Kundal 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment

Kundal

10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment

scalp hair scalp treatment

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The KUNDAL 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment is a nourishing hair and scalp treatment designed to help strengthen weak strands, improve hair elasticity, and support healthier-looking hair from root to tip. Formulated with a high-potency 10x Caffeine Complex, it helps energize the scalp, reduce the look of thinning, and promote a fuller, stronger appearance over time. This rich yet lightweight treatment softens and detangles while deeply conditioning dry or damaged hair without leaving a heavy residue.

Key Insights

Haircare

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Conditioning agents Contains emollients Contains humectants Contains oils Contains proteins Contains silicones Lightweight Moisturizing Sulfate-free

Active Ingredients

4
AHA Carrier peptides Neuropeptides Signal peptides

Risks

3
Allergen
Silicone
Synthetic polymer

Full Ingredients

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WATER CETEARYL ALCOHOL Fatty Alcohol PROPYLENE GLYCOL Humectant DIMETHICONE Silicone STEARTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE Conditioning GLYCERIN Humectant CAFFEINE Scalp Active C13-15 ALKANE GLYCERYL STEARATE SE AMODIMETHICONE Silicone MENTHOL Scalp Active PEG-45M POLYQUATERNIUM-37 Conditioning HYDROXYACETOPHENONE DIMETHICONOL Silicone PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE Humectant SODIUM BENZOATE HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH PHOSPHATE CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE Conditioning TRIDECETH-12 GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE Conditioning PPG-1 TRIDECETH-6 CITRIC ACID ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN Humectant DISODIUM EDTA Chelator BUTYLENE GLYCOL Humectant ACRYLATES/STEARYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER Film Former 1,2-HEXANEDIOL MELIA AZADIRACHTA FLOWER EXTRACT OCIMUM SANCTUM LEAF EXTRACT MELIA AZADIRACHTA LEAF EXTRACT THEOBROMA CACAO SEED EXTRACT Butter CURCUMA LONGA ROOT EXTRACT CORALLINA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT SODIUM CHLORIDE GLYCINE MAX SEED EXTRACT OLEA EUROPAEA FRUIT OIL Oil COFFEA ARABICA SEED OIL Oil HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN Protein ACETOBACTER/ASPERGILLUS/LACTOBACILLUS/LEUCONOSTOC/PEDIOCOCCUS/SACCHAROMYCES/ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES/CITRUS UNSHIU FRUIT/CITRUS JAPONICA FRUIT/CITRUS JUNOS FRUIT/ APPLE FRUIT/BANANA FRUIT/PAPAYA FRUIT/ PYRUS SEROTINA FRUIT/ DIOSPYROS KAKI FRUIT/WATERMELON FRUIT/PEACH FRUIT/ PRUNUS MUME FRUIT/FIG FRUIT/CHAENOMELES SINENSIS FRUIT/ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA FRUIT/APRICOT FRUIT/ ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA FRUIT/CUCURBITA MAXIMA FRUIT/CASTANEA CRENATA FRUIT/VITIS COIGNETIAE FRUIT/RASPBERRY FRUIT/MOMORDICA GROSVENORII FRUIT/LYCIUM CHINENSE FRUIT/GLYCINE MAX SEED/PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS SEED/CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS SEED/RICE SEED/HORDEUM VULGARE SEED/COIX LACRYMA-JOBI MA-YUEN SEED/ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI SEED/SETARIA ITALICA SEED/MILLET SEED/HEMEROCALLIS FULVA FLOWER/CABBAGE LEAF/STEM/MORUS BOMBYCIS LEAF/PERILLA FRUTESCENS LEAF/IPOMOEA BATATAS ROOT/COLOCASIA ANTIQUORUM TUBER/DIOSCOREA BATATAS RHIZOME/IRIDEA LAMINARIOIDES/LAMINARIA JAPONICA/NEMACYSTUS DECIPIENS/UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA/RADISH ROOT/TURNIP ROOT/CARROT ROOT/ARCTIUM LAPPA ROOT/NELUMBO NUCIFERA RHIZOME/ONION BULB/LILIUM AURATUM BULB/LICORICE ROOT/SAGITTARIA TRIFOLIA ROOT/SESAME SEED/GINKGO BILOBA SEED/JUGLANS SUBCORDIFORMIS FRUIT/PANAX GINSENG SEED/ACTINIDIA POLYGAMA FRUIT/HYDNUM ERINACEUM FRUITING BODY/GRIFOLA FRONDOSA FRUITING BODY/PRUNUS SALICINA FRUIT/AKEBIA QUINATA FRUIT/CRATAEGUS CUNEATA FRUIT/CORNUS OFFICINALIS FRUIT/NEPHELIUM LONGANA FRUIT/HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA/ARTEMISIA PRINCEPS/SASA VEITCHII LEAF/GLECHOMA HEDERACEA/CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER/EQUISETUM ARVENSE/CASSIA OBTUSIFOLIA SEED/TARAXACUM OFFICINALE/ISODON JAPONICUS/SAFFLOWER FLOWER/PLANTAGO ASIATICA/SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS ROOT/GARLIC BULB/GINGER RHIZOME/BEET RHIZOME/POLYGONUM ODORATUM RHIZOME/TURMERIC RHIZOME/ACANTHOPANAX SIEBOLDIANUS ROOT/PINUS KORAIENSIS SEED/LENTINUS EDODES FRUITING BODY/AURICULARIA AURICULA/VITIS LABRUSCA FRUIT/HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS TUBER FERMENT EXTRACT SALIX ALBA BARK EXTRACT ORIGANUM VULGARE LEAF EXTRACT CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA LEAF EXTRACT SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS ROOT EXTRACT PORTULACA OLERACEA EXTRACT LACTOBACILLUS/SOYBEAN FERMENT EXTRACT CINNAMOMUM CASSIA BARK EXTRACT CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT PINUS PALUSTRIS LEAF EXTRACT ULMUS DAVIDIANA ROOT EXTRACT PUERARIA LOBATA ROOT EXTRACT OENOTHERA BIENNIS FLOWER EXTRACT CAPRYLYL GLYCOL POLYGLYCERYL-10 LAURATE PAULLINIA CUPANA SEED EXTRACT ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS LEAF EXTRACT EQUISETUM ARVENSE EXTRACT COLA ACUMINATA SEED EXTRACT COFFEA CANEPHORA SEED EXTRACT COFFEA ARABICA SEED EXTRACT COFFEA ARABICA LEAF/SEED EXTRACT SOPHORA FLAVESCENS ROOT EXTRACT RUBUS COREANUS FRUIT EXTRACT POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM ROOT EXTRACT MORUS ALBA ROOT EXTRACT LYCIUM CHINENSE FRUIT EXTRACT LITHOSPERMUM OFFICINALE ROOT EXTRACT CAPSICUM ANNUUM EXTRACT ANGELICA GIGAS ROOT EXTRACT ANGELICA DAHURICA ROOT EXTRACT PALMITOYL TRIPEPTIDE-1 PALMITOYL PENTAPEPTIDE-4 HEXAPEPTIDE-9 ACETYL HEXAPEPTIDE-8 TRIPEPTIDE-1 COPPER TRIPEPTIDE-1 PARFUM HEXYL CINNAMAL LINALOOL

