Non-greasy cream that easily shampoos out with no build up
We cannot read weight on the strand from what is recorded.
- Water
Stated by brand
Can’t be confirmed from label.
Taliah Waajid
Curly Curl Cream
Styler / Curl cream, polymer-set
- Styler
- curl cream
- cream
Size6 fl oz
Price$9–11commonly seen · 6 oz
Price / oz$1.62/ozat 6 oz
Where to buy5 stores · $8.99–11.21
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Scent:
The ingredient list declares fragrance. What it smells of is not stated, and we do not guess.
Manufacturer page: taliah.com
Personal fit
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Factor
Your profile
Fit
Best for hair types
Wavy–Coily
Not in your profile
Moisture level
Moderate
Not in your profile
Hold system
High
Not in your profile
Slip / detangling
Little
Not in your profile
Fragrance
Present
Not in your profile
Silicone / wax buildup
None
Not in your profile
Clarifying wash needed
Low
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
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
13 ingredientsA short list
Not in your profile
Price tier
Drugstore
Not in your profile
Where to buy it
Brand website · Specialty beauty
Not in your profile
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Your avoid-list
Priced with its peers
$1.62/oz at 6 oz, less than 70% of the 228 curl creams , which mostly run $1.35–5.22/oz.
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 has a scent
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
Synthetic polymer
Synthetic hold polymers, the firmest kind of hold.
Oil absorption
None
No absorbent powders or starches.
Oils and butters
None
No oils or butters in the list.
Needs detergent to remove
No
Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WaterWater (Aqua) | solvent | The base everything else is dissolved in | Neutral |
| Peg-75 Shea Butter GlyceridesPEG-75 Shea Butter Glyceride (Butyrospermum Parkii) | emulsifier | Keeps oil and water mixed | Softens |
| Glyceryl Stearate | emulsifier | Keeps oil and water mixed | Softens |
| Cetearyl Alcohol | fatty alcohol | Thickens and conditions (not a drying alcohol) | Softens |
| Stearic Acid | emulsifier | Keeps oil and water mixed | Softens |
| Sodium Cocoyl GlutamateSodium Cocoyl Glucamate | mild anionic cleanser | — | Cleanses |
| Sodium Polyacrylate | thickener | Sets the texture | Holds |
| Ethylhexyl Trideceth-6 | — | — | Neutral |
| FragranceFragrance (Parfum) | fragrance | The scent | Fragrance |
What the list leaves out, and what it carriesContains fragrance.
Full ingredient list (13)
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.
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1
Water
· Water (Aqua)
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 ingredientListed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.
- solvent
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2
Peg-75 Shea Butter Glycerides
· PEG-75 Shea Butter Glyceride (Butyrospermum Parkii)
General function
A plant fat made water-dispersible by ethoxylation. It softens the formula and helps the oil and water phases stay together.
Leading ingredientListed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.
May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hairEmollients fill and smooth the surface of the strand, which lowers the friction that lifts the cuticle and reads as roughness.
- emulsifier
- emollient
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3
Glyceryl Stearate
General function
A workhorse emulsifier that holds oil and water together in a cream.
Leading ingredientListed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.
PubChemMay suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hairEmollients fill and smooth the surface of the strand, which lowers the friction that lifts the cuticle and reads as roughness.
- emulsifier
- emollient
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4
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.
Supporting ingredientListed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.
PubChemMay suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hairThe 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 hairDeposits with the cationic conditioners and helps them lie flat along the strand, which is where the detangling actually comes from.
DependsFine or easily flattened hairNear the top of a conditioner it is doing most of the conditioning, and most of the weighting, at the same time.
- fatty alcohol
- emollient
- thickener
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5
Stearic Acid
General function
A fatty acid that thickens creams and helps them hold their texture.
Supporting ingredientListed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.
PubChemMay suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hairThe 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 hairDeposits with the cationic conditioners and helps them lie flat along the strand, which is where the detangling actually comes from.
DependsFine or easily flattened hairNear the top of a conditioner it is doing most of the conditioning, and most of the weighting, at the same time.
- emulsifier
- thickener
- fatty alcohol
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6
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
· Sodium Cocoyl Glucamate
General function
An amino-acid-derived cleanser, among the mildest in common use, with a low-foam, creamy feel.
Supporting ingredientListed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.
PubChemMay suitCurls or waves needing flexible holdThe detergent class most curl routines are built around: it lathers and cleanses without stripping the strand back to bare.
