OGX Quenching Coconut Curls Curling Hair Butter Review

I adore OGX for their wide array of hair products. And also for how great most of their products are. When OGX Quenching Coconut Curls Curling Hair Butter hit the market, I immediately wanted to try it. I mean look at the words – quenching (dry curly hair calling), coconut curls (doesn’t that sound great!). Here is a review of OGX Quenching Coconut Curls Curling Hair Butter.

Update : 23 Jan, 2018 – I no longer use silicones because I figured they weigh my hair down.

Description by OGX:

This rejuvenating, creamy blend of coconut oil hair butter melts into dry strands to hydrate and tame frizz, for beautiful tumbling waves with bounce and shine. Lather on this versatile hair butter to boost your curls’ hydration. Leave it in for a moisturizing treatment or rinse it out for use as a deep conditioner.

Price: 725 INR for 187g. You can buy it here (India), here (USA) or here (UK).

Ingredient Analysis:

Water (Aqua), Cyclotetrasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane – silicones, Paraffinum Liquidum (Mineral Oil), Cetearyl Alcohol – fatty alcohol (smoothen cuticle), Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Behentrimonium Methosulfate – Quaternary ammonium salt (Provides slip), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Sorbitan Oleate, PPG­1 Trideceth­6, Ceteareth­20 – Emulsifiers, Honey, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Beeswax, Polyquaternium­37 – film forming polymer (block humidity thereby preventing frizz), Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate – emollient, Propylene Glycol – Humectant, BHT, Diazolidinyl Urea, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Magnesium Chloride, Magnesium Nitrate – preservatives, Fragrance (Parfum).

The ingredient list looks like everything my curls would love 🙂 Silicones, shea butter, coconut oil and other oils 🙂 My hair responds badly to humectants but I didn’t have a problem with this product (probably because it’s towards the end of the list)

CG Friendly: No
Texture: A whipped creamy white butter with tonnes of slips and spreads easily on curly hair
Smell: I usually love OGX products’ smell but this one is a turn off. Coconut is a smell I adore in hair products but this smells like a cough syrup with a little tropical smell mixed into it 😐
Packaging: A short flat tub made of plastic

Performance:

Here’s how I apply conditioners – How to wash & condition curly hair and here is a post with my full curly hair care routine – My curly hair routine .

+ The oils and butter are actually abundant because my hair looks moisturized and defined without looking greasy

+ Controls frizz and fly aways very well

+ Makes curls look shiny and hydrated

– This may be an overload for Type 3a curls and lower. I have noticed that at times it does weigh down my hair a bit (because of the intense oil concentration maybe?) and so they look slightly wavy. I use this as a rinse out conditioner as opposed to a leave in butter. And even then this is just a teeny bit heavy for my hair.

In short:

OGX Quenching Coconut Curls Curling Hair Butter is an oil rich hair butter that is perfect for really curly hair. Even though it’s a tad heavy for my 3a curls, I love its intense hydration and curl definition and will definitely buy it again 🙂