Carol's Daughter

Mimosa Hair Honey Shine Pomade

Styler / Paste, mixed-hold

Styler
paste
Cruelty-free · PETA-listed

Size8 fl oz

Priceabout $12commonly seen · 8 oz

Price / oz$1.50/ozat 8 oz

Where to buy4 stores · $11.99–11.99

Scent:

The ingredient list declares fragrance. What it smells of is not stated, and we do not guess.

“citrus” — Brand page

Manufacturer page: carolsdaughter.com

Personal fit

Is this right for you?

Factor Your profile Fit

Best for hair types Wavy–Coily Not in your profile

Moisture level Moderate Not in your profile

Hold system Moderate Not in your profile

Slip / detangling Little Not in your profile

Fragrance Present Not in your profile

Silicone / wax buildup High Not in your profile

Clarifying wash needed Moderate Not in your profile

Parabens / preservatives Not determined Not in your profile

Essential oils Not determined Not in your profile

Vegan / cruelty-free Cruelty-free · PETA-listed Not in your profile

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The rest of what your plan weighs on this product.

Animal-derived ingredients Not yet verified Not in your profile

Aerosol can Not determined Not in your profile

Needs heat to set Not determined Not in your profile

Heavy humectants Not determined Not in your profile

UV filter None listed Not in your profile

Ingredient list 14 ingredientsA short list Not in your profile

Price tier Drugstore Not in your profile

Where to buy it Brand websiteOne channel Not in your profile

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Lower cost than most pastes

$1.50/oz at 8 oz — less than 100% of the 90 pastes , which mostly run $5.59–10.34/oz.

Price and stores

Great for

Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together

Short ingredient listsfifteen ingredients or fewer

Tight budgetsit sits in the lower price tiers

Maybe skip if

this product carries a scent

Stretching wash dayswaxes stay until a detergent wash removes them

Picking it up locallywe have it recorded in one channel only

Whether this hold level is right for you depends on your density, porosity, and how long your style has to last — that is what the consultation works out.

What the formula actually does

Read from the label, not the marketing

Each row says where it comes from: F means we derived it from this product’s own ingredient list, S means it is a claim the brand makes that the formula neither confirms nor contradicts.

Hold system Wax

Gums and synthetic polymers together.

Oil absorption None

No absorbent powders or starches.

Oils and butters Present, high in the list

Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula.

Needs detergent to remove Yes

Water-insoluble silicones or waxes: a detergent wash is what removes them.

Fragrance Present

Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients.

from the formula stated by the brand reported by reviewers Scale: 1 dot low · 5 dots high, within this product type.

Ingredients that matter

The ingredients that change a decision

The workhorse ingredients plus anything lower down that changes a decision. These chips name what an ingredient does — they are not safety scores, and no ingredient here is rated good or bad on its own.

Ingredient	What it does	Why it matters	Chip
Zea Mays (Corn) Oil	oil	Softens the film so it does not set hard	Softens
Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender)	—	—	Neutral
Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf	—	—	Neutral
Trifolium Pratense (Red Clover)	—	—	Neutral
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary)	—	—	Neutral
Rosa Damascena Extract	—	—	Neutral
Malva Moschata (Malva) Extract	—	—	Neutral
Urtica Dioica (Nettle) ExtractUrtica Dioica (Nettle)	botanical extract	A plant extract, marketed as much as functional	Neutral
Beeswax	wax	Adds a little grip	Buildup
FragranceFragrance (Parfum)	fragrance	The scent	Fragrance

What the list leaves out, and what it carriesContains fragrance.

Full ingredient list (14)

US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order. Annotations keep three readings separate: the ingredient's general function, its role in this product type, and what its position can support.

1 Zea Mays (Corn) Oil

General function
The oil pressed from Corn (Zea Mays). How much weight a plant oil leaves depends on the hair it lands on; coarse hair tends to take more of it than fine hair.

