Haitian Black Castor Oil - Rosemary Mint
Finisher / Hair oil, light-reflecting
- Finisher
- oil
Scent:
The ingredient list declares fragrance. What it smells of is not stated, and we do not guess.
Manufacturer page: kreyolessence.com
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Your avoid-list
Upper-mid price for a hair oil
$10.00/oz at 2 oz — more than 50% of the 175 hair oils , which mostly run $4.52–16.49/oz.
Great for
Maybe skip if
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.
Light esters or a volatile carrier: shine with little residue.
Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula.
Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricinus Communis (Haitian Castor Seed) Oil | oil | The shine and softening system | Shine |
| Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Essential Oil | — | — | Neutral |
| Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil | botanical extract | A plant extract, marketed as much as functional | Fragrance |
Full ingredient list (3)
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.
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Ricinus Communis (Haitian Castor Seed) Oil
General function
Castor oil, here specified as Haitian in origin. A thick, tacky oil used for sealing ends and for slick, held-down styles.
Leading ingredientListed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.
- oil
- emollient
- 2 Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Essential Oil
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Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil
General function
Rosemary essential oil, used for scent and its traditional scalp reputation.
Leading ingredientListed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.
May not suitFragrance-sensitive routinesEssential oils are fragrance. Several carry constituents on the EU list of declared fragrance allergens, so a label with no fragrance line can still be a scented product.
- botanical extract
- essential oil
- fragrance
What the whole list adds up to
- 1 oil
- 1 emollient
- 1 botanical extract
- 1 essential oil
- 1 fragrance
Ingredient list captured 2026-08-27. Formulas change — check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.
Price · 2 oz
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Where we’ve seen it1 listing · 1 store
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Kreyòl Essence
$20.002 oz · $10.00/ozAug 28Lowest per oz
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.
How we work this out
- 2 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.
- Seen at $20 is the price we have observed for the 2 oz. We need three stores before we call a price commonly seen.
- About $20 is what hair oils 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
Nothing separates this from the middle of the range for hair oils, on formula or on cost per ounce.
How the score is counted
- Costs more per ounce than 50% of the 175 hair oils we’ve priced
- No weightless carrier in the formula
- Masstige tier, sold at Brand website
- Masstige tier
- A shine systemThe silicone, oil, or ester that produces gloss.3 pts
- A weightless carrierDelivers the shine without leaving grease.2 pts
- Oils or butters in the working zoneSoftens the strand rather than just coating it.2 pts
- An antioxidantKeeps the oils in the bottle from going off.1 pt
- No drying alcohol in the first threeFast drying without leading on alcohol.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.
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Final decision
Should you buy it?
Good for the right personHair that reads dull who want shine and fewer ingredients to react to
Less suited to anyone sensitive to fragrance, frizz on humid days, or anyone who wants to pick it up locally
Nothing in our library matches it closely at a lower price.
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Reviewers
What people report
Recurring themes our researchers wrote in their own words from sourced reviews. We do not store or scrape star ratings.
Several reviewers report visible hair growth or thickening — filling in thinning edges, or reaching a length that let them pull hair into a ponytail — after a few months of consistent use.
reviewers using the oil regularly for two to three months on thinning edges or overall growthOne reviewer felt the oil alone doesn't lock moisture in and wished the brand offered a companion sealant or elixir to use alongside it.
a reviewer otherwise satisfied with the oil as a moisturizerA little goes a long way: the oil is thick, so reviewers say only a small amount is needed per application.
a reviewer describing how sparingly the product needs to be usedUsed as a scalp treatment for dryness, helping keep flaking under control.
a reviewer using it on a family member's dry, flake-prone scalpPositive initial results with the oil lead some customers to buy the rest of the line — shampoo, conditioner, and mask.
a reviewer who started with skepticism and became a repeat, cross-line customerMore from Kreyòl Essence
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.
- 2 sources consulted for this product (1 manufacturer or regulatory, 0 retailer, 1 editorial), last checked 2026-09-08.
- Ingredient references are linked for 0 of 1 product-aware annotation 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 2026-09-09.