SheaMoisture is known and loved for its sustainably produced goodness and is made with love for you. Shea Moisture products are made using ingredients that are ethically traded, sustainably produced, and cruelty-free. Like all of their hair care products, this anti-dandruff shampoo is formulated with no sulfates, no parabens, no phthalates, no mineral oil or petrolatum and has been tested on our family for generations and never on animals.
SheaMoisture’s African Black Soap Deep Cleansing Shampoo gently cleanses as it removes buildup from styling products and soothes dry, itchy, and flaking scalp. Apply to wet hair, lather and massage at the root to stimulate the scalp. Rinse thoroughly. SheaMoisture uses recipes handed down from a healer and give it a modern twist.
They use only the best ingredients gathered from around the world to provide the best products out there. Shea Moisture is dedicated to engineering and manufacturing body care products that uphold the company's ethical standards and leave out harmful ingredients. When you buy Shea Moisture you are choosing products that are free of parabens, mineral oil, formaldehyde, and phthalates.
SheaMoisture Apple Cider Vinegar Anti-Dandruff System for stronger hair and a healthier scalp. This anti-dandruff shampoo, infused with Apple Cider Vinegar, Vitamin B3, and Salicylic Acid, gently cleanses to remove build up and fights flaking and itching associated with dandruff. Our Apple Cider Vinegar hair care system is formulated with Fair Trade Shea Butter and is designed to care for your scalp's microbiome and strengthen your hair.
When used together, our shampoo and conditioner moisturize and strengthen for less breakage and healthy-looking hair.
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Our Story: SheaMoisture is the legacy of Sofi Tucker, a pioneering mother of four and entrepreneur, who sold Shea Butter, African Black Soap and homemade beauty preparations in Sierra Leone in 1912. We honor her vision by continuing to formulate with Shea Butter handcrafted by women in Africa. With every purchase, you show support of our mission to reinvest back in our communities.
I am familiar with the Shea Moisture brand and currently use the African Black Soap bar and the Superfruit Multi-Vitamin Hair Masque. I received the Shea Moisture African Black soap Dandruff Control shampoo and conditioner as samples from Shea Moisture with a $2 off coupon for future purchases. I love the fragrance of the shampoo and conditioner, it has an almost warm amber scent. It is not sudsy because these products are free of sulfates, parabens, phthalates, paraffin, mineral oils, synthetic fragrance, DEA. So just because it is not sudsy does not mean it does not work.
These products are better for you and the environment. These products left my scalp slightly tingly while using and after rinsing off, proving to me that the active ingredients were helping with the dry itchy scalp. It definitely reduced the itchy irritation of my dry scalp while leaving my hair silky smooth and smelling great.
Let's delve into the key ingredients found in SheaMoisture African Black Soap Dandruff Control Shampoo:
Key Ingredients
- Water (Aqua): Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed).
- Decyl Glucoside: A very mild cleansing agent with a dense and luxurious foam and an elegant after feel. It also has excellent water solubility and thus good rinsability.
- Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate: Super common ingredient in all kinds of cleansing products: face and body washes, shampoos and foam baths.
- Glycol Stearate: A so-called diester created from two stearic acid molecules and an ethylene glycol molecule. Its main thing is being an opacifier and pearling agent in cleansing products making them white and glossy.
- Glycerin (Vegetable): We don't have description for this ingredient yet. It’s a handy multi-tasking ingredient that gives the skin a nice, soft feel.
- Hydrolyzed Rice Protein: We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
- Panthenol: An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. Another great thing about panthenol is that it has anti-inflammatory and skin protecting abilities. A study shows that it can reduce the irritation caused by less-nice other ingredients (e.g. If that wasn’t enough panthenol is also useful in nail and hair care products. As for the hair the hydration effect is also true there.
- Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter*: Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate).
- Fragrance (Essential Oil Blend): Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it. Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).
- Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil: We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride: We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
- Trichilia Emetica Seed Butter: We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
- Ficus Carica (Fig) Extract: We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
- Caprylhydroxamic Acid: A helper ingredient that helps to make the products stay nice longer, aka preservative. It’s pH dependent and works best at acidic pH levels (3-5).
- Caprylyl Glycol: An Ecocert-approved, natural preservative that counts as gentle and non-irritating to the skin. The blend of these two (caprylyl glycol + phenoxyethanol) is called Optiphen, which not only helps to keep your cosmetics free from nasty things for a long time but also gives a good feel to the finished product.
- Stearamide AMP: We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
- Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice: Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie.
- Tocopherol: It’s the most commonly used version of pure vitamin E in cosmetics. You can read all about the pure form here.
Other Notable Ingredients and Their Benefits
- Argan Oil:Dubbed as the "liquid gold of Morocco", we have to admit we have some trouble determining why this oil enjoys such a special miracle status. Thanks to all the above goodness in argan oil, it can greatly nourish and moisturize the skin and hair. It's also claimed to be able to neutralize collagen-damaging free radicals, help reduce scars, and revitalize and improve skin elasticity.
- Jojoba Oil: Jojoba oil is the most similar to human sebum (both being wax esters), and the two are completely miscible.
- Macadamia Nut Oil: Its unique property is that it contains high amounts of a rare fatty acid called palmitoleic acid (12-25%) that give Macadamia oil a "cushiony" feel.
- Tea Tree Oil: One of the best known essential oils which comes from Australia where it has been used for almost 100 years for its antiseptic and anti-inflammatory actions. Multiple studies confirm that TTO is effective against the evil acne-causing bacteria called P. acnes and the effectiveness of 5% TTO gel is comparable to the gold standard anti-acne treatment, 5% Benzoyl Peroxide lotion. Even if your skin is not sensitive you should never put undiluted TTO on your skin.
It’s springtime. Good thing, for most people the hate is in the mouth and not in their actions, because SM is still on the top shelves, and I know where I live their products are always being restocked.
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For anyone on the outside reading this, here are my SM faves that can leave my hair moisturize for an entire week. Never said anywhere that I was going to stop. I am not a follower. I just don’t understand the thought process of spending money on brands that I don’t like.
I like they JBCO line ,hate he curl milk and smoothie ,unimpressed by the Aragan line and definetly don’t like the Shea line. The JBCO shampoo is a huge staple. I don't like most non-sulfate shampoos but that one leaves my hair so clean. Everything else I haven't been a fan of. I don't know if the products are good or not, they just smell so strong I can only bear to use them once and then just can't continue.
I used to use the shampoo when I was natural. I bought it again recently and I feel like they changed something. The shampoo doesn't suds up as well and is really hard to wash out. They are changing a lot of stuff. To continue using the two items I plan to continue using I will take my empty bottle with me to the store to compare ingredients, plus keep my receipt. I'm really disappointed. That shampoo worked really well for me before. I even used to dilute it 1:8 with water and it still worked like full strength. But now I had to use do much shampoo and lather up multiple times. And it left my hair sticky and tangled.
They sold to Unilever and they are changing the formulas. My hair only behaves with SM Leave In. Absolutely. I used to love the Purification Masque from the African Black Soap line. About two years ago, I noticed it became harder to find and, when I finally did find it again, it was repackaged as a thick, cream-colored product named Dandruff Control Hair Masque.
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