doesn’t have any glycerin in it. And that is the ONLY ingredient they didn't list. Weird!
Thank you! Do you have any glycerin-free shampoos you do recommend then? What do you think of the Jessicurl gentle lather? I had my first glycerin-free wash day today with Jessicurl samples I'd just received and have definitely less frizz than usual (in this humid climate I live in)! Not sure how I'd love their shampoo over time but I definitely want to find a glycerin-free shampoo! I do have the As I Am coconut cowash as well but not sure my fine hair can handle cowashing every time.
Do you have another glycerin free conditioner other than jessicurl? I'm allergic to mint 😩 need slip as I'm very tangle prone, and my hair loves protein. I really love watching your videos as you are the holy Grail of good hair and I struggle so much 🥰 I've considered prose 🧐 what you think?
@@MaureenH-xt3kl SO Jessicurl has fragrance free options. 🤗
@@amym.5960 I really like the Jessicurl gentle lather shampoo. I think its nearly impossible to find a totally glycerine free low poo (or at least I haven't found one). In my mind since you are rinsing out the shampoo or low poo totally the glycerine isn't staying on you has and therefor wont effect your hair too too terribly.
@@SwavyCurlyCourtney That makes sense. Thank you!
TO ANYONE WATCHING: dont know if this channel have updated this info since I see that this video is a year old but as this is a characteristic of all humectants, the other very strong glycerin-level humectants to look out for in high amounts in products are Propylene Glycol, Sodium PCA, and Sodium Lactate. This is by no means exhaustive though so do your research!
that’s why i love the camielle rose products
(yes im very late)
Most of the curl talk line by Not your Mothers is Glycerin free, shampoo, 3 in 1 conditioner, mousses, defining cream (the Gel is not)
Some of the Not Your Mothers Naturals are glycerin free the Blue Sea Kale Foam Mousses is (Note- the regular Not Your Mothers line is not CG, just the curl talk and Naturals line)
Zerran Styling Mousse
Camille Rose Curl Maker (I find it to be exactly like Uncle Fuckly Curly Magic) is glycerin free
Generic Value Products (Salleys) Has a Matrix Biolage Conditioning Blam comparison that is AMAZING and glycerin free is you get the small bottle for whatever reason the 33 oz is not, and I have been told the Actual Matrix one has glycerin in it sometimes.
Pineapple curls by Pacifica (also has a deep conditioner).
Kinky Curly has the leave in and curl custard but also a sitting cream and a Mousse.
Aussie Instant Freeze gel,
The Herbal Essence Spray Gell, and several of their mousses and other gells
Maui Heat Shield,
The Main Choice Biotin Styling Gel,
Most of the Conditioners from Love Beauty Planet
Most of the conditioners form ApotheCARE,
Cantu's protein conditioner is Glycerin free,
Alikay Acavado Repairing Mask,
Sashapure Restorative conditioner mask and they defining cream,
MopTop Deep Conditioner,
Fertilizing Dip from Soultanicals,
Curly Hair Solutions Pure Silk Deep Treatment.
And for some super cost effective ones,
Sauve Essentials Most if not all their conditioners are glycerin free
as well as a lot of the VO5 Naturals.
Yes, most of the LA Looks gels are glycerin free and at least one of then is Glycerin and protein free,
Sofftee has a few gels that are glycerin free one of then is a protein gel.
Frizz Be Gone by Giovanni is glycerin free however it has several oils that some people say are not CG So it depends on how CG strict you are and or which CG method you follow. It also has sodium cocoyl glutamate which some people believe is not CG. Ok, that's all I could think of off the top of my head, its a lot to so I might have overdone it.
Feisty Ginger haha no you didn’t over do it!!! this is a fabulous list and a great resource! Thank you for sharing! I haven’t tried any of these products! You are definitely giving me the itch to buy these!
Feisty Ginger wow thank you 🙏🏼😊
This list is awesome! Thanks!
You are a gem for posting all of these, THANK YOU!
If you don't mind what is your Instagram account?
I use nothing but Cantu and I started looking at the ingredients and the second ingredient in most of them is glycerin! I live in Alabama and it’s always hot and rainy and my hair has been so frizzy and it makes perfect sense now!
