Rizos Curls Strong Hold Gel
by Rizos · other
Editor's Take
Serious curl hold, no pretending otherwise, but this is conventional styling chemistry with Alcohol Denat. and fragrance baggage, not a clean-girl gel.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 8.1 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 7.2 / 10
- Clean Standards: 1.0 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 5.9 / 10
The Verdict
On performance, it earns top tier for styling efficacy: Polyquaternium-69 gives real strong-hold curl retention, and Alcohol Denat. helps the gel set fast. The vegan collagen peptide and AHA blend add a more modern polish around the main styling resin, rather than carrying the whole formula. What's in it gets much less friendly to clean-beauty shoppers, with Polysorbate 20, fragrance, phenoxyethanol, EDTA, acrylates, and prominent alcohol all in the mix. Sustainability lands Mixed, so the honest read is a capable event-day curl gel with old-guard clean credentials.
Full INCI list
Water/Aqua/Eau, Polyquaternium-69, Polysorbate 20, Alcohol Denat., Glycerin, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Aminomethyl Propanol, Benzoic Acid, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycereth-2 Cocoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Citral, Fragrance/Parfum, Phenoxyethanol, SR-Hydrozoan Polypeptide-1 (Vegan Collagen Peptide), Lactic Acid (AHA), Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Extract, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugarcane) Extract/Saccharum Officinarum/Extrait de canne à sucre, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Limonene, Coumarin, Linalool