There must always be a perfect balance in our hair between moisture and protein. Protein gets discussed often for our bodies but our hair needs it just as much and If your hair is limp, mushy and overly moist it needs protein. Our hair is made up of a very hard protein called Keratin and quite often that keratin gets broken down by our manipulation, chemical processes like color or relaxing and the environment.
The Importance Of Moisture & Protein For Natural Hair
Even if you don’t use heat or chemicals, like color, your hair will appreciate the mega-boost from time to time. Check out 15 we LOVE and think you will love too!
PATTERN Treatment Hair Mask
PATTERN’s rice water-infused Treatment Mask has softening and strengthening ingredients such as Rice Water Ferment and Moringa Seed Extract to deliver slip, curl elongation, and definition. The protein-infused Treatment Mask leaves curly hair hydrated, silky and pampered.
ApHogee Intensive Two Minute Keratin Reconstructor
A well-known line for black women who look for protein treatments, the ApHogee Intensive Two Minute Keratin Reconstructor is excellent for restoring strength and softness to hair that requires a deep, penetrating treatment. This treatment is a concentrated blend of keratin amino acids, botanical oils, and vitamins excellent for hair damaged by chlorine, hard water and bleaching. Whenever my hair is suffering from hard water as I live in Colorado, I make sure to use this reconstructor to help build up my hair.
OUAI Treatment Mask for Fine and Medium Hair
A mask that helps restore hydration, repair damage, and add shine to fine/medium hair with shea butter, panthenol, and hydrolyzed keratin. Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also gluten-free and cruelty-free.
As I Am Hydration Elation Intensive Conditioner
I love this brand’s cowash so very intrigued with their protein conditioner gives natural hair a deep-down hydrating fortifying treatment that is a must for strong, shiny, soft, springy coils and curls. This rich penetrating conditioner is an exceptional composition of extracts of coconut, sugar cane, green tea, apple and lemon, Shea butter, vitamin E and proven hair fortifiers.
CÉCRED Reconstructing Treatment Mask
Hair repair in a jar. Powered by Cécred’s patent-pending Bioactive Keratin Ferment, Cécred Reconstructing Treatment Mask is clinically tested to reduce damage, increase visible strength, and improve shine after 1 use.*
The Power Of Proteins For Natural Hair
No matter what I fall in love with later, I ALWAYS go back to this for one of my best treatments. As a matter of fact, I’m in need of one now!
Design Essentials Oat Protein & Henna Deep Cleansing Shampoo
So fresh. So clean. So nurturing. Design Essentials® Oat Protein & Henna Deep Cleansing Shampoo for a deep cleanse that promotes fuller, thicker, and stronger hair. This natural blend of botanicals moisturizes and smooths the hair shaft while oat protein and henna work to strengthen hair strands from the inside out. So your hair is left feeling light, bouncy, and ever so lustrous.
Briogeo Don’t Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask
This hair mask works in minutes to restore essential hydration and natural vibrancy to dry, brittle, over-processed, and otherwise lackluster locks. Formulated with Rosehip, Argan, and Almond Oils, this mask delivers an optimal blend of transformative nutrients to replenish damaged hair and restore a shiny, healthy, and lustrous state.
Divi Whipped Repair Treatment Mask
Divi Whipped Repair Treatment mask is formulated to repair breakage-prone hair in as little as 3 minutes along with strengthen hair bonds to prevent further breakage. Works hard to revitalize damaged hair, increase softness and shine along with reducing frizz.
tgin Miracle RepaiRx Curl Protein Reconstructor
Intensely hydrating, the Miracle RepaiRx Deep Hydrating Hair Mask restores life to dry, damaged, or color treated hair with healing biotin and moisturizes with black castor oil, smoothing and softening the hair. Improves shine and manageability, locks in moisture and repairs damage, while reducing shedding and breakage. Made without parabens, sulfates, petrolatum, lanolin, artificial colors, or animal testing.
Camille Rose Algae Renew Deep Conditioning Mask
Camille Rose Algae Renew Deep Conditioner is a rich, salon-quality hair mask made especially for adults seeking intense moisture and repair. This luxurious deep conditioner is designed to nourish, strengthen, and revitalize dry or damaged hair of all textures. At its core is blue-green algae, a vitamin-rich botanical that helps fortify strands from root to tip, reducing breakage and boosting overall hair health. Mango butter adds deep hydration, melting into the hair to soften, smooth, and improve elasticity. Ideal for weekly use or as part of a regular moisture-repair routine, this adult deep treatment leaves hair stronger, shinier, and more manageable over time.
Organic Root Stimulator Hair Mayonnaise combines a rich blend of botanical extracts and herbs with whole egg protein and olive oil to restore and renew dry, damaged hair. Watch how this moisturizes and strengthens over processed hair from within the hair shaft with essential oils, organic amino acids and Vitamin B5 for added moisture and strength. Fragile hair prone to breakage will be rejuvenated with moisture and elasticity to mend split ends and provide incredible body and shine.
Moroccanoil Restorative Hair Mask
A protein-rich, argan-oil-infused hair mask that restores and helps repair dry, weakened hair to improve texture, elasticity, and manageability. Moroccanoil Restorative Hair Mask helps revive damaged hair. With argan oil, shea butter, and reparative keratin proteins, the high-performance formula helps restore elasticity and rebuild hair’s strength from the inside out. No heat is required.
Briogeo Don’t Despair Repair Rice Water Protein + Moisture Strengthening Treatment
A weekly protein treatment for severely damaged strands that’s scientifically shown to strengthen hair up to 2X after one use. This 98 percent naturally derived, concentrated strengthening treatment features a dual-action formula that combines strand-fortifying rice protein with ultra-effective moisturizers to help protect and repair severely damaged hair. It is silicone-free, vegan, cruelty-free, and Leaping Bunny certified.
Fenty Hair The Comeback Kid Instant Damage Repair Treatment Bond Builder
The Comeback Kid penetrates deep into the cortex to provide instant inside-out repair, support damaged keratin structures and strengthen strands. With the help of our proprietary bond-building formula, powered by amino acids—the building blocks of proteins—chia seed extract, and our unique complex, Replenicore-5, you’ll see up to 75% improvement in damage* and up to 72% stronger hair*.
Hair instantly looks and feels healthier, moisturized, softer and smoother with just one use. It also can be used as a leave-in or rinsed out so adding it to your routine is too easy. Simply cleanse, use in place of your conditioner + style on ’em.
Sienna Naturals Plant Power Damage Repair Strengthening Hair Mask
A gentle, plant-based-protein mask to care for damage, strengthen hair, and boost elasticity, shine, and hydration while keeping frizz and UV damage away. This mask uses a six-in-one repair complex to target damage, balance moisture, boost shine, strengthen, de-frizz, protect, and recover from UV exposure. A mild vegan-protein blend gently restores softness without the negative impact traditional protein can have on low-porosity hair.
The 3 C’s For Hair Loss – Nature Comes To The Rescue!
CÉCRED Fermented Rice & Rose Protein Ritual
The power of fermented rice water, instantly. Cécred Fermented Rice & Rose Protein Ritual starts with the Fermented Rice & Rose Protein Powder, a water-activated treatment to fortify your hair. Finish the ritual with the conditioning Silk Rinse to balance softness and shine.
Which ones have you tried or which ones are you eager to give a chance? Share below!
Sabrina