Same here Savannah. I live in FL and use Cantu products and after watching this video, I too noticed the second ingredient in my Cantu curl activator cream is glycerin. Ugh, now I know why when I go walking outdoors my hair turns into a huge hairball. No more glycerin for this FL resident.
So is it good to use Cantu products when it is more colder? I live in London and most of the time the weather is cold but recently it has been getting a bit hotter
I'm in Australia, but where I am it's currently Winter, and our temperatures are only about 10 degrees Celsius each day, with close to 100% humidity and the dew point is about the same as the temperature!! And, 7 months into being cg, I've discovered that every product that I have ever used has high amounts of glycerin in it!!! As I've battled dry hair, with halo frizz all my life, it's no wonder that I still have the frizz!!
If anyone can work out when/ If I should do my hair at the moment, I will love you forever 💜
Maryam Amin not too sure, I just know that when I use it in the cold months vs the summer, it does look better.
omggg same ! back when i used cantu (may-sep) & stepped foot outside my hair was such a mess, i thought it was just me😭 but i use eden bodyworks shea curling cream now & it still has glycerin but is not one of the primary ingredient, for me that curling cream is better than cantu
Your channel is so encouraging! I just started the CG method a few weeks ago and am trying to stay patient with the results. Right now I’m just figuring out my hair’s porosity/ sensitivity to glycerin / how much moisture vs protein my hair needs. But something I’ve been doing is picking out my favorite curl on my head every day and saying to myself that it is really beautiful! And how cool it is that God made our hair so fun and unique!
I'm reading this several months after you wrote it, but I've been properly cgm since February and I still can't get my head around all of those things!! Just discovered that all of the products that I have ever used are full of glycerin though, and I have battled with frizz all my life!!!
Gosh I thought I was ok with Glycerin because I'm in the UK and it's always cold... I didn't realise it had to be THAT cold for it to be beneficial. Always so much info 🙈🙈
Thanks as always Courtney ♥️ you're a true hair fairy 🧚🏻♂️
You are a lovely person. I really enjoy your videos! Thank you for the great reviews and advice. Your hair is GORGEOUS!!!
Glycerin is my enemy during the winter months. I really like Mielle Moisture Milk during the winter time
I agree I can not use Glycerin in the winter my hair has the worst frizz I’ve ever had when I use Glycerin in the winter it’s hard finding products that are Glycerin free especially in the UK so this was very helpful 😊
I'm finding that Winter here in Victoria, Australia is being awful to my hair. But then discovering that absolutely every product that I have used in the last 7 months has glycerin in it, but nothing has protein, has me wondering if I have too much glycerin or not enough protein!! And finding glycerin free products here is ridiculous!!
Mielle Moisturizing Milk contains Glycerin, at least in Canada it does 🙈
I watched this video today and went out and bought the Uncle Funky's. Got it home and realized glycerin was the 2nd ingredient 😭😭😭
Very helpful, I have had times where my hair was so beautiful and then go out and either frizz ball or falls limp.
I am the Queen of Frizz. Just started the CG method this month and so far I learned my hair hates protein and now I see that it hates glycerin. Uncle Funky is my favorite curl enhancer and now I understand why. Thanks for the explanation.
Rice water rinse was a disaster for me. Rinsed out thoroughly and conditioned but left my hair so dull and heavy. Yuck.
I just started my CG journey to and I was wondering if Uncle Funky’s is heavy? I have fine wavy 2B, 2C hair so I struggle with weight. My hair doesn’t like protein either! Thank you if you can help.
The bottle of uncle funky’s I bought at target has glycerin as the second ingredient so I am thoroughly confused
I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video. I have just started the CG method and have very dry, bushy, high porosity hair. It may actually be wavy but the jury is out right now since I've used heat products (blow dryer and curling iron) for all my life. Not sure where this journey will take me but I'm going to try. I'm 72, live in North Carolina with lots of humidity so next wash day will be with all glycerin free products to see if it will help. I'm binge watching all your videos and I just love them. Thank you.
