Smooth and silky heads and shoulders anti dandruff shampoo — ingredient safety report
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.
Low concern
No strongly flagged ingredients in our database. As always, individual sensitivities vary.
Concern score 25/100 · 19 ingredients analyzed
Driven by Sodium Lauryl Sulfate — Caredermis curated dermatological review
Risk categories found
Irritation3 ingredients · max 6/10Environmental impact3 ingredients · max 3/10
Flagged ingredients (6)
Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedDry skin: Best avoidedBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
Irritation:The reference irritant used in dermatology research; strips barrier lipids.
Caredermis curated dermatological review
A powerful foaming cleanser so reliably irritating that dermatology studies use it as the standard positive control for skin irritation. Fine for many in rinse-off use, but a poor match for dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin.
Sensitive skin: High cautionDry skin: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
Irritation:Milder than SLS but still drying for compromised skin.
The gentler cousin of SLS used in most mainstream shampoos and washes. Its manufacturing can leave trace 1,4-dioxane, which reputable makers strip out — an issue of quality control rather than the ingredient itself.
Environmental impact:Not biodegradable; accumulates in the environment via wash-off.
The workhorse silicone — inert and non-sensitizing on skin (even FDA-approved as a skin protectant), with persistence in the environment as its main criticism.
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.
SODIUM XYLENESULFONATE COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE
SODIUM CITRATE FRAGRANCE
PROPYLENE GLYCOL Distributed in Australia by: Procter & Gamble Australia Pty. Ltd
Level 4.1 00 Innovation 00 Road. M Macquarie 00 Park
NSW 4 987176 038388 2113
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.
