
Moisturize Your Natural 4C Hair With Rich Conditioners
Check out these tested conditioners for our results, suggestions and tips for use.
Check out these tested conditioners for our results, suggestions and tips for use.
By Miracle Westfall, 03 Oct 2023
Whether you’re looking for a couple of leavein conditioners that will continue to nourish and moisturize hair over the next few days or a deep conditioner that will penetrate the hair strands and leave your frizzy hair feeling soft and bouncy, we have the recommendations for you.
While these products are probably good for all hair types, our testers have 4c curls and we focus on checking out the best shampoo and conditioners for 4c wash days. Wash day is the day that we try to correct the most common issues with dry 4b and 4c hair and we try to repair the conditions that damages hair like environmental heat, wind, and friction that damages hair and creates hair breakage.
For the best chance at healthy hair, use a hair treatment especially formulated for type 4c hair. Products for 4c and 4b hair vary it will take some time and patience to find the right daily moisturizer, styling products and conditioners for natural hair. Some days you may feel like like going all natural with apple cider vinegar and olive oil and other days, you'll want something predictable, portable and fragrant Like one of the conditioners listed below.
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This is my absolute favorite conditioner for 4c hair. I started using it when I started my transition from relaxed hair to natural hair. It was a life saver when I couldn’t find anything to moisturize my dry, brittle hair. If you’re looking for intensive hydration for dry hair or curly hair, this deep treatment is the right product for you.
4.5/5 Stars
If I’m trying to keep wash day to a minimum, I’ll use the KeraCare Natural Textures Cleaning Cream and then apply this As I Am Leave in Conditioner before moving on to with my Twist and Define Cream or gel products
4/5 Stars
Key Ingredients in this moisturizing conditioner is sweet almond (prunus amygdala’s dulcis) oil, tea tree (melaleuca alternifolia) leaf oil and avocado (per sea gratissima) oil and jojoba oil (simmondsia chinensis) and hydrolized keratin to strengthen hair strands.
The formula is light so you’ll have to apply every day or two. This can cause product build up.
The need to use it everyday also means that you use a lot of the product over time and may have to buy it more often and a longer lasting leave in product.
4/5 Stars
The Keracare Curlessence Moisutrizing Leave In Conditioner with Jamaican Black Castor Oils and Coconut Oil for natural hair types 3 and 4 comes in a 12 ounce tub for dipping.
The second ingredient is glycerin which explains the slip but also indicates that it might not contain as much natural oils as one would like if you’re looking for a natural moisturizer for your 4c hair.
I kind of hate digging my hands into jars of products and I hate having to pick up a bottle to squeeze out ore product (when my hands are already super slippery) so I wish all manufacturers would create formulas in pump bottle only.
3.5/5 Stars
This sulfate free conditioner is great for extremely dry, brittle hair.
Sulfate free formula
Safe for color treated hair. It won’t strip your hair color or alter the color
It contains castor oil, shea butter, manuka honey, yogurt powder, coconut oil and jojoba oil.
The product was recently reformulated and 2 waxes were introduced into the formula. This added weight to the formula and now makes it feel heavy and hard to rinse out.
With the yogurt powder, it may not be the product to use if you are sensitive to milk or dairy products. Even topical application can cause rashes or itching.
3/5 Stars
This deep conditioner provides moisture in one deep treatment and seems to be great for low and medium porosity hair that can be hard to moisturize.
Thier shampoo and conditioners work really well together to eliminate frizzy hair and promote hair growth for your 4c curls.
4/5 Stars
Carol’s Daughter products have been around since 1993. They started in New York City and spread country wide in a matter of years. The products have a loyal following for good reason. The conditioning mask has a great fragrance and feel.
4/5 Stars
Great for reconstructing and repairing over-processed hair. this is a solid choice for transitioning hair. It will repair the damage done to relaxed hair while giving you time to grow out the length before the big chop.
The Cantu Shea Butter product line is very popular and used by a lot of people with great results. The products come in large containers and usually very affordable.
I have to come clean and say that our testers are not fans of the Cantu products that we have tried. They feel waxy and synthetic but most people call this great slip and notes that it makes if super easy to detangle the hair.
They also have a very strong fragrance and it can be overpowering especially when using other products.
As someone who raised a child with a ton of food allergies, I have been reading labels for 2 decades. When I see an ingredient labek that is as long as my hand, I don’t even bother. The ingredients list for this conditioner is VERY long compared to other products in this roundup. A lot of the components are extracts and look natural but others don’t. I would rather use a product with a short ingredients list that I can understand.
As someone who usually suffers with dry 4C hair, I really appreciate a conditioner that gives me predictable, consistent results that doesn't make my hair heavy. We love the As I Am product line and the As I Am Hydration Elation is our go-to conditioner.
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