Awe thank you so much for joining me here! 🤗🤗 Humidity can cause so much trouble with wavy/curly hair!😩 Let me know if it helps eliminating glycerin. Enjoy the wavy/curly journey! 🥰🥰
This is why my hair was looking better when I first started than it does now! Everything I’m using has glycerin in it and it’s so humid! Thank you for the explanation!
Heather Rosdol I’m so glad you found this video helpful!
Heather Rosdol I’ve been having the same issue. My hair one year in looks worse than it did three months in 😔 I’m about ready to give up.
Sharlene A. I believe we try too hard sometimes. Definitely my hair changes with the weather. Glycerin!!! Coconut is a no. Buildup etc. so much to learn. Still, a bad day curly is better than a bad day straight for me. Good luck!!!
Heather Rosdol i though Glycerin is good for humid environments. Because they hold the water from the encironment and put it into your hair. The problem is in winter when outside is dry and then will glycerin take the moisture out of your hair and put it into the environment :)
Uncle Funky’s gel now has glycerin as the 2nd ingredient. I can use products with glycerin if is vegetable glycerin and not in the 1st 5 ingredients. I love Giovanni products as well. I initially bought them from their website for full price. Now that I found them at Marshall’s and Kroger Food stores for more than half price. Excellent informative video. Thanks
This explains why my hair is a frizzy mess right now. 65% humidity in San Antonio. Thank you Courtney.
I love this explanation because we currently have 100% humidity and it’s a 69 degree dew point and I’ve been wondering why I have a frizzy mess on my head! Got to look for a glycerin free gel..thought I was losing my mind, but you explained the science and now I get it why this is happening! Thank you!! My hair is very similar to yours and yours is my favorite wavy/curly channel.
Very useful information. I never cared to look further than sulphates and silicones. Been struggling with halo frizz, trying everything I can do to understand whats going wrong. I went back now and checked the labels and guess what? I have glycerin in my conditioner, leave in AND gel! Duh! Icing on the cake- checked dew point for my area and it turns out 70°F 🙄 thanks a ton babe, this video is an eye opener...
One of the best things to come out of me doing the curly girl method was glycerin free products in the Texas weather. I get a huge frizz halo with sad waves and gives my hair a tacky feeling. I will certainly revisit glycerin this winter to see what happens.
I think an easy way to figure this out is simply: how humid is your climate? I'm originally from the Malaysia (very humid. tropical country) and now I live in Canada. When I'm back home, glycerin makes my hair frizzy because its overloading my hair with moisture. I usually fix this with a DIY rice protein mask.
In Canada, glycerin is super helpful because its so dry here (but I pair with a little bit of curl cream as an emollient), and keeps my hair moisturized without being moisture-overloaded.
So during winter in Canada, your hair looks good. But what about during summer in Canada? Do you change products?
@@TK-jj3pc you asked just at the right time! Im having my first summer in canada. My hair routine is consistent yearout and I dont need any less or anymore glycerin to keep my hear healthy. But my hair gets a lot curlier in the summer I've noticed. I go from a 2a-2b to a 2b.
@@luckychonk9527 so the last product you apply to style has glycerin but it looks good in winter and summer ?
@@TK-jj3pc yup! Maybe its jsut not a lot of glycerin? I dont need much curl cream as a 2b hair type
Thank you for this video! So informative! When you describe your hair...I can completely relate: Fine, but LOTS of it...my hairs loves protein...goes flat & limp in humidity. I am glad I found a CG with very similar hair type, wave, temperament, etc. Have a blessed day!
You and me both.
Helpful to me!! Thank you!! 😍😍😍😍
Edit: can I just say that I eliminated glycerin for the first time this morning, and I'm having an amazing hair day! Thank you again!
I'm British with a very similar curl pattern to you and it always confused me when people talk about low humidity in winter because winters here are pretty much constant rain and high humidity, at least as much as in summer. I've learned to cut back on the humectant because my hair is constantly battling high humidity
I live in the Pacific northwest and have the same problem! Humid winter and dryer summers!
Me too I’m from the UK and only been on this curly hair journey for about 4 months and I just started getting the hang of it until now WINTER ❄️ my hair is super frizzy so I’m trying glycerin free products today to see if it helps xxx
@@katebowes1 HI Kate, any luck? What are your UK faves?? :)
Hello from Canada!
Thank you so much for this video. I discovered the dew point where I live, Calgary, Alberta, is -3 F! Not glycerin friendly. I just started the CGM 2 weeks ago and had dry, frizzy hair. I thought this was part of the process for my hair. However, when I checked the ingredients in the Devacurl products I was using, there was a ton of glycerin. I searched my house for other products and found shampoo with glycerin pretty far down on the ingredients list, glycerin free conditioner (from my teenager's bathroom) and the Devacurl Frizz Free Mouse (glycerin free). I noticed a huge difference after the first wash! Much less frizz!! These will get me by until my Jessicurl arrives! Thanks again for all the great info!!
Hey Charity, I also live in Calgary. Just started the CG method myself and am having a hard time finding Glycerin free products here. Looks like glycerin products are going to be used not often here.. lol. need a goldilocks day. Tough when we live in desert type humidity :)
Jody P Hi Jody! I found a great place to buy CG products in Calgary. It's called Curl Warehouse. All of the products have labels indicating whether they have glycerin or protein which is super handy. They ship fast or have curb side pick up right now. So far I like the Jessi Curl line. Hope that helps!
curlwarehouse.com Good Luck!
Monica playing ping-pong! Great (and effective!) visual! I'm frizz central, so this is needed info.
Though I'm so thankful for the CGM and the part its played in helping me take care of my hair, I don't feel that Lorraine Massey adequately addresses the wavy girls (can't speak to the curly curly girls as I'm not one) and I'm so glad to have you filling in the gaps! Thank you!! 💕
Hi, I'm Jen. I like Giovanni too and I always wonder why it's almost never talked about when they make some really good affordable stuff! Just found your channel and love it! My hair is SUPER long, thick, heavy and course. 2b and 2c and although it's healthy, I don't have the incredible softness and shine you do. But my type is really strong and must be mostly low porosity as I can't do much protein and it's hard to get products into my hair. I recently discovered Sun Bum and Wow! You have to listen I and choose because some of their products are cg and some arent. They have a curly line with silicone and a regular line without! Their curls and waves styling cream (silicone free) make my hair so silky and pairs well with Mop Top custard. My new favorite combo. Makes my hair almost as shiny as yours ;)
Thank You so very much for sharing. I live in Mobile , Alabama area. Almost always high humidity. 🙃
Would you please do a demo on how you use the Kinky Curly Curl Custard? I need to find a glycerin-free regime for the winter (I bought and LOVED the Giovanni products but had an allergic reaction to one of the ingredients - sunflower seed oil. Looking for an alternative.). I'd really appreciate it!!
I plan on buying the Jessie’s Curl gel and the deep treatment to take with me on vacation. I think I’ll give the curls blueberry leave In a try as well.
They are both super super good! I love the citrus lavender sent of the Jessicurl deep treatment but they also have a fragrance free option if you are super sensitive to smells which is really cool!
Swavy Curly Courtney I bought the Jessi curl gel unscented and you are right it’s a great gel for the summer. Also bought the blueberry bliss gel. My hair loves both of these gels. 😊
Thank you for all the stuff you’re doing, thanks to you I believe I might actually be on the right way to finally understand my hair.
You seems like a really nice person, it’s good to have you here. :)
My curls are destroyed at high "dew points" too! Though not temperature based, my home town is very wet ( Portland, OR) and the moisture in the air very high. I go to college where it is very dry, and noticed when I go home my hair falls so flat!! Ill have to try a glycerin free routine and see how it goes next time I head home!!
Also, my hair LOVES the giovanni TTTT shampoo, but the conditioner makes it straw-like.
I’m curious. How did it go?
I've been watching hundreds of cg videos for the past year but after just now finding your channel randomly from your picture on Facebook's bounce curl page I feel like I've finally found someone who's advice I can actually take, haha. Long, low stress, high definition type 2 hair.... that's my goal, seemed pretty impossible but now I think not!!!!
