K18 Biomimetic Hairscience
DAMAGE SHIELD Protective Conditioner
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About the Product
Item 2731859
Hair Texture: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily
Hair Type: Fine, Medium, and Thick
Hair Concerns:
- Damage, Split Ends, and Breakage
- Frizz
- UV Protection
Key Benefits:
- Protects hair from daily damage to help maintain hair health
- Detangles, softens, smooths frizz, and enhances shine
- Biomimetic shield protects without film-forming silicones and waxes
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Biotech-Produced Polysaccharide: Protects and shields hair from pollution and environmental aggressors.
- Fortifying Ceramide Blend: Seals damage sites, smoothing and protecting hair from future damage.
- K18PEPTIDE™: Replenishes protein lost during washing to fortify hair.
Ingredient Callouts: It is gluten-free and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This conditioner helps prevent damage and maintain hair health while weightlessly nourishing and conditioning. It is pH-optimized to minimize excess cuticle swelling during washing and help prevent frizz, preserve color, and enhance shine. This formula is also made without film-forming silicones and waxes that can build up over time and weigh hair down.
Fragrance Description: This conditioner has a clean citrus scent.
Clinical Results: Results observed in a consumer test of 35 subjects after 1 day of usage of the K18 DAMAGE SHIELD protective conditioner:
- 94% agreed hair did not feel weighed down
- Clinically shown to provide conditioning protection against damage from UV rays, mechanical styling, and environmental aggressors for up to 3 days
CLEAN at Sephora is our commitment to offering formulas that go beyond regulatory standards to avoid controversial ingredients without sacrificing on effectiveness.
This product is an Allure Best of Beauty award winner.
-Fortifying Ceramide Blend: Seals damage sites, smoothing and protecting hair from future damage.
-K18PEPTIDE™: Replenishes protein lost during washing to fortify hair.
Water (Aqua) (Eau), Isopropyl Palmitate, Stearyl Alcohol, Propanediol, Isopen1yldiol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Tocopherol, Tocopherylacerate, Sh-Oligopeptide-78,Alteromonas Ferment Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweer Almond) Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Phospholipids, Jojoba Esters, Calcium Gwconate, Hydroxypropyl Guar HydroxypropylTrimonium Chloride, Ceramide Np, Phytosteryijisostearyijceiyij Stearyl/Behenyl Dimer Dilinoleate, Polyquaternium-16, Stearalkonium Chloride, Isopropylalcohol, Bij1ylene Glycol, Gluconolactone, Phenoxyerhanol, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Fragrance (Parfum), Hydroxycitronellal.
The list of ingredients is subject to change, please consult the packaging of the product purchased.
-After shampooing with the DAMAGE SHIELD pH Protective Shampoo (sold separately), squeeze out excess water.
-Apply a small amount of conditioner from mid-lengths to ends.
-Rinse thoroughly.
-For best damage repair and prevention results: Use the detox shampoo + K18 molecular repair leave-in mask (sold separately) weekly to repair damage, and use the DAMAGE SHIELD shampoo (sold separately) and conditioner on non-mask wash days, to help prevent additional damage.
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Meet K18 | We’re the biotech breakthrough that’s rewriting the rules on hair care. After 10 years of complex bioscience research, we unlocked our patented K18Peptide that reverses hair damage in four minutes. Born in the salon, stylists, colorists, and hair expressors of all generations are liberating self-expression without having to worry about damage. Our leave-in molecular repair hair mask works with the biology of your hair to strengthen from the inside out.
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