Leading ingredient
Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.
- oil
- emollient
2 Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender)
3 Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf
4 Trifolium Pratense (Red Clover)
5 Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary)
6 Rosa Damascena Extract
7 Malva Moschata (Malva) Extract
8 Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract · Urtica Dioica (Nettle)

General function
Nettle extract, a traditional scalp botanical.

Supporting ingredient
Listed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.
- botanical extract
9 Beeswax

General function
A firm natural wax that grips and holds hair in place. It resists water and can take repeated washing to remove.

Secondary ingredient
Lower in the ordered portion of the list, it is more likely playing a supporting role than defining the formula.

May suitMaximum-hold styling
A wax holds by staying solid on the strand, which gives grip and separation rather than a set film that cracks.

May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair
Forms a physical barrier on the strand that slows water leaving it. Nothing else in a formula holds moisture in as bluntly.

May not suitBuild-up-sensitive routines
It does not disperse in water at all: removing it means a detergent wash, and until then it stays exactly where it landed.
- wax
- film former
- sealant
10 Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter)

General function
A rich, solid plant butter used for heavy conditioning on coarse or dry hair. High in the list it makes a product decidedly heavy.

Secondary ingredient
Lower in the ordered portion of the list, it is more likely playing a supporting role than defining the formula.

May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair
Coarse, porous hair loses water quickly and can carry the weight; a butter slows that loss more than a thin oil does.

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
Emollients fill and smooth the surface of the strand, which lowers the friction that lifts the cuticle and reads as roughness.

May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair
A solid fat melts onto the strand at body temperature and stays there, which is the heaviest surface moisture-holding a formula can offer.
- butter
- emollient
- sealant
11 Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

General function
A firm plant butter used for sealing and hold in heavier styling creams.

Secondary ingredient
Lower in the ordered portion of the list, it is more likely playing a supporting role than defining the formula.

May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair
Coarse, porous hair loses water quickly and can carry the weight; a butter slows that loss more than a thin oil does.

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
Emollients fill and smooth the surface of the strand, which lowers the friction that lifts the cuticle and reads as roughness.

May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair
A solid fat melts onto the strand at body temperature and stays there, which is the heaviest surface moisture-holding a formula can offer.
- butter
- emollient
- sealant
▾Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
12 Fragrance · Fragrance (Parfum)

General function
An undisclosed blend of scent ingredients. Regulations let it stay unlisted, so a fragrance-free product is the only way to be certain what is not in it.

Estimated lower-concentration zone
It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

May not suitFragrance-sensitive routines
Declared fragrance. On a fragrance-sensitive routine this is the line that decides it, wherever it sits on the label.
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
13 Alkanna Tinctoria Root
14 Annatto Seed

What the whole list adds up to

3 emollients
3 sealants
2 butters
1 oil
1 botanical extract
1 wax
1 film former
1 fragrance
1 declared fragrance

Ingredient list captured 2026-09-13. Formulas change — check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.

Price · 8 oz

Commonly seen about $12 Midpoint $11.99 · 3 stores · checked Sep 14

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Price for 8 ozlower is better

Where we’ve seen it5 listings · 4 stores

Carol's Daughter (carolsdaughter.com)
$11.99

8 oz · $1.50/oz

Sep 13Lowest per oz
Carol's Daughter (carolsdaughter.com)
$11.99

8 oz · $1.50/oz

Sep 13
Walmart
$11.99

8 oz · $1.50/oz

Sep 14
Target
$11.99

8 oz · $1.50/oz

Sep 14
Carol's Daughter
$11.99

8 oz · $1.50/oz

Sep 14

Sorted by price per ounce. Dated observations from our research, not live prices. Direct store pages, no affiliate links. We don’t sell this product. and 1 listing we don’t count — grey-market or unverified sellers.

