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What is the Curly Girl Method?
The Curly Girl Method (CGM) is a hair care routine designed to enhance your natural curl and wave pattern. Created by hairstylist Lorraine Massey and outlined in her book Curly Girl: The Handbook, the method focuses on avoiding ingredients that strip moisture or cause buildup.
The three main ingredient categories to watch for are:
Sulfates
Harsh cleansing agents that strip natural oils from your hair and scalp
Non-water-soluble silicones
Create a coating on hair that causes buildup over time, requiring sulfate shampoos to remove
Drying alcohols & waxes
Can dehydrate curly and wavy hair or create buildup that weighs down curls
Our tool checks your product's ingredients against these categories and assigns one of three statuses: Approved, Caution, or Warning.
Want to learn more? Read our complete beginner's guide to the Curly Girl Method, or browse our ingredient categories to understand what each ingredient type does to your hair.
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