General Hair Talk - Sulfate-free Shampoo list

Sulfate-free Shampoo list - FEEDBACK pls.

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Topic: Sulfate-free Shampoo list - FEEDBACK pls.

Posted By: Calimoonchild
Subject: Sulfate-free Shampoo list - FEEDBACK pls.
Date Posted: Oct 15, 2006 at 2:15am

I found this WONDERFUL extensive list of sulfate-free shampoos on another site (http://www.longhaircommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34009).

I wanted to post it and get all of your feedback on this.

It took me forever to find a list and I was quite excited as I have had a terrible time finding decent shampoos w/o sulfates! :)

Please discuss if any of these products are harmful for extensions, or if any are particularly excellent.

"This is a list of alkyl-sulfate-free shampoos, which means it includes products with olefin sulfonate, a potentially drying surfactant. Conversely, it excludes products with sodium laureth sulfate(SLES), a gentle sulfate. Furthermore, natural does not equal gentle, for everyone.

This list was made without regard to any controversy over the "safety" of individual ingredients other than that some here are interested in avoiding parabens and silicones.

Where to buy products is listed under the product name.

Except where noted, each product has at least one source where an exact list of ingredients can be found. If there is no live link, check under another product. If it says: "Salons; web beauty suppliers," that means I'm concerned about the reliability of some of the online sources I found.

Key:
*No online list of exact ingredients.
# Paraben free.
! Contains silicone.

ABBA True Curls and True Shine #
~NaturallyCurly.com, GoddessWithin; health food stores.

African Black Soap #
~Nasabb; Agbanga Karite.

After the Rayne Shampoo and Shower Gel #
~After the Rayne.

Alba Botanica
~Life's Vigor, Drugstore.com; health food stores.

Alchemy #
~Adore Beauty (Australia); The Exton (Australia), Purist USA (USA); A'kin (UK).

Aleppo Soap #
~eBay.

Alterna*
~Salons; web beauty suppliers.

Angel Baby Shampoo and Body Wash #
~Kate's Caring Gifts; Earth Mama Angel Baby.

Aubrey Organics #
~Vitamin Shoppe, VitaminLife, health food stores; There Must Be a Better Way (UK); Organics Australia Online (Australia).

Auromere Ayurvedic #!
~Auromere; Life's Vigor; Organics Australia Online (Australia).

Avalon Organic Botanicals # (not all formulas paraben free)
~Life's Vigor; health food stores; Organics Australia Online (Australia).

Azida Hemp Oil Shampoo #
~Azida; VeganEssentials.

Back to Basics Blue Lavender Color Protecting Shampoo*
~Spiral Haircase, Ulta; salon stores.
~Partial ingredient list in post #104 of this thread.

Beautiful Soap Herbal Shampoos* (probably castile-type)
~Kate's Caring Gifts.

Beauty Without Cruelty (non-olefin AND olefin sulfonate formulas)
~Kokopelli's Green Market, Life's Vigor; health food stores.

Blended Beauty Soy Cream Shampoo and Curl Cleansing Conditioner #
~NaturallyCurly CurlMart.

Blinc #
~Blinc; Cosmetic Mall.
~Ingredients in post #126 of this thread.

Brocato Cloud 9*
~Monster Hair; other beauty suppliers.

Burt's Bees Baby Bee and Rosemary Mint Bars #
~Balm Works; health food stores.

Burt's Bees Herbal Treatment and Grapefruit & Sugar Beet Shampoos #
~Drugstore.com, Balm Works, Walgreens & CVS; health food stores.

California Baby
~Drugstore.com, Life's Vigor; health food stores.

Carol's Daughter #
~Carol's Daughter.

Chagrin Valley Bars #
~Chagrin Valley Soap and Craft.

Chemistry Store Organic Castile Liquid Soap #
~The Chemistry Store.

Cheryl's Herbs #
~Cheryl's Herbs.

Cornrows & Company Coconut Shampoo and Herbal Deep Cleanse #
~Cornrows & Co.

Creme of Nature
~Walgreens; Walmart.

