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These Are The 11 Best All-Natural Hair Styling Products On The Market Right Now

Lindsay Kellner
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January 12, 2023
Lindsay Kellner
Contributing Wellness & Beauty Editor
By Lindsay Kellner
Contributing Wellness & Beauty Editor
Lindsay is a freelance writer and certified yoga instructor based in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a journalism and psychology degree from New York University. Kellner is the co-author of “The Spirit Almanac: A Modern Guide to Ancient Self Care,” with mbg Sustainability Editor Emma Loewe.
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January 12, 2023
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When it comes to making better choices for your beauty regimen, hair care is arguably the most difficult nut to crack.

Skin care, makeup, fragrances, and even shampoos and conditioners have come a long way since the early days of clean and natural beauty, and the hair-styling category has finally laid claim to the updates the others have enjoyed.

Brands are employing ingredients that are purportedly better for our health and the environment, including silicone and SLS alternatives, and finally designing formulations that go beyond hair oil.

Here are the best detanglers, styling balms, leave-in treatments, salt sprays, and more on the market right now: 

John Masters Organics Leave-in Conditioning Mist With Green Tea And Calendula

For defined, effortless-looking waves, contained curls, or some conditioning hold for a blowout, look no further. John Masters’ leave-in conditioning mist with green tea and calendula hydrates the strands upon contact, easing tangles, taming frizz, and protecting hair from the elements. Spritz generously on clean, wet hair and comb through before styling.

Leave-in Conditioning Mist, John Masters Organics ($24)

john masters organics hair leave in
mbg creative x John Masters Organics

Reverie RAKE Styling Balm

It’s not perfume, but it could be—the beautiful blend of essential oils in Reverie's styling balm will give you that good-hair smell and add some hold to locks, too. The texture is more whipped than dense, which makes it perfect for hair of all thicknesses. Add a small amount to your palms, rub them together, and distribute product on the ends of damp or dry hair.

RAKE Styling Balm, Reverie ($36)

rake styling balm
mbg creative x Reverie

Rahua Leave-in Treatment

Perfect for all hair types, Rahua’s leave-in treatment works triple duty, adding shine and texture to lackluster strands while nourishing them. With its rich, creamy consistency, a little goes a long way, the palo santo scent will give you an aromatherapeutic boost. Add a little to midshaft and ends for an effortless, undone look, or for a more put-together feel, it's perfect for smoothing fly-aways.

Leave In Treatment, Rahua ($45)

Rahua Leave In Treatment
Rahua Leave In Treatment

Captain Blankenship Sailor Sea Salt Refresh Spray

Made free from sulfates, parabens, synthetic fragrances, phthalates, and triclosan, the dead sea salt and essential oils in this spray work to refresh second-day strands. While it purports to be a dry shampoo and salt-spray hybrid, it becomes a different product entirely. The lemongrass is revitalizing, the salt provides a light hold, and plant extracts breathe a little bouncy revival into limp, deflated waves.

Sailor Sea Salt Refresh Spray, Captain Blankenship ($12.99)

Captain Blankenship Sailor Sea Salt Refresh Spray
mbg creative x Sailor by Captain Blankenship

Love Beauty and Planet Coconut Milk And White Jasmine Light Hold And Frizz Control Hair Spray

Made without parabens, silicones, alcohols, and dyes, Love Beauty and Planet’s hair spray is vegan, cruelty-free and Earth-friendly. The mist itself is powered by air pressure rather than flammable greenhouse gasses, excludes animal products and all animal testing, and is formulated with ethically sourced jasmine, organic coconut oil, and natural coconut milk. The coconut oil acts as a natural de-frizzing agent while coconut milk nourishes the hair. This is an excellent, more natural alternative to traditional hair spray.

Frizz Control Hair Spray, Love Beauty and Planet ($7)

Love Beauty Planet Coconut Milk and White Jasmine Light Hold and Frizz Control Hair Spray
mbg creative x Love Beauty Planet

Playa Ritual Hair Oil

It's not your typical hair oil—Playa's ritual hair oil is more like a serum. A beachy-smelling blend of coconut, kukui, sunflower seed, and apricot oils provide a nutritive but light flexibility to the hair, making it perfect for piecey, loose waves or tight coils alike. Not only does it add movement and shine, but it protects the hair from elements like sand, salt, sea, chlorine, and environmental stressors.

Ritual Hair Oil, Playa ($38)

playa ritual hair oil
mbg creative x Playa

R+Co Neon Lights Dry Oil Spray

While R+Co isn’t 100 percent natural, it’s the best silicone-free shine-inducing spray we have ever tried! Evening primrose, olive, andiroba seed, and marula seed oils give the hair a protective coating without any sticky silicones, and it imparts a woodsy, gender-neutral scent that makes this a favorite among everybody. Use it to finish styled ‘dos or add a bit of luster to dull hair on the daily. 

Neon Lights Dry Oil Spray, R+Co ($29)

r and co dry oil spray
mbg creative x R+Co

This Is Comb The Oil

Honey and hair typically don’t mix, but this oil by This Is Comb is a glorious exception. The manuka honey is delivered by way of manuka-infused olive oil—so it’s not at all sticky—and is strengthened by manuka oil, which is extracted from the manuka tree. Combined with other plant-based oils like jojoba seed, broccoli seed, lavender extract, and rosemary, this oil nourishes the hair without weighing it down. Use a little on wet hair, on the ends of dry hair, or to tame frizz and flyaways.

The Oil, This Is Comb, $79

this is comb the oil
mbg creative x This Is Comb

Innersense I Create Hold

A hair gel that never reads crunchy, yet it offers a strong, flexible hold. Organic honey acts as a natural resin for your strands, while aloe vera provides some slip and keeps the strands silky. Rooibos tea, nettle extract, and rosemary extract also offer antioxidant benefits and shine. Work the mixture on damp hair from root to tip, then air-dry or style as desired.

I Create Hold, Innersense ($26)

Innersense I Create Hold
mbg creative x Innersense

Briogeo Curl Charisma Chia + Flax Seed Coil Custard

This curl-enhancing cream contains chia seed oil, shea butter, and flaxseed oil for their moisturizing, nourishing benefits, as well as rice amino acids to seal down the cuticle and prevent frizz. The texture, true to its name, is a thick custard-y confection—but your curls will look shiny and effortlessly springy, never sticky or heavy.

Curl Charisma Chia + Flax Seed Coil Custard, Briogeo ($26)

Briogeo Curl Charisma Chia + Flax Seed Coil Custard
mbg creative + Briogeo

EVOLVh UltraFlex Hairspray

This alcohol-free hairspray features players like tapioca starch, flax seed oil, and red raspberry seed oil to finish off your style with shine and volume. Even on wet hair, it never dries down crispy or sticky, and it leaves a light, fresh scent on your strands.

UltraFlex Hairspray, EVOLVh ($11)

EVOLVh UltraFlex Hairspray
mbg creative + EVOLVh

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