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African Pride Moisture Miracle Curling Cream vs As I Am Curling Creme

88% function match · 6 of the 8 functions we compared match Formula overlap 44%. African Pride Moisture Miracle Curling Cream and As I Am Curling Creme share 3 ingredients among each other's most prominent.

Based on your consultation

Which of these fits your hair?

We check your pattern, moisture need, scalp, fragrance tolerance, weight sensitivity and more against each formula — and say which one lines up.

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When each one is the right call

What each formula is built for, from its own ingredient list.

  • Moisture Miracle Curling Cream — maximum slip
  • Curling Creme — protein-sensitive hair

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Every trait, aligned

One row per trait, read from each product’s own ingredient list and record. A dash means we have not researched that field for that product — it is not a “no”.

Trait
African Pride Moisture Miracle Curling Cream — container, alternate view African Pride

Moisture Miracle Curling Cream

  • Styler
  • Drugstore
  • Moisture-rich
As I Am Curling Creme — 8 oz container As I Am

Curling Creme

  • Styler
  • Drugstore
  • Sulfate-free
  • Protein-free
Price, size & price per ounce
$7.79 12 oz · $0.65/oz
$9.99 8 oz · $1.25/oz
Value / price positioning
Lower cost than most curl creams $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 91% of the 105 curl creams we’ve priced
Priced with its peers $$$$$ Drugstore tier · costs less than 72% of the 105 curl creams we’ve priced
Best for hair types
Wavy–Coily Co-washes, curl creams, and gels are built around wave and curl. Your hair
Wavy–Coily Co-washes, curl creams, and gels are built around wave and curl. Your hair
Moisture level Same
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
High Humectants near the top — water-binding is a headline mechanism here. Your hair
Hold system Same
Moderate Gums and synthetic polymers together. Your hair
Moderate Gums and synthetic polymers together. Your hair
Slip / detangling Differs
High Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula. Your hair
Moderate Conditioning agents are present, lower in the list. Your hair
Fragrance
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Present Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients. Your hair
Silicone / wax buildup Same
High Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them. Your hair
High Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them. Your hair
Clarifying wash needed
Moderate Your hair
Moderate Your hair
Weight on hair
—
Rich Heavy butters and waxes in the first eight ingredients. Your hair
Protein
—
None No protein or amino acids in the list. Your hair
Oil absorption Same
None No absorbent powders or starches. Your hair
None No absorbent powders or starches. Your hair
Oils and butters Same
Rich Butters near the top: a heavy, softening formula. Your hair
Rich Butters near the top: a heavy, softening formula. Your hair
Cast risk
—
Unlikely Softening ingredients sit alongside the film formers, so a hard shell is unlikely. Your hair
Fast-drying alcohol
—
None No fast-drying alcohol in the list. Your hair
Formula completeness
out of 10
Complete for its job
out of 10
Complete for its job
Who should choose this
  • Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
  • Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together
  • Tight budgetsit sits in the lower price tiers
  • Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
  • Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front
  • Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together
  • Coarse or dry hairthat absorbs everything you give it
Why you might skip it
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
  • Scents bother youthis product carries a scent
  • Curly-method routinesthese silicones need a detergent to remove
  • Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down
from the formula stated by the brand reported by reviewers Scale: 1 dot low · 5 dots high, within this product type.
More facts about each one
Type
Stylercream
Stylercream
Where to buy
Brand website · Grocery / mass · Specialty beauty
As I Am · Shop
Free of
—
  • sulfate-free
  • protein-free
Vegan
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Vegan · label states
Cruelty-free
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Cruelty-free · PETA-listed
Scent
Scented, not described
Scented, not described
How often
—
as needed

Facts as we recorded them. A dash means we have not researched that field for that product — it is not a "no".

The bottom line

The bottom line depends on your hair

Which of these two suits you is a question about your hair, not about them. The consultation answers it — and tells you what your routine needs around it.

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The detail behind the table

Where the readings above come from: the ingredient lists themselves, each brand’s claims checked against them, what owners report, and cost per ounce in context.

Shared and distinct ingredients

Shared and distinct ingredients

Computed from the ingredient lists as printed. "Shared" means both lists carry it; where it sits on each label is stated, because position is what tells you how much.

