Trader Joe's

Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Mask.

Haircare

About this product

A hair mask formulated with shea butter and coconut oil, designed to soften, condition, and reduce frizz.

Full ingredients

Aqua (Purified Water), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Oil, Behenyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Fragrance, Morus Nigra (Black Mulberry) Leaf Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Rubus Fruticosus (Blackberry) Fruit Extract, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Euterpe Oleracea (Acai) Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Fruit Extract, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Panthenol (Pro-Vitamin B-5), Dimethicone, Polysorbate 60, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Amodimethicone, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol

Guru Score

79%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

2Gurus

2Yay

0Mixed

0Nay

What they liked

Lightweight enough for daily use on ends
Makes hair silky and manageable
Excellent value for the price

What they flagged

Contains fragrance

What the gurus are saying

Silky, manageable hair at a bargain price wins praise for this mask. Both gurus found it genuinely helpful for ends and daily upkeep, especially between washes, and note the 5-ounce size lasts a good long while. The main thing to keep in mind is the fragrance; if scent sensitivities matter to you, patch-test first or consider whether the ingredients suit your hair type.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take December 2024

Best for

Dry skin

Type

HaircareOil

Key actives

Vitamin EPeptides

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Dr. Jenny Liu

321k subs

✓Yay

"I think you can't go wrong with $4 and a good conditioner conditioning mask that after make your hair feel pretty soft and shiny and less frizzy"

Dr Dray

2.68M subs

✓Yay

"I recently tried this and really liked it. If you have a Trader Joe's in your area, I highly suggest the Trader Joe's hair mask, it's really good and very affordable."

All 2 takes from Dr Dray

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"I have been using the Trader Joe's Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Mask. This is decent not bad and it's got coconut oil which is really good for the hair. It also has shea. This does have fragrance in it but it does a job. I did find that my hair was silky and manageable using this. It took me a while to make my way through the 5.01 ounces, so this is a really good value."

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"I recently tried this and really liked it. If you have a Trader Joe's in your area, I highly suggest the Trader Joe's hair mask, it's really good and very affordable."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Trader Joe's Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Mask?

A hair mask formulated with shea butter and coconut oil, designed to soften, condition, and reduce frizz.

Is Trader Joe's Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Mask worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 79%.

What is Trader Joe's Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Mask's Guru Score?

Trader Joe's Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Mask holds a Guru Score of 79%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.