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Le Gel douche corps & cheveux — 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 Parfum — Caredermis curated dermatological review

Risk categories found

Allergy risk6 ingredients · max 7/10Irritation4 ingredients · max 5/10Pore-clogging1 ingredient · max 5/10

Flagged ingredients (12)

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

Parfum

fragrance

Severity 7/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Fragrance is the single most common cause of cosmetic contact allergy.
  • Irritation:Frequent trigger of stinging and redness on reactive skin.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

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.

Severity 5/10Editorial
Oily & acne-prone: Best avoided
  • Pore-clogging:Rated 4/5 on the comedogenic scale; a frequent trigger of facial breakouts.

A beloved natural moisturizer for body and hair that is nonetheless one of the most pore-clogging oils on facial skin.

Sodium Laureth Sulfate

surfactant · foaming agent

Severity 4/10Editorial
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.

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.
EU CLP Skin Sens. 1B ↗EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted) ↗

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.

Severity 4/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Use with caution
  • Allergy risk:Named Allergen of the Year 2004; impurities (amidoamine) drive most reactions.

A mild coconut-derived surfactant in countless 'gentle' cleansers. Most allergy is caused by manufacturing impurities, so quality varies by brand.

Potassium Sorbate

preservative

Severity 2/10
  • Irritation:Occasional transient stinging or redness on sensitive skin.
EU CLP Eye Irrit. 2 ↗

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

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.

CI 42090

colorant

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Allergy risk:Rare reports of sensitivity.

A widely approved blue dye with a benign cosmetic safety record.

TERPINEOLRegulatory dataAllergy riskEU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)SODIUM BENZOTRIAZOLYL BUTYLPHENOL SULFONATERegulatory dataIrritationEU CLP Eye Dam. 1

Pore-clogging potential (3)

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 (11)

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

Recognized ingredients (4)

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.

  • PEG-200 HYDROGENATED GLYCERYL PALMATE· cleansing, solvent, surfactant - cleansi…
  • BENZOTRIAZOLYL DODECYL P-CRESOL· uv absorber
  • PEG-6 CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC GLYCERIDES· surfactant - emulsifying
  • GARDENIA TAITENSIS FLOWER EXTRACT· skin conditioning

Not enough data (5)

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.

  • DISODIUM EDTA PEG-150 PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRASTEARATE
  • AMYL CINNAMAL HYDROXYCITRONELLAL
  • SODIUM IONONE
  • METHYL HYDROXIDE
  • ALPHA-ISOMETHYL SALICYLATE

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, SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, PEG-7 GLYCERYL COCOATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, GLYCERIN, PEG-40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, PARFUM, PEG-200 HYDROGENATED GLYCERYL PALMATE, COCOS NUCIFERA OIL, POLYQUATERNIUM-22, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, DISODIUM EDTA PEG-150 PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRASTEARATE, HEXYL CINNAMAL, AMYL CINNAMAL HYDROXYCITRONELLAL, BENZOTRIAZOLYL DODECYL P-CRESOL, LINALOOL, PEG-6 CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC GLYCERIDES, BENZYL SALICYLATE, BUTETH-3, TERPINEOL, SODIUM BENZOTRIAZOLYL BUTYLPHENOL SULFONATE, SODIUM IONONE, METHYL HYDROXIDE, ALPHA-ISOMETHYL SALICYLATE, TRIBUTYL CITRATE, GARDENIA TAITENSIS FLOWER EXTRACT, CI 42090, TOCOPHEROL, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED OIL

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