Herbal Essences Totally Twisted Curl Boosting Hair Mousse 6.8 Oz (Pack of 3)

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INCI is a list of the standardized and internationally accepted names used in the declaration of ingredients on cosmetic and personal care products. With notes of mixed berry essences, this pH-balanced, color-safe mousse delivers a level 3 hold with 0% parabens, silicones or colorants. Alicia Bailey is a hair texture specialist as well as the global education manager at Design Essentials. 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! 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!

Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Some cosmetics companies have taken People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Leaping Bunny animal-testing pledges. Best Mousse For Wavy Hair Product The only downside of this product for me is it is not curly girl approved. Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that factors in all of the hazards or health impacts associated with the ingredients.These are all theories, far from proven facts, but we feel that there are some justified reasons why formaldehyde-releasing preservatives and Dmdm Hydantoin count as controversial.

One is dimethicone which is a water soluble silicone so it won’t build up as badly as some other silicones. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating. However, in larger amounts ( according to Wikipedia 30 mL of a solution containing 37% formaldehyde) it's deadly. Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. 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).So citric acid is an exfoliant, that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it more smooth and fresh. However, Colins argues that in the case of formaldehyde-releasing preservatives, formaldehyde is released slowly and the skin has probably not evolved to deal with that.