Innersense

Their I Create Volume is the only styling product I use now! I originally balked at the price, but one 10oz bottle lasted me almost a full year. It’s super lightweight and improves definition without a crunch. I didn’t think I’d be able to get day 2-3 hair with something so lightweight but I can and do! Big fan.

Ooh, I just bought my second bottle of I Create Curl Memory because it has been the only gel (or any hold product) that has given me definition that lasts through multiple days without much frizz. But I hesitated a bit because while I love the look I don’t love the feel. The crunch can be too much for me and I can’t scrunch it out. Now you have me wondering if I should try I Create Volume instead! Can you compare the two any more for me?

I had a similar experience! I started using the shampoo, conditioner, mousse and gel per the instruction of a curly hair stylist. Within a week, I had scalp irritation and my hair started falling out!!! It stopped within days of switching back to my crappy drug store products. I thought I was crazy since I’d heard so many great things about it! I also couldn’t get past the really strong patchouli smell in the mousse. I switched to Amika mousse and Ouidad gel and love that combo. And my hair isn’t falling out anymore lol

This is my holy grail brand. It is pricey but the products last forever for me. I have fine 2c/3a curls. I create volume is my number one. It’s so much like Curl Keeper- a thin serum like gel that creates definition without stickiness or stiffness. I use that with the I create lift foam mousse. Together they provide the perfect amount of touchable definition for me. I love their hydrating hair bath and conditioner. You need a lot of water to get the slip from the conditioner. It’s so concentrated you just need a small amount of product. Their sweet spirit leave in spray has such an amazing smell and it is the perfect refresher for me. Leaves my hair soft and smelling incredible. The I create hold is very stiff hold. I prefer a lighter feel but it does really work if you want to lock your curls down. I tried the quiet calm curl control and it’s too heavy for me and doesn’t really do much of anything. The detox hair mask didn’t do much either.

I Create Definition has been the missing key in keeping my fine 2C curls actually holding their shape for three days. Yes my hair looks like ramen after drying but after SOTC, the definition and hold is great. It's also pretty concentrated and one regular size bottle lasted nearly a year of using 3-4 pumps every 3-4 days.

I have been using this brand for a couple of years now. Here are my thoughts… Overall, my hair is much better shape now than it was before I started using any product in this brand. So I’m very happy with that. However, I do probably do things slightly different than other people. I have low porosity medium two thick density hair that is 3B to 3C. My hair hates products that are Shea butter based or have a lot of protein (I do realize that this brand uses those ingredients, but they are much further down on the ingredient list and my hair seems to be able to tolerate that ). My hair also hates curl creams—pretty much all curl creams, including curl creams from this brand. I also change up my product combination, depending on the time of year due to cold weather and dry air versus hot, humid weather and a lot of moisture in the air. I absolutely love, sweet spirit leave in conditioner. It has been the only conditioner it has not weighed down my hair. I have tried probably 30 or 40 different ones and this like I said is the only one that my Hair likes. I use I create volume as a filler after sweet Spirit. Then I do I create hold and top it off with I create Lyft volumizing foam. That’s my summer routine. These products make it so my hair last 4 to 5 days with minimal frizz because it does not allow my hair to absorb the moisture from the air (I can go seven days if I choose to as well). In the winter, I change it up to. I create curl memory, followed by the Lyft foam. I do this because in the winter where I am it is extremely dry and I do need something with a humectant in it to draw in some moisture. The only product I have not figured out how to use properly on my hair is I create definition foam. No matter how I pair it my hair literally flash dries. No matter what oil I use or whether I use oil or not, I cannot scrunch out the crunch because my hair literally breaks. This happens whether I use something underneath it or just use that foam. Once a week I shampoo with their color, awakening hair bath, and color radiance conditioner. The other wash day I actually use a clarifying shampoo— Malibu C undo goo. And follow that with the color awakening hair bath. I deep condition and do a repair treatment both from Innersense. That I’ve been extremely happy with. My routine has also allowed me to go a full week between wash days sometimes. That depends honestly on my activity for the week and how my hair is feeling on my scalp. So I would say I go a full seven days probably once a month other than that, I split it and do two days a week. Overall, this is the only brand where I’ve had success over multiple products. I have attempted pairing products from different brands with this brand in the past and I was never crazy about the end results. Yes it is pricey, but the products tend to last in exceedingly long time for me so, I feel like I’m actually spending about as much or less as I was prior when I was switching up products on a regular basis.

