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Clean Beauty Everyday Shampoo

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So Smooth Shampoo Gardenia

Product category and function

Clean Beauty Everyday Shampoo

So Smooth Shampoo Gardenia

Shampoos	Shampoos
Cleansers to remove dirt, oil, and buildup from hair.	Cleansers to remove dirt, oil, and buildup from hair.
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Clean Beauty Everyday Shampoo

So Smooth Shampoo Gardenia

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

Full ingredient list

Clean Beauty Everyday Shampoo

So Smooth Shampoo Gardenia

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (water, eau), sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, sesamum indicum (sesame) seed oil, sodium cocoamphoacetate, cocamidopropyl betaine, dimethylglucamine, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed oil, argania spinosa kernel oil, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, verbascum densiflorum flower/stem extract, helichrysum italicum extract, cota tinctoria flower/leaf/stem extract, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed extract, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, trideceth-8, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate se, caprylyl glycol, sodium pca, polyquaternium-39, citric acid, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, sodium gluceptate, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenethyl alcohol, parfum (fragrance), citronellol, geraniol, linalool, benzyl alcohol 11	Water (aqua), cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, sodium cocoyl isethionate, glycerin, disodium cocoyl glutamate, sodium chloride, coco-glucoside, glyceryl oleate, aloe barbadensis leaf juice(1), ananas sativus (pineapple) fruit extract(1), carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract(1), chenopodium quinoa seed(1), gardenia florida fruit extract, zingiber officinale (ginger) root extract(1), panthenol, citric acid, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, sodium phytate, alcohol, benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, dehydroacetic acid, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, amyl cinnamal, benzyl salicylate, fragrance (parfum), geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 35

Total Number of ingredients = 32

Aqua (water, eau), sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, sesamum indicum (sesame) seed oil, sodium cocoamphoacetate, cocamidopropyl betaine, dimethylglucamine, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed oil, argania spinosa kernel oil, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, verbascum densiflorum flower/stem extract, helichrysum italicum extract, cota tinctoria flower/leaf/stem extract, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed extract, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, trideceth-8, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate se, caprylyl glycol, sodium pca, polyquaternium-39, citric acid, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, sodium gluceptate, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenethyl alcohol, parfum (fragrance), citronellol, geraniol, linalool, benzyl alcohol

Water (aqua), cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, sodium cocoyl isethionate, glycerin, disodium cocoyl glutamate, sodium chloride, coco-glucoside, glyceryl oleate, aloe barbadensis leaf juice(1), ananas sativus (pineapple) fruit extract(1), carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract(1), chenopodium quinoa seed(1), gardenia florida fruit extract, zingiber officinale (ginger) root extract(1), panthenol, citric acid, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, sodium phytate, alcohol, benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, dehydroacetic acid, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, amyl cinnamal, benzyl salicylate, fragrance (parfum), geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool

Notable ingredients

Clean Beauty Everyday Shampoo

So Smooth Shampoo Gardenia

Soothing: Helichrysum italicum extract

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Water (aqua), Alcohol, Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin

Abrasive: Chenopodium quinoa seed(1)

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Ingredients with their functions

Clean Beauty Everyday Shampoo

So Smooth Shampoo Gardenia

Aqua (water, 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.

Sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Sesamum indicum (sesame) seed oil

Also-called: Sesame Oil | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning

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