What's inside
What's inside
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
Surfactant
Brassica Alcohol
Emollient
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
Emollient
Jojoba Esters
Emollient
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Ricinus Communis Seed Oil
Masking
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Skin ConditioningParfum
Masking
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Cymbopogon Schoenanthus Oil
Masking
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantDehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Water
Skin ConditioningCitral
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77288
Cosmetic ColorantBehentrimonium Methosulfate, Brassica Alcohol, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Jojoba Esters, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Stearic Acid, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Parfum, Benzyl Alcohol, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus Oil, Mica, Dehydroacetic Acid, Water, Citral, Geraniol, Linalool, CI 77891, CI 77288
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Behentrimonium Methosulfate is an ammonium salt. It is mainly used to prevent static in haircare products as a surfactant.
Surfactants have differing ends: one side is hydrophilic while the other end is hydrophobic.
Surfactants also help your cleansers remove pollutants more easily from the skin.
Learn more about Behentrimonium MethosulfateBenzyl Alcohol is an aromatic alcohol with several roles: it's a preservative, solvent, and mild fragrance component with a floral scent.
This ingredient has been deemed safe for use in cosmetic formulations at concentrations up to 5%, and up to 10% in hair dyes. You'll typically see 0.5-2% in most rinse-off or leave-on products.
As a preservative, it works by disrupting the membrane of microbial proteins. This helps keep bacteria and fungi from growing in your products.
The sensitization picture is actually quite assuring as well:of nearly 71,000 patients patch tested with benzyl alcohol, only 0.21% showed a positive reaction with most of them being weakly positive.
This led researchers to conclude that benzyl alcohol cannot be regarded as a significant contact allergen.
It is worth noting this ingredient is classified as one of the EU's regulated fragrance allergens and restricted to 1% in finished products.
Labels must also declare it in concentrations above 0.001% in leave-on products and 0.01% in rinse-off products.
At concentrations around 5%, localized redness and itching can appear as a direct irritant response and not as a true allergic reaction.
Learn more about Benzyl AlcoholDehydroacetic Acid is a synthetic preservative that keeps your products safe from microbes.
As an organic acid, it penetrates microbial cell walls and disrupts cellular metabolism. This makes it effective against bacteria, yeast, and mold.
It is effective at low concentrations (<0.6%). Clinical studies have found it to be non-irritating, non-sensitizing, and non-photosensitizing.
Learn more about Dehydroacetic AcidTheobroma Cacao Seed Butter comes from the Theobroma cacoa, or Cacao tree. Cacao trees are native to tropical landscapes.
Like other plant butters, Cacao seed butter is an emollient. Emollients help soothe and soften your skin. By creating a barrier to trap moisture in, emollients help keep your skin hydrated.
Cacao seed butter contains antioxidants known as polyphenols. Antioxidants help fight free-radical molecules by stabilizing them. Unstable free-radicals may cause damage to your skin cells. Antioxidants may help with anti-aging.
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter can be bad for acne prone skin.
Learn more about Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
