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When considering natural hair care, it's worth thinking about the potentially harmful ingredients used in many hair products. Foods such as fruit and vegetables can contain traces of pesticides. When you eat them, these chemicals can pass through your body as the toxins they contain are detoxified to varying degrees by your body. It is amazing!
However, toxins absorbed by your skin can bypass this detox process and enter your bloodstream directly. When you use a shampoo or conditioner (or any skincare products), blood vessels, sweat glands, and nerve endings can absorb toxins. Also:
Propylparaben, Parahydroxybenzoic acid, Parahydroxybenzoate, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Butylparaben, Benzyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid, Methyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid, Ethyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid, Propyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid, Butyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid.
When looking for natural hair care products we recommend you also avoid the following ingredients which are often used;
Used in antifreeze, paints, adhesives, enamels and as a solvent in many products. Although it is recommended skin contact is avoided, it is often found in shampoo! Potential toxic effects include kidney and liver damage.
Now you have an understanding of some of the hidden and potentially harmful ingredients often found in hair products. Don't worry, there is another way!
Use our natural haircare range, awarded a 'Best Buy' by Ethical Consumer. Our ingredients are also independently EWG Verified for additional assurance.
We only use plant based, natural ingredients like coconut, water, aloe vera and essential oils. And our 100% pure, cold pressed hair oils such as Argan, Abyssinian and Jojoba are amazing alternatives for hair conditioning or as a pre-conditioning hair treatment.
As always, our Natural Hair Care range is also vegan, cruelty free, plastic free and orangutan friendly - no palm oil or any palm derivatives. Read more about what ingredients we leave out of our natural haircare.
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