Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter versus Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter .
Published on March 25, 2023
Overview
What they are
These products are both cruelty-free grooming. They have a total of 20 ingredients in common
Suited For
They're both likely to be good for dry skin and brightening skin
Free From
They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, parabens or silicones
What's Inside
They both contain fragrances, oils and sulfates
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Ingredient Info
Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter 21 ingredients
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter 24 ingredients
Alcohol Free
This product is free of harsh alcohols 🎉
Silicon Free
This product is free of silicons 🎉
Contains Fragrance
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Contains Sulfate
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Paraben Free
This product is free of parabens 🎉
Contains Oils
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Not Malassezia Safe
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Not Reef Safe
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EU Allergen Free
This product is free of EU allergens 🎉
Non Vegan
This product is not vegan 😥
Cruelty Free
This product is cruelty-free 🎉
Alcohol Free
This product is free of harsh alcohols 🎉
Silicon Free
This product is free of silicons 🎉
Contains Fragrance
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Contains Sulfate
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Paraben Free
This product is free of parabens 🎉
Contains Oils
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Not Malassezia Safe
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Not Reef Safe
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Contains EU Allergens
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Vegan
This product is vegan 🎉
Cruelty Free
This product is cruelty-free 🎉
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Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter 21 ingredients
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter 24 ingredients
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Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.
Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter 21 ingredients
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter 24 ingredients
Glycerin • Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate • Sorbitol • Propylene Glycol • Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter • Petroleum Distillates • Stearic Acid • Myristic Acid • Sodium Laureth Sulfate • Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate • Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate • Sodium Stearate • Sodium Myristate • Sodium Laurate • Cocos Nucifera Oil • Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract • Titanium Dioxide • Mica • CI 77492 • Manganese PCA • Parfum
Glycerin • Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate • Sorbitol • Propylene Glycol • Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter • Petroleum Distillates • Stearic Acid • Myristic Acid • Sodium Laureth Sulfate • Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate • Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate • Sodium Stearate • Sodium Myristate • Sodium Laurate • Passiflora Edulis Peel Extract • Tocopherol • Lavandula Angustifolia Oil • Cocos Nucifera Oil • Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract • Titanium Dioxide • Mica • CI 77492 • Manganese PCA • Parfum
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Ingredients Explained
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Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.
A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.
As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.
Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.
Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.
In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.
This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.
Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
Learn more about GlycerinRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 1.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 1.
Sodium cocoyl isethionate is a natural ingredient from the fatty acids of coconut oil. It is a surfactant and helps with cleansing the skin.
By binding to water and oil, it helps gently clean skin. It also helps the spreadability of the product.
Sodium cocoyl isethionate is also added to help create foam without drying the skin. However, this is depending on the amount of Sodium cocoyl isethionate.
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate may not be fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Sodium Cocoyl IsethionateRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 2.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 2.
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol. It is a hydrating and moisturizing agent created from the reduction process of glucose.
Most sorbitol is usually made from potato starch. It is also found in fruits such as apples and pears.
As a humectant, Sorbitol helps draw water to the skin. This helps keep the skin hydrated. Sorbitol also helps create a thicker texture in products. You might find sorbitol in your toothpaste and other gels.
It is a non-irritating ingredient that is great for those with dry skin.
Sorbitol is a prebiotic. It helps promote the growth of healthy bacteria on your skin. The bacteria on your skin form a microbiome. This microbiome helps protect your skin from infection and harmful bacteria.
Learn more about SorbitolRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 3.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 3.
Propylene Glycol is an odorless, colorless liquid. As a humectant, it helps skin retain moisture. It also aids in delivering active ingredients.
Another role of this ingredient is preventing a product from melting or freezing. Propylene glycol also adds antimicrobrial properties to a product, elongating product lifespan.
This ingredient is considered an organic alcohol and commonly added into both cosmetics and foods.
Those with sensitive skin or conditions may deliver a rash when using this ingredient.
Learn more about Propylene GlycolRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 4.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 4.
Theobroma 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 ButterRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 5.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 5.
We don't have a description for Petroleum Distillates.
Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 6.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 6.
Stearic Acid is a fatty acid. It is an emollient, emulsifier, and texture enhancer.
As an emollient, stearic acid helps soften skin. It aids the skin's protective barrier by preventing water loss. It also provides a gentle cleansing effect without stripping away natural oils.
Stearic acid may also be used to enhance the texture of products. It can add volume and stabilize ingredients such as water and oil. This can help water and oil ingredients from separating.
Sources of stearic acid include animal or vegetable fats/oils such as coconut or shea. It can be naturally found in butter, cocoa butter, shea butter, vegetable fats, and animal tallow.
This ingredient may not be Malassezia folliculitis, or fungal-acne safe.
Learn more about Stearic AcidRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 7.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 7.
Myristic Acid is a saturated fatty acid. It is naturally found in milk fat. Other sources include palm oil, coconut oil, and butter fat.
Myristic Acid is an emulsifer and cleanser. As an emulsifer, it stabilizes a product by preventing ingredients from separating. Myristic Acid helps clean your skin by acting as a surfactant. It tends to gather oil and dirt on your skin to be easily rinsed away.
One study from 2021 found Myristic Acid to have anti-inflammatory properties.
Learn more about Myristic AcidRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 8.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 8.
Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) is a foaming, cleansing, and emulsifying ingredient. It is created from palm kernel oil or coconut oil. SLES is not the same as sodium lauryl sulfate. It is much milder and less likely to irritate.
