SheaMoisture

The Smoothie is my holy grail. I may change my leave in, gel or oil, but NEVER the smoothie.

That smoothie jar is the one product from them I’ll actually stand by, the shampoo and conditioner are way too heavy for my hair though. Tried the coconut line a few years back and it just sat on top like a film, never really rinsing out clean. My curls looked decent for like two hours then fell completely flat by lunchtime. The smoothie as a single styler on soaking wet hair actually gave me decent definition, just had to use a tiny amount or it’d get greasy fast. These days I stick to lighter stuff but I get why people with thicker or coarser hair swear by it

I have used the curl smoothie for a decade now and if they ever get rid of it I’ll have to shave my head or something I swear idk what I’d do

I was tempted to try the whole line pictured here since I loved the gel already. But after restocking that one and also the JBCO leave in I wasnt feeling the same results anymore, for that I might agree with the information that you can read online about the new ownership and that formulas changed. Personally I noticed the products were not moisturizing anymore and curls were not getting good hold, the gel also left me with a lot of residue (even with small amounts) and that didnt happen before.

I also have fine curly hair and I can’t use any of it. It’s too heavy for me. However, they have a leave in that’s amazing for detangling. My daughter has thicker curly hair and when she was little she’d get the worst knots at the base of her neck. This is the only thing that worked.

I have fine 2c/3a curls and a lot of this line is too heavy for me but I am in love with their miracle styler spray in leave in treatment. The pump sucks so I have to spray my hands and rake it in but it leaves my hair so soft and hydrated. Haven’t found a leave in that works better. I also love their mousse, it is a good last step and defines my curls without weighing them down. This leave in- https://www.target.com/p/sheamoisture-silicon-free-miracle-styler-leave-in-treatment-sugarcane-extract-meadowfoam-seed-8-fl-oz-237-ml/-/A-92699464 Love this mousse- https://www.target.com/p/sheamoisture-coconut-and-hibiscus-frizz-free-curl-mousse-7-5-fl-oz/-/A-14318541

Personally onlycurls worked really well for me and I love it! But I only buy it when it's on offer/I haven't really found a set brand or set that works best. My hair didn't like Noughty, defo loves Shea moisture but it's a bit spenny too! It's trial and error really. Only curls do a sample set which is good though and you'd get a few washes to see how your hair got on with!

I got the sample pack (shampoo, condish, gel, cream) when I bought their towel and bonnets, I did think it was nice products that wasn't too heavy (fine haired low porosity here), the megahold gel didn't exist then, so while I found the enhanced gel nice to apply I thought it was too soft hold. Overall I simply can't justify their price. I use noughty for most, like some as i am, shea moisture, umberto and camille, and still am trying to find my fav gel or mousse. All of these are cheaper than OC. If OC was closer to these in price I would still get them.

I use curl smith essential hydrating shampoo & conditioner as well as their curl conditioning oil-in cream. Then I use shea moisture defining styling gel for a nice hold, it's not crunchy and my curls last for a while if properly cared for at night.

Shea moisture curling gel $10 at walmart

The Shea Moisture coconut hibiscus and flaxseed defining styling gel works very well on my curls... its very thick tho, so I usually use a tiny bit of water to make it more workable through my curls. It layers well with other products in my routine as well. Its usually about $10 and lasts a decent amount of time bc it's so thick... and i thin it to a workable texture

Shea moisture coconut gel

My hair used to be much coarser (the white hair growing in is finer and now my hair doesn’t take to shea butter so well) and I used it a lot. But it did drop in quality after the company was bought out. I used to use the Jamaican black castor oil hair mask for deep conditioner and it worked really well.

Ok update the light was called fruit fusion and also they had a fuschia label “superfruit” that I miss as well!!

I love the conditioner. I’ve always liked a heavier conditioner and the fact I can find it everywhere makes it my staple. My hair loves coconut oil too.

Overall I like it. As someone with fine curly hair, some SM lines don’t work for me but some gave inconsistently decent results. They’re a good starter hair care line for those of us learning how to tame our mess on our own.

I’ve used their leave-in conditioner for years now! Works so well for my thick hair, but you have to use it with wet hair or it leaves a weird residue.

I use the Intensive hydration honey and mafura oil conditioner every day. Never tried any of their other products but love this one

Type: Dense 2C/3A South Asian hair, almost down to my hip, medium porosity. Product: Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil Masque Routine: soul flower rosemary oil the night before a wash - Selsun on my scalp/Moxie for the lengths - SM Masque as conditioner, partially rinsed out - Curlsmith in-shower style fixer So I use this as a leave-in conditioner. The rest of the line is fine (shampoo and actual leave-in), but I got tired of having multiple products (I’ve tried 50+ products over the years). The masque is obviously super thick, but a tiny bit through my hair, and rinsed out about 50% while squishing works for me. Followed by the Curlsmith. I tried this out because I honestly can’t keep up with a hugely long routine in my 30s, and I travel a lot - between skin, body, and haircare I just couldn’t sustain carrying 20+ products. This is my only conditioner, and it works GREAT.