I was just looking at this today online! Innersense has been my go to for a couple of years now, but I want to simplify my routine and not use heat every time I wash. Maybe I'll actually give it a try :)

My favorite leave in!

Strong agree. This is by far the best brand for my hair and i also agree that I Create Volume might be their best product of all.

I use this brand! On the expensive side, love using their cream conditioner, leave in conditioner and gel. I like that they sell re-fill pouches for their products so you can reuse containers. One thing I will say, their pumps for their containers are weak and I have had a few stop working on me consistently enough. Also I like their hair oil!

This sis the only product line I use now. It saved my curls

I use innersense, I like how it’s lightweight and gives my curls volume. My curls are on the frizzier side but I like the look of it. I also appreciate they have refill size products because the brand is not cheap.

Love innersence!!! My hairdresser uses their products which was how I found them, works really well for my hair (I’m a lazy curly hair person) so it’s great even when I wanna be low maintenance with it.

Same here! I bought the gel after my last haircut and I’ve been seriously impressed by it. I’m also a lazy curly girl. If I can’t wash, squish in some product and go, I’m grumpy for the rest of the day.

Also fine haired and same! My hair has changed a lot recently, diffuse hair loss + became finer and less curly, though the less curly may be a result of it becoming more fine. And innersense mousse + gel and diffusing is the only thing that makes my hair look similar to how it used to. The style actually holds for days and it looks awesome. Given, day 1 it looks strangely wet despite SOTC but it's worth it for the longevity I get after and days 2 through 4 look especially great

i splurge and use all innersense. I love the smells, the ingredients, the aesthetics. The customer support on their site is pretty helpful too. I have thick 2b hair. theyre expensive but a bit of their product goes a long way bc its more concentrated. I used to need giant globs of conditioner but a few small plops on innersense conditioner works tremendously. it just spreads real nice.

The biggest thing with Innersense products is that they’re very concentrated. You have to add loads of water to get the seaweed/slippy feel but lord it’s so worth it. I’ve been using color radiance shampoo & conditioner, hydrating cream hairbath, I create hold & I create volume for a decade now. I have high density, fine 3c/4a curls. Start with a small amount then if your hair feels dry add warm water, repeat process until you get the feel of seaweed. The only product I’ve tried and can’t get to work for my hair is I create curl memory. My hair looks amazing but after a few days it gets so matted and I think something in it mildly irritates my scalp.

I have 2c/3a curls (quite fine but high density) that have gotten wonky with having babies, breastfeeding and now encroaching on 40. Innersense is, in a word, my GOAT. Daily hair bath Shampoo? Perfect. Gel and hold foam? Perfection. The ONLY thing that doesn’t work for me is the conditioner. Weirdly gave me zero slip and never seemed to work well.

I had the best slip with their color conditioner (and I don’t color my hair). Their regular conditioner doesn’t work for me as well but for some reason the color one does. Maybe try a small bottle of that if you haven’t yet.

I also use the color conditioner and don’t color my hair and the slip it provides is different than what I know works, it like… doesn’t feel slippy enough? Sorta leaves me skeptical, until…I switch to a more slippy conditioner, and I immediately switch back to innersense. With innersense I use way less conditioner than any other brand, no matter how tangled my hair is, and my hair ends up more moisturized and less heavy.

