Cleaner pick · Safest cleansing we have rated
Africology Skincare & Spa
Bio Therapy Shampoo+45 on ingredient safety, gives up 14 on packaging
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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Ingredient safety
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Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · California Proposition 65 · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Environmental
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Labor
Run by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Garnier as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →
Packaging
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Coverage & match quality
9 ratings · 4 of 4 axes
- Some ratings rest on an automatic match that has not been human-reviewed.
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What we know about the packaging
Unidentified0 of 1 identified
Nobody recorded what this pack is actually made of beyond “plastic”, so the packaging score is a stand-in for the middle of that range — not a reading of this container.
- Recorded only as “plastic” — no resin code. It could be PET (#1) (widely recyclable) or PVC (#3) (hard to recycle); nothing on record says which, so it counts as 46 out of 100, the middle of that range.
This says how precisely the packaging is described, not how good it is — a fully identified material can still be a bad one.
Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Good24 of 30 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 24 of 30 listed ingredients; 6 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (8)
Undisclosed fragrance blendflagged by 2 of 9 lists →
Undisclosed fragrance blendflagged by 2 of 9 lists →
EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2)flagged by 4 of 9 lists →
EU harmonised skin sensitizerflagged by 2 of 9 lists →
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)flagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
Health Canada Hotlist — restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (16)
- SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE
- COCO-BETAINEcommon irritant
- GLYCOL DISTEARATE
- GLYCERINhumectant
- PRUNUS AMYGDALUS DULCIS SEED EXTRACT
- PPG-5-CETETH-20
- PEG-55 PROPYLENE GLYCOL OLEATE
- FUMARIC ACID
- SODIUM CHLORIDE
- PROPYLENE GLYCOLcommon irritant
- GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE
- XANTHAN GUM
- OCTYLDODECANOL
- POTASSIUM SORBATE
- SODIUM BENZOATE
- DEHYDROACETIC ACID
No data in our sources (6)
- From a responsible source يحتوي على مكونات من مصدر مسؤول يحتوى على خلاصات عضوية لوضع في سلة التدوير To put in a recycling bin** Respects delicate hair يحترم الشعر الحساس 100% recyclable bottles 90 ١٠٠٪ قابلة لإعادة التدوير 1161788 B-INGREDIENTS
- SWEET ALMOND SEED EXTRACT
- AGAVE TEQUILANA 68T601 P
- 2023 LEAF EXTRACT
- Hotline GARNIER 14
- rue Royale
Not a verdict — our authorities simply have no reference for these.
What these ingredient tags mean (5)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
common irritantCOCO-BETAINE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL
- COCO-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).
- PROPYLENE GLYCOL: A solvent that shows up in patch-test clinics, more often as irritation than as allergy. American Contact Dermatitis Society, Allergen of the Year 2018 (Jacob SE, Scheman A, McGowan MA, Dermatitis 2018;29(1):3-5).
fragrance materialLINALOOL
- LINALOOL: A floral fragrance component named separately on the label. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, Annex III entry 84: a fragrance substance whose presence must be indicated in the list of ingredients above 0,001% in leave-on and 0,01% in rinse-off products, because of established contact-allergy risk.
undeclared fragrance blendPARFUM
- PARFUM: 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.
exfoliating acidSALICYLIC ACID
- SALICYLIC ACID: A beta hydroxy acid that clears the inside of pores; the EU restricts its level and keeps it off children under three. SCCS Opinion on Salicylic Acid, Submission I (SCCS/1601/18, corrigendum of 20 to 21 June 2019); EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex III entry 98, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/850, which for purposes other than preservation caps it at 3,0% in rinse-off hair products, 2,0% in other products, and 0,5% in body lotion, eye shadow, mascara, eyeliner, lipstick and roll-on deodorant, and states "Not to be used in preparations for children under 3 years of age." Its separate PRESERVATIVE use sits at Annex V entry 3, capped at 0,5% (acid), where the salts carry the carve-out "except for shampoos".
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".