Yana McLaughlin Oh my goodness! This means so much to me! Thank you!
CURLS Blueberry Bliss Reparative Leave-In Conditioner may not have glycerin in it, but it isn't humectant-free. Sorbitol is listed halfway down the ingredients list.
I have a mild allergy to glycerin and be searching for products for natural hair. Thanks for your video.
The science of this is really fascinating 🤓 🧪 so basically, it depends on the time of year - whether or not you should use a product with glycerin? ALSO, I just left Kroger and found out they have a small bottle of the Triple Treat shampoo for about $5!! Which is amazing, cause I can try it on a small scale before committing to a bigger bottle 🙃 🎉
This is super informative thank you. I have found through trial and error that both glycerin and aloe vera have the same effect on my hair, that is like yours, they make my hair straight! I will try the sandwich technique you mentioned.
Hi I looked up the Curls Blueberry Bliss leave in and it has these two ingredients. Aren't they Glycerin? Glycereth-26, Caprylyl Glycol I need to find some glycerin free products. ugh! Thanks
I love your hair extra in this video! Those curl clumps ❤❤❤
Thank you!!
Love this video and learning from you... however, the music in the background is a little bit distracting. Don't get me wrong, I like it. I just wish it wasn't so loud.
Would love to see a video all about products without any protein!!!
I love Giovanni as well. I use the Smooth as Silk and the Triple Treat Shampoo and Conditioner, the Direct Leave In, the Foam and the Gel. Love, love, love it!
Angela Garriz yesss!!! Those products are so good!
Wow! Very informative video! Thank you!!! Im just 7 weeks into my curly (im actually a wavy) girl journey. Im finally starting to learn about protein, moisture, and thanks to your video, glycerin. I live in Alabama where the dew point is sooooo high, especially in the summer. Ill definitely be trying some of your suggested products. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for this video and all the information. This explains so much! I’m normally a Monica from friends hair girl! Now that I’ve started using products, suggested by my favourite UA-cam ladies, I’ve been having much better hair days. Basically I need the protein and the glycerin, especially in the humidity we have in southern Ontario in the summer. May have to switch to glycerine free in the winter so thank you for the suggestions. Love all your videos, you’re so sweet and down to earth. Thank you 😊 🙏💜
My hair texture is very different from yours, but I THOROUGHLY enjoyed learning this information. Thank you!
Brittany Love 🤗🤗🤗 Yeay! I’m so glad if this was helpful!
Thank you! So helpful to know about how glycerin affect hair. I want to try the Uncle Funkys Daughter Curly Magic Curl Stimulator. You mentioned you wouldn't use that alone. What products do you use with it?
I hope you see this even though it’s an older video! Do you use the blueberry bliss leave in together with the uncle Funkys followed then by gel? Just wondering if the uncle funkys is moisturizing enough to stand alone or if you use the leave in as well?
Hi Courtney! Thanks for this video. With helpful as usual. Was wondering if you could do an aloe Vera video. I just found out that my hair is sensitive to aloe 😭😭😭 would love some info on this and potential aloe free products ❤️
You explained this so well thank you! The whole dew point thing seemed overwhelming so I have just been ignoring it on my curly journey but now I'm thinking I can do this haha
Aaah... that’s why my hair was terrible these days in freaking humid PA... my conditioner is packed with glycerin... lol 🤦🏽♀️
I bought the As I Am cowash and the blueberry leave-in because of you and my hair has looked amazing!
My hair is like straw, very dull and super frizzy!! I live in Ontario Canada! Please tell me how to get shiny, soft and non frizzy hair!! Thanks in advance 😉
Check out Manes by Mel, she lives in Canada too and has lots of good info.
My hair is exactly the same ! I need help too lol
And I'm also in Ontario. We get hit hard with humid summers and dry winter air :(
Omg... Things make soooo much more sense now!
I used Cantu curl cream the other day and had GLORIOUS hair.
Next wash day, I used it again since it'd seemed to work so well, and had some serious frizz issues with curls falling flat... It was just wavy frizz. I ended up putting my hair up it was such a bad hair day.