What this product is

Written from the ingredient list. Where it describes how a formula behaves, that is inferred from what the ingredients are and where they sit in the list, not measured.

Overview

10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment is a scalp treatment from Kundal, aimed at fine hair, straight hair and wavy hair. On the evidence of its ingredient list, the formula works on moisture, frizz control and shine. The ingredients doing most of that work are Cetearyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol and Dimethicone. The list runs to 79 ingredients, 21 of which carry a role we recognise for hair.

How it feels on hair

The formula reads as lightweight: humectants lead and there is little in the way of heavy oil or silicone, so it should not weigh fine hair down. It contains Dimethicone, Amodimethicone and Dimethiconol. Silicones smooth the cuticle and cut frizz on contact; they are also what a clarifying wash is for, because they do not rinse out with a mild shampoo. The formula leans to moisture rather than protein.

Protein

There is a small amount of protein in the list: Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein.

On the scalp

For the scalp itself the formula carries Caffeine and Menthol.

Build-up and porosity

Several ingredients here stay on the hair between washes — Dimethicone, Amodimethicone and Polyquaternium-37 — so on low-porosity or fine hair this is a formula that will want a clarifying wash from time to time.

Where it goes

It is a treatment step: after shampooing, left on, then rinsed out.

What it is not for

Nothing in this formula is aimed at protein & strength, oil control, volume / lightweight and color protection — not a fault, just the shape of what is in the bottle, and the reason one product rarely covers a whole routine. No ingredient here is one we recognise as supporting hair growth. Reducing breakage and growing hair are different things, and this formula's evidence is for the first.

In short

Working for it

  • No sulfate detergents
  • Light enough for fine hair
  • Suitable for colour-treated hair

Worth knowing

  • Contains silicones that need clarifying
  • Prone to building up between washes
  • Contains fragrance

What it is

Scalp treatment Scalp care

Who it suits

Read from the formula's weight, its build-up and its protein — not from a claim on the packaging.

Suits

Fine hair Straight hair Wavy hair

Take care with

Coarse hair

What it works on

Moisture Frizz control Shine Scalp soothing Curl definition

Not what this one is for

Protein & strength Oil control Volume / lightweight Color protection Damage repair Build-up avoidance

Nothing in this formula is one we recognise as supporting hair growth. Reducing breakage and growing hair are different claims.

Cleansing agents

Sulfate-free.

Silicones

Contains silicones that do not rinse out with a mild shampoo — smoothing, but they need clarifying eventually.

DIMETHICONE AMODIMETHICONE DIMETHICONOL

Protein

A small amount of protein.

HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN

Build-up and weight

Estimated from which ingredients are present and how high they sit in the list, not measured.

Reads as a lightweight formula.

High build-up potential.

DIMETHICONE AMODIMETHICONE POLYQUATERNIUM-37 DIMETHICONOL ACRYLATES/STEARYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER THEOBROMA CACAO SEED EXTRACT

Porosity

Inferred from the formula's weight, humectants and protein.

Low porosity Suits

Cuticles are tight; moisture penetrates poorly.

Medium porosity Suits

Cuticles are moderately open; moisture is absorbed well.

High porosity Suits

Cuticles are open; moisture absorbs fast but is also lost rapidly.

Curly-Girl method

Does not fit the method.

Non-water-soluble silicone

On the scalp

Dry scalp Sensitive scalp

Where it goes on wash day

  1. Shampoo
  2. Conditioner
  3. Treatment
  4. Leave-in
  5. Oil

Composition claims

"Free from" is only claimed when every ingredient on the label resolved to one we know.

No drying alcohol Paraben-free Microplastic-free Sulfate-free Dye-free
Fragrance Silicones

Safety

No ingredient in this formula is flagged in our pregnancy database. That is not medical advice — ask your doctor about anything you are unsure of.

Declared fragrance allergens: PARFUM, HEXYL CINNAMAL, LINALOOL.

What the formula is made of

One ingredient usually does several jobs, so these counts add up to more than the list length.

21 of 79 ingredients carry a role we recognise for hair.

Humectant · 5 Conditioning · 4 Silicone · 3 Film Former · 2 Oil · 2 Scalp Active · 2 Butter · 1 Chelator · 1 Fatty Alcohol · 1 Protein · 1

Questions

What ingredients are in 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment?