How we work this out

8 oz is the size stores list most often; every comparison on this page is made at it. Other sizes are shown in the Sizes row and the store list.
Commonly seen is the middle half of current prices for the 8 oz at recognised stores — the cheapest quarter and the dearest quarter are left out, so one sale or one overpriced listing can’t move it.
About $63 is what pastes typically cost at this size. Too few of the products that do the same job carry a price for us to draw a good-value line.

Formula

Formula score

9 of 10

This formula covers the systems a paste is built around, and it costs less per ounce than most of the pastes we have researched.

How the score is counted

Costs less per ounce than 100% of the 90 pastes we’ve priced
Covers 5 of the 6 things a paste should do
Drugstore tier, sold at Brand website
Drugstore tier

A hold systemThe polymer, gum, or wax that holds the shape.3 pts
Softeners alongside the holdWhat keeps a film flexible instead of brittle.2 pts
No drying alcohol in the first threeFast drying without leading on alcohol.2 pts
A humectantBinds water into the hair.1 pt
A humidity claim with a mechanismThe claim has a film former or silicone behind it.1 pt
Fragrance kept out of the top eightScent as a finishing touch, not a major share.1 pt

The formula score is completeness for the job: the share of the systems this product type is normally built around that we can find in this list, weighted. It is not efficacy, not quality, and it never compares across product types.

Should you buy it?

Good for the right person

Best user

Curls that need definition — for defined, clumped curls and fewer ingredients to react to

Biggest tradeoff

Less suited to anyone sensitive to fragrance, anyone stretching time between washes, or anyone who wants to pick it up locally

Best alternative if not

Nothing in our library matches it closely at a lower price.

We do not sell products or take placement fees. This page states what the formula and the prices show; the consultation is what matches it to a person.

Claims check

What the brand says, against what the formula shows

Claims are quoted from the brand. We only mark one supported, partly supported, or conflicting when the ingredient list actually speaks to it; everything else stays "stated by the brand", which is not a criticism — most claims simply cannot be read off a label.

SupportedBacked by ingredients

Partly supportedSome supporting logic

Stated by brandNo clear evidence

Potential conflictFormula works against claim

Formulated for dry, brittle, and textured hair

This is a marketing claim; an ingredient list cannot speak to it.

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Stated by brand

Can’t be confirmed from label.

How to read this

We look at the first 10–15 ingredients and what they do in a formula — not marketing. If the list doesn't speak to a claim, we don't assume.

Reviewers

What people report

Recurring themes our researchers wrote in their own words from sourced reviews. We do not store or scrape star ratings.

Reviewers describe an herbal, rosemary-forward scent that some find pleasant and others say lingers too strongly in a room.

One reviewer specifically dislikes the beeswax content, saying it leaves roots feeling knotty.

Long-time repeat customers, some for over a decade, consistently praise the shine and moisture it gives to gray, permed and natural hair alike.

A few reviewers report small white crystals forming in the jar after opening and ask whether the product is still safe to use.

How this page was made

Everything above is generated from our researched product record — identity, the ingredient list as printed, the brand's own claims, dated price observations, and review themes written in our researchers' own words. No part of this page is written per product.
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.
Both scores out of ten are defined on this page. The formula score is completeness for the job, computed from a fixed per-format checklist shown beneath the gauge; the price score is cost per ounce against every product of this type we have priced.
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 consulted for this product (1 manufacturer or regulatory, 0 retailer, 4 editorial), last checked 2026-09-13.
Ingredient references are linked for 0 of 4 product-aware annotations on this page. Fit notes are conditional formulation guidance, not a conclusion about the finished product or about you.
We have not tested this product in a lab and we do not physically test your hair. Formula readings come from the ingredient list; behaviour claims are labelled as the brand's.
Ingredient order tells you relative amount only above roughly 1%. Prices are observations on the dates shown and change without notice.
Ingredient names link to our ingredient library, where each entry shows what it does, which product types use it, and where it usually sits on a label across everything we have researched.
This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.
Formula readings: derivation v22. Record last updated 2026-09-14.