Oily Hair
Here is why I don’t use conventional shampoo.
They are made of harsh cleaning agents, carrying agents, emulsifiers, emollients, humectants, proteins, fragrances, and preservatives.
❌ Cleaning agents contain synthetic and chemical surfactants: Cocamide, PEGs- (SLES), (SLS).
❌ Carrying agents are the base of shampoo and are the active ingredients. Don’t use a shampoo with the carrying agent propylene glycol: it causes dermatitis and it is rated 3 on ewg.org
❌ Emulsifiers create the consistency of shampoo. Toxic emulsifiers are MEA, DEA, TEA, and MIPA, and ingredients with PEG-n are considered carcinogenic.
❌ Emollients keep the hair moisturized. Toxic emollients are silicones such as dimethicone. They coats hair and they are polluting since they do not biodegrade.
❌ Humectants give a more full look to the hair. Irritating humectants are butylene glycol, propylene glycol, and ethylene glycol.
❌Fragrance is added to mask the toxic smell of conventional shampoo. These unnatural fragrances are strong and can create allergic reactions, dermatitis, respiratory distress, and potential effects on the reproductive system.
Choose only shampoos with essential oils. Check the natural fragrance brands page.
❌ Proteins: repair and strengthen the hair. Skip artificial proteins Natural proteins are rice or quinoa proteins.
❌Preservatives such as Parabens, Dioxane, and Benzyl Alcohol are toxic and they are the worse preservatives.
I also avoid potassium sorbate sodium benzoate. These are considered better preservatives but they can still create skin reactions.
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Potassium sorbate: considered a skin, eye, and respiratory irritant.
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Sodium benzoate: benzoic acid and vitamin C mix can cause cancer. Capable of causing contact urticaria
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Honeysuckle: creates benzoic acid.
At the bottom of the page, you will find brands I don't recommend.
🌿Here you will find my favorite organic shampoos for oily hair made with the most organic and safest ingredients available. The cleanest shampoos I was able to find! Enjoy!💕
NOTE: You may experience a hair detox for several weeks if you've been using conventional hair products, especially with silicone derivatives. Your hair may feel knottier and dryer than usual during this detox period.
Use one of the hair conditioners listed on this page to support the process as these artificial chemicals are removed from your hair.
To help with this process is also recommended Clarifying Hair Rinse listed below to assist with stripping your hair of chemical residue and Protect Hair Repair will help to detangle and smooth your hair.
Miessence Certified Organic Shampoo Oily
💚I use this shampoo persnally and I highly recommedn it! While many shampoos for oily hair are too aggressive, making hair produce even more sebum, I found this Lemon Myrtle Shampoo to be very gentle!
For hair under styling stress as well as for normal to oily hair types, organic lemon myrtle not only smells great but also gently removes excess oils.
A Cleansing and purifying for normal/oily hair, combined with pro-vitamin B5 to moisturize and nourish and organic herbal extracts to strengthen hair
A shampoo for oilier hair types, or for when you have been using a few too many styling agents! It revitalizes with the invigorating aroma of organic lemon myrtle.
💚As many of you may know, I use many of their other products including 𝐌𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 toothpaste. I never found a toothpaste with better ingredients than theirs. They have an amazing collection of certified organic products made with super-powerful Australian plants!
⭐️ I tried all their other products and they are all achieving the same amazing performance. Here is their 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧i𝐜 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐨, 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫 that I have recommended to many of you!
When you ask me which brands you should trust: Here it is!
INGREDIENTS: Certified organic aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice, coco glucoside, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, sambucus nigra (elderberry) fruit extract, d-panthenol (pro-vitamin b5) , Non-GMO Xanthan Gum, certified organic backhousia citriadora (lemon myrtle) essential oil, non-gmo citric acid, certified organic equisetum arvense (horsetail) extract, certified organic urtica dioica (nettle) extract, certified organic arctium lappa (burdock) extract, certified organic rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, certified organic salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract
Bubble & Bee Organic Lemon Shampoo
🍃I recommend this Bubble & Bee Shampoo since it is one of the cleanest shampoos on the market! Not only is it made with organic ingredients, but it also contains one of the safest preservatives on the market.
