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California Naturals Light & Gentle Anti-Irritation Sensitive Shampoo

California Naturals · Hair Care

Light & Gentle Anti-Irritation Sensitive 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.

75

High concern

Contains one or more ingredients with significant published concerns. Read the details before use.

Concern score 75/100 · 34 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter (Caredermis editorial assessment)

Risk categories found

Pore-clogging1 ingredient · max 5/10Irritation4 ingredients · max 3/10Allergy risk1 ingredient · max 2/10

Flagged ingredients (7)

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

Severity 5/10Editorial
Oily & acne-prone: Best avoided
  • Pore-clogging:Rated 4/5 comedogenic; best kept off acne-prone facial skin.

A rich body butter that is highly comedogenic on facial skin — great for body, risky for breakout-prone faces.

Lactic Acid

exfoliant · humectant

Severity 3/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Milder than glycolic; still increases photosensitivity.

A gentler AHA that exfoliates and hydrates simultaneously; the usual pick for drier or more reactive skin starting acids.

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.

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.

Melia Azadirachta Leaf ExtractRegulatory dataHormone disruptionAllergy riskEnvironmental impactEU CLP Repr. 2EU CLP Skin Sens. 1EU CLP Aquatic Chronic 1

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 (18)

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

Recognized ingredients (7)

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…
  • Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate· surfactant - cleansing
  • Paeonia Albiflora Root Extract· skin conditioning
  • Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract· skin conditioning
  • Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract· skin conditioning
  • Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract· skin conditioning, skin conditioning - e…
  • Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract· skin conditioning

Not enough data (2)

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.

  • Eggplant Fruit Extract
  • Turmeric Root Extract

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.

Lower-concern hair care

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

Aqua, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glycerin, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Glyceryl Stearate, Lactic Acid, Shea Butter, Honey, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Tocopherol, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Paeonia Albiflora Root Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Eggplant Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract, Turmeric Root Extract, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, Coco-Glucoside, Glycol Distearate, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Sucrose Cocoate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Sodium PCA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum

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