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Herbal Essences Conditioner Moisture Chamomile Haircare 400mL
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Cosmetic safety high.
- High
Advisory
- Contains fragrance: Fragrance
- Fragrance allergens: Benzyl Alcohol
Fragrance does not change the rating; it matters if your skin reacts to fragrance. EU-declared fragrance allergens: relevant only if you are sensitised to them.
Why it's rated this way
3 ingredients on this label are flagged. A cosmetic's rating is set by its most serious finding — here, Methylisothiazolinone.
MethylisothiazolinoneHigh concernPotent contact sensitizer; banned in EU leave-on cosmetics since 2017.
- What it is
- Its recorded role: preservative and antioxidant. About Methylisothiazolinone
- Why it's flagged
- Potent contact sensitizer; banned in EU leave-on cosmetics since 2017.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated cosmetic-ingredient concern list.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. The label names this substance exactly.
MethylchloroisothiazolinoneHigh concernPotent contact sensitizer (MCI).
- What it is
- Its recorded role: preservative and antioxidant. About Methylchloroisothiazolinone
- Why it's flagged
- Potent contact sensitizer (MCI).
- Regulatory basis
- EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex V — permitted preservative, with a concentration limit; Greenveil's curated cosmetic-ingredient concern list.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. The label names this substance exactly.
Hydrolyzed Wheat ProteinMinor concernWheat protein fragments, used for conditioning. Soap with a large-peptide wheat hydrolysate caused wheat allergies in Japan, so the EU caps the average peptide size at 3.5 kDa; relevant if you have a wheat allergy.
- What it is
- Its recorded role: skin conditioning and hair conditioning. About Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Why it's flagged
- Wheat protein fragments, used for conditioning. Soap with a large-peptide wheat hydrolysate caused wheat allergies in Japan, so the EU caps the average peptide size at 3.5 kDa; relevant if you have a wheat allergy.
- Regulatory basis
- EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex III — allowed only within set limits and conditions; Greenveil's curated cosmetic-ingredient concern list.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. The label names this substance exactly.
Ingredients
- Water›
- Stearyl Alcohol›
- Cetyl Alcohol›
- Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine›
- Glutamic Acid›
- Fragrance›
- Benzyl Alcohol›
- Bis-Aminopropyl Dimethicone›
- EDTA›
- Citric Acid›
- Sodium Chloride›
- Propylene Glycol›
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein›
- Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice›
- Methylchloroisothiazolinone›
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch›
- Passiflora Incarnata Flower Extract›
- Methylisothiazolinone›
- Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract›
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WATER, STEARYL ALCOHOL, CETYL ALCOHOL, STEARAMIDOPROPYL DIMETHYLAMINE, GLUTAMIC ACID, FRAGRANCE, BENZYL ALCOHOL, BIS-AMINOPROPYL DIMETHICONE, EDTA, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CHLORIDE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN, ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE, METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE, HYDROLYZED WHEAT STARCH, PASSIFLORA INCARNATA FLOWER EXTRACT, METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE, ANTHEMIS NOBILIS FLOWER EXTRACT
Cosmetic safety
Cosmetic-ingredient safety and additives of concern
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Stearyl AlcoholHigh concern
- Glutamic AcidHigh concern
- Benzyl AlcoholHigh concern
6 of 18 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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