🍃Plus it contains no water making the products even more valuable, a gentle natural soap like our great-grandmothers used, made with simple and natural ingredients. So gentle that you don't need conditioner.
🍃The organic Lemon Shampoo contains sweet almond oil and jojoba oil which is very similar in structure to hair's own natural oils making it great for added conditioning.
🍃Sweet almond oil has long been used on hair and skin and helps to strengthen skin and clarify the scalp. The lemon essential oil has long been known to be a hair clarifier, strengthener, and dandruff remover.
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For oily hair
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Gentle formula is soap-based--not detergent based
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Clarifying lemon formula
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Vegan & no animal testing
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Gluten-free and GMO-Free
INGREDIENTS: Saponified organic oils of coconut, olive & jojoba, organic lemon essential oil, vegetable glycerin, guar gum, sweet almond oil, organic jojoba oil, organic aloe vera, rosemary extract.
Rahua Organic Scalp & Skin Toner
🌿A multitasker for scalp and skin, Rahua Scalp & Skin Toner is formulated to cleanse, balance, and refresh – leaving scalp soothed and skin revitalized.
This gentle mist rebalances the scalp and skin’s microbiome and pH levels; reduces excessive oil production and combined with massage helps boost blood circulation, encouraging healthy hair growth and cell regeneration. Look forward to this daily refreshment that cools and soothes the scalp and hydrates skin leaving a radiant glow!
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Cleanse & refresh
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Soothe and calm irritated scalp
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Balance PH level
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Reduce excess oil production
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Supports healthy hair growth
INGREDIENTS: Aqua, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract, Organic Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Juice, Organic Cucurnis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Coco Glucoside, Guayusa Leaf Extract, Chlorophyll, Natural Aroma, Vegetable Glycerin, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid
Rahua Organic Scalp Exfoliant Shampoo
🌿Rahua Scalp Exfoliating Shampoo is a gentle plant-powered scrub and natural, nourishing peel for a purifying aromatherapeutic exfoliation experience for the scalp.
🌿This 1-step shampoo scrub removes dead skin cells and build-up and improves blood circulation at the scalp while Symbiotic® Rahua, Sacha Inchi, and Morete oils nurture hair health. Plant-powered ingredients to promote a healthy microbiome and improve overall hair health. A skincare treatment for the scalp,
Best for: Particularly Beneficial for Oily or Dry Scalp/Fine Hair
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Purifies and exfoliates the scalp
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Removes dead skin cells and build-up
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Improves scalp circulation & Balances the scalp’s microbiome
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Deep cleanse shampoo & Promotes healthy hair growth
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Nurtures hair from root to ends for enhanced shine
INGREDIENTS: Aqua, Herbal Infusion of Organic Mangifera Indica (Mango) Fruit Extract and Organic Passiflora Incarnata Fruit Extract, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate*, Coco Betaine*, Illicium Verum Fruit (Star Anise), Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate*, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate*, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate*, Sodium Chloride (Sea Salt), Vegetable Glycerin, Oenocarpus Bataua (Rahua, Ungurahua) Oil, Plukenetia Volubilis (Sacha Inchi) Seed Oil, Sucrose, Hydrolyzed Quinoa Protein, Mauritia Flexuosa (Morete) Fruit Oil, Kaolinite (Rose Clay), Natural Aroma, Cymbopogon Nardus (Citronella) Oil, Lactic Acid*, Hydroxyethylcellulose*, Glycine*, Coco Caprylate*, Xanthan Gum*, L-argenine*, Potassium Sorbate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride*. *Plant derived ingredient
Miessence Organic Hair Conditioner
🍃Miessence offers a complete line of organic hair care. Made in Australia with the purest ingredients, I have been using this brand for years, especially their toothpaste, it still is the purest and clean around.
Their products are safe, clean, and certified organic by Australian certification.
Here is their Shine Herbal Hair Conditioner for all hair types made with olive oil and nourishing moringa seed oil from Tanzania with pro-vitamin B5 and organic herbs.
It restores hydration, and conditioning while bringing protection thanks to olive oil properties. It also naturally balances the pH thanks to organic apple cider vinegar.
🍃Use it every day after shampooing or use it to treat dry hair as an intense leave-in conditioner.
It smells very fresh like a forest scent, you know that is truly natural.
