It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. This collection works for all hair types and will leave your hair feeling moisturized, full and looking shiny.

Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. You probably drink it regularly as a nice, calming cup of tea and it's also a regular on skincare ingredient lists. INGREDIENTS : WATER (AQUA/EAU), SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), PHENOXYETHANOL, SODIUM SULFATE, GLYCERIN, DISODIUM EDTA, PEG-4 LAURATE, PEG-4 DILAURATE, CITRIC ACID, TETRASODIUM EDTA, CETEARAMIDOETHYLDIETHONIUM SUCCINOYL HYDROLYZED PEA PROTEIN, IODOPROPYNYL BUTYLCARBAMATE, PEG-4, HYPNEA MUSCIFORMIS EXTRACT, SARGASSUM FILIPENDULA EXTRACT, SORBITOL, GELIDIELLA ACEROSA EXTRACT, METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA (MATRICARIA) FLOWER EXTRACT, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED OIL, MANGIFERA INDICA (MANGO) SEED BUTTER, PERSEA GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) OIL, RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL, METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE, COCO-GLUCOSIDE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, ALGIN, CARRAGEENAN, CHITOSAN, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, SORBITAN OLEATE, XANTHAN GUM, LIMONENE, RED 33 (CI 17200). Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10).

Versatile, easy-to-use, and incredibly high-performing, each Kristin Ess Hair product is formulated with Zip-Up Technology™, a strengthening complex designed to ‘zip up’ split ends and smooth the appearance of damaged cuticles while helping to protect hair from environmental stressors and color fade. The reason for this is that salt acts as a fantastic thickener in cleansing formulas created with ionic cleansing agents (aka surfactants) such as Sodium Laureth Sulfate. So citric acid is an exfoliant, that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it more smooth and fresh.

Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. A mainly oil-loving, vegetable raw material based ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier. You would be reasonable to think that putting shoe polish on your face wouldn’t be the best idea, but it turns out castor oil has some unique properties that make it a stalwart in thick and gloss-giving formulas (think lipsticks and highlighters).

Kristin Ess Hair began with a simple idea: create an affordable collection of luxury haircare and styling products that would give everyone the chance to create modern, perfectly-imperfect hair. Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate has an extremely low rate of skin-irritation when applied directly for 24 hours (around 0. Plus, our Kristin Ess at ASOS edit has all your styling essentials – think blow dryers, curling tongs and flat irons too. Overall, Sydney's review highlights the KES Deep Clean Clarifying Shampoo's ability to deeply cleanse and refresh the hair, making it an excellent choice for those in need of a thorough cleanse. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform.A helper ingredient that helps to neutralize the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes. The soft solid, off-white to ivory butter or oil coming from the kernel (the seed inside of the seed) of the Mango. It's a great moisturizing and nourishing emollient oil that's loaded with skin goodies like essential amino acids, antioxidant phenolic compounds, and fatty acids. And last but not least, when salt is right at the first spot of the ingredient list (and is not dissolved), the product is usually a body scrub where salt is the physical exfoliating agent. Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time.

It can also function as a wetting and dispersing agent helping insoluble particles such as color pigments or inorganic sunscreens (zinc/titanium dioxide) to disperse nice and even in liquids.

Also, the formula can greatly influence the irritating potential of SLS, and mixing it with other cleaning agents makes it milder. g. dissolves in alcohol but not in mineral oil), and it allows all kinds of chemical modifications other oils do not, hence the lots of Castor oil-derived ingredients. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. A: Zip-Up Technology™ is our proprietary strengthening complex designed to “zip-up” split ends while targeting weak areas of the hair, smoothing the appearance of damaged cuticles and helping to protect hair from environmental stressors and color fade. This clarifying shampoo removes mineral deposits, product buildup, excess oils , and even silicones that can build up over time.