I don't have a favourite shampoo, but I pulled out the one currently in use, and here's the list of ingredients. I warn you now, there may be some spelling mistakes. I double checked, but most of those words aren't in my everyday vocabulary and spell check was no help at all!
- water: nothing scary about this ingredient.
- sodium lauryl sulfate: used to create lather, also in engine degreasers (higher concentration). May worsen some skin conditions, cause canker sores.
- ammonium laureth sulfate: listed as very harsh in terms of shampoo use
- sodium xylenesulfonate: a little disturbed when my search for this one took me too a pesticide database! Not a lot of information, but it's only slightly toxic.
- acrylates copolymer: this search brought up a water treatment chemicals page. Harmful to skin and eyes contact.
- sodium chloride: this is salt.
- laureth-4: also called dodecyl alcohol, ethoxylated. Very harmful to marine life, but only a mild skin irritant for us.
- dimethicone: makes hair shiny and slippery. Seems to have only moderate concerns for toxicity.
- citric acid: Also found in pop.
- butyrospermum parkii (shea butter) extract
- hydrolyzed algae extract
- cocamide mea
- fragrance: Although not guaranteed, fragrance often means phthalates, possible endocrine disruptor
- glycol disterate
- sodium benzoate
- polyquaternium-10
- disodium edta
- polyquaternium-6
- methylchloroisothiazolinone
- methylisothiazolinone
- red 33
- blue 1
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