INGREDIENTS: Certified organic aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice, sorbitan olivate and cetearyl olivate, certified organic apple cider vinegar, moringa oleifera seed oil, d-panthenol (pro-vitamin b5) , aroma (proprietary blend of essential oils), non-gmo lecithin, certified organic urtica dioica (nettle) extract, certified organic equisetum arvense (horsetail) extract, certified organic rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, certified organic arctium lappa (burdock) extract, certified organic salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract, certified organic pelargonium graveolens (geranium) essential oil, certified organic pogostemon cablin (patchouli) essential oil
Miessence Organic Hair Rinse
🍃Organic Clarifying Hair Rinse is a special blend of herbs and aromas designed to acidify the scalp and remove excess oils.
Clarifying Hair Rinse is the answer you've been looking for if you suffer excessively oily hair or scalp problems.
Formulated with organic apple cider vinegar, beneficial organic herbs for hair and scalp, Miessence Clarifying Hair Rinse closes the hair shaft and helps to detangle the hair, leaving it clean and glossy.
🍃Made with organic apple cider vinegar for shining hair and healthy scalp, organic aloe vera, organic elderberry to help to close the hair shaft and helps to detangle the hair. Results are glossy and healthier hair.
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Certified Organic by Australian Institute
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Provides invigorating aroma of organic lemon peel oil
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Removes excess oil from your hair and scalp
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Designed for use after shampoo and conditioner
Suggested Use: Add 1 tablespoon to a cup of warm water and pour over clean hair. Rinse with warm water.
INGREDIENTS: Aqua (purified water), certified organic apple cider vinegar, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, sambucus nigra (elderberry) fruit extract, certified organic aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice, certified organic citrus limonum (lemon) essential oil, certified organic urtica dioica (nettle) extract, certified organic equisetum arvense (horsetail) extract, certified organic rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, certified organic arctium lappa (burdock) extract, certified organic salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract
Lovesong Dry-Shampoo Invisible Gel
Dry shampoo could help to keep your hair cleaner for a longer time, spacing up shampoo days, and making your scalp sebum less active. This is my number one recommendation for dry shampoo
💖 Lovesong has come up with this innovative invisible dry shampoo. Using a healthy botanical formula that is actually gel instead of dry powder!
🔎Before I found out about this product, I was researching the safest dry shampoo, reading all the ingredients of natural dry shampoos on the market, and looking to find my favorite dry shampoo.
While analyzing all these brands and products, I realized that I was not convinced by their base ingredient: clay. The clays used can be bentonite or kaolin clay, which both show possible evidence of respiratory toxicity.
💚 Lovesong is the answer to any issue, with its revolutionary 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙤 in a natural and organic gel formula. It is safer, cleaner, and healthier for our scalp which actually makes our hair stronger and refreshed at the same time, without the mess, potentially unhealthy powder, and any white residue.
✅ No fertilizers or pesticides end up on your scalp, or toxic powder in your lungs, with this new dry shampoo and conditioner.
They are vegan and cruelty-free, made in California, in eco-friendly glass bottles, making them even better. Plus, they are cute!💕
🌸A great new way for magically refreshed hair, from roots to tips, flawless, healthy hair that is actually styled, looking gorgeous, and surrounded by a delicate floral aroma from botanical extracts.🌿
Plaine Products Shampoo Oily Hair
💚 This brand not only offers vegan, non-toxic, cruelty-free clean Shampoo in eco-friendly packaging, but they also offer a refill and recycling program where you can send them back the empty bottles for free. With them, nothing ends up in a landfill!
🍃Rosemary Mint Vanilla Shampoo is for clarifying and balancing the scalp 🐠Free of single-use plastic
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Free of sulfates, parabens, phthalates, silicone, and palm oil
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Blended with whole essential oils (instead of synthetic fragrance)
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Vegan and non-GMO ingredients
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Designed to biodegrade
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Baby safe and hypoallergenic
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Cruelty-Free, Leaping Bunny certified
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🌴 Palm Oil-free
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Carbon Neutral Shipping
INGREDIENTS: Organic Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Vegetable Glycerin, Saponified Oils of Coconut and Safflower Seed, Guar Gum and Irish Moss (Red Algae Extract – Carrageen). Organic Camellia, Sunflower and Ricebran Oils. Extracts of Chamomile and Quillaja Saponaria. Papaya and Pineapple Pulp Extracts. Rosemary Oleoresin, Vitamin E Complex, Organic Green Tea, Geogard Ultra, Potassium Sorbate and Rosemary Essential Oil, Mint Arvenis Essential Oil, Vanilla Essential Oil
🌿 I support this company and its amazing products!