May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hairA gentler detergent leaves more of the surface oil that slows water loss from coarse or porous hair.
May suitVery dry or highly damaged hairCleanses with less sebum removal than a sulfate detergent, so hair that is short of moisture keeps more of it through the wash.
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
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7
Sodium Polyacrylate
General function
A high-molecular-weight acrylic acid polymer that absorbs large amounts of water; used to thicken gels and creams and, as a film former, to help styling products hold their set.
Supporting ingredientListed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.
- thickener
- film former
- polymer
- 8 Ethylhexyl Trideceth-6
- 9 D&C Caramel 050
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10
Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract
· Sage Extract (Salvia Officinalis)
- botanical extract
- ▾Below about here, the order stops meaning much. These are usually used at 1% or less.
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11
Caprylyl Glycol
General function
A gentle preservative helper that also holds a little moisture.
Estimated lower-concentration zoneIt appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.
PubChemMay suitVery dry or highly damaged hairHumectants bind water into the strand, and water — not oil — is what makes dry hair flexible instead of brittle.
DependsClimate-sensitive or frizz-prone hairA humectant follows the air: it holds water in humid conditions and can give it up in very dry ones. Climate decides what it does more than the label does.
- preservative
- humectant
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12
Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
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13
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 zoneIt 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 routinesDeclared 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
- 3 emulsifiers
- 3 emollients
- 3 thickeners
- 2 fatty alcohols
- 2 preservatives
- 1 solvent
- 1 mild anionic cleanser
- 1 cleanser
- 1 film former
- 1 polymer
- 1 botanical extract
- 1 humectant
- 1 fragrance
- 1 declared fragrance
Ingredient list captured 2026-09-04. Formulas change, so check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.
Price · 6 oz
Commonly seen
$9–11
Show the price ladder
Where we’ve seen it5 listings · 5 stores
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ShopRite
$8.996 oz · $1.50/ozOct 31Lowest per oz
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Taliah Waajid Brand (taliah.com)
$9.006 oz · $1.50/ozSep 4
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Taliah Waajid Brand
$9.006 oz · $1.50/ozSep 5
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CVS
$10.496 oz · $1.75/ozOct 31
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Walmart
$11.216 oz · $1.87/ozOct 31
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
- 6 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 6 oz at recognised stores. We leave out the cheapest and most expensive quarters, so one sale or one overpriced listing can’t move it.
- About $18 is what curl creams 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
10
Formula score
10 of 10
The formula carries the systems a curl cream is built around, and it sits in the middle of the range for curl creams per ounce.
How the score is counted
- Costs less per ounce than 70% of the 228 curl creams we’ve priced
- Covers 6 of the 6 things a curl cream should do
- Reviewers mention 4 things they like about how it performs
- Drugstore tier, sold at Brand website and Specialty beauty
- 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 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.
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Final decision
Should you buy it?
A solid pick for the hair it suitsBest user
Curls that need definition, for defined, clumped curls and fewer ingredients to react to
Biggest tradeoff
Not ideal for anyone sensitive to fragrance
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.
1
SupportedBacked by ingredients
1
Partly supportedSome supporting logic
1
Stated by brandNo clear evidence
0
Potential conflictFormula works against claim
Helps to define curls and eliminate frizz
Silicones or film formers smooth the cuticle, which is the usual mechanism.
- Sodium Polyacrylate
Supported
Smoother strands, less frizz.
Conditions and nourishes hair by providing moisture and shine
Humectants and emollients are present, but lower in the list than the claim implies.
- Peg-75 Shea Butter Glycerides
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Cetearyl Alcohol
Partly supported
Some hydration, at a low level.
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.
A couple of reviewers say applying it to damp, not fully dry, hair and scrunching gives the best curl definition.
reviewers describing their application techniqueSeveral reviewers with 4C or high-porosity curl patterns say it retains moisture and cuts down frizz.
reviewers describing dense, high-porosity 4C/3c texturesMultiple reviewers say this cream gives well-defined, non-crunchy curls for both wash-and-go and twist-out styles.
reviewers styling wash-and-go and twist-out looks on curly and coily hairReviewers say the cream keeps curls moisturized for several days without noticeable buildup or greasiness.
reviewers on dense or coarse curl textures reporting on repeated wearMore from Taliah Waajid
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 (1 manufacturer or regulatory, 1 retailer, 1 editorial), last checked 2026-09-05.
- Ingredient references are linked for 5 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 2026-09-05.
