Dr. Bronner's - Organic Hair Crème (Lavender Coconut, 6 Ounce) - Leave-In Conditioner and Styling Cream, Made with Organic Oils, Hair Cream Supports Shine and Strength, Nourishes Scalp, Non-GMO

Used for years despite it's lavender scent, which I am not fond of. The scent does not stay much past drying. I have course thick hair that got curly on me after babies/40s/menopause (take your pick, they were all at once). It was not spiral curly but about 2B-C, but I struggled for years with the frizz. I began to educate myself on curls and along with cutting out sulfates, sparingly using silicons, and not combing after rinsing, I found this leave in treatment to be part of the key. It not only helps with my naturally dry hair but holds the curls together to create smooth shiny curls, whether I use a diffuser or air dry, rather than the frizz that comes with every hair doing it's own thing. If used sparingly it stays soft. It will get crunchy, but only temporarily, if you get too much in one spot. That is the challenge - being a creme - spreading it evenly without disturbing the clumps of spirals that form. I just try to pat it around when the hair is still pretty wet and then gently squeeze the hair back together in one big or several smaller twists and then lift to maintain as much curl or curve as I can. I also have found, long or short, for better curls/less frizz, do your final rinse upside down and then gently twist up to a unicorn type spiral on top of head to get out excess water before twisting it up in a towel. Many state a microfiber towel is needed but I prefer 100% cotton turban style head towels. If you are doing it right, you should not be rubbing your hair anyway. I sometimes add Dermorganics Sculpting Spray if I am diffusing for more curl. OSIS Bounce use to be a favorite for a little tighter soft hold but I think they quit making it. Once dry, I usually don't have to do anything until next wash 3-4 days later, except reclump bedhead frizzies with wet hands when I wake up. Caveat, one of my daughters with curly hair, but normal moisture and courseness, say it is too heavy for her. Ok, that was my unsolicited, curly hair care tutorial for the day.

I was a little wary about purchasing this. Originally, I purchased this to go with part of an organic hair care routine using Dr. Bronner’s Citrus Rinse and J.R. Liggett’s bar soap. In actuality, I ended up using this more so after I reverted back to a conventional hair-care routine after the method with the Citrus Rinse did not work well for me (although I gave it a good 3.5 month shot!). Since then, I’m now using organic shampoos and (admittedly) Aveda products now and again.However, my original concerns with purchasing this product were as follows – with my resolutions:1. A lot of reviews state that you only need to use a dime amount. A really, really tiny amount.I actually found this not to matter so much. I started using a super tiny amount because of allllll the reviews warning me to, but later found that I didn’t need to be as worried amount the amount as I originally thought. I usually use a squirt of it – but I’m not overly-cautious and have not had any problems.2. This product makes your hair greasy! Apparently, according to reviews.Also not true! I mainly use this product after I flat-iron my hair. I spray a thermal styling spray on my hair, flat-iron my hair in under 10 minutes (I’m not really high maintenance with my hair), and then apply this cream to my DRY hair. I just swoosh it all around and have found that it helps tame my hair from being frizzy. My hair just looks better throughout the day. I don’t use it as a conditioner, but more of a style agent. I have used it on wet hair, as well, with no problems, when I was originally aiming to use it more as a conditioning boost. However, I’ve found that I really just prefer to use it after styling.3. This product smells strong!I don’t think so at all. I can never smell it in my hair after applying it, so I wouldn’t hesitate to buy the lavender OR the peppermint next time.For the record, my hair type is thick and long. Hope this helps provide some insight!

Probably one of the few guys (with medium length hair) who uses Dr. Bronner's products... so here goes:Pros:-Dr. Bronner's is an INCREDIBLE company. Environmentally, socially, financially responsible through and through. Legit fair trade, seriously organic, no one gets paid more than 5 times another (amazing considering that most CEOs nowadays make hundreds times what their factory floor workers do), employees get 100% free healthcare, and they give like a third of their profits back to charity (beyond their free trade projects, which, among other things, support peaceful Palestinian/Israeli coexistence and medical equipment for hospitals in Sri Lanka). If corporations were actually people, Dr. Bronner's would be Gandhi (and I should know, I'm Indian :P)-I've never gotten so many compliments on my hair! So soft, so shiny (not greasy though), so healthy and strong...Not only that, but after using this and the conditioning rinse and leave-in conditioner, I can just run my hands through my hair to style it almost any which way I please! Do you know how much time that saves me in the morning? Now I don't feel so guilty when pressing snooze 3x.-Love the strong smell of the soap when showering :) ahhh...tea tree...peppermint...so refreshingCons-still experimenting on how much/little to use of each product. Right now, might be using too much shampoo, because hair becomes parched if I don't use the leave-in conditioner.-Price. Originally used the soap on body too, but after not seeing a noticeable difference over my Dove bar, decided to save it for just the hair.-Though the soap smells wonderful, it doesn't last on your hair (like my hair doesn't smell like peppermint or tea trees--do those actually exist?? I don't think tea leaves grow on trees, I always imagined them growing in bushes). Anyways... I suspect my hair actually smells a bit more like some oil (for all my desi folks out there, kinda like Ayurvedic medicine). I say "suspect" because I don't smell it on a day to day basis, and no one has told me my hair stinks, but if I am hot and/or sweaty, sometimes I smell it.-for the citrus conditioning rinse, be careful, because it really stings if you get it in your eyes or on open cuts. Also, the smell of citrus and whatever oils they use is, frankly, nauseating in the shower. Citrus and that oil smell do not mix Dr. Bronner, nuh uh, not at all. Also, not a fan of having to dilute the rinse on my own before use. First world problems, I know, but I'd appreciate it if it came pre-diluted, and preferably at the same consistency as the soap (instead of having the viscosity of water, which is harder to work through your hair).Sorry for the novella. TL;DR: love the company and the results, not such a big fan of the price or the slight oily smell--but that's what you get for all-natural. Also, for guys, cut back ALOT on what they tell you to use.Peace!~A Dr. Bronner's lifetime customerP.s. If you're interested in more socially responsible products, check out the Good Guide app (here's the Apple link: [...] )