What both formulas carry

IngredientMoisture Miracle Curling CreamCurling Creme
Water
Neutral
#1Leading
#1Leading
Glycerin
Moisturizes
#3Leading
#2Leading
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
Softens
#5Supporting
#3Leading
Phenoxyethanol
Stabilizes
#20Below the 1% line
#17Below the 1% line
Cetearyl Alcohol
Softens
#9Secondary
#6Supporting
Fragrance
Fragrance
#23Below the 1% line
#16Below the 1% line

What only one of them carries

Moisture Miracle Curling Cream

Curling Creme

Full ingredient list — Moisture Miracle Curling Cream (26)
Full ingredient list — Curling Creme (39)

Claims check

What each brand says, against what each formula shows

Claims are quoted from each brand. We only mark one supported, partly supported, or conflicting when that product’s ingredient list actually speaks to it.

VerdictsMoisture Miracle Curling CreamCurling Creme
Supported
1
3
Partly supported
0
0
Stated by brand
3
0
Potential conflict
0
0

Moisture Miracle Curling Cream

  • Deep moisture, lasting definition, and radiant shineSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • Soft hold for coily and curly stylesStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Recommended for twist-outs, braid-outs, finger coils, rod sets, and wash-and-gosStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.
  • Free of parabens, mineral oil, sulfates, & petrolatumStated by brandCan’t be confirmed from label.

Curling Creme

  • curl definitionSupportedHolds a clump together.
  • moisturizing curl creamSupportedHelps hair feel hydrated.
  • long-lasting holdSupportedStructure that lasts the day.

What owners say

What people report

Recurring themes our researchers wrote in their own words from sourced reviews. We do not store or scrape star ratings, and we never balance one product’s themes against another’s by inventing them.

Moisture Miracle Curling Cream

No review themes researched for this product yet.

Curling Creme

One purchaser describes the result as exceptionally effective and says they would repurchase.

repeat-purchase-oriented reviewer

A reviewer says the cream left their hair smoother, with a pleasant scent and tighter, more defined curls.

curl-definition user

One buyer thought the jar would be much larger and was disappointed by its perceived small size.

size-expectation concern

Price check

Cost per ounce, in context

Cost per ounce against every product of this type we have priced, each at the size it is most often sold in. Value labels are computed from that percentile and from how many products that do the same job cost less; they are comparisons, not judgements about a brand.

$0.65/oz vs $1.25/oz — As I Am Curling Creme costs about 1.9× more per ounce than African Pride Moisture Miracle Curling Cream.

$0.26/oz median $2.08/oz $14.55/oz $0.65/oz Moisture Miracle Curling C $1.25/oz Curling Creme

Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 105 curl creams with a computable unit price.

Value readMoisture Miracle Curling CreamCurling Creme
Label
Lower cost than most curl creamsCosts less per ounce than most curl creams we have researched.
Priced with its peersSits in the middle of the range for curl creams per ounce.

Computed from cost per ounce against every product of this type we have priced, and from how many products that do the same job cost less. It is a comparison, not a judgement about the brand.

Compare with something else

Close formulas to each of these, as their own comparison pages.

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Moisture Miracle Curling Cream · Curling Creme · All curl creams in the library

How this page was made

  • This page is assembled from the same researched records the individual product pages render: identity, each ingredient list as printed, each brand's own claims, dated price observations, and review themes written in our researchers' own words. Nothing on it is written per comparison.
  • We do not rank these against each other. Which of them suits you depends on your hair, and that is what the consultation works out.
  • The formula similarity percentage is a stored, precomputed number: position-weighted overlap of the two ingredient lists blended with agreement on the attributes we derive. It measures how alike two formulas are, not how well either works.
  • The value band is a fixed label over two stored numbers: this product’s cost per ounce as a percentile of every product of this type we have priced, each at the size it is most often sold in, and how many products we score as doing the same job cost at least a quarter less per ounce.
  • The "Is this right for you?" panel reads only your own consultation answers, and it applies exactly the filters our recommendation engine applies. It is computed when you load the page and is never stored on it.
  • 5 sources were consulted across the products on this page.
  • Ingredient order tells you relative amount only above roughly 1%. Prices are observations on the dates shown and change without notice. We do not sell these products and take no placement fees.
  • This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.

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