Dove Intensive Repair Damage Therapy Shampoo (2025 Formula)

Dove Intensive Repair Damage Therapy Shampoo (2025 Formula) Dove Intensive Repair Damage Therapy Shampoo (2025 Formula) ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Sodium C12-13 Pareth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Fragrance (Parfum), Dimethiconol, Sodium Glutamate, Sodium Chloride, Glycerin, Glycol Distearate, Carbomer, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, C12-13 Pareth-1, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, PPG-9, Tea-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate, Cocamide MEA, Disodium EDTA, PEG-45M, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Avena Sativa (Oat) Peptide, SH-Polypeptide-50, Ceramide NP, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Benzyl Salicylate, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool, Mica (Ci 77019), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Sodium C12-13 Pareth Sulfate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Cocamidopropyl Betaine surfactant/​cleansing Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming icky Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Glutamate Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Glycol Distearate emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling Carbomer 0, 1 Citric Acid buffering Sodium Benzoate preservative C12-13 Pareth-1 Sodium Laureth Sulfate Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride PPG-9 Tea-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate Cocamide MEA surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling, emulsifying Disodium EDTA chelating PEG-45M moisturizer/​humectant Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 4 goodie Ceramide AP skin-identical ingredient Ceramide EOP Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Cholesterol skin-identical ingredient, emollient Avena Sativa (Oat) Peptide SH-Polypeptide-50 Ceramide NP Hydrolyzed Soy Protein Benzyl Salicylate Citronellol Hexyl Cinnamal Limonene perfuming, solvent Linalool Mica (Ci 77019) colorant Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. Expand to read more Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Super common ingredient in all kinds of cleansing products: face and body washes, shampoos and foam baths. Number one reason for its popularity has to do with bubbles. Everyone loves bubbles. And cocamidopropyl betaine is great at stabilizing them. The other reason is that it’s mild and works very well combined with other cleansing agents and surfactants. The art of cleansing is usually to balance between properly cleansing but not over-cleansing and cocamidopropyl betaine is helpful in pulling off this balance right. Oh, and one more nice thing: even though it’s synthetic it’s highly biodegradable. More info on CAPB on Collins Beaty Pages. Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!). If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it. Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!). A thick, high molecular weight silicone that is usually diluted in another, lighter silicone fluid (like dimethicone or cyclopentasiloxane). The dimethiconol containing silicone blends leave a silky smooth, non-greasy film on the skin. Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt. If (similar to us) you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have noticed that sodium chloride is almost always on the ingredient list. The reason for this is that salt acts as a fantastic thickener in cleansing formulas created with ionic cleansing agents (aka surfactants) such as Sodium Laureth Sulfate. A couple of percents (typically 1-3%) turns a runny surfactant solution into a nice gel texture. If you are into chemistry (if not, we understand, just skip this paragraph), the reason is that electrolytes (you know, the Na+ and Cl- ions) screen the what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing emollient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying | viscosity controlling surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial skin-identical ingredient | emollient perfuming | solvent