Trader Joe's

Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Serum.

Haircare

About this product

A lightweight hair serum with shea butter, coconut oil, argan oil, and vitamin E designed to add shine, condition, and provide heat protection.

Full ingredients

Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Cocos Nucifera Coconut) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glycerin, Rubus Fruticosus (Blackberry) Fruit Extract, Euterpe Oleracea (Acai) Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Fruit Extract, Morus Nigra Leaf Extract, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamine), Fragrance

Guru Score

67%

Mixed

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

2Gurus

1Approved

0Mixed

1Skip

What they liked

Lightweight texture doesn't weigh hair down
Adds shine and softness
Affordable price point

What they flagged

Results fade by the next day on straight hair
Can look greasy on some hair types
May increase static

What the gurus are saying

Effectiveness depends on hair type. Some find it delivers shine and heat protection in a lightweight texture, making it easy to add between washes; others report it looks greasy on dry hair and produces minimal visible benefit, possibly making hair slightly static prone. At $5, the low price point makes it worth testing on a small section first to see how your specific hair responds.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take December 2024

Type

HaircareOil

Key actives

Vitamin E

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Dr. Jenny Liu

321k subs

~Approved

"For $5 you can't go wrong, especially with this texture and the ingredients. I think it's a great steal. It adds shine and helps with conditioning and moisturization, and it also offers heat protection. If [...] I'm needing a little bit of additional protection before I curl or straighten my hair, this type of hair serum can really offer [...] that. Not only are you getting additional nourishment to your hair, but you're also getting that heat protection. Ingredient-wise, it contains shea butter and coconut oil, argan oil, and vitamin E along with plant-derived extracts that are rich in vitamins and antioxidants to support your hair throughout the day and protect it against environmental stresses. It's pretty lightweight, at least for my hair, so I can easily just throw it into my hair care routine in between hair washing to keep my hair feeling soft and shiny."

Dr Dray

2.68M subs

~Skip

"I decided to buy the Trader Joe's Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Serum and give it a go. This is not as good as the Function of Beauty one. I can't tell that it does anything. I think it's more helpful if you've got frizzy hair, maybe it helps with that, maybe if you have curly hair it might help tame the curl pattern, but for me it just doesn't do anything. If I put it on wet hair it makes my hair smell like coconut, which I like, but the following morning when my hair is completely dry it's like I don't even have anything on there. As a matter of fact I almost kind of think it made my hair ever so slightly a bit more static prone. I've tried it on dry hair too, and it doesn't really, at least for my hair type it kind of just looks greasy."

What the evidence says.

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

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 Serum?

A lightweight hair serum with shea butter, coconut oil, argan oil, and vitamin E designed to add shine, condition, and provide heat protection.

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

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 67%.

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

Trader Joe's Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Serum holds a Guru Score of 67%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.