I discovered this shampoo while backpacking in Europe last summer. It happened to be the only shampoo in the pharmacy in Nice that had some English on it. Well what a surprise, this stuff is the best shampoo I've ever used. Plus it adds some nice blonde highlights to my light brown hair. Being a guy, I don't normally get excited about shampoos enough to write a review about them, but this stuff deserves it.
Sorry to be the Whistle-blower, but this will help many of you out, who believe this product to be "natural," non-toxic and safe, especially for children. It is none of those things.
PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.
I too wanted to naturally lighten my hair and ordered this based on positive reviews, and the fact that the ingredient list posted only had a couple "bad" ingredients on it. Imagine my total shock to receive the product in the mail, not only with a completely different ingredient list that was 3 times as long, but LOADED with very controversial and highly UNNATURAL toxic, synthetic ingredients which are known carcinogens, known to cause cancer, reproductive harm, disrupt the endocrine system, immunotoxicity, bioaccumulation, allergic reactions, neurotoxicity, asthma triggers--you name it!!!
Even the company's website does not have the correct ingredient list for this product (which is on the box/product), which shows you how deep the false advertising and misinformation runs, seemingly in an attempt to perpetuate the facade of what once (maybe a decade or longer ago) was truly a natural product. Shame on this company for fooling people and perpetuating this belief on a now dangerous, harmful personal care product.
THIS is the correct/current ingredient list, listed on the product itself: WATER/AQUA, SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, PEG-7 GLYCERYL COCOATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, COCAMIDE MIPA, LAURYL BETAINE, BUTYLPARABEN, CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA (MATRICARIA), FLOWER EXTRACT (CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER EXTRACT), CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM EDTA, ETHYPARABEN, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), HYDROXYPROPYL, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, ISOBUTLYPARABEN, METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE, METHYLPARABEN, PENTASODIUM PENTETATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, POLYQUATERNIUM-7, PROPYLPARABEN, TETRASODIUM EDTA.
Go to Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep database and look up these ingredients, or read below. First, let's remember that both 90% of what goes on your body and 99% of what goes on your head goes INTO your body, into your blood and total organ systems. Anything and everything you put on goes IN and is absorbed into your bloodstream, as your skin is your largest organ, made of the same material as your lungs, and it literally breathes everything in. As if that weren't enough, children are exponentially more sensitive and vulnerable to toxins. Knowing that, get a load of these ingredients:
Parabens (not one, but 5 in this product!) are synthetic chemical preservatives that are carcinogenic, synthetic estrogens which mimic estrogen in the body and are potent endocrine disruptors, which cause a list of diseases too long to name. They are bioaccumulative (not dispelled or detoxified from the body, but build up) and dangerous. So much so that most companies are removing them entirely due to consumer demand. Even if we stopped there, that is reason enough to NOT use this product on yourself or your children. Then we get into ingredients like PEG-7 GLYCERYL COCOATE, a synthetic chemical considered an organ toxicant because it contains 1,4 Dioxane and Ethylene Oxide--an 8 and then a 10 on EWG's hazard scale, 10 being the highest hazard for cancer, developmental and reproductive toxicity, immunotoxicity and allergies, etc. (Anything with the PEG ingredient is bad for this reason, stay away.) Remember, the first ingredients listed are always what are the most dominant/largest amount in the product formula, and this is the THIRD ingredient after water! We could stop there, but no....we have PROPYLENE GLYCOL, immune system toxicant; FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), which means it is any one of over 700 synthetic/chemical ingredients which are known bioaccumulative neurotoxins, carcinogens and asthma and allergy triggers, an 8 out of 10 (google the article on Fragrance, Not So Sexy, by EWG, for more about this hidden toxicant); GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, which is ammonia; METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE, the hazardous synthetic preservative that is associated with many allergic reactions; PHENOXYETHANOL, another hazardous synthetic chemical preservative, an organ system toxicant and irritant; and POLYQUATERNIUM-7, a synthetic chemical polymer and organ toxicant which is often contaminated with ACRYLAMIDE, a highly hazardous carcinogenic compound known to cause cancer, developmental and reproductive toxicity, allergies and immunotoxicity, a red flag 7 on the scale and lastly--is harmful to the environment.
Phew! Have you had enough, yet? Do you still want to purchase this "natural, safe and non-toxic" product and put it on your head and the heads of your beloved children?
Ironically promoted by a photo of a baby's hand inside of a mother's palm, Klorane's company motto is: "By protecting plants, we take care of people." What about protecting people, Klorane? You barely use plants, and you protect nothing but your pocketbooks.
I am a mother, and I will not buy or use this product on my precious children, nor will I advocate it to others. This is how I take care of people.
Please do not buy this product, and in doing so you, send a message to this company that this is totally unacceptable. Consumer demand controls the market.
For something safer, try OMG Organic Hair Lightener, Leave-in Conditioner Creme. Or hydrogen peroxide followed by a vinegar rinse and a deep conditioner to close the cuticle. Or lemon juice and the sun. For shampoos, try Kiss My Face Chamomile shampoo or anything by Aubrey's Organics. Your health and your family's health is worth far more than this product.
Buy Klorane Camomile Extract Golden Highlights Shampoo For Fair Or Light Brown Hair (13.4 oz.) Now
This shampoo is very light and leaves my hair looking shiny but not greasy at all. The product is kinda small, I know it says how many oz it is but still it was a little disappointing for the price. I've been using Klorane camomile extract shampoo daily for twenty years. Nothing comes close to it. It has been hard to find so I'm excited that Amazon will offer it soon.
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