Hairprint Chelating Shampoo
🌿 Bring your hair back to life. Chelating Shampoo is a triple-effective hair wash designed to remove buildup on the hair caused by modern hair care products, air pollution, and hard water.
Eighty percent of US municipal water is hard water, and all well water is hard. It causes mineral buildup on your hair of calcium, iron, and magnesium deposits.
You can’t see it but you can feel it as hair can become lank, dull, and listless.
🌿Chelating Shampoo will bring back life, softness, bounce, and sheen to hair, and is a key component for a successful treatment with their Hairprint Color Restorer.
INGREDIENTS: WATER DEIONIZED/PURIFIED, GLUCOSE CLEANSER, OIL BASED CLEANSER, RADISH ROOT + COCONUT MILK, POMEGRANATE FERMENT, CHELATING AGENROSE OF JERICHO, ELDERBERRY EXTRACT, EVENING PRIMROSE OIL, JAPANESE BLOODGRASS, GOTU KOLA, GUAR GUM, CITRIC ACID
Hairprint Wild Foret Scalp Scrub
🌿 An intensive pre-wash treatment that helps detox your scalp and give you healthier hair. Restores balance to your scalp, whether you need soothing repair or a gentle detox. Helps defend against sebum and product build-up.
🌿What a pre-shampoo treatment can do for your hair:
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Gently exfoliates the scalp, removes dead skin cells and dandruff
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Delivers nutrients directly to the hair follicle
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Protects your hair during washing thereby reducing frizz
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Gives your rinse-out conditioner extra support to leave your hair soft and supple
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Avoids “overly clean” hair that can lead to dryness or scalp problems
INGREDIENTS: WATER DEIONIZED/PURIFIED,COLZA OIL FERMENT, APRICOT SEED POWDER, RADISH ROOT + COCONUT MILK, AMINO ACID CONDITIONING AGENT, ROSE OF JERICHO, MILK THISTLE SEED OIL, MEADOWFOAM SEED OIL, PLANT SUGAR, ELDERBERRY EXTRACT, EVENING PRIMROSE OIL, BAMBOO ISOFLAVONES, JAPANESE BLOODGRASS, BLACK SPRUCE, WILD SIBERIAN FIR, ORGANIC JUNIPER, ORGANIC PINE OIL, LACTIC ACID
Evolvh InstaVolume Oily hair
🌿 Perfect for those who have oily hair and/or scalp.
Do you struggle with oiliness, hair that falls flat due to oily hair or roots, and cannot get to 2 or 3-day hair? Introducing InstaVolume, the first-of-its-kind two-step regimen that eliminates the need for an in-shower conditioner. Achieve day 2 and even 3-day volume with only one treatment. Recommended For: Anyone with fine or flat hair that has challenges of oiliness and lack of volume.
🌸A game-changing volumizing duo, that promotes hair and scalp health without being damaging or drying to hair. Hydrates and detangles strands, balances pH and detoxifies and nourishes scalp while being weightless.
Powered by plant based natural ingredients including tapioca and flax, known for their unique ability to provide volume and absorb excess oil, a common concern for those with fine hair desiring more volume.
Hair Massager Shampoo Brush
🌸 To keep in your shower for daily use.
Strengthen the roots of hair, moisturize hair.
Many similar massge tool are made with plastic, this one is made with silicone
✔Shampoo brush with perfect grip handle to fit your hand comfortably (Manual with no battery required & Waterproof)
✔Scalp massager with soft thick silicone bristles stimulate blood flow
✔Relax the scalp muscles and reduce stress (Wonderful Feeling)
elp the headache disappear faster.
✔No need to worry about your long nails or sensitive scalp (as well as all hair types)
🌸 This MAXSOFT Hair Brush is a great shampoo brush, for scalp massage, hair loss, hair treatment, and for hair volume .
it helps to use less shampoo and conditioner.
