Curly Hair Styling Ritual Starter

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The three-product styling ritual for medium-to-high porosity waves and curls. Soft definition with days of durability, in minis so you can try before committing.

The Flax Gel and Bamboo Jelly together create a moderate cast as the layered formulas dry, locking in your curl pattern.

Once hair is dry, release the cast with a quick scrunch, and you're left with defined, touchable curls that hold through humidity, sweat, and the rest of the week. No crunch or cast that overstays its welcome.

Especially for:

  • 2A to 3C medium-to-high porosity waves and curls who want to try the full Bright Body styling line
  • Curls that need soft definition rather than stiff hold, with the durability to survive humidity, sweat, or a busy week
  • High porosity hair specifically: the Flaxseed Gel deposits protein and the Bamboo Jelly seals it in
  • People who already have cleansing covered and just want the styling ritual

The ritual:

Step 1: Flaxseed & Oat Protein Curly Hair Gel. Our OG. A light-to-medium hold gel built around flaxseed gel and oat protein. Delivers moisture and nourishment as the foundation layer.

Step 2: Bamboo FlexiStrong Styling Jelly. Medium-to-strong hold without microplastics, sticky residue, or crunch. Two bamboo extracts plus rose of Jericho lock in the style over the Flax Gel base.

Step 3: Moisture Locking Curl Refresher. The between-wash recovery cream. Marshmallow leaf and bamboo extract revive curls without weighing them down.

What's Included

All mini sizes — try the full Bright Body styling ritual before committing to full sizes.

How to Use

Wash day, layered styling:

  1. Foundation layer. After washing, brush or comb sopping wet hair to detangle. Section into 4-6 sections, then scrunch a quarter to half-dollar-sized amount of Flaxseed & Oat Protein Curly Hair Gel into each section, ensuring even distribution.
  2. Hold layer. While hair is still wet, apply Bamboo FlexiStrong Styling Jelly the same way — a quarter to half-dollar amount per section, scrunched in over the Flax Gel base.
  3. Set the style. Use a cotton t-shirt to scrunch out excess water (terrycloth towels can increase frizz). Air dry or diffuse fully.
  4. Release the cast. Once hair is completely dry, scrunch out the cast with your hands. You'll feel the formula release into soft, touchable curls.

Between wash days, with the refresher: Lightly mist your curls with warm water. Pump a dime- to quarter-sized amount of Refresher into the palm of your hand and rub to evenly distribute. Finger-comb and/or palm product from the midpoint to ends of your hair. Detangle with a wide-tooth comb as needed. Air dry or diffuse as you choose.

Listen to your hair: Most medium-to-high porosity curls can stretch the time between washes significantly with this combination. If your hair starts to feel heavy, weighed down, or buildup-prone, that's the signal that it's time for a wash.

Ingredients

We believe in total transparency. Below is a complete list of each and every ingredient in our formulas in their true order of concentration. To learn more about our ingredient standards, click here.

Flaxseed & Oat Protein Curly Hair Gel: linum usitatissimum (flaxseed) seed gel*, water, avena sativa (oat) kernel extract*, xanthan gum, glycerin*, glyceryl stearate, gluconodeltalactone, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter*, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) oil*, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil, citric acid, sodium benzoate, boswellia serrata (frankincense) essential oil.
*certified organic

Bamboo FlexiStrong Styling Jelly: water, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) flower water*, polyquaternium-69, bambusa vulgaris extract, phyllostachys bambusoide extract, selaginella lepidophylla extract, vegetable glycerin*, gluconodeltalactone, cyamopsis tetragonoloba (guar gum), glyceryl stearate, alkyl benzoate, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) esters, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, juniperus communis (juniper berry) fruit oil, citric acid, sodium benzoate.
*certified organic

Moisture Locking Curl Refresher: water, althaea officinalis leaf/root extract, vegetable glycerin*, bambusa vulgaris extract, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil*, glyceryl stearate, distearoylethyl dimonium chloride, gluconodeltalactone, sodium benzoate, cetearyl alcohol, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil, mentha piperata (peppermint) oil, hydroxyethylcellulose, boswellia serrata (frankincense) oil, citric acid.
*certified organic

This is the most up-to-date ingredient list and may differ from product packaging.

Citations

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Karimi, S., Ghanbarzadeh, B., Roufegarinejad, L., & Falcone, P. M. (2021). Polysaccharide extracted from Althaea officinalis L. root: New studies of structural, rheological, and antioxidant properties. Carbohydrate Research, 510, 108438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2021.108438

Miljanović, A., Dent, M., Grbin, D., Pedisić, S., Zorić, Z., Marijanović, Z., Jerković, I., & Bielen, A. (2023). Sage, Rosemary, and Bay Laurel Hydrodistillation By-Products as a Source of Bioactive Compounds. Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 12(13), 2394. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12132394

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Guarantee

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30-day guarantee:

💕 Minis are risk-free (refund, no return required)
💗 Full sizes are refundable (refund or 110% store credit)

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KEY FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS

Flaxseed

Mucilage gives slip and soft hold for wave and curl definition without the crunch.

Distearoyl dimonium chloride

A biodegradable, plant-based conditioning quat that softens and detangles.

Bamboo extracts

Plant-sourced silica that supports collagen and skin elasticity.

Polyquaternium-69

A water-soluble styling polymer that smooths the cuticle and helps curls hold their pattern.

Marshmallow root

Slip-heavy polysaccharides detangle and condition without weighing strands down.