I use all of these and the flaxseed gel. I have coarse 3a-b corkscrew curls and I love how it works. FWIW my hair is about 30% white but I color it.

I’m a fine haired curly girl, and I love their mousse! Other products feel a little heavy on my hair.

I was looking for a comment about this! I use this on my daughter’s hair and I think it helps a lot with conditioning and detangling.

It’s been amazing for her. I used to go through so much of this.

I keep their style and curl milk ready to go for days when I dont wear a hat (which is almost daily) it needs a bit of a scrunch after it dries for the definition I like but otherwise works well and keeps frizz down especially for the price. Their beard oil on the other hand is one of my favorites and that gets used daily

Generally too heavy for my kids hair but they make the BEST kids detangler on the market. I love that stuff.

I love their shampoos but I find their conditioning products a little too heavy.

I have really fine hair, but I like the coconut & hibiscus shampoo and conditioner when in the winter. I get tired of the scent, though. I really miss the weightless line - I think the label was pink?

This is my first foray into shampoo/conditioner specifically for curly hair (yes, even at 50!) and I absolutely love the shampoo and conditioner and leave in. I wish the conditioner had a little more slip, but overall I love them.

Works pretty well for me. I have 4c hair that is very thick though, for anyone reading this.

Hmm. Maybe the buyout is why it seemed to stop working well for me. I used the curl cream forever and eventually felt like it wasn’t working anymore.

I used shea moisture forever. The products smell incredible. I think the curl cream is a bit heavy, though, and winds up feeling greasy. I used to use that with the mousse. I changed over to Pacifica for a while, but now I’m using some of the more expensive products and notice a huge difference in terms of product weight and my hair being soft/shiny (Aveda mostly). For a lower price product, though, I think it’s a good one.

Not into anything they currently have. They had a “light” line (it was a red label and maybe coconut water?), a low porosity line, and a yucca line (dark green label) in like 2015-16 that I DESPERATELY miss.

Not really a fan of using any entire product line. A few styling products have made their way into the rotation over the years, but nothing has ever been a holy grail. In general, they tend to be too much, too heavy, or leave too much buildup for me.

Ditto- most SM products are too heavy for me, but they were a great, accessible way to start experimenting with styling techniques!

The Coconut and Hibiscus was ok for my porous, fine, curly hair. Or was it coconut water? Whichever the lightest is in the range. I used to pick it up at Tkmaxx. Have since switched to Lush.

I used the yogurt protein mask in the tub with the blue label before I actually figured out how to style my fine loose curly hair. I remember loving the smell of it, but it was super thick and not anything I would use nowadays. I think I’m just scared to use any of the products now bc they’re probably all too heavy for my hair anymore. Plus nowadays I tend to use less “natural” products like that and actually prefer using silicones and sulfates in my routine lol. And they tend to be on the more expensive end of drugstore prices. Like, give me Herbal Essences, Not Your Mothers, and Dove any day over Shea Moisture tbh

Way too heavy for my hair, but goddamn their stuff smells so good.

The SM curl milk was the first curly product I really used and it was great. Then it seemed they changed the formula several years back when unilever bought SM in 2017, since then I have tried bunch of other brands—e.g., Mielle, Aunt Jackie’s, Miss Jessie’s, Chi, it’s a 10, and others—and I found each had their drawbacks. I recently returned to SM coco hibiscus line (the smoothie in particular) and it works better, than any of the other brands I tried in the interim, despite the reformulation not being as great as the OG.

It felt like they were the only drugstore option in the early 2010s but the drugstore options really leveled up now

I have type 2 waves so this brand isn’t for me. My partner has 4 hair and he likes some of their curl products

I tried using the curl & shine shampoo & conditioner as my staple. It does nothing special for me and I can’t wait to find something better. (Still got a bunch to use up, sometimes I hate that I can’t stand being wasteful 😭)

What did you switch to after the black castor oil stopped working for you? I’m growing out my white hair and having the same problem, it’s way too heavy for my natural undyed hair

Same.I recently bought a new jar of the hibiscus and coconut gel and its always leaving residue, that didnt happen before.

ive tried the smoothie jar and one of the conditioners and it was way to heavy lol

They changed their formula several years ago, and made my hair a mess. I switched to Carols Daughter.

I don’t care for them anymore. Products don’t really work well in my hair.

Tried it, but as a wavy too heavy for me

Tried this when I first started my curly hair journey, and it’s just too much for my fine hair. I think if you have the right type and density of hair, this is a lovely brand to go with!