SLES helps create foam in personal products. It also prevents ingredients from separating, helping to elongate the shelf life.
Sodium Laureth Sulfate is a type of sulfate. It can be drying. We recommend speaking with a professional about using this ingredient if you have concerns.
Learn more about Sodium Laureth SulfateRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 9.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 9.
We don't have a description for Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate.
Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 10.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 10.
Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate is created from fermenting leuconostoc, a microorganism.
It is a type of lactic acid bacteria.
Fun fact: Leuconostoc is used to ferment vegetables all around the world, including sauerkraut and kimchi.
Learn more about Leuconostoc Ferment FiltrateRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 11.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 11.
Sodium stearate is the sodium salt of stearic acid.
The structure of sodium stearate makes it both a cleanser and emulsifier. As a cleanser, it helps dissolve dirt, oil, and other pollutants. As an emulsifier, it helps prevent ingredients from separating. This adds stability to the formula.
Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 12.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 12.
Sodium Myristate is the sodium salt of myristic acid.
As an emulsifier, it helps prevent ingredients such as oils and water from separating.
Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 13.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 13.
Sodium Laurate is the sodium salt of lauric acid. It is a cleansing and emulsifying ingredient.
Emulsifiers help prevent ingredients such as water and oils from separating.
Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 14.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 14.
Cocos Nucifera Oil is obtained from the kernels of the coconut fruit. In other words, this is coconut oil.
Coconut Oil is rich in fatty acids with lauric acid making up the majority of these. It also contains linoleic acid. Due to this high fatty acid content, coconut oil helps trap moisture and soften skin.
Despite being antibacterial, coconut oil may not be great for acne-prone skin. It is comedogenic and may clog pores. This ingredient may not be safe for malassezia or fungal acne.
Coconut Oil should not replace your sunscreen for UV protection. Studies show it only blocks about 20% of UV.
This oil is non-volatile and has a light scent.
The term 'fragrance' is not regulated in many countries. In many cases, it is up to the brand to define this term. For instance, many brands choose to label themselves as "fragrance-free" because they are not using synthetic fragrances. However, their products may still contain ingredients such as essential oils that are considered a fragrance.
Learn more about Cocos Nucifera OilRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 15.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 18.
Titanium dioxide is known for its UVA and UVB protection properties. It is non-comedogenic and non-irritating. Titanium Dioxide is a physical sunscreen. Physical sunscreens reflect light and prevent it from reaching your skin.
Protecting your skin against UV radiation can prevent the signs of aging. Sun damage is associated with fine-lines, wrinkles, loss of firmness, and hyperpigmentation. Titanium dioxide can help prevent premature aging.
With modern production, nano-scale or fine-grade titanium dioxide can be easily produced for cosmetics. In sunscreen, titanium dioxide absorbs UV light. Our skin is not able to absorb Titanium dioxide, even nanoparticles.
Titanium itself is the 9th most common element in the Earth's crust. Titanium dioxide is formed when oxygen is introduced and can be found in ores, dust, sand, and soil.
Pure titanium dioxide is a white powder that is used in many products to add or change color.
Learn more about Titanium DioxideRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 17.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 20.
Mica refers to a group of silicate minerals. Mica crystals are easily split to give products a shimmer. These crystals are able to reflect light to temporarily give your skin a glowy look.
Mica is found to be safe. Trace amounts of heavy metals may be found in mica, but these metals are not harmful in our personal products.
Mica has been used since prehistoric times throughout the world. Ancient Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Roman, Aztec, and Chinese civilizations have used mica.
Mica can be naturally found throughout the world. However, some sources of mica may be controversial. In 2016, mica mined in the Jharkhand state in India was found to be using child labor. However, companies are able to source ethical mica affiliated with international organizations that monitor the mica supply chain.
Learn more about MicaRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 18.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 21.
Ci 77492 is also hydrated iron III oxide. It's sole purpose is to give a yellow hue to products.
Iron III oxides are classified as inorganic chemicals for coloring.
Synthetically created Ci 77492 is considered safer than those naturally found. This is because the synthetically created version may contain less impurities. Iron oxides are generally non-toxic and non-allergenic.
Learn more about CI 77492Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 19.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 22.
We don't have a description for Manganese PCA.
Rainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 20.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 23.
Parfum is a catch-all term for an ingredient or more that is used to give aroma to products. Parfum, or fragrance, can be a blend of hundreds of chemicals or plant oils. This means every product with "fragrance" or "Parfum" in the ingredients list is a different mixture.
In the US, the alternative name for parfum is 'fragrance'. The term 'fragrance' is not regulated in many countries. In many cases, it is up to the brand to define this term.
For instance, many brands choose to label themselves as "fragrance-free" because they are not using synthetic fragrances. However, their products may still contain ingredients such as essential oils that are considered a fragrance. One example is Calendula flower extract. Essential oil ingredients still impart a scent or 'fragrance'.
Depending on the blend, it can cause allergies and sensitivities on the skin. Some ingredients that are known EU allergens include linalool and citronellol.
Products use parfum often to give products a scent or cover up smells of different ingredients.
The bottom line is: not all fragrances/parfum/ingredients are created equally. If you are worried about fragrances, we recommend taking a closer look at an ingredient. And of course, we always recommend speaking with a professional.
Learn more about ParfumRainbow Beauty Smooth Hydrating Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 21.
Truly Happy Hairless Shave Butter contains this as ingredient number 24.
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