OUAI Conditioner for Thick Hair
by OUAI · hair_care
Editor's Take
For thick, unruly hair, this earns its shelf space: serious frizz control from Amodimethicone and rich lipids, though silicone buildup and a perfumed finish are real trade-offs.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 8.2 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 7.0 / 10
- Clean Standards: 4.0 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 3.9 / 10
The Verdict
Behentrimonium Chloride, avocado oil, shea butter, and targeted silicones give coarse strands substantial softness, slip, and frizz control. Panthenol and hydrolyzed keratin add useful hydration and surface reinforcement rather than empty label decoration. The prominent fragrance, persistent silicones, and numerous ethoxylated ingredients explain the weaker clean and sustainability scores, while buildup may require occasional clarifying. A high-performance pick for thick hair, with environmental restraint clearly taking the back seat.
Is OUAI Conditioner for Thick Hair clean?
DARE scores OUAI Conditioner for Thick Hair by OUAI 4.0 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.
What are the key ingredients in OUAI Conditioner for Thick Hair?
The formula leads with Aqua (Water, Eau), Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Parfum, Cetrimonium Chloride. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.
How does DARE score OUAI Conditioner for Thick Hair?
Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, OUAI Conditioner for Thick Hair by OUAI scores Performance 8.2 / 10, Clean Standards 4.0 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 7.0 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 3.9 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.
Full INCI list
Aqua (Water, Eau), Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride (Anti-Static Agent/Agent Antistatique), Parfum (Fragrance), Cetrimonium Chloride (Anti-Static Agent/Agent Antistatique), Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Dimethicone, Amodimethicone, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Polyquaternium-37, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Lauryl Glucoside, Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer, C11-15 Pareth-7, Laureth-9, Glycerin, Trideceth-12, C12-13 Pareth-23, C12-13 Pareth-3, Dimethiconol, Propoxytetramethyl Piperidinyl Dimethicone, Trideceth-6, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopherol, Isopropyl Alcohol, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Sorbitan Oleate, Sodium Hydroxide, Acetic Acid, Sodium Acetate, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Benzyl Salicylate, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal