Three products built as one system for coarse, curly and coily hair — RAIN cleans without stripping, DRIP puts the moisture back, MIST holds it there — formulated with cosmetic chemists and tested before a single claim was printed.

Role
Founder · formulation brief, brand, product films, store
Category
Consumer product · hair care
Line
RAIN hydrating shampoo · DRIP leave-in treatment · MIST refresh spray
Status
DRIP on preorder (Chapter One) · pre-revenue
01
The problem

Textured hair has a climate problem

Dry indoor air, hard water, and products formulated for hair that isn’t yours. Most leave-ins feel good for ten minutes and then dry stiff or greasy; most shampoos use sulfates that foam like crazy and strip natural oils along with the buildup. The instructions on the bottle never matched the reality of the coils in my own family.

As someone living with albinism and vision impairment, I know what it means to be an afterthought in a product category. So the brief was: build it the way it should have been built from the start — panel first, fragrance last, evidence over embellishment.

02
What I built

One formula. Every texture.

RAIN · shampoo

Sulfate-free, built on coconut-derived sodium cocoyl isethionate. Low lather on purpose, and it still works in hard water — where most shampoos quietly fail.

DRIP · leave-in

Water first, then glycerin to pull moisture in and hold it; lightweight emollients for real absorption; lipid-barrier support to seal it. No greasy residue, no overnight cap.

MIST · refresh

More than water and fragrance: a refresh spray designed to hold hydration through the week without buildup.

Built for 3A–4C

Coils, curls, coarse, braids and locs — and beards. Textured hair care isn’t gendered.

Tested, then claimed

DRIP: vegan, non-irritant classification, dermatologist tested, stability tested at 40°C accelerated aging, pH balanced for textured hair.

A brand with a sound

Product films, a founder-made theme song and an after-dark radio playlist — the brand is built to be watched and heard, not just read.

03
The build

Formulation, compliance, and a store that could ship

Each product was developed with cosmetic chemists through extensive testing; every claim on the site maps to a verifiable mechanism or a completed formulation test. The pre-launch work most consumers never see — product-liability insurance, stability testing, labelling — was done before samples shipped.

The storefront, journal (“The Hub”), preorder flow and newsletter were built in-house, and the brand carries the 15 Percent Pledge, Disability-Owned and MSB certifications.

04
Where it stands

Chapter One is open

DRIP is on preorder with early-access windows live; RAIN and MIST follow as the line rolls out. Next: first fulfilment, retail conversations, and the ingredient deep-dives that make the science legible to customers.

Strength for every strand isn’t a slogan. It’s the brief.

Dr. Chris Jones, founder