Nature Skin Shop Co-Wash Clean Locks Cleansing Conditioner Bar — front of package

Nature Skin Shop

Co-Wash Clean Locks Cleansing Conditioner Bar

Co-wash / Low-lather cleanser, non-foaming

Co-wash
bar
Sulfate-free
Silicone-free
Protein-free

Where to buyBrand website

Add it to your products. We’ll tell you if it’s ever recalled.

Scent:

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

Manufacturer page: natureskinshop.com

Personal fit

Is this right for you?

Factor Your profile Fit

Best for hair types Wavy–Coily Not in your profile

Moisture level High Not in your profile

Cleansing strength None Not in your profile

Slip / detangling High Not in your profile

Weight on hair Rich Not in your profile

Fragrance Present Not in your profile

Protein None Not in your profile

Silicone / wax buildup None Not in your profile

Clarifying wash needed Moderate Not in your profile

Sulfates None listed Not in your profile

Show all 22 factors we check

The rest of what your plan weighs on this product.

Parabens / preservatives None of these listed Not in your profile

Essential oils None listed Not in your profile

Fast-drying alcohol None Not in your profile

Vegan / cruelty-free Not yet verified Not in your profile

Animal-derived ingredients Not yet verified Not in your profile

Heavy humectants Not heavy Not in your profile

Hard-water defence None Not in your profile

UV filter None listed Not in your profile

pH adjusted No adjuster listed Not in your profile

Ingredient list 9 ingredientsA short list Not in your profile

Price tier Masstige Not in your profile

Where to buy it Brand websiteOne channel Not in your profile

The consultation builds your hair profile, checks every factor in this table against it, and tells you where this product fits or what to use instead.

Start your consultation

$49 once, with 60 days of follow-up questions and plan updates. Nothing renews, and you never have to buy a product.

Not enough priced co-washes to place it

We have not priced enough co-washes to place this one.

Price and stores

Great for

Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash

Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added

Frequent washerswho want gentler cleansing

Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet

Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front

Curly-method routinesno sulfates and no water-insoluble silicones

Maybe skip if

this product has a scent

Oily scalp or fine hairthat gets weighed down

A squeaky-clean feelthis deliberately leaves conditioning behind

Regular clarifyingthere is no detergent here to clear residue

Foam-heavy washesit barely lathers

Hard waterno chelator here to bind the minerals

Whether washing without detergent suits you depends on how oily your scalp gets and how much buildup you get. Your consultation answers that.

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.

Cleansing strength None

No detergent. The conditioners do the cleaning.

Slip and detangling High

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

Oils and butters Rich

Butters near the top: a heavy, softening formula.

Water-binding (humectants) Moderate

Humectants in the working part of the formula.

Weight on the hair Rich

Heavy butters and waxes in the first eight ingredients.

Needs detergent to remove No

Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove.

Protein None

No protein or amino acids in the list.

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. The 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
Behentrimonium MethosulfateBehentrimonium Methosulfate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol	conditioning agent	Does the cleaning here, since a co-wash cleans with conditioners	Detangles
Cetyl Alcohol	fatty alcohol	Body and cleansing feel (not a drying alcohol)	Softens
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine	conditioning agent	Does the cleaning here, since a co-wash cleans with conditioners	Detangles
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) ButterShea Butter	butter	The heavy softener that makes it rich	Heavy
Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed ButterKokum Butter	botanical extract	A plant extract, there as much for marketing as for function	Heavy
Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula) Seed OilMarula Oil	oil	Coats and softens the strand	Softens
PanthenolPanthenol ProVitamin B5	humectant	Pulls water into the hair	Detangles
WaterPurified Water (and) Salix alba (White Willow) Bark Extract (and) Hibiscus sabdariffa (Hibiscus) Flower Extract (and) Panax ginseng (Ginseng) Root Extract (and) Ilex paraguariensis (Yerba Mate) Leaf Extract (and) Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoate	solvent	The base everything else is dissolved in	Neutral
Fragrance	fragrance	The scent	Fragrance

What the list leaves out, and what it carriesNo sulfates, silicones, or drying alcohols. Protein-free: this is built for moisture rather than for strengthening. Contains fragrance. Contains heavier butters.

Full ingredient list (9)

In the US, ingredients above 1% are listed from most to least. Below 1% they can appear in any order. Each note keeps three things apart: what the ingredient generally does, its role in this type of product, and what its position can tell you.

1 Behentrimonium Methosulfate · Behentrimonium Methosulfate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol

General function
A mild cationic conditioner known for heavy detangling with a light rinse-out feel. Common in curly-hair conditioners.

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

May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair
A C22 conditioning quat, the chain length that deposits most heavily in electrokinetic testing. It is the slip coarse or porous hair usually needs, delivered by chain length rather than by charge alone.

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.

International Journal of Cosmetic Science
- conditioning agent
- emulsifier
2 Cetyl Alcohol

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

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
3 Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine

General function
A gentle conditioning agent activated by the acid in the formula. It smooths the cuticle without much build-up.

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

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
4 Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · 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.

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
5 Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed Butter · Kokum Butter
- botanical extract
- butter
- emollient
6 Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula) Seed Oil · Marula Oil

General function
Marula oil - light, stable, used for shine and softness.

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
7 Panthenol · Panthenol ProVitamin B5

General function
Provitamin B5. It draws in water and penetrates the strand a little, which is why it is the standard ingredient for softness and shine claims.

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

May suitFine or easily flattened hair
It hydrates without adding oil or a film, which is the combination fine hair usually needs.

May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair
Deposits a lubricating layer that makes combing easier, which is most of what stops mechanical damage adding to frizz.

May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair
A humectant that also penetrates the cuticle, so it holds water inside the strand rather than only on the surface.

