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Cleaner pick · Safest cleansing we have rated
Africology Skincare & Spa
Bio Therapy Shampoo+42 on ingredient safety
250ml · 47.50 ZAR · 19 ZAR/100 ml
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Ingredient safety
A 46-point gap between the two loudest voices.
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Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · California Proposition 65
Environmental
Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust30 of 31 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 30 of 31 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (8)
Strong contact sensitizerflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
ANSES endocrine candidateflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Undisclosed fragrance blendflagged by 2 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)flagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Health Canada Hotlist — restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (22)
- Water
- Cetyl Alcohol
- Hydroxypro-pyl Starch Phosphate
- Isopropyl Palmitatecomedogenic in testing
- Glycerinhumectant
- Glycoproteins
- Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil
- Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil
- Hydrolyzed Amaranth Protein
- Linum Usitatissi-mum Seed Oilfragrance material
- Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
- Aminomethyl Propanol
- Ceramide NPbarrier lipid
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol
- Isopropyl Alcoholcommonly drying
- Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
- Laureth-4
- Polysorbate 20
- Sodium Benzoate
- Tocopheryl Acetate
- Tourmaline
No data in our sources (1)
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What these ingredient tags mean (7)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
commonly dryingIsopropyl Alcohol
- Isopropyl Alcohol: A fast-evaporating solvent with a drying finish, common in toners and hand products. International Chemical Safety Card ICSC 0554, Isopropyl alcohol, prepared by an international group of experts for the ILO and WHO: "Repeated or prolonged contact with skin may cause dryness and cracking." It describes a stronger exposure than a cosmetic formula.
comedogenic in testingIsopropyl Palmitate
- Isopropyl Palmitate: A light emollient named among the pore-clogging materials in the rabbit-ear assay. Fulton JE Jr, Pay SR, Fulton JE 3rd, "Comedogenicity of current therapeutic products, cosmetics, and ingredients in the rabbit ear", J Am Acad Dermatol 1984;10(1):96-105, PMID 6229554. The openly readable abstract names this ingredient among its "ingredient offenders", in prose and without a numeric rating: "Ingredient offenders include isopropyl myristate and its analogs, such as isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl isostearate, butyl stearate, isostearyl neopentanoate, myristyl myristate..." The rabbit-ear assay rates raw ingredients and does not predict how a finished formula behaves on human skin.
common irritantCocamidopropyl Betaine
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine: A mild cleansing agent, but a recurring patch-test finding, usually traced to leftovers from how it is made. American Contact Dermatitis Society, Allergen of the Year 2004 (Fowler JF Jr, Dermatitis 2004;15(1):3-4).
undeclared fragrance blendFragrance
- Fragrance: A blend the label does not itemize, so what is in it cannot be read from the ingredient list. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 permits the collective term "parfum"; the SCCS Opinion on Fragrance Allergens (SCCS/1459/11) reviews the contact-allergy evidence for the substances it can contain.
rich occlusiveTheobroma Cacao (Cocoa Seed Butter
- Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa Seed Butter: A rich butter the FDA recognises by name as a skin protectant. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(d): "Cocoa butter, 50 to 100 percent."
humectantGlycerin
- Glycerin: A humectant, and one of the two ingredients a comparison of moisturiser components found made a significant difference to skin hydration. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(h), lists glycerin as a skin protectant at 20 to 45%. On the humectant half: Jeong CB, Han JY, Cho JC, Suh KD, Nam GW, "Analysis of electrical property changes of skin by oil-in-water emulsion components", Int J Cosmet Sci 2013;35(4):402-410, DOI 10.1111/ics.12059, PMID 23621673, found that "glycerine and urea showed significant skin hydration effects compared with other humectants".
barrier lipidCeramide NP
- Ceramide NP: One of the lipid families the skin barrier is actually built from. Feingold KR and Elias PM, "The role of ceramides in the disruption of the cutaneous permeability barrier, a common manifestation of skin disorders", J Lipid Res 2024;65(8):100593, DOI 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100593, open access: the barrier lipid matrix "by weight is approximately 50% ceramides, 25% cholesterol, and 15% free fatty acids".