Taliah Waajid Honey Curls Curl Styler — container, alternate view

Taliah Waajid

Honey Curls Curl Styler

Styler / Curl cream, polymer-free

Styler
curl cream
Moisture-rich

Size12 fl oz

Priceabout $13commonly seen · 12 oz

Price / oz$1.08/ozat 12 oz

Where to buy4 stores · $12.49–13.99

Manufacturer page: taliah.com

Personal fit

Is this right for you?

Factor Your profile Fit

Best for hair types Wavy–Coily Not in your profile

Moisture level Moderate Not in your profile

Hold system None Not in your profile

Slip / detangling Little 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

Animal-derived ingredients Not yet verified Not in your profile

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The rest of what your plan weighs on this product.

Aerosol can Not determined Not in your profile

Needs heat to set Not determined Not in your profile

Heavy humectants Heavy Not in your profile

UV filter None listed Not in your profile

Ingredient list 15 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

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Lower cost than most curl creams

$1.08/oz at 12 oz — less than 78% of the 105 curl creams , which mostly run $1.17–4/oz.

Price and stores

Great for

Dry, thirsty hairhumectants and emollients both sit up front

Short ingredient listsfifteen ingredients or fewer

Maybe skip if

Styles that must holdno hold polymer, gum, or wax was found

Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you

Frizz in humid airno film former or silicone to hold it back

Picking it up locallywe have it recorded in one channel only

Whether this hold level is right for you depends on your density, porosity, and how long your style has to last — 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.

Hold system None found

No hold polymer, gum, or wax found in the list.

Oil absorption None

No absorbent powders or starches.

Oils and butters Present, high in the list

Oils sit high in the list — a softening, coating formula.

Needs detergent to remove No

Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove.

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
WaterWater (Aqua)	solvent	The base everything else is dissolved in	Neutral
PEG-75 Shea Butter Glyceride	—	—	Neutral
Glyceryl Stearate	emulsifier	Keeps oil and water mixed	Softens
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate	mild anionic cleanser	—	Cleanses
Stearic Acid	emulsifier	Keeps oil and water mixed	Softens
Glycerin	humectant	Pulls water into the hair	Moisturizes
Batana Oil (Elaeis Oleifera Kernel Oil)	oil	Softens the film so it does not set hard	Heavy
HoneyHoney (Mel)	humectant	Pulls water into the hair	Moisturizes

Full ingredient list (15)

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 · 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 ingredient
Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.
- solvent
2 PEG-75 Shea Butter Glyceride
3 Glyceryl Stearate

General function
A workhorse emulsifier that holds oil and water together in a cream.

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
Emollients fill and smooth the surface of the strand, which lowers the friction that lifts the cuticle and reads as roughness.

PubChem
- emulsifier
- emollient
4 Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate

General function
An amino-acid-derived cleanser, among the mildest in common use, with a low-foam, creamy feel.

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

May suitCurls or waves needing flexible hold
The 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 hair
A gentler detergent leaves more of the surface oil that slows water loss from coarse or porous hair.

May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair
Cleanses with less sebum removal than a sulfate detergent, so hair that is short of moisture keeps more of it through the wash.

PubChem
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
5 Stearic Acid

General function
A fatty acid that thickens creams and helps them hold their texture.

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
- emulsifier
- thickener
- fatty alcohol
6 Glycerin

General function
A small water-loving molecule that draws moisture into the hair and holds it there. It is the most common softening ingredient in conditioners and leave-ins.

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
High-porosity hair loses water fast; a humectant holds some of it in place for longer than the wash itself would.

May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair
Binds water into the outer layers of the strand, and water is what makes dry hair flexible again rather than brittle.

DependsClimate-sensitive or frizz-prone hair
Water moves both ways. Measured across concentrations, glycerin solutions give water up in some conditions and take it from the air in others. What it does for you depends on how much of it is there and on the air around it.

Scientific Reports
- humectant
7 Batana Oil (Elaeis Oleifera Kernel Oil)

General function
A thick American oil palm oil, traditionally used in Honduras for hair. It is heavy and strongly sealing.

Supporting ingredient
Listed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.
- oil
- emollient
- sealant
8 Honey · Honey (Mel)

General function
A natural sugar-based humectant that holds water against the strand.

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
Hydration with no oil attached, so it adds very little weight even high on a list.

May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair
Aloe is mostly water carrying sugars that bind more of it, which is why it turns up as the base of moisture-first formulas.

DependsClimate-sensitive or frizz-prone hair
A 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.
- humectant
- botanical extract
9 Hibiscus (Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower)
- botanical extract
10 Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil · Castor Oil (Ricinus Communis)

General function
A thick, tacky oil used for sealing ends and for slick, held-down styles.

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

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.
- oil
- emollient
11 Sodium Polyacrylate
12 2-Ethylhexyl Stearate
13 Trideceth-6
- emulsifier
- solubilizer
▾Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
14 Phenoxyethanol
- preservative
15 Caramel Color
- colourant

What the whole list adds up to

3 emulsifiers
3 emollients
2 humectants
2 oils
2 botanical extracts
1 solvent
1 mild anionic cleanser
1 cleanser
1 thickener
1 fatty alcohol
1 sealant
1 solubilizer
1 preservative
1 colourant

Ingredient list captured 2026-09-14. Formulas change — check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.

Price · 12 oz

Commonly seen about $13 Midpoint $12.97 · 3 stores · checked Sep 15

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Price for 12 ozlower is better

Where we’ve seen it4 listings · 4 stores

Beauty Depot Online
$12.49

12 oz · $1.04/oz

Sep 15Lowest per ozSale · was $14.99
Walmart
$12.97

12 oz · $1.08/oz

Sep 15
Taliah Waajid Brand
$13.99

12 oz · $1.17/oz

Sep 15
Taliah Waajid (taliah.com)
$13.99

12 oz · $1.17/oz

Sep 14

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

12 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 12 oz at recognised stores — the cheapest quarter and the dearest quarter are left out, so one sale or one overpriced listing can’t move it.
About $25 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

Formula score

6 of 10

Not the most complete curl cream formula we have read, but it is under most of the range for curl creams per ounce.

How the score is counted

Costs less per ounce than 78% of the 105 curl creams we’ve priced
No hold system in the formula
Masstige tier, sold at Brand website
Masstige tier

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 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?

Only for a specific need

Best user

Hair that craves moisture — for moisture that stays in and fewer ingredients to react to

Biggest tradeoff

Worth skipping for styles that need real hold, very dry or very humid climates, or frizz on humid days

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

Can be used daily

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.

Absorbs easily without buildup

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.

Reviewers say it defines curls without buildup, making styling easier.

Multiple reviewers say it leaves hair soft and well moisturized.

Reviewers frequently praise the long-lasting shine and hold it gives twists and curls, one calling it the best twisting creme they've used.

Several reviewers note a pleasant scent alongside the moisturizing feel.

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 (0 manufacturer or regulatory, 0 retailer, 4 editorial), last checked 2026-09-15.
Ingredient references are linked for 4 of 6 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 2026-09-15.