What it is: An intense, nourishing, transformative leave-in treatment designed to repair and smooth weak, ultra-damaged, over-processed hair with a silky finish.
Hair Type: Fine, Medium, and Thick
Hair Texture: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily
Hair Concerns:
- Heat Protection
- Straightening/Smoothing
- Damage/Split Ends/Breakage
Key Benefits:
- Restores weak, over-processed hair
- Protects against heat damage
- Adds body and shine
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hemisqualane: Superior to silicone, it quickly and continuously improves hair health and strength.
- Niacinamide: Supports keratin repair and increases body and sheen.
- Charged Lemon Protein: Protects hair from heat styling and environmental stress.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: The silky, lightweight texture of this formula penetrates without greasiness or heaviness while providing heat protection. It features patented, sugarcane derived Hemisqualane—JVN‘s hero ingredient that improves hair over time by creating healthier, stronger strands—niacinamide to support keratin repair and increase body and sheen, and charged lemon protein to restore strength. It‘s also silicone-free, sulfate-free. The packaging is 99 percent free of plastic and recyclable.
Clinical Results: In a controlled study using bleached hair swatches:
- It fortified hair, reducing split ends by 40%
- It protected hair from heat styling up to 450°F
Clean + Planet Positive at Sephora
When you see our Clean + Planet Positive seal, this brand`s products are formulated without certain ingredients that are potentially harmful to human health and environment. They also address ingredients clients are concerned about, including phthalates, formaldehyde or formaldehyde releasers, oxybenzone and octinoxate, hydroquinone, triclosan, coal tar, methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone, insoluble plastic microbeads, and more: For the full list, check out the Ingredients tab.
On top of meeting the Clean at Sephora formulated without list, these brands are on a mission to do right by your routine and the planet by making climate commitments and focusing on sustainable sourcing, responsible packaging, and environmental giving.
-Hemisqualane: Superior to silicone, it quickly and continuously improves hair health and strength.
-Niacinamide: Supports keratin repair and increases body and sheen.
-Charged Lemon Protein: Protects hair from heat styling and environmental stress.
Water/Aqua/Eau, Hydrogenated Farnesene*, Glycerin, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Squalane, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Lemon Protein, Niacinamide, Lecithin, Tocopherol, Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Peel Oil, Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Oil, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Gluconate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Benzyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Fragrance/Parfum, Limonene, Linalool.
*Sugarcane-Derived Hemi-squalane.
Clean at Sephora products are formulated without the following banned or restricted ingredients (please see Clean at Sephora landing page for full list of specific restrictions and allowances by category—this is not an exhaustive list):
Acrylates, Aluminum Salts, Animal Musks/Fats/Oils, Benzophenones and related compounds, Butoxyethanol, Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) under 0.1%, Carbon Black or Black 2, Coal Tar, Ethanolamines, Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Releasing Agents, Hydroquinone, Lead and Lead Acetate, Mercury + Mercury Compounds (Thimerisol), Methoxyethanol, Methyl Cellosolve, Methylchloroisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazolinone, Mineral Oil, Nanomaterials (restrictions for specific nanomaterials only), Oxybenzone, Parabens, Petrolatum and Paraffin (USP grade only), Phenoxyethanol under 1%, Phthalates, Plastic Microbeads, Polyacrylamide & Acrylamide, Resorcinol, Retinyl Palmitate, Styrene, Sulfates, Talc (no detection of asbestos), Toluene, Triclosan and Triclocarban, Undisclosed Synthetic Fragrance (under 1% and formulated without Acetaldehyde, Acetone, Acetonitrile, Benzalkonium chloride, BPA, EDTA, Methylene chloride, PTFE, PFOA), 1,4-Dioxane (ingredients must comply with impurity thresholds), Octinoxate, PFAS compounds, Nitromusks and Polycyclic Musks, Ethoxylated Ingredients (including PEGS or polyethylene glycol must meet contamination limits for 1,4-Dioxane and ethylene oxide), Cyclic Silicones, EDTA and derivatives (allowed if no technical substitute under 0.2%).
Suggested Usage:
- Apply to palms and rub together before gently smoothing down wet to damp mid-lengths and ends. Style as usual. Use before your other products to enhance their performance - or by itself for a smooth, protected, no-hold style.
- JVN TIP: Start with a blueberry sized amount on wet to damp hair for finer strands, adding more if needed.