Warning: I’m obsessed with this brand. The following paragraphs will probably sound like a very wordy ad. It’s not; I’m just passionate. I was a DevaCurl Girl back in the day, but their reformulation turned my curls into limp noodles, which started the Great Product Hunt. I tried a ton of brands (BounceCurl, Ouidad, AG, Curlsmith) but Innersense was the first one to make my curls look, feel and smell like I wanted. I have been loyal to this brand for years and have updated my routine a few times to incorporate new products. It’s not a cheap product line for sure, but I’ve found the products to be very concentrated and last far longer than you’d expect. My hair is primarily 3B curls that are low porosity and fine. However, I’ve been going gray since I was about 15 (thanks genetics) and have large chunks of white hair that is more slightly more coarse mixed in. I tend keep washing and wet-refreshing to a minimum since the combo of two different low porosity textures makes the process of getting my hair wet and then dry again take forever and provide uneven results. Here is my Great Big Routine that I do once a week (maybe twice if it’s absolutely necessary): First wash with Color Awakening Hairbath Second wash with Bright Balance Hairbath Bright Balance Conditioner Layer Sweet Spirit Leave In and Quiet Calm Curl Control (different parts of my hair need different moisture levels) Apply liberal amounts of I Create Curl Memory Brush in sections with the Slick-Dense Define Edgelift BounceCurl brush Scrunch in I Create Lift Squeeze out all of extra water I can Spray on KMS Therma Shape Quick Blow Dry Spray (one of my rare non-Innersense products and necessary to get my hair dry in under an hour) Diffuse until it’s fully dry or I’m sweating too much to keep going Since switching to Innersense, I don’t think I’ve gone a full week of my life without getting an unsolicited compliment on my hair. Yes, I put in the time and effort to get it there, but I do give the products a lot of the credit.

Love their conditioner

Their conditioner is the only thing that worked for my hair - really loved it? Very nourishing

I love this brand! I have high density fine hair and find that most brands make my hair stiff. But their fine/medium shampoo and conditioner is perfect for my hair and their I create curl memory and I create lift works perfectly for my hair

pisses me off bc it's so expensive but since my hair has never been healthier since i started using it (pure inspiration hair bath and daily conditioner) so i'm stuck here i guess. had to get used to the fact that i legit do not need to use as much condish as did with lesser brands (though i still use more than the bottle says lol). the hair ceremony shit makes me want to do the biggest jerk off motion of all time but what can you do. i like that the scent is not very strong

the gel is part of my curl hair routine every single week. my fine curly hair loves it & it holds well, at least 4-5 sometimes 6 days if i push it. i also love the hair bath, i wanna try more products!

Love the leave in conditioner! Another brand you should cover is Mizani.

I love Innersense and I love that they offer refill pouches for many of their products. They are expensive, there’s no doubt, but they last a long time. I Create Definition is the styler I reach for the most and I only need less than 2 pumps for my whole head (thin, fine 2b/3a) and it leaves me with well defined, frizzless spirals. Other Innersense products I’ve purchased multiple times: color awakening hairbath, pure inspiration conditioner, and sweet spirit leave-in.

My hair has literally never been better since using innersense. I love it. I prefer a soft, touchable hold and its perfect for me.

Their foams are my unicorn product. Anytime I use the foam it just makes my hair better. I do like their other products but most of the time I can't justify the price :/

For those that are worried about the pricing (I was!!), it took me nearly a year to go through a bottle of shampoo/conditioner. I have super thick hair but it’s shorter

I LOVE Innersense. I had to stop using it because I was going through a rough patch and couldn’t afford it, but I find the money so worth it and it’s great for my sensitive skin. Once I run out of the current product I’m using, I’m going back.

I use their mousse daily and like it but I haven’t tried many other mousses due to ingredients

love love love love

I use I Create Curl curl cream and I Create Hold gel. Nice soft touch and curl definition. When I need stronger hold, I use Mielle.

I really like the curl gel, it’s been great for my hair

I have fine curly hair and I scoffed at using the volumizing foam but omg it’s great. I also love their sweet spirit leave in conditioner and use their curly conditioner

I love their curl cream, it makes my hair so so soft and the smell is divine. Their leave in conditioner spray is also fantastic, it refreshes my curls perfectly!

I love this brand. I use the clean scalp kind, which admittedly didn't do much for my scalp, but it smells amazing and leaves my hair so soft and weightless. It's expensive, sure, but it took me over a year to go through the conditioner and i'm still on the same bottle of shampoo after a year and a half, so you definitely get bang for your buck.

