Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo

Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycol Distearate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Chloride, Fragrance, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Gluconolactone, Citric Acid, Dimethiconol, Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Sodium Sulfate, Trehalose, Tetrasodium EDTA, Amodimethicone, DMDM Hydantoin, PEG-45M, Cocamide MEA, Tea-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate, Cetrimonium Chloride, PPG-9, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Mica (Ci 77019), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Sodium Laureth Sulfate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Glycol Distearate emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling Cocamidopropyl Betaine surfactant/​cleansing Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Fragrance perfuming icky Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Dimethicone emollient 0, 1 Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Citric Acid buffering Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride Sodium Sulfate Trehalose moisturizer/​humectant goodie Tetrasodium EDTA chelating Amodimethicone DMDM Hydantoin preservative PEG-45M Cocamide MEA surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling, emulsifying Tea-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate Cetrimonium Chloride antimicrobial/​antibacterial, emulsifying, preservative, surfactant/​cleansing PPG-9 Methylchloroisothiazolinone Methylisothiazolinone 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. It’s probably the most common cleansing ingredient of all. It’s usually the Chief Bubble Officer responsible for big bubbles in cleansing products through the foam it creates is a bit airy and loose and not as dense and luxurious as the foam created by infamous SLS. As for mildness, it goes somewhere in the middle. It’s often confused with sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), but they are absolutely not the same. The SLES molecule has a bigger water-soluble head part that makes it milder and much less irritating. It is considered absolutely ok in the amount used in cosmetic products, though if you are looking for a mild facial cleanser, you have better chances with a formula without SLES. For an average shower gel? SLES works just fine. A so-called diester created from two stearic acid molecules and an ethylene glycol molecule. Its main thing is being an opacifier and pearling agent in cleansing products making them white and glossy. It can also give body to creams and emulsions. 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. 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 electrostatic rep what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying emollient | emulsifying | viscosity controlling surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. exfoliant | chelating emollient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling | emulsifying antimicrobial/antibacterial | emulsifying | preservative | surfactant/cleansing