Most curlies and coilies have a love/hate relationship with silicones. They can weigh down your hair and even create buildup. I tend to steer clear of them, but sometimes, they are necessary and come in handy. Hair serums are silicone-based products that sit on top of the hair instead of oils that penetrate the hair shaft. Some of the serums in this list are silicone-free and alcohol-free, so don’t dismiss the list quite yet.
The variety of serums has increased, so I don’t think they all do the same thing. Some are for making your hair shiny, while others are for protecting your hair when you apply heat. They even have some that protect your hair from the sun’s UV rays and humidity. They protect in various ways, and they will make you rethink your reasons for steering clear of silicones.
Check out these serums to protect your hair during the summer.
1. CURLSMITH – Intense Treatment Serum
It’s time to get intense about your haircare. Formulated with shea butter, avocado oil, and olive oil, you get a blended treatment as a leave-in treatment serum and wash-off treatment. Dry, dull, lackluster hair deserves this ultra-posh treatment.
2. Maui Moisture Scalp Care Soothe & Strengthen Hair Serum with Rosemary Oil
Here is a high-gloss elixir fortified with tea tree, spearmint, eucalyptus, and aloe vera to help out your worn-out strands. Your hair will get a rich scalp treatment that transforms your hair into a manageable mane.
3. COLOR WOW Flo-etry Vital Natural Serum – With Naked Technology
Dry scalp is so last year! This elixir mimics the hair’s natural oils to instantly plump and moisturize dry curls. The Profaxil-18 complex helps disperse oils throughout your hair strands, creating weightless, non-oily results.
4. Pantene Gold Series New Lengths Anti-Breakage Defense Serum
Scalp care is a necessity for curlies to decrease the likelihood of experiencing breakage, dry hair, and frizz. This strengthening and protecting serum will control frizz, improve your hair’s health, and protect it from heat. This product is formulated with apricot oil that can also help with psoriasis and improve hair strength.
5. Mixed Chicks Straightening Serum
Curlies want to be straight sometimes, too, and with this straightening serum, it can be possible. It’s made to keep your tresses straight and smooth with a wicked humidity-resistant formula that even halts your drying time. All you are left with is sleeker hair.
6. DevaCurl CURLBOND™ Re-Coiling Split End Serum
Here is a featherlight serum that helps seal split ends, reduce frizz, and help re-link broken bonds. DevaCurl’s ingredients help improve damaged hair and repair future damage.
7. tgin Miracle RepaiRx Anti-Breakage Serum
If your curls are in distress, then they need the Miracle RepaiRx Anti-Breakage Serum to bring them back to life. A sulfate, paraben, phthalate, and sodium-free serum/cream that’s chock-full of natural ingredients from all over the world. Retain more moisture, fight frizz, and reactivate your curls with this wonder in a bottle.
8. OGX Nourishing Coconut Milk Anti-Breakage Serum
Try this weightless serum containing coconut oils, silk, and keratin proteins. Together, they create a masterful silk repair therapy to refresh, moisturize, and nourish your thirsty strands. Treat your damaged, chemically treated hair with the serum it needs.
9. Kristin Ess Hair Weightless Shine Working Hair Serum for Dry Damaged Hair
This serum will leave your hair softer, sleeker, and shinier than you’ve ever experienced. Prevent frizz by using daily and capitalize off this moisturizing condition serum that is made with an exotic blend of components.
10. Biosilk Silk Therapy
BioSilk Silk Therapy is the hair therapy that reconstructs, reinforces, and revitalizes your tresses. It’s great on wet or dry hair and has hydrolyzed silk proteins for strength and shine. It is made with 17 amino acids that penetrate and aid in protecting and improving your hair.
11. Oyin Handmade Shine and Define
You want the shine and definition that won’t strip the moisture of your strands like some alcohols will. This shine and define styling serum is formulated with vegetable sources to moisturize and soften your strands. A nourishing, soft, creamy serum filled with herbal infusions, aloe vera, flax seed extract, and all the goodness to give your hair what it thirsts for.
12. Olaplex No. 9 Bond Protector Nourishing Hair Serum
This patented nourishing hair serum is a silicone-free antioxidant that instantly shields hair from pollution and protects against heat damage.
13. Moroccanoil Intense Smoothing Frizz Control Serum
Morrocan Oil is great for shine, smoothness, and protection without sticky or weighty build-up. This serum is alcohol-free and will fight the frizzies and split ends with a vengeance. The moisturizing ingredients will work wonders on your overstressed tresses.
14. Aveda Elements Smoothing Fluid
Aveda brought the good stuff with this fluid styling formula that will bring movement and shine to your distressed strands. This is formulated with plant-based ingredients that condition and smooth your hair while staying weightless. You’ll be left with soft, touchable hair.
15. The Body Shop Grapeseed Glossing Serum
Here is a glossy serum made to add shine to your hair. This is great for moisture retention that otherwise gets lost during washing. It’s perfect for dry, dull tresses but remember a little goes a long way.