Their gel was the holy grail when I had natural hair 😮‍💨

LOVE this brand! I switched my shampoo and conditioner from Shea to Innersense a couple of years ago and my hair has never been happier. I can’t believe some days how soft and lightweight it feels, and frizz is pretty much non existent now. I also use their Quiet Calm Curl Control. My hair guy puts I Create Volume in my hair when he does it, and I’m looking to start experimenting with that next. He said it’s his holy grail. The price put me off at first, but the shampoo and conditioner at least last forever. A little bit goes a long way. Im spending less on it than I did on Shea.

I like their hair bath gentle shampoo and their mousse/foam. I have fine hair, these are good options that don’t add weight.

I looovvveee all Innersense. Every time I switch brands I always end up coming back

I use all innersense and it’s worked really well for me!

Their shampoo changed my life. I chopped off a lot of my hair a while back (like bob length) and my normally frizzy curls became super greasy, since the oil from my scalp has much less distance to travel. All of a sudden all my “hydration” and “moisture” products just made everything so much worse. I switched to the CeraVe shampoo for oily scalp once a week and use the Innersense shampoo almost more like a conditioner every 2 days or so and my hair is like a movie star’s when I wake up every morning. I sleep with it just crazy and loose and wet on a satin pillow and when I wake up I blow dry it for 5 minutes to get a smoother curl and you’d think I paid hundreds of dollars for a vintage updo. Idk what it is about this shampoo but it’s straight up alchemy

i love the i create volume and the repair mask (i use the mask as my conditioner)

I have tried multiple products and I liked the hydrating cream hairbath + conditioner a lot, I do find them to be a bit pricey for shampoo and conditioner, as I go through those much faster than through stylers, where price matters less for me. The stylers have been a bit mweh for me, I haven’t tried everything, but quite a few and none have become repurchases.

Omg can’t believe I missed this day! Innersense is my holy grail brand. I have yet to try anything from them I don’t like. I use the daily inspiration conditioner, and i’ve used I create volume gel and I create definition foam and love it all!

I love how this particular brand is so versatile for all sorts of different people. I didn’t include this, but I do actually have to do a two shampoos on one of my wash days where one is slightly more cleansing than the inner sense shampoo I use. If I don’t do that, I don’t feel like my hair is 100% clean. I do like the end result with the second shampoo though.

I used to swear by the color awakening shampoo but something about it doesn’t work for me anymore :/

Expensive but works. I don’t like that it’s a bit of greenwashing in their marketing : I create hold uses a polymer to create….well, hold. But it’s not going anywhere. Stiiiicky especially if your hair isn’t wet enough but your hair will look the same by day 7. The hydrating hair bath (shampoo) is excellent, the conditioner and mask didn’t impress my Black hair. Quiet curl control provides not-so-impressive moisture or definition on its own but it’s okay with I create Hold. The mask is okay. I love that they do huge bottles though and that a little goes a long way.

What does it smell like? Does it smell like their leave in conditioner spray? I don't like that one and I'm nervous it'll be similar

I just switched to Not Your Mother’s from InnerSense bc it was too expensive for the results. I really like it so far and it’s very affordable. After I wash I use the curl cream, mousse, and gel. If it’s super humid I skip the mousse sometimes, but it really does add some volume and movement.

I tried several of their products like 5 years ago and they didn’t impress me, but all these posts make me want to revisit a few of them so I’ll read up about them and go for small sizes if possible to re-try. Coincidentally, yesterday I bought the hair oil for SOTC to see how that does for me.

I tried their daily shampoo and conditioner and was not the most impressed at the hydration from either product. I love their styling products. 2B-3A and I love the I Create Curl Memory and I Create Hold. I went from a 3 styler ouidad routine to a 2 styler innersense one and the products last so much longer because you don't need to use much.

I tried a few of the Innersense stylers but didn't like them / couldn't get them to work for my hair type. Do you have AG Care on your list?