PubChem
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
8 Water · Purified Water (and) Salix alba (White Willow) Bark Extract (and) Hibiscus sabdariffa (Hibiscus) Flower Extract (and) Panax ginseng (Ginseng) Root Extract (and) Ilex paraguariensis (Yerba Mate) Leaf Extract (and) Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoate

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.

Supporting ingredient
Listed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.
- solvent
▾Below about here, the order stops meaning much. These are usually used at 1% or less.
9 Fragrance

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

What the whole list adds up to

4 emollients
2 conditioning agents
2 butters
1 emulsifier
1 fatty alcohol
1 thickener
1 sealant
1 botanical extract
1 oil
1 humectant
1 conditioning agent
1 vitamin
1 solvent
1 fragrance

Ingredient list captured 2026-08-30. Formulas change, so check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.

Formula

Formula score

10 of 10

We do not have enough co-washes with a computable price per ounce to say where this one sits. The formula itself carries the systems a co-wash is built around.

How the score is counted

Covers 6 of the 6 things a co-wash should do
Reviewers mention 3 things they like about how it performs
Masstige tier, sold at Brand website
Masstige 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 measures completeness for the job: a weighted share of the systems this product type is usually built around that we find in this list. It does not rate how well the product works or its quality, and it never compares across product types.

Does the same job

Formulas that do the same things (cleanse, condition, coat or hold) for less per ounce. Scent, texture and where you buy them can still differ.

Taliah WaajidSame function Creamy Curly Co-Wash with Coconut & Aloe $0.69/oz

Sulfate-free
Protein-free
Gentle cleanse

Differs: Drugstore tier

Compare

Maria NilaFragrance-free Coils & Curls Co-wash $2.71/oz

Fragrance-free
Unscented
Sulfate-free

· Close function

Function: Oils and butters
Also: Unscented
Cruelty-free
Vegan

Compare

As I AmLowest cost per oz Coconut CoWash Cleansing Conditioner $0.56/oz

Sulfate-free
Protein-free
Gentle cleanse

· Close function

Function: Water-binding (humectants)
Oils and butters
Also: Coconut scent
Cruelty-free
Drugstore tier

Compare

See more alternatives in the product library

These products do a similar job. We haven’t matched them to you. Find the one that fits your hair, routine and budget

Final decision

Should you buy it?

Depends on your hair: see who it suits

Best user

Colour-treated hair who want washing without sulfates and a protein-free formula

Biggest tradeoff

Not ideal for anyone sensitive to fragrance, oily scalps and fine hair, or anyone who wants a squeaky-clean feel

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, and what the formula shows

Claims are quoted from the brand. We mark a claim supported, partly supported or conflicting only when the ingredient list speaks to it. Everything else stays "stated by the brand". That isn’t a criticism: most claims can’t be checked from a label.

SupportedBacked by ingredients

Partly supportedSome supporting logic

Stated by brandNo clear evidence

Potential conflictFormula works against claim

3-in-1 solid bar

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

—

Stated by brand

Can’t be confirmed from label.

Gently cleanse, deeply condition, and nourish your hair without ever stripping its natural oils

Humectants or rich emollients sit in the first eight ingredients.

Cetyl Alcohol
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed Butter

Supported

Helps hair feel hydrated.

Soap-free formula lifts away impurities without stripping natural oils

Heavy emollients sit high in the list, which usually works against lift.

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed Butter
Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula) Seed Oil

Potential conflict

Likely to weigh hair down.

Provides slip to effortlessly detangle knots and reduce breakage

No protein or bond ingredient appears in the list.

Behentrimonium Methosulfate
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine

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 at the marketing. If the list doesn't speak to a claim, we don't assume.

Reviewers

What people report

Themes that come up again and again in sourced reviews, written by our researchers in their own words. We don’t store or scrape star ratings.

Plastic reduction is a stated reason people switched, and the reviewers who came from a bottled co-wash report the bar matched or beat it rather than being a compromise

brand-site reviewers who name zero-waste or plastic-free as their motivation

Reviewers with dry, high-porosity or winter-static hair say the bar delivers moisture on the level of a deep-conditioning treatment rather than a wash, and that frizz drops noticeably

brand-site reviewers describing dry or high-porosity hair

Curly-haired reviewers report better curl definition and simpler wash days, with several writing as repeat buyers on a second bar

brand-site reviewers with curly hair, including repeat purchasers

There is a real learning curve with the solid format: the bar feels hard and unyielding on first use and has to be warmed in the hands under warm water before it glides through hair

a brand-site reviewer describing her first wash, framed as something she had to work out for herself

How this page was made

Everything above comes from our researched product record: identity, the ingredient list as printed, the brand's own claims, dated prices and review themes our researchers wrote in their own words. No part of this page is written by hand for one 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.
3 sources consulted for this product (3 manufacturer or regulatory, 0 retailer, 0 editorial), last checked 2026-08-30.
Ingredient references are linked for 4 of 7 product-aware annotations on this page. Fit notes are general formulation guidance. They aren’t a verdict on the finished product or on you.
We haven’t tested this product in a lab, and we don’t physically test your hair. Formula readings come from the ingredient list. Claims about how it behaves are labelled as the brand's.
Ingredient order tells you relative amount only above roughly 1%. Prices are what we saw on the dates shown and can change.
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 v23. Record last updated 2026-08-30.

Co-Wash Clean Locks Cleansing Conditioner Bar

Is this right for you?

Read from the label, not the marketing

The ingredients that change a decision

What the whole list adds up to

Should you buy it?

What the brand says, and what the formula shows

What people report

More from Nature Skin Shop

How this page was made

Hair Care Consultation