SLS free and effective
Shampoos formulated without sulphates are finally improving. Sulphates or SLSs, which are listed as sodium lauryl or sodium laureth sulphate on an ingredient list, are detergents and the traditional foaming agent used in shampoo, bubble bath and washing up liquid. They have fallen out of favour with those pursuing a more natural approach to beauty, because they can be drying or irritating to a more sensitive skin. Yet, they do the job and they rinse well, which until now was the problem with those shampoos formulated without it. They left hair dull, lank and well, greasy.
Things are starting to really improve, thanks to a new, coconut derived foaming agent. It can be found in Liz Earle‘s shampoo, which I highly recommend. It can also be found in this one, a Christmas present from a friend incidentally, it’s by Aromatherapy Care. I have used it a couple of times, it lathers well and rinses easily leaving hair feeling squeaky clean and ready for conditioner. The other SLS free shampoo I’ve been road testing is Rahua Voluminous Shampoo (Gwyneth Paltrow and Olivia Wilde are I’m told, fans ). It contains rahua (ra-wa) oil, which is has been used by women of the Amazonian Quechua-Shuar tribe to keep their hair healthy and lustrous, for centuries. It lathers less readily than the other two, yet is an effective cleanser for an oilier, finer hair type. Although no signs in the ingredient list (lemongrass, lavender, eucalyptus) it has a feint aroma of aniseed. And so back to Santa…
‘Coals to Newcastle,’ she said as she handed it over, sheepishly. Sweetly I smiled as I unscrewed the cap and inhaled its glorious frankincense, patchouli, geranium and orange and actually, I was delighted. Click here to buy Aromatherapy Care and here, or if you’re in London, swing by Harrods for Rahua.
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