Top 6 Dry Shampoo Ingredients to Avoid
When you start actively reading ingredient labels, it’s hard to stop. Consciousness is irreversible and pouring over the long list can be slightly addicting (just us?). We scoured the internet to save you time and picked out the top six common (and toxic) dry shampoo ingredients you should be avoiding. It’s all a personal choice, but why use potentially harmful hair products when you can opt for natural and safe? Read below to see if any of the usual suspects are in your dry shampoo brand and check out our natural dry shampoo DIY recipe if you are ready to ditch the toxins completely.
1. Talc
We covered talc earlier, when we exposed that it could be hiding in your makeup, and here it is again, lurking in conventional dry shampoos. Talc is used in dry shampoo formulas because of its excellent absorbent abilities, which makes perfect sense until you learn more about its dark underbelly. Talc is a material made of magnesium, silicon, and oxygen and may also have asbestos fibers. It’s the asbestos fibers that are the scary part, which can pose health risks such as respiratory toxicity as well as cancer.
2. LPG's (Liquid Petroleum Gas) Butane, Propane & Isobutane
This toxic aerosol ingredient is what’s jetting your dry shampoo at top speed towards your roots. While there can be pump spray bottles or loose powder dry shampoos, the majority of dry shampoos are in an aerosol container. It’s already widely known that this odorless, colorless gas is extra harmful to our precious ozone layer. Additionally, aerosols can make the air around you difficult to breathe, can cause headaches, or even nausea to you and everyone near the area you’re spraying in. Save the earth and the people around you from unnecessary LPG exposure.
3. Phenoxyethanol
While this chemical can be found naturally in green tea (go, nature!) we’re talking about the synthetically manufactured version that’s known as a “natural identical.” We’re on team “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” so we’re not sure why anyone would opt for a lab ingredient frankenstein versus the original goodness. Phenoxyethanol’s purpose is to help fight bacteria. The EU and Japan have approved the use for up to 1%, but we can’t help but think of the cumulative effects of this controversial dry shampoo ingredient. The jury is still out on Phenoxyethanol long term effects, but studies have shown it can lead to developmental and reproductive issues as well as being linked to cancer. We’ll take a hard pass and stick with the green tea version.
4. Cetrimonium Chloride
If you are looking to banish hair static, cetrimonium chloride is your conventional dry shampoo ingredient addition. We get it, no one wants to walk around looking like a baby duck’s head, but this toxic dry shampoo ingredient has been classified by the AFH Library as toxic, irritating and allergenic, not to mention lethal if orally ingested. As the US is playing catch up to the world in cosmetics regulations, we couldn't help but notice that the EU Cosmetics Directive only allows a maximum concentration of .1% to be used. If you’re looking to learn about regulations in the beauty industry, read more about how The EU Banned 1328 Chemicals from Cosmetics but the US Banned Only 30.
5. Alcohol
The purpose of dry shampoo is to draw moisture and oil away from the scalp, and this is where alcohol comes in. Alcohol can be extremely drying to our delicate strands and head, absorbing natural oils that are needed for a healthy scalp. Excessive use of dry shampoos that contain alcohol can lead to long-term hair and scalp damage. When dry shampoo is used too often, it can cause dandruff, dryness and blocked pores.
6. Siloxane, Silicones & Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane
If you’ve been following our blog, you already have a good grasp on silicones and why we’re so against them. Silicones and siloxanes are used in a variety of conventional beauty products and are commonly included for their ability to not break down during application and to help product formulas dry faster. There has been a slight shift away from this questionable ingredient after scientific studies, and Canada and California have been taking a closer look, but overall, silicones are still very common in personal care products.
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