55 of the Best Natural Hair Products to Try Now, According to the Pros

Whether you're working to define your kinks and coils, cleanse your scalp thoroughly, or manage your protective styles, here are some of the best natural hair products to aid you in your journey.

55 of the Best Natural Hair Products to Try Now, According to the Pros

Choosing the best natural hair products can be an overwhelming task. Most of us are looking for that one magic product that will grant all of our hair wishes—whether it’s to define, volumize, seal in moisture, or carry a pleasing scent. The reality, however, is that our natural hair routines require a concoction of many different products to give us the results we’re looking for.

So whether you’re searching for the perfect scalp cleanser, a new favorite styling cream that defines your hair and brings moisture to your twist-out, or you’re in need of a deep treatment to restore hydration in brittle strands—here you’ll find the best natural hair products (informed by the pros!) to help you create your best regimen and achieve all of your hair goals.

Scalp Cleansers & Shampoos

Design Essentials Honey Creme Moisture Retention Super Detangling Conditioning Shampoo

Carol's Daughter Wash Day Delight Water-to-Foam Shampoo

Kinky Curly Come Clean Shampoo

Charlotte Mensah Manketti Oil Shampoo

Briogeo Be Gentle, Be Kind Avocado + Quinoa Co-Wash

CurlyWorld Sham-Free Hair & Scalp Cleanser

TPH by TARAJI Never Salty Sugar Scalp Scrub

Scalp care is an essential part of maintaining healthy hair. Scalp therapist and Paul Labrecque salon stylist Bridgette Hill’s favorite shampoo is Design Essentials Honey Creme Moisture Retention Shampoo, as it doesn’t strip the hair of its natural oils. She recommends not to wash your hair too often and, for those with longer strands, to put shampoo products into an applicator bottle “so that the product penetrates the scalp more deeply.”

Speaking of applicator bottles, Carol’s Daughter’s Wash Day Delight Shampoo comes pre-packaged in one, its gentle foam lather filled with refreshing aloe. Kinky-Curly’s Come Clean sulfate-free shampoo features the delightful scent of mandarin orange extract and offers a gentle cleanse, while sea kelp helps balance your hair’s moisture. Charlotte Mensah’s shampoo is a cocktail of manketti nut and ximenia oils, perfect for dehydrated scalps and parched strands. Golde founder Trinity Mouzon loves the Briogeo Avocado + Quinoa Co-Wash to keep her curls healthy—the perfect cleanser that at once removes dirt and build-up while moisturizing and detangling hair.

Curly World’s Sham Free Hair & Scalp Cleanser is a sulfate-free, detangling conditioning cleanser that includes the Resurrection Plan to help detoxify and moisturize the hair and scalp. And, for gentle exfoliation of the scalp, one can lean on TPH by Taraji’s Never Salty Scalp Scrub that gently removes dead skin cells and leaves it feeling minty fresh thanks to peppermint oil.

Conditioners

Charlotte Mensah Manketti Oil Conditioner

CurlyWorld Terms & Conditions

SheaMoisture Cannabis & Ginseng Lush Length Conditioner

Suave Professionals for Natural Hair Moisturizing Curl Conditioner

Vernon Francois Pure Fro Conditioner

Conditioning is the time to restore your hair’s hydration after a thorough cleansing. Hairstylist Charlotte Mensah’s conditioner is filled with signature manketti oil perfect for doing just that, while SheaMoisture's Cannabis & Ginseng Lush Length Conditioner includes THC and CBD-free cannabis sativa seed oil, ginseng root, and horsetail extract that work together to soften and rejuvenate dull hair. Suave’s natural hair conditioner offers an affordable, high-quality formula concocted of coconut oil and shea butter that provides enough slip to detangle in the shower. Vernon François’s Pure Fro Conditioner, meanwhile, is a delightful mixture of eucalyptus oil, lavender oil, amino acids, and plant-based keratin perfect for saturating kinky and coily textures.

Leave-In Conditioners & Detanglers

Oribe Priming Lotion Leave-In Conditioning Detangler

Carol's Daughter Monoi Repair + Moisture Star Strength Leave-In Cream

CurlyWorld Leave In Lover

Alikay Naturals Lemongrass Leave-in Conditioner

For an extra dose of moisture or detangling post-wash day, leave-in conditioners and detanglers come in handy. Oribe’s Priming Lotion is a leave-in, detangler, and primer for heat styling all in one. Its magic ingredients include vitamin E, vitamin A, jojoba oil, and olive oil. Carol’s Daughter Repair Leave-In Cream is nice and thick, but absorbs into strands well. It’s equipped with monoi oil which moisturizes and helps with the detangling process. Alikay Naturals Leave-In conditioner is refreshing with its lemongrass scent, silk amino acids, and aloe vera juice, which works to seal the hair’s cuticle and add strength to damaged tresses.

Deep Treatments

Oribe Moisture & Control Deep Treatment Masque

Bomba Curls Forbidden Hair Mask

SheaMoisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil Strengthen & Restore Masque

Camille Rose Algae Renew Deep Conditioner

Vernon François Whipped Deep Conditioner

Briogeo Don't Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Hair Mask

Davines Love Curl Mask

NaturAll Club Ice Cream Deep Conditioner Treatment

Deep conditioning is key when it comes to sustaining the overall health of your hair. Whether strands are parched, dull, or you’re dealing with shedding, deep conditioning will help. Bomba Curls’s hair mask is “an ultra-indulgent curl treatment that was created using Dominican-inspired ingredients like scalp stimulating cinnamon and biotin-rich pistachio oil.” According to founder Lulu Cordero: “The treatment's nourishing power is enhanced by cupuaçu butter which holds 200 times more moisture than shea butter, creating the ultimate moisturizing punch.” Oribe’s Moisture & Control treatment masque is packed with mango seed butter, cocoa seed butter, avocado oil, jojoba oil, and, of course, Oribe’s signature complex that goes into every product: watermelon, lychee, and edelweiss flower.

This story originally appeared on: Vogue - Author:Akili King