Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo (Discontinued)

Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo (Discontinued) Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Sodium C12-13 Pareth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Gluconate, Fragrance (Parfum), Dimethiconol, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate, Glycerin, Glycol Distearate, Carbomer, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, PPG-9, Tea-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate, Cocamide MEA, Disodium EDTA, PEG-45M, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, 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 Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming icky Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Citric Acid buffering Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Sodium Benzoate preservative Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Glycol Distearate emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling Carbomer 0, 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 Hydrolyzed Soy Protein Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate 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. The neutralized form of gluconic acid. It's a great ingredient to neutralize metal (especially iron and copper) ions in a cosmetic product. This helps to prevent discoloration of the formula over time or rancidity of cosmetic oils. It can also be a pH regulator and a humectant (helps skin to cling onto water). It's also used in oral care products where it reduces the bitterness of other ingredients. And it's natural, both Ecocert and Cosmos approved. (source: manufacturer info) 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. Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and read our detailed description on glycolic acid, the most famous AHA. So citric acid what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing chelating | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying | viscosity controlling surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming perfuming | solvent