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Hair & Skin Care Product Ingredients
Is it natural or not? Presented here in the order they are most likely to appear on a product label are natural and synthetic options for common ingredients.
| Material |
Synthetic |
Natural |
| oils, fats |
mineral oil, petrolatum (petroleum jelly) |
almond, safflower, sunflower oils, cocoa butter, lanolin |
| waxes |
paraffin, ozokerite, ceresin |
beeswax, bayberry and carnauba wax |
| emollients |
cetyl/stearyl alcohol, stearalkonium chloride |
aloe vera, glycerine, calendula and chamomile extracts |
| humectants |
propylene/ethylene glycol, dimethicone, carbitol |
glycerine, honey, sorbitol, mucopolysaccharides |
| detergents, soaps |
sodium lauryl sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, cocamide DEA |
coconut and palm oil soap, castile soap (usually olive oil) |
| surfactants |
quaternarium-7, PEGs (polyethylene glycols), TEA laureth sulfate |
lauryl alcohol, hydrolyzed animal protein |
| astringents |
isopropanol, SD alcohol, acetone |
witch hazel extract, ethanol (natural), horse chestnut, myrrh extracts |
| emulsifiers, solubilizers |
polysorbates (40,60,80), sodium stearate, sodium sulfonate |
lecithin, phytosterols |
| sequestrants |
EDTA/sodium EDTA, tetrasodium pyrophosphate |
corn syrup, alginates, kelp, extract |
| foaming agents |
lauramide/cocamide DEA, triethanolamine |
quillaja and yucca saponins, soapwort |
| fungistats, bacteriostats |
methyl/propyl paraben, quaternarium-15, phenol(s), phenoxyethanol |
citrus seed/peel extract, eucalyptus, tea tree oils, carvacrol (thyme, oregano oil) |
| antioxidants, preservatives |
BHA, BHT, imidazolidinyl urea, quaternary ammoniums, diazolidinyl urea |
vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin E (tocopherols), green tea extract, eugenol (clove oil), ginger
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