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Mielle

Detangling Cowash

Co-wash / Low-lather cleanser, detangling

Co-wash
lotion

Size8 fl oz

Price$11.99seen at one store · 8 oz

Price / oz$1.50/ozat 8 oz

Where to buy1 store · $11.99–11.99

Scent:

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

Manufacturer page: mielleorganics.com

Personal fit

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Best for hair types Wavy–Coily Not in your profile

Moisture level High Not in your profile

Slip / detangling High 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

Sulfates Not determined Not in your profile

Parabens / preservatives Not determined Not in your profile

Essential oils Not determined Not in your profile

Vegan / cruelty-free Not yet verified 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

Heavy humectants Not determined Not in your profile

UV filter None listed Not in your profile

pH adjusted Adjusted Not in your profile

Ingredient list 16 ingredientsAbout average Not in your profile

Price tier Drugstore Not in your profile

Where to buy it Grocery / mass · Specialty beauty Not in your profile

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Priced with its peers

$1.50/oz at 8 oz — less than 69% of the 95 co-washes , which mostly run $1.08–2.76/oz.

Price and stores

Great for

Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet

Curl definitionfilm formers hold a clump together

Cuticle-smoothing pHa pH adjuster brings it to the acidic range hair prefers

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

Very dry hairno humectant appears in the list

Whether washing without detergent suits you depends on your scalp oil rate and build-up history — 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.

Slip and detangling High

Conditioning agents sit high in the list — this is a detangling formula.

Oils and butters Rich

Butters near the top: a heavy, softening formula.

Water-binding (humectants) None found

No humectants found — nothing here pulls water into the hair.

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
WaterAqua (Water)	solvent	The base everything else is dissolved in	Neutral
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil	oil	Coats and softens the strand	Softens
Cetearyl Alcohol	fatty alcohol	Body and cleansing feel — not a drying alcohol	Softens
Stearalkonium Chloride	conditioning agent	Does the cleaning here — a co-wash cleans with conditioners	Detangles
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) ButterButyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Fruit	butter	Heavy softening — this is what makes it rich	Heavy
Cetyl Alcohol	fatty alcohol	Body and cleansing feel — not a drying alcohol	Softens
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil	emollient	Softens and smooths the strand	Buildup
Crambe Abyssinica Seed OilCrambe Abyssinica (Abyssinia) Seed Oil	oil	Coats and softens the strand	Softens
Phthalate-Free Fragrance	fragrance	The scent	Fragrance

What the list leaves out, and what it carriesFragrance is on the label. Heavier butters sit in the working part of the list.

Full ingredient list (16)

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 Water · Aqua (Water)

General function
The base of almost every rinse-off and cream hair product. It carries everything else and is normally the first ingredient on the label.

Leading ingredient
Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.
- solvent
2 Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

General function
One of the few oils small enough to move into the strand, which is why it is used for pre-wash treatments. It can feel heavy or stiff on protein-sensitive hair.

Leading ingredient
Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair
Because it penetrates rather than sits on top, it works on hair that loses water through a worn cuticle instead of only slowing evaporation from the surface the way a non-penetrating oil does.

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
A thin oil layer lowers friction between strands and flattens the raised cuticle that scatters light and catches on its neighbours.

May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair
The exception to the class read: lauric acid is small and linear enough to enter the shaft rather than only coat it, and in comparison testing coconut oil was the one that reduced protein loss from washing on both undamaged and damaged hair.

International Journal of Trichology
- oil
- emollient
3 Cetearyl Alcohol

General function
A waxy fatty alcohol - nothing like drying alcohol. It gives conditioners their body and leaves a soft, smoothing film on the hair.

Leading ingredient
Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair
The waxy solid that gives a conditioner its body. It deposits a soft lubricating layer, which is most of what makes hair feel smooth after rinsing.

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
Deposits with the cationic conditioners and helps them lie flat along the strand, which is where the detangling actually comes from.

DependsFine or easily flattened hair
Near the top of a conditioner it is doing most of the conditioning, and most of the weighting, at the same time.

PubChem
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
4 Stearalkonium Chloride

General function
A long-standing conditioning agent that flattens the cuticle and cuts static. It rinses less completely than newer alternatives.

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

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
A cationic conditioning agent: it binds to the damaged, negatively charged parts of the cuticle and lowers combing friction there.

May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair
The class that does the detangling in a conditioner. It deposits lubrication where the cuticle is worn.

DependsBuild-up-sensitive routines
Substantive by design. A routine with no detergent wash gives it nothing to leave with.

PubChem
- conditioning agent
5 Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Fruit

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.

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

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
6 Cetyl Alcohol

General function
A fatty alcohol used to thicken creams and add slip. It softens rather than dries.

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

May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair
The waxy solid that gives a conditioner its body. It deposits a soft lubricating layer, which is most of what makes hair feel smooth after rinsing.

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
Deposits with the cationic conditioners and helps them lie flat along the strand, which is where the detangling actually comes from.

DependsFine or easily flattened hair
Near the top of a conditioner it is doing most of the conditioning, and most of the weighting, at the same time.