Watching this video today while drinking coffee before work and the lightbulb went off! I was a victim of GLYCERFRIZZ!
Cantu has glycerin as one of the top ingredients and (before now) I had absolutely NO idea why one wash day was great and the next was total poo.
Needless to say, I wasn't careful when I was purchasing my last batch of products to try and almost all of them have glycerin... Drat.
Seeing as I'm (apparently) very sensitive to glycerin, I will have to go hunt down some of these lovely products to try....and, for today, I water washed, used a leave in, and tied my hair back wet since being in Ontario and living so close to the lake means that high humidity is almost a constant here. Actually, today the air is what I'd call "soupy"... So gross. So humid it feels like I might actually have to grow gills just to walk around in this climate.
Courtney, can you please help out us hard core humid climate girls??
It's so bad here that even the cold winter months are often humid AF 😱 (just because it's "freeze your nips off" cold, doesn't mean there isn't a butt tonne of moisture in the air).
Sounds like you might have protein overload.
it was excellent. Thank you so much. and most of all thank you for giving us numbers, i have read about the effect of glycerin in low and high dew points but i couldn't find what range of dew points were considered as low or high ! but you made it all clear. so.,Thank you :)
So, to simplify.........using glycerin-containing products when it's very humid can cause frizz. How does this factor in when some of us are in air conditioning most of the time? Should we still avoid glycerin during humid seasons? (For me, in FL, humidity is a season- basically, May until November.) Thanks for the info, very helpful.
Thank you so much. You explained it all brilliantly.
Yeayyy! I’m so glad! It’s a tricky subject to communicate clearly!
I wanted to like the Giovanni mousse but it made my hair super frizzy. And I tried it on wet hair, dry hair, by itself, with a gel, and after shampoo and after cowash days! I can't figure out if it's just this mousse or mousse in general that my hair hates
What is your recommendation for DEEP Conditioners ??
I just absolutely adore you and how Science-y you get. I'm still learning, but I'll get there. You're my fave curly gal... probably because you're a southern gal and not way up in the snow like others on here, so you know what me and my hair go through, lol. The Florida heat and humidity here kills my hair. I have just realized that glycerin is my enemy thanks to you. I can follow CG to a T, but will friz like I got hit by a stray lightning bolt in 2.2 seconds. I can't wait to try all of this new stuff! Thanks so much for being the cool nerd that has the ability to keep us weirdos interested and looking good!
I’m new to the curly girl method but I live in Houston so I learned pretty quick what glycerin does to my hair!!! I know it’s not as simple as humidity but since we are so humid down here, I’m avoiding glycerin in styling products and my hair is sooooo much less frizzy!! ❤️❤️❤️
Glycerin is bad in very dry climates, too. :)
I think I'm susceptible to glycerfrizz AND I think aloe flash dries me. I'm going to do a washday with no aloe or glycerin in my leave-ins and the Ouidad heat & humidity gel (the red one), which HAS glycerin but is supposed to be okay b/c of the rest of the ingredients... Fingers crossed.
....we use Celsius range....I cannot understand (and maybe, I wouldn't even if in celsius...numbers are my enemies....) But thank you so much! I will study it. I think here could be the answer for some of my major issues
If you go to weather.com you will see the F next to the C from celsius, tap on the F and you will see the dew points. Hope this make sense, I'm from Holland.
Hi! Thanks for the video! Any recommendations on a drugstore/easy to get glycerin-free deep conditioner/hair mask?
Thank you for this great information! However the GIOVANI TTTT shampoo has glycerin in it. I live in central Florida and we have dew points in the mid 70’s during the summer. I’m desperately trying to find a wash day shampoo that does not have glycerine in it. Any other suggestions?