Much much better before the sale. I miss old Shea Moisture and try to avoid the ‘new’-- they went from being made for type 4c/b and maybe high porosity 3c/b hair to a 2b l porosity and im just not at that level of endogenous moisture :(

The products that they first had were amazing. But its been 20 years and nearly just as many reformulations and lines later so their products are not that great anymore

Everything they make is way too heavy for my hair, and every time they make something that isn’t too heavy, they discontinue it like a year later.

I’m wavy verging on 3A and for me Shea Moisture is too heavy. Which makes it great for others! I’m wavy, low porosity and fine hair so it gets weighed down very easily. When I first started trying to do a curly routine about 6 years ago I used Shea moisture and everything just made my hair feel heavy so I gave up on wearing my hair natural.

Nothing from this line works for me. I have super thick, dense curls (that lean dry) and none of this brand seems to do much of anything.

I use Shea Moisture’s manuka honey hydrating hair masque, but their other products leave my hair feeling greasy. I actually want to know what you think of the Garnier hyaluronic stuff. I’m thinking of trying the shampoo.

I think their quality dropped over the years. I was a ride or die for their deep conditioners, I had both their black castor oil one (that smells like playdoh) and their manuka honey one, the castor oil one started doing nothing for my hair eventually so I dropped it but I can defo vouch for their manuka honey deep conditioner. Super good for getting moisture into the hair. Defo beginner friendly too. I used to have 3b-3c curls now I’m more of a 2c.

I tried a lot of shea moisture ligns and my hair (2c) doesn’t like it 😅 My sister whi has wavy hair loves shea moisture 😅

I also have five 2c/2b hair and the Shea Moisture Daily Hydration Conditioner has been my go-to for years. I used to get it from Costco and then they stopped carrying it. But now BJ’s carries it so I have someone I know get it from there. Much more affordable than a lot of other curly products. But I can’t use the curl specific line either.

I love the Shea Moisture Daily Hydration Conditioner. I’ve used it for years. Their curl products are too heavy for my hair which is fine 2b/2c.

Way too heavy. My hair doesn’t like shea butter or coconut oil, but they are good products for those who heavy products. 🙂

i don’t really like jt

This line and the moisture line ruined my hair. 3c fine curls. Moved me in to protein overload and made my hair brittle with lots breaking off. I have tried this brand twice, 5 years apart, and it occurred both times. Never again. Now I know.

She moisture protein hair mask

My hands down fav is when I mix Shea moisture coco and hibiscus curling soufflé with the smooth and use that in my hair. I rarely shampoo and I just alternate a few conditioners like the SM coco/hibiscus and the jbco one.

i always see ppl hate on it... but shea moisture makes my curls perfect😍

I love that whole line so so much! My hair is 3a and coarse/medium textured, my son is 1c/2a wavy straight medium textured and we both adore their shampoo and conditioner, it’s not too heavy but still actually rich enough. I need more protein and frizz control than he does, so I pre poo with their manuka honey and yogurt conditioner (not the masque unless I’m really needing extra protein, it’s pretty full on) and he alternates between that and the manuka honey and marufa masque depending on his protein/moisture balance. For leave in, he uses the marufa oil leave in conditioner (this one is pretty heavy so go light with it at first if you’re trying it out) and I usually go straight for the coconut and hibiscus curl smoothie, or sometimes the honey and yogurt leave in (ultra light protein) and then the curl smoothie on top but occasionally I use the entire marufa oil line and skip the smoothie if I’ve got a protein imbalance. We both have super shiny, bouncy, noticeably healthy looking hair, mine is past mid back and his is just past shoulder length, I recommend their stuff so highly to anyone who doesn’t have fine, easily weighed down hair since I can imagine a lot of the products I really like might be a bit much for that crowd.

I agree, I love that mask. I like to put it in and then fill up a bath for awhile while it sits.

Shea moisture , especially their coconut 🥥products

Definitely bougie not a lot of product for the cost but the bougie products are definitely superior. I buy shea moisture and cantu to keep on hand when I can’t afford better products but when I can buy the better products I definitely do!

I have the shampoo, conditioner and curl creme. They've been very good, no complaints. I've got some other things to try so won't be going straight back, they're expensive but i found them effective and consistent. I paired the curl creme with some Shea moisture hibiscus mousse to get a bit more oil in. Edit. Male aged 46, wild curls and coils, very thick, shoulder length.

I don’t think I’ve ever used them. I remember when they were bought out, though, and there was a lot of outrage because it was a really successful black-owned business with products made specifically for black hair, and then the new owners changed formulations to target whiter demographics.

They changed the formula so many times for every good product they had… the manuka honey deep conditioner and the JBCO leave in were my favorites