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Color Protecting Shampoo

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Thick Hair Shampoo

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Color Protecting Shampoo

Thick Hair Shampoo

Shampoos	Shampoos
Cleansers to remove dirt, oil, and buildup from hair.	Cleansers to remove dirt, oil, and buildup from hair.
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Color Protecting Shampoo

Thick Hair Shampoo

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

Color Protecting Shampoo

Thick Hair Shampoo

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua, eau), ammonium laureth sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, lauramidopropyl betaine, glycol distearate, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, enteromorpha compressa extract, undaria pinnatifida extract, gelidiella acerosa extract, himanthalia elongata extract, sargassum filipendula extract, hydrolyzed rhodophyceae extract, pelvetia canaliculata extract, laminaria saccharina extract, ascophyllum nodosum extract, macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) extract, palmaria palmata extract, laminaria digitata extract, chondrus crispus extract, hypnea musciformis extract, myristamine oxide, polyquaternium-10, polyquaternium-7, citric acid, butylene glycol, panthenol, propylene glycol, sodium chloride, tetrasodium edta, magnesium nitrate, methylparaben, methylchloroisothiazolinone, amodimethicone, propylparaben, magnesium chloride, methylisothiazolinone, blue 1 (ci 42090), green 3 (ci 42053), cetrimonium chloride, glycerin, trideceth-12, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, sorbic acid, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, fragrance (parfum) 16	Aqua (water, eau), sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, cocamide mipa, glycol distearate, parfum (fragrance), cetrimonium chloride (anti-static agent/agent antistatique), panthenol, hydrolyzed keratin, avena sativa (oat) peptide, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, althaea officinalis root extract, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, glycerin, hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, peg-150 distearate, sodium lauroyl glycinate, amodimethicone, c11-15 pareth-7, laureth-9, trideceth-12, polyquaternium-7, cocoglucosides hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, acrylates copolymer, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium edta, disodium edta, citric acid, peg-200 hydrogenated glyceryl palmate, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, 1,2-hexanediol, caprylyl glycol, benzoic acid, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, benzyl alcohol, benzyl salicylate, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, ci 14700 (red 4), ci 15985 (yellow 6)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 50

Total Number of ingredients = 44

Water (aqua, eau), ammonium laureth sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, lauramidopropyl betaine, glycol distearate, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, enteromorpha compressa extract, undaria pinnatifida extract, gelidiella acerosa extract, himanthalia elongata extract, sargassum filipendula extract, hydrolyzed rhodophyceae extract, pelvetia canaliculata extract, laminaria saccharina extract, ascophyllum nodosum extract, macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) extract, palmaria palmata extract, laminaria digitata extract, chondrus crispus extract, hypnea musciformis extract, myristamine oxide, polyquaternium-10, polyquaternium-7, citric acid, butylene glycol, panthenol, propylene glycol, sodium chloride, tetrasodium edta, magnesium nitrate, methylparaben, methylchloroisothiazolinone, amodimethicone, propylparaben, magnesium chloride, methylisothiazolinone, blue 1 (ci 42090), green 3 (ci 42053), cetrimonium chloride, glycerin, trideceth-12, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, sorbic acid, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, fragrance (parfum)

Aqua (water, eau), sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, cocamide mipa, glycol distearate, parfum (fragrance), cetrimonium chloride (anti-static agent/agent antistatique), panthenol, hydrolyzed keratin, avena sativa (oat) peptide, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, althaea officinalis root extract, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, glycerin, hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, peg-150 distearate, sodium lauroyl glycinate, amodimethicone, c11-15 pareth-7, laureth-9, trideceth-12, polyquaternium-7, cocoglucosides hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, acrylates copolymer, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium edta, disodium edta, citric acid, peg-200 hydrogenated glyceryl palmate, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, 1,2-hexanediol, caprylyl glycol, benzoic acid, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, benzyl alcohol, benzyl salicylate, limonene, hexyl cinnamal, ci 14700 (red 4), ci 15985 (yellow 6)

Notable ingredients

Color Protecting Shampoo

Thick Hair Shampoo

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), 1,2-hexanediol, Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin, Limonene, Peg-200 hydrogenated glyceryl palmate

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride (anti-static agent/agent antistatique), Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Color Protecting Shampoo

Thick Hair Shampoo

Water (aqua, eau)

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Ammonium laureth sulfate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Ammonium lauryl sulfate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.