Yes! Since making this video I found Simply Curls Co on Esty. www.etsy.com/shop/SimplyCurlsCo?coupon=SWAVYCURLYCOURTNEY
I think this might explain what’s going on with my hair... My hair is low density and fine, and gets overloaded with moisture quickly. It’s been incredibly frizzy lately- but hasn’t felt dry. And I live in a humid area with dew points >70 😬
Our dew point is 6 degrees F. I live in Montana and we have very low dew points. I am not sure what products to use. Since I have started cgm I have tons of frizz and breakage. I have 2a 2c curls. Very fine hair, not thick at all. But with cgm my hair looks thicker when I first started. Now since winter has arrived it has been a nightmare! HELP! I have purchased tons of product, most from your recommendations. So any suggestions you have I probably have the products already. I am getting a cut next month, not a trim but a cut. The back of my hair is so broken I have to get at least 4” off. It’s only hair hopefully it will grow back healthy.
Hi Courtney, your videos are Fabtastic! I'm in San Antonio, and thinking back I have noticed swelling on hot and humid days, so I'm thinking it would be good for me to switch to glycercin-free products. My question is about dryness. Physically I have a lot of problems with dryness, and I'm wondering if glycerin can dry out my hair in very low dew points? Physically I start to feel terrible when the humidity stays under 40% for a few days, and I was wondering if glycerin might be drying out my hair in low dew points?
Wow! I love this video!!! Thank you so much! Do you think if I’m living in Bali, which is pretty hot most of the time and its a subtropical climate, its gonna be too much of water in my hair?
Uncle funkys daughter curl stimulator says on the link that you provided that the second ingredient is Glycerin so if that is correct then it has glycerin in it. I know some sites can be incorrect though, but I clicked the link that you gave in the description box for this product and that's what it said so 🤷🏼 just letting others know. I didn't Google the ingredients myself though to check if the Amazon ingredients are correct so if you are one who is interested in this product, you may want to do further research!!
I know this is almost a year old..but what happens when it is really cold outside? Dew point here in Utah during the winter is 25 F. And we are so very, very dry cold, bitter air. Does the glycerin take moisture out of my hair and put it in the air?! This information will potentially chance my hair life. Holy moly.
Love this glycerin free product recommendation video. I have seen many many products that contain glycerin.
The bottle of uncle funky‘s daughters curly magic stimulator has glycerin as the second ingredient?!?!
🤯🤯🤯 I’ve heard of “glycerin sensitivity” and sought to avoid it at times - but then realized it was in all the products that worked the best for me. I decided that it must just be that my hair loves glycerin, like some people are more sensitive to protein than others. BUTTTTTT I live in Portland, OR where the dew point is rarely below 40 or above 60. It also explains why sometimes I have really bad hair days when I go on vacation. Thanks for this information!!!
Can you recommend a humectant and protein free deep conditioner
Lol yep I crave slimy seaweed hair, thanks to you!
I bought like 3 of these products already thanks Courtney!
I realized that 6/7 of my styling products have glycerin haha and also the others I was using 2-3 years ago, but my hair is not soooooo frizzy, there are some bad days yes, but it's usually ok. Now it's -2 and around 80% humidity, no problem. The one without glycerin that I have is the "Giovanni Direct Leave In Conditioner", it's for all hair types, but it's so lightweight, somehow with this one my hair can get more frizzy, I fix it with a bit of oil and that's it :). I will try more products without glycerin and see if there's some difference, but I think it does not affect me that much.
Will you please clarify something? Are products that are rinse out - like shampoo & conditioner - more OK to have glycerin in? The glycerin doesn’t stick in the hair? Or is that not the case?
Thank you for this. My hair's been acting strange lately and I realised all of my stuff has Glycerin in it
I have low porosity hair and I've read that I should use glycerine and that if you have high porosity then you should avoid it.
Please tell us the good/bad formulas for the Biosilk Rockhard Gelee.
This was so helpful!! I love the science details!
does glycerin matter so much in shampoo and conditioners as they wash out?
no
Uncle Funky’s has been my go to for two years..... just went to order more and checked the ingredients.... second ingredient GLYCERINE 😞 they changed the formula! What am I going to do?
I love Jessicurl Spiralicious gel. Specifically the citrus lavender. Have you tried it?
Julie G I have actually!!! I really like it but it is very concentrated and moisturizing. I tend to use too much every time I use it but that is my own fault. And the citrus lavender sent is my FAV! So good!
Ok, so this is WAAAAYYY over my head!
