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Co-Wash Clean Locks Cleansing Conditioner Bar

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

  • Co-wash
  • bar
  • Sulfate-free
  • Silicone-free
  • Protein-free
Price$20seen at one store
Where to buy1 store · $20.00–20.00

Scent:

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

Manufacturer page: natureskinshop.com

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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 carries 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 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.

Cleansing strength None

No detergent — the conditioners do the cleaning.

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) 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. These chips name what an ingredient does — they are not safety scores, and no ingredient here is rated good or bad on its own.

IngredientWhat it doesWhy it mattersChip
Behentrimonium MethosulfateBehentrimonium Methosulfate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol conditioning agent Does the cleaning here — 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 — a co-wash cleans with conditioners Detangles
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) ButterShea Butter butter Heavy softening — this is what makes it rich Heavy
Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed ButterKokum Butter botanical extract A plant extract, marketed as much as functional 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)

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 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 this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically 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 — check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.

Price

Seen at $20 1 store · checked Aug 30
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Where we’ve seen it4 listings · 1 store

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
  1. Seen at $20 is the price we have observed for the this size. We need three stores before we call a price commonly seen.

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 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.

Does the same job

Same derived functions — what it cleans, conditions, coats or holds — at a lower cost per ounce. Scent, texture and where you buy it can still differ.

Taliah WaajidSame function Creamy Curly Co-Wash with Coconut & Aloe $0.68/oz
  • Sulfate-free
  • Protein-free
  • Gentle cleanse
Differs
  • Drugstore tier
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
As I AmClose function Born Curly Cowash Cleansing Conditioner $0.75/oz
  • Sulfate-free
  • Protein-free
  • Gentle cleanse
Function
  • Water-binding (humectants)
  • Film formers
Also
  • Sweet scent
  • Cruelty-free
  • Drugstore tier
Compare

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Built for wavy to coily hair

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, 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.

1
SupportedBacked by ingredients
0
Partly supportedSome supporting logic
2
Stated by brandNo clear evidence
1
Potential conflictFormula works against claim
3-in-1 solid bar

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.

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 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.

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

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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.
  • 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 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 2026-08-30.

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