WATER, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, DIMETHICONE, STEARTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, GLYCERIN, CAFFEINE, C13-15 ALKANE, GLYCERYL STEARATE SE, AMODIMETHICONE, MENTHOL, PEG-45M, POLYQUATERNIUM-37, HYDROXYACETOPHENONE, DIMETHICONOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH PHOSPHATE, CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, TRIDECETH-12, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, PPG-1 TRIDECETH-6, CITRIC ACID, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, DISODIUM EDTA, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, ACRYLATES/STEARYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, MELIA AZADIRACHTA FLOWER EXTRACT, OCIMUM SANCTUM LEAF EXTRACT, MELIA AZADIRACHTA LEAF EXTRACT, THEOBROMA CACAO SEED EXTRACT, CURCUMA LONGA ROOT EXTRACT, CORALLINA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT, SODIUM CHLORIDE, GLYCINE MAX SEED EXTRACT, OLEA EUROPAEA FRUIT OIL, COFFEA ARABICA SEED OIL, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN, ACETOBACTER/ASPERGILLUS/LACTOBACILLUS/LEUCONOSTOC/PEDIOCOCCUS/SACCHAROMYCES/ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES/CITRUS UNSHIU FRUIT/CITRUS JAPONICA FRUIT/CITRUS JUNOS FRUIT/ APPLE FRUIT/BANANA FRUIT/PAPAYA FRUIT/ PYRUS SEROTINA FRUIT/ DIOSPYROS KAKI FRUIT/WATERMELON FRUIT/PEACH FRUIT/ PRUNUS MUME FRUIT/FIG FRUIT/CHAENOMELES SINENSIS FRUIT/ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA FRUIT/APRICOT FRUIT/ ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA FRUIT/CUCURBITA MAXIMA FRUIT/CASTANEA CRENATA FRUIT/VITIS COIGNETIAE FRUIT/RASPBERRY FRUIT/MOMORDICA GROSVENORII FRUIT/LYCIUM CHINENSE FRUIT/GLYCINE MAX SEED/PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS SEED/CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS SEED/RICE SEED/HORDEUM VULGARE SEED/COIX LACRYMA-JOBI MA-YUEN SEED/ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI SEED/SETARIA ITALICA SEED/MILLET SEED/HEMEROCALLIS FULVA FLOWER/CABBAGE LEAF/STEM/MORUS BOMBYCIS LEAF/PERILLA FRUTESCENS LEAF/IPOMOEA BATATAS ROOT/COLOCASIA ANTIQUORUM TUBER/DIOSCOREA BATATAS RHIZOME/IRIDEA LAMINARIOIDES/LAMINARIA JAPONICA/NEMACYSTUS DECIPIENS/UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA/RADISH ROOT/TURNIP ROOT/CARROT ROOT/ARCTIUM LAPPA ROOT/NELUMBO NUCIFERA RHIZOME/ONION BULB/LILIUM AURATUM BULB/LICORICE ROOT/SAGITTARIA TRIFOLIA ROOT/SESAME SEED/GINKGO BILOBA SEED/JUGLANS SUBCORDIFORMIS FRUIT/PANAX GINSENG SEED/ACTINIDIA POLYGAMA FRUIT/HYDNUM ERINACEUM FRUITING BODY/GRIFOLA FRONDOSA FRUITING BODY/PRUNUS SALICINA FRUIT/AKEBIA QUINATA FRUIT/CRATAEGUS CUNEATA FRUIT/CORNUS OFFICINALIS FRUIT/NEPHELIUM LONGANA FRUIT/HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA/ARTEMISIA PRINCEPS/SASA VEITCHII LEAF/GLECHOMA HEDERACEA/CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER/EQUISETUM ARVENSE/CASSIA OBTUSIFOLIA SEED/TARAXACUM OFFICINALE/ISODON JAPONICUS/SAFFLOWER FLOWER/PLANTAGO ASIATICA/SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS ROOT/GARLIC BULB/GINGER RHIZOME/BEET RHIZOME/POLYGONUM ODORATUM RHIZOME/TURMERIC RHIZOME/ACANTHOPANAX SIEBOLDIANUS ROOT/PINUS KORAIENSIS SEED/LENTINUS EDODES FRUITING BODY/AURICULARIA AURICULA/VITIS LABRUSCA FRUIT/HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS TUBER FERMENT EXTRACT, SALIX ALBA BARK EXTRACT, ORIGANUM VULGARE LEAF EXTRACT, CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA LEAF EXTRACT, SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS ROOT EXTRACT, PORTULACA OLERACEA EXTRACT, LACTOBACILLUS/SOYBEAN FERMENT EXTRACT, CINNAMOMUM CASSIA BARK EXTRACT, CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT, PINUS PALUSTRIS LEAF EXTRACT, ULMUS DAVIDIANA ROOT EXTRACT, PUERARIA LOBATA ROOT EXTRACT, OENOTHERA BIENNIS FLOWER EXTRACT, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, POLYGLYCERYL-10 LAURATE, PAULLINIA CUPANA SEED EXTRACT, ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS LEAF EXTRACT, EQUISETUM ARVENSE EXTRACT, COLA ACUMINATA SEED EXTRACT, COFFEA CANEPHORA SEED EXTRACT, COFFEA ARABICA SEED EXTRACT, COFFEA ARABICA LEAF/SEED EXTRACT, SOPHORA FLAVESCENS ROOT EXTRACT, RUBUS COREANUS FRUIT EXTRACT, POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM ROOT EXTRACT, MORUS ALBA ROOT EXTRACT, LYCIUM CHINENSE FRUIT EXTRACT, LITHOSPERMUM OFFICINALE ROOT EXTRACT, CAPSICUM ANNUUM EXTRACT, ANGELICA GIGAS ROOT EXTRACT, ANGELICA DAHURICA ROOT EXTRACT, PALMITOYL TRIPEPTIDE-1, PALMITOYL PENTAPEPTIDE-4, HEXAPEPTIDE-9, ACETYL HEXAPEPTIDE-8, TRIPEPTIDE-1, COPPER TRIPEPTIDE-1, PARFUM, HEXYL CINNAMAL, LINALOOL.

Is 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment sulfate free?

Yes. There is no sulfate detergent anywhere in the ingredient list.

Is 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment silicone free?

No. It contains Dimethicone, Amodimethicone, Dimethiconol, which do not rinse out with a mild shampoo and will want clarifying eventually.

Is 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment Curly-Girl friendly?

No — the formula contains a non-water-soluble silicone, which the method excludes.

What hair type is 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment for?

By the weight and build-up of the formula it reads as suited to fine hair, straight hair, wavy hair. It may be less comfortable on coarse hair.

Does 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment contain protein?

Yes — Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein. That is a small amount for this kind of product.

Does 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment cause build-up?

Likely — Dimethicone, Amodimethicone, Polyquaternium-37 stay on the hair between washes. This is an estimate from the ingredient list, not a measurement.

Is 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment good for a sensitive scalp?

It carries scalp-soothing ingredients and no harsh detergent.

Is 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment safe for colour-treated hair?

Nothing in the formula is the kind of ingredient that strips colour, and it carries conditioning ingredients that help it hold.

Where does 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment go in a haircare routine?

After shampooing: leave it on, then rinse it out.

Is 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment fragrance free?

No. The list carries PARFUM, HEXYL CINNAMAL, LINALOOL.

Who makes 10x Caffeine Strengthening Treatment?

Kundal, a brand based in Korea.

Brand
Kundal
Country
Korea
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