I'm curious on your thoughts on shea moisture's coconut and hibiscus shampoo and conditioner since it has silk proteins.
Hello, I am new to curly girl and I love your videos they are very informative! If you have a moment I have some questions.
I have 2c 3a fine and thin hair that gets weighed down. I was using the As I Am Coconut Co wash, my hair looked good, I loved what it did for my bangs (I have to straighten them with a flat iron and usually I get baby hairs that stand up) the body of my hair looked good but felt dry and awful. I read that sometimes coconut acts like a protein and came to the conclusion that my hair does not like protein. Is this true about coconut? Or maybe I need to use conditioner after the co wash?
I'm currently using Maui Moisture Lightweight Hydration shampoo and conditioner, I like them but my ends feel dry, I think the shampoo is drying me out because it has C 14-16 Olefin sulfonate and I just read that that is a more clarifying ingredient.
I'm wondering if the As I am co wash helped my baby hair halo frizz because its like a protein?
I want to try the Giavana Smooth as Silk conditioner you recommended is there a smooth as silk shampoo also? Have you tried it?
So I believe there is glycerin in the vo5 strawberries conditioner that I use. I never get seaweed hair. I always have wet frizz. Could the glycerin be why? I am rinsing this out. Or do these glycerin thoughts really only apply to stylers that you leave in?
I have so much frizz today!!! High dew points :( My hair doesn't puff out like Monica's but I get a halo from the frizz.
I feel your pain. Philly summers can get quite hot and humid. I was looking like a scrub brush with all of my halo frizz. My hair DOES NOT like glycerin. Or protein. Loves ALL the moisture.
So... what's the formula?! Your explanation makes sense but don't you have to know how to calculate the dew point for a given temp and humidity level?
Thank you so much for the sharing, it is professional! i am wondering if the glycine is the reason why my hair looks good at the beginning and just half day pass, it become very frizzy 😭😭😭, suffer so much for this
Can you please review the curl talk defining cream from not your mothers 🤔
Another great video! ! Do you pair something else with the KCCC for hold? same question for UFDMC? oh and what protein is in the Biosilk??? thanks so much!
I es wondering the same thing. I am looking for a new gel Nd es going to try KCCC because I thought it was a product with hold. What would you pair it with?
@@abbyb1481 i dont really know what to pair KCCC with...but if ur looking for HH Gels you might check out Treluxe Hi definition gel or Ecoslay Jello shot, maybe Orange Marmelade...all are glycerine free
It would b great to have the perfect dew point 40 n 60....I still not get it right...
I used my regular routine here in California n get nice 3b ringlets, in October was in New York n I had total freeze cotton ball....I thought I could use glycerin in low dew point, but not in high dew point....
Still cannot get it right...help.
I’m so glad I found this video. I love it!! So helpful.
i use eden bodyworks shea curling cream & it has glycerin andd it works great for me during summer but its not one of the primary ingredients so i can see why my hair is not frizzy but i also use xtreme hair gel when i scrunch & it has glycerin as the 2nd ingredient & it works great ! why is that ?
Thank you so much for recommending the curls blue berry bliss leave in it has literally it has literally saved my hair routine 👏🏽🙏🏼😘❤ it literally has the perfect moisture and protein balance. Behetromonuim Methosulfate being the first ingredient and further down the ingredients list there's protein.
Perfect balance 👌🏼
Excuse me mayam. The blueberry bliss leave in has glycerin in it as an ingredient. Glycereth26?
So to clarify it's better to use glycerine in winter/autumn? And not so much in spring/summer as it's humid? 🤷
Is Caprylyl Glycol a glycerin? It is in the Blueberry Biss Leave In 🤔
How do I know what our few point is? I'm in Toronto, Canada and we can have very humid summers. But I've been using two Curl Keeper products with glycerin in them and I haven't been able to style my wavy/curly hair since I started and it's only spring. It won't hold a curl and it feels limp. I also have hard water but have been using a filter and Ion hard water shampoo but still can't style it properly. Could it be the glycerin not working for my hair? Help. Lol
i know this is an older video but i gotta have glycerin for the winter! always looking for products, some new, some old