PubChem
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
7 Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil

General function
Not chemically an oil: about 97% of it is liquid wax esters, which is why it resists going rancid and sits close to the scalp's own sebum. It smooths without a heavy finish.

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

May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair
Coats the surface and slows water leaving the strand, which is usually what coarse hair that dries out fast is missing.

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
A thin oil layer lowers friction between strands and flattens the raised cuticle that scatters light and catches on its neighbours.

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.
- emollient
- light ester
- oil
- wax
8 Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil · Crambe Abyssinica (Abyssinia) Seed Oil

General function
A light oil with very long fatty-acid chains, used as a plant alternative to silicone shine.

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

May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair
Coats the surface and slows water leaving the strand, which is usually what coarse hair that dries out fast is missing.

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
A thin oil layer lowers friction between strands and flattens the raised cuticle that scatters light and catches on its neighbours.

May not suitFine or easily flattened hair
Near the top of a list an oil is weight before it is anything else, and fine hair shows that first at the roots.
- oil
- emollient
9 Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula) Kernel Oil
10 cyamopsis tetragonoloba (guar) gum

General function
A plant or fermented gum. Gums thicken a water-based formula and give it a slippery, cushioned feel; in a styler they also contribute soft hold.

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

May suitCurls or waves needing flexible hold
Gums thicken and set soft, which gives definition that bends rather than a rigid cast.
- gum
- thickener
11 Hydrolyzed Silk (Silk Amino Acids)
▾Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
12 Potassium Sorbate
- preservative
13 Polyaminopropyl Biguanide
14 Phthalate-Free Fragrance
- fragrance
- declared fragrance
15 Tocopherol
- antioxidant
- vitamin
16 Citric Acid

General function
Used to bring the product to a slightly acidic pH, which helps the cuticle lie flat. It is almost always near the end of the list.

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 suitBuild-up-sensitive routines
Holds hard-water minerals in solution so they rinse away instead of depositing on the hair.

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
The acid side of pH adjustment, and the reason it matters is measured: alkaline formulas raise the fibre's surface negative charge, increase friction between strands and lift the scales, while lower-pH ones do the reverse.

May suitGray, silver, or brass-prone hair
Where a warm cast comes from water minerals rather than from the hair itself, holding those metals in solution is what removes it.

International Journal of Trichology
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator

What the whole list adds up to

6 emollients
3 oils
3 thickeners
2 fatty alcohols
1 solvent
1 conditioning agent
1 butter
1 sealant
1 light ester
1 wax
1 gum
1 preservative
1 fragrance
1 declared fragrance

Drug facts actives

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This product is an over-the-counter drug as well as a cosmetic. It treats a cosmetic scalp condition; it does not diagnose or treat disease.

Ingredient list captured 2026-09-04. Formulas change — check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.

Price · 8 oz

Seen at $11.99 1 store · checked Sep 4

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Where we’ve seen it2 listings · 1 store

sallybeauty.com
$11.99

8 oz · $1.50/oz

Sep 4Lowest per oz
sallybeauty.com
$11.99

8 oz · $1.50/oz

Sep 4

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

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.
Seen at $11.99 is the price we have observed for the 8 oz. We need three stores before we call a price commonly seen.
About $16 is what co-washes 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

6 of 10

Nothing separates this from the middle of the range for co-washes, on formula or on cost per ounce.

How the score is counted

Costs less per ounce than 69% of the 95 co-washes we’ve priced
No gentle or no detergent in the formula
Drugstore tier, sold at Grocery / mass and Specialty beauty
Drugstore tier

Conditioning agents up frontWhat makes wet hair comb through.3 pts
Oils or butters in the working zoneSoftens the strand rather than just coating it.2 pts
Gentle or no detergentCleans without stripping the conditioning back off.2 pts
A humectantBinds water into the hair.1 pt
No detergent-dependent filmNothing that needs a clarifying wash to remove.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

People who want maximum slip — for real detangling slip and defined, clumped curls

Biggest tradeoff

Less suited to anyone sensitive to fragrance, anyone stretching time between washes, or very dry hair looking for water-binding

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

Conditioning cleanser that removes impurities without stripping natural oils

The detergent strength of this formula is not recorded.

Citric Acid

Stated by brand

Can’t be confirmed from label.

Lightweight moisturizers that soften and control frizz

Humectants or rich emollients sit in the first eight ingredients.

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
Cetearyl Alcohol
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter

Supported

Helps hair feel hydrated.

Aids in detangling and managing knots

Conditioning agents that reduce combing force sit high in the list.

Cetearyl Alcohol
Stearalkonium Chloride
Cetyl Alcohol

Supported

Easier detangling, less breakage.

Can be used daily or between shampoos

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.

Excellent detangling slip and gentle cleansing

May not provide adequate slip or cleansing for some hair types

Lightweight formula leaves hair clean without stripping moisture

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.
4 sources consulted for this product (1 manufacturer or regulatory, 2 retailer, 1 editorial), last checked 2026-09-04.
Ingredient references are linked for 5 of 9 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 2026-09-04.