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Ghost 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.

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Low concern

No strongly flagged ingredients in our database. As always, individual sensitivities vary.

Concern score 25/100 · 32 ingredients analyzed

Driven by MethylchloroisothiazolinoneCaredermis curated dermatological review

Risk categories found

Allergy risk7 ingredients · max 8/10Irritation6 ingredients · max 5/10Environmental impact1 ingredient · max 3/10

Flagged ingredients (13)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Severity 8/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Potent sensitizer, typically blended with MIT (Kathon CG).
  • Irritation:Corrosive in concentrate; irritating at use levels.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

The chlorinated partner of MIT, restricted in the EU to rinse-off products only. A leading cause of preservative contact dermatitis worldwide.

Severity 8/10
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Caused an epidemic of contact allergy; banned in EU leave-on products.
  • Irritation:Irritating even in people without allergy.

A preservative behind one of the largest contact-allergy epidemics in cosmetic history. The EU banned it from leave-on products and restricts it in rinse-off products to 15 ppm.

Linalool

fragrance

Severity 5/10
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen; oxidized linalool is a common patch-test positive.

A floral scent molecule found in lavender and many essential oils. It oxidizes on air exposure into strongly sensitizing compounds, which is why it must be declared on EU labels.

Phenoxyethanol

preservative

Severity 3/10
Babies & kids: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Occasional stinging and irritation, mostly around eyes and on damaged skin.

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.

Ethylhexylglycerin

preservative booster · skin conditioning

Severity 2/10
  • Irritation:Documented occasional contact allergy and eye irritation.

A preservative booster often paired with phenoxyethanol; low-risk overall with rare reports of contact allergy.

Potassium Sorbate

preservative

Severity 2/10
  • Irritation:Occasional transient stinging or redness on sensitive skin.

A mild food-grade preservative usually paired with sodium benzoate; well tolerated by most skin types.

Disodium EDTA

chelating agent

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Poorly biodegradable; can remobilize heavy metals in waterways.

A metal-binding stabilizer that is safe on skin at the tiny amounts used; its criticism is environmental persistence.

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Allergy risk:Rare Asteraceae cross-reactions in ragweed-allergic individuals.

A gentle calming botanical; the rare reactions occur mostly in people allergic to ragweed-family plants.

Sodium Benzoate

preservative

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Irritation:Can cause transient, non-allergic flushing/stinging on reactive skin.

A food-grade preservative generally regarded as one of the gentler options; occasional non-immune stinging is its main drawback.

Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit ExtractRegulatory dataAllergy riskEU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Pore-clogging potential (1)

Ingredients rated likely to clog pores — relevant if your skin is acne-prone. This is a separate indicator and is not part of the safety score.

Indicative Fulton-scale ratings from published dermatology references — not a regulator classification; individual reactions vary.

No concerns found (16)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Recognized ingredients (2)

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.

  • Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine· antistatic, cleansing, hair conditioning…
  • Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein· antistatic, hair conditioning, skin cond…

Not enough data (1)

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 Lauryl Glucoside Hydroxypropylsulfonate

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.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

Aqua/Water/Eau, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Fucus Vesiculosus Extract, Glyceryl Oleate, Sodium Lauryl Glucoside Hydroxypropylsulfonate, Coco-Glucoside, Polyquaternium-7, Polyquaternium-10, Glycerin, PEG-150 Distearate, Glycol Distearate, Lauramide MIPA, Disodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool

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