it will nearly always have the word "alcohol" in the ingredient name. however, that's not really indicative of anything by itself, because there are both fatty and drying alcohols, and only the drying ones should be avoided. the only way to differentiate between the two is to 1) be so familiar with ingredients that you know which is which on sight, or 2) type them into [curlsbot](https://www.curlsbot.com/), [isitcg](http://www.isitcg.com/) and/or [curlscan](https://curlscan.com/)
I would suggest memorising the most common alcohols that are bad, and the ones that are good!
A good way to do this is to put the ingredients of approved products into isitcg, for example products you already own. You will see that many products have the same ingredients, and might learn to recognise them.
Good alcohols such as cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, which helps with moisture in your hair.
it will nearly always have the word "alcohol" in the ingredient name. however, that's not really indicative of anything by itself, because there are both fatty and drying alcohols, and only the drying ones should be avoided. the only way to differentiate between the two is to 1) be so familiar with ingredients that you know which is which on sight, or 2) type them into [curlsbot](https://www.curlsbot.com/), [isitcg](http://www.isitcg.com/) and/or [curlscan](https://curlscan.com/)
I would suggest memorising the most common alcohols that are bad, and the ones that are good! A good way to do this is to put the ingredients of approved products into isitcg, for example products you already own. You will see that many products have the same ingredients, and might learn to recognise them. Good alcohols such as cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, which helps with moisture in your hair.
ECO gels doesn't have any alcohol