Useful for all Hair types with soft thick silicone bristles on dry or wet.
🌸 Easy to use, massage your scalp and deep clean scalp
For kids, Be the first lesson to learn how to clean hair all by themselves.(children love it)
Make a game-changing addition to your shower routine.
Great for dog's bath time.
Rahua Organic Shampoo & Conditioner
💖Best for fine and/or oily hair, including color-treated hair.
Strengthens, clarifies, and nourishes hair while delivering noticeable volume and body. This set uses a combination of green tea antioxidants, citrus juices, and lemongrass to remove product build-up and reduce oil production to extend the time between shampoos—without drying hair or scalp. Lavender and eucalyptus extracts offer a calm, uplifting aromatherapy experience. Here are their refills.
From the secrets of Amazonian beauty, Rahua brings to us natural hair products formulated with ingredients grown in the wild and powerful rainforest.
🌿This award-winning shampoo contains antioxidants from green tea. Thanks to the oil control from lemongrass, hair stays cleaner for longer. Aromatherapeutic oils from lavender and eucalyptus give it a natural and fresh aroma, without the need for chemical fragrances, or other toxic ingredients found in most shampoos on the market.⭐
The conditioner enhances the shampoo's properties, while healing hair follicles, as the color pigmentation is preserved, thanks to super-fine molecules. The scalp and skin will benefit from their calming and balancing properties. Organic rosemary fights free radicals with its anti-inflammatory properties.✨
🌿Made in the most sustainable way, with respect to the Amazonian people, and with water conservation in mind💦, using only natural and safer ingredients as part of this project. It is made concentrated, to allow less packaging, and the bottle is rigorously 100% recyclable.♻
🌎In a world of toxic hair products, made with fragrances, SLS, and parabens, and a waste of resources, Rahua organic products are the safer and sustainable alternatives we all need! 💚
❌ I don't recommend this product since it has controversial ingredients such as perfume and colorants
INGREDIENTS: stearic acid, sodium cocoyl glycinate, Theobroma cacao (cocoa) butter, Butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, betaine, brassica alcohol, behentrimonium methosulfate, lactic acid, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, sodium isethionate, parfum, Cymbopogon schoenanthus (lemongrass) oil, benzyl alcohol, glycerine, mica, sodium chloride, dehydroacetic acid, aqua (water), citral, geraniol, linalool, limonene, titanium dioxide, CI 77891, CI 77288
❌ Brands that I don't recommend
❌I don't recommend this shampoo.
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Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil: causes skin irritation
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Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil: Industry restrictions due to photoirritation, skin toxicant or allergen
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Citrus Sinensis (Orange) Peel Extract, 3-Ethanol has been found to act as a penetration enhancer for many chemicals.
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Hexenol: Causes serious eye irritation, associated with endocrine disruption.
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Sodium Phytate: bladder tumor, serious eye irritation.
INGREDIENTS: Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Camellia Oleifera (Tea) Seed Oil*, Decyl Glucoside, Alcohol
Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Oil, Citrus, Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Leaf/Twig Extract, Citrus Sinensis (Orange) Peel Extract, Acacia Dealbata Flower Extract, Violata Odorata (Sweet Violet) Leaf Extract, 3-Hexenol, Nerolidol, Dimethyl Heptenal, Linalol, Eugenol, Citric Acid (Occurs Naturally In Citrus Fruits), Sodium Phytate, Sodium Chloride.
❌I don't recommend this shampoo.
I don't recommend Attitude shampoos since they contain: sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, ethyl hexanoate
INGREDIENTS: Aqua / water / eau, sodium coco-sulfate, coco-glucoside, vegetable glycerin, sodium cocoyl isethionate, citric acid, panthenol (vitamin B5), glyceryl oleate, cyamopsis tetragonoloba (guar) gum, sodium benzoate, inulin, potassium sorbate, nasturtium officinale (watercress / cresson) extract, tropaeolum majus (Indian cress / capucine) extract, sodium chloride, maltodextrin, moringa oleifera seed extract, hydrolyzed soy protein, vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry / canneberge) fruit extract, gamma-decalactone*, ethyl hexanoate*, ethyl 2-methylbutyrate*, hexyl salicylate*, raspberry ketone*, triethyl citrate*, *fragrance (parfum).