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The Mestiza Muse

Be Beautiful. Be Natural. Be You.

Be Beautiful. Be Natural. Be You.

Best Co-Wash for Curly Hair: When to Use One, and When to Shampoo Instead

Co-washes for curly hair lined up on a counter: Curlsmith Curl Quenching, As I Am Olive & Tea Tree, Pantene Gold Series, Aveda Be Curly Advanced, and Pattern Lightweight.

A few months into my healthy-hair journey, I was treating co-washing like a commandment. The Curly Girl Method told me shampoo was the enemy and a co-wash was the gentle, virtuous way to clean curly hair, so I co-washed and co-washed and almost never reached for a real shampoo. My curls got softer at first, […]