Cantu · Hair Care
Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.
Moderate concern
Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.
Concern score 55/100 · 21 ingredients analyzed
Driven by Salicylic Acid — EU CLP Repr. 2, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted), EU CLP Eye Dam. 1
Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.
exfoliant · anti-acne
The pore-clearing BHA exfoliant. Not for young children (salicylate absorption), used cautiously in pregnancy at low leave-on concentrations, and drying for compromised barriers.
fragrance
An umbrella term that can hide dozens of undisclosed scent chemicals. Fragrance is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis from cosmetics, and dermatologists routinely advise fragrance-free products for eczema, babies and sensitive skin.
surfactant
A common 'sulfate-free' marketing substitute that cleans — and can strip — just as aggressively as the sulfates it replaces.
antimicrobial · botanical
A popular natural antibacterial for blemishes that becomes increasingly allergenic as it ages and oxidizes; never use it undiluted.
cooling agent · fragrance
The cooling molecule from mint. Refreshing on healthy skin but a genuine irritant for reactive, broken or infant skin.
surfactant
A mild coconut-derived surfactant in countless 'gentle' cleansers. Most allergy is caused by manufacturing impurities, so quality varies by brand.
preservative
Today's most common preservative, considered safe by the SCCS up to 1%. French authorities advise avoiding it in wipes and diaper-area products for children under 3 as a precaution.
preservative booster · skin conditioning
A preservative booster often paired with phenoxyethanol; low-risk overall with rare reports of contact allergy.
chelating agent
A metal-binding stabilizer that is safe on skin at the tiny amounts used; its criticism is environmental persistence.
Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.
Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.
Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.
This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.
Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.
SALICYLIC ACID 3%, WATER (AQUA, EAU), SODIUM C14-16 OLEFIN SULFONATE, COCAMIDE MEA, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), PSIDIUM GUAJAVA LEAF EXTRACT (GUAVA), ZINGIBER OFFICINALE (GINGER) ROOT EXTRACT, ACETIC ACID (APPLE CIDER VINEGAR), MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA (TEA TREE) LEAF OIL, CURCUMA LONGA (TURMERIC) ROOT EXTRACT, MENTHOL, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, DISODIUM EDTA, GLYCERIN, PHENOXYETHANOL, BENZOIC ACID, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, GLYCERETH-2 COCOATE