CWS #
~All Natural Cosmetics.

Desert Essence Daily Replenishing
~House of Nutrition Online, Life's Vigor, Drugstore.com; health food stores.

DevaCurl Low-Poo ! and No-Poo
~NaturallyCurly CurlMart.

DGJ Hair Clinic Hair Juice* - UK
~Waitrose stores.

Dr. Bronner's Pure Castile #
~Drugstore.com; health food stores.

Dr. Hauschka #
~Essential Day Spa, Skin 1; health food stores.

Dr. Woods # (Castile and no-sulfate formulas).
~Dr. Woods; My VitaNet.
~Ingredients in post #124 of this thread.

Druide Baby Shampoo #
~Kate's Caring Gifts.

Druide Ecological and Organic #
~Kate's Caring Gifts.

Duchy Originals - UK #
~Duchy Originals; UK supermarkets.
~Ingredients in post #125 of this thread.

Dudu-Osum Herbal Shampoo #
~Africa Imports.

Earthly Delight #
~Willner Chemists; Whole Foods.
~Ingredients in post #53 of this thread.

Ebene #
~Ebene Naturals.

Ecco Bella Botanicals
~Life's Vigor, Kokopelli's Green Market; health food stores.

Eco Store - New Zealand #
~Eco Store; Organics Australia Online.

Elucence Moisture Acidifying Shampoo
~NaturallyCurly CurlMart.

Emma Organics Organic Shampoo - Australia #
~Organics Australia Online.

Enjoy*
~Salons; web beauty suppliers.

Evan's Garden #
~Evan's Garden.

Ferlow Botanicals - Canada #
~Ferlow Botanicals.

Freeman Pure Color Fresh Shine Shampoo #
~Ulta.com; Rite Aid Drugstores.

Gary Null's Heavenly Hair Cleanser #
~Gary Null, Vitamin Shoppe; health food stores.

Ginesis Shampoo #
~Ginesis.

Giovanni #
~Mountain Rose Herbs, Life's Vigor; health food stores; Organics Australia Online (Australia).

Gourmet Bars and Liquid Black Soap #
~Mia Simone's Boutique.

Graham Webb Daily Strength Strengthening Shampoo
~1st Chair Salon; Ulta.

Halo Shampoo #
~Anna Bellina Organic Skin Care.

Hamadi Hair Washes #
~Sephora, NaturallyCurly CurlMart.

Haven Scent - Australia #
~Havenscent.

Heartland Natural

Replies: 4

Posted By: Calimoonchild
Date Posted: Oct 15, 2006 at 2:15am

Posted By: Karen Shelton
Date Posted: Oct 15, 2006 at 2:51am

Some notes for your files:

-Robert Hallowell's Prawduct line is also completely sulfate free.

-Paves Professional is now ONLY available through HairBoutique.com since Walgreens and Target have stopped carrying it and we buy directly from the the manufacturer.
-Many stores have stopped carrying Paul Penders line because of difficulties with Paul Penders. All but one of the largest US distributors have completely discontinued the line.

I use the Paves and the Hallowell products on my own hair. They are great.

We also carry California Baby which is also fantastic and Burts Bees which is nice but the product line has become oversaturated in the marketplace.

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Posted By: babycheeks24
Date Posted: Oct 15, 2006 at 1:08pm

i use kiss my face and love it!!!! good list there.

! ) @aeja

Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: Oct 15, 2006 at 6:07pm

Two more to add to this list.

1. Sexy Hair's Chocolate Soymilk Shampoo. Yummy smell works great.. Makes your hair soft..

2. Brocato Splaash Daily Shampoo

Also two things regarding the footnotes on the list.. Enjoy lists the ingredients to all of it's shampoos on their site, and Alterna only has ONE shampoo in it's entire line which is sulfate free..
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Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: Oct 15, 2006 at 7:25pm

I'm using Giovanni (Direct leave in conditioner, and the 50:50 Balanced shampoo) - no sulfates or any other bad stuff. I really like the results. I'm having less shedding as well.

Also, some of the Phyto products are sulfate and chemical free. Thank you for the list!