I fell into a whole rabbit hole with this brand and I kept trying sooo many of their products because none of them were really working well for me. I used the shampoo& conditioner, I think I tried all of their stylers. My hair never really looked that great. Turns out the drug store gel works really well for my fine curls. I spent too much money trying to make innersense work

I've used one Innersense product, the cream, and it wasn't impressive at all. I also don't like how they market themselves. They claim to be “water soluble” and tell their promoters things like “All of the ingredients can be removed with just water,” and “It absorbs right into your skin with no residue.” “Other brands will cause buildup, because they're not water soluble.” It's all BS.

I love the way their products make my hair look but i was shedding sooo much hair when I used them. Had to switch brands unfortunately :(

Innersense sent me expired refillable pouches of shampoo. My scalp kept getting progressively worse until I finally figured out what the problem was. It sucked. ☹️ AND innersense customer service was super unhelpful. Done with this brand!

It seems like every single hairdresser I go to works with them. The first at home wash gave me the best hair in a while, anything afterwards has left me feeling like my hair isn’t getting clean or conditioned. Won’t be repurchasing for sure.

I used the leave in for a while, made my hair feel like straw :(

I don’t know if i’m allergic to something in their products, but it makes my hands so sticky and itchy anytime i use the foam

I hate that this is one brand most hair stylist use who do curly hair. I had a terrible experience with this and the UFD combo and that stuff was RUNNY on me! I sweat easily and I kept feeling it down my neck face and ears. 😭 it’s like it never fully dried on my hair

I have a love hate relationship with this brand. Hate the shampoo and conditioners, hate the herbal smells, hate the marketing mantras on the bottles. I was gifted my initial trial products otherwise I never would have touched them. That said… LOVE the way the stylers perform. Create Hold and Curl Memory are pretty heavy duty hold products and not to be applied with reckless abandon. Very sticky and crunchy if overdone, where Quiet Calm CC will leave you feeling waxy if you use too much. I am usually an evening airdry person, but if I mist with water and diffuse the following morning, I get 4 good looking hair days, with almost every styler combo I’ve tried.

Innersense heat protectant made my hair stick together and fall out in clumps. I lost more hair than I ever had in my life. Absolute nightmare. I would NEVER use any of their products ever again.

My stylist has sent me home with samples of gel and honestly it’s too weak for me. I have soft hair that needs more grit, more oomph. I don’t even get to day 1 without it falling flat. Hard pass.

I like innersense, MGA, pattern, original moxie, and Alaffia.

Innersense! Products have changed my life.

Tangle teezer brush for detangling Silk satin pillow case and satin hair ties AG hair shampoo + innersense conditioner Unkle funky's gel and/or the doux mousse

Innersense harmony hair bath, hair love prep spray, and Lilysilk scrunchies.

Innersense

Innersense always and forever.

Sweet Spirit leave in conditioner spray is the only thing that I've found so far that works to detangle my daughter's low porosity fine yet dense hair. She has some really tricky spots that tangle so bad and no conditioner until Sweet Spirit made any difference. It's a miracle product for us.

I Create Lift Volumizing foam and Sweet Spirit Leave in Conditioner

Love it. I will admit it I was late to get on this brand and I deeply regret it. My 3c/3b dense, fine curls love, love, love the I Create Lift Foam, I Create Definition Foam and the Sweet Spirit Leave In. The voluminizing foam is a staple in my permanent routine to create enough lift at the roots since mine tend to lay flat even with upside down styling. I also really appreciate how they make travel sizes of all their products and I can make a solid 3 product styling routine with the 3 I mentioned. I can also refill my travel sized versions easily with the full sized versions I own.

My go to, their stuff is the best. Their products are expensive but they last YEARS. I've had the I Create Definition Foam and Quiet Calm Curl Control Cream for over a year and still have 2/3 of a bottle of both. I do have shorter finer 2c/3a hair but still - you need the tiniest amount. And my stringy, thin hair seems to love it. If I switch to anything else, my curls look either frizzy or limp and lank.

I have mixed feelings on this brand.. I use it because my stylist requires use but it took me soooo long to figure out that I had to dilute the leave in, quiet calm curl control significantly even when my hair was sopping wet. The I create lift mouse was sooo hard I looked like Rick James even with one pump per section. I love I create volume gelee though and have kept that in my arsenal