Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Quick Reference: HAIR (cones, sulfates, alcohols)

SULFATES= ingredients that contain the words "sulfate" or "sulfonate" 
trailer park boys gif looking confused big bottle glassesSULFATES to AVOID in your shampoos:
Sodium laureth sulfate
Sodium lauryl sulfate
Sodium lauryl sulfoacetate
Ammonium laureth sulfate
Ammonium lauryl sulfate
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
Sodium cocoyl sarcosinate
Sodium myreth sulfate
Sodium Xylenesulfonate
Ammonium Xylenesulfonate
Alkylbenzene sulfonates
Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate
TEA-dodecylbenzenesulfonate
Ethyl PEG-15 cocamine sulfate
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate

Gentle cleansing alternatives to look for in "sulfate-free" shampoos:
cocamidopropyl betaine
coco betaine
cocoamphoacetate
cocoamphodipropionate
sodium cocoyl isethionate
disodium cocoamphodiacetate
disodium cocoamphodipropionate
disodium lautreth sulfosuccinate
lauroamphoacetate
behentrimonium methosulfate
babassuamidopropyl betaine
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CONES = silicones = ingredients with names that end in -one, -conol, or -xane 
little women la gif shocked blonde hair elenaCONES to AVOID (you'll need a surfactant to remove build-up):
amodimethicone
dimethicone
dimethiconol
cetearyl methicone
cetyl dimethicone
phenyl trimethicone
stearyl dimethicone
behenoxy dimethicone
bis-aminopropyl dimethicone
 
Water-soluble CONES you can happily use on your hair:
'cyclo'-cones
dimethicone copolyol
laurl methicone copolyol
hydroxyl polysiloxane (hydrolyzed wheat protein)
starts with PEG or PPG and have a # of 8 or higher
 
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ALCOHOLS = look for ingredient names containing "propyl", "prop", "eth", or "denatured"
alcohol denatured isopropanol ethanol propanol propyl isopropyl sd 40 witch hazelgwen stefani spraying hair spray blonde hair sweet life luxurious music videogood alcohol stearyl cetearyl cetyl isocetyl isostearyl lauryl behenyl lanolin

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