SLS in shampoo… what do we think?

Most (cheap) shampoos and shower gels contain sodium laureth sulfate or SLS. We can hear you thinking... "so what?"

If you take a closer look at the label of a shampoo bottle, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), or its variant sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), is often the second ingredient listed. This means that this substance, after water (aqua), is quite present in many shampoos.

Thanks to SLS, your shampoo foams. It cleans well and is cheap. But it also affects the oily layer on your skin. Something you don't want because this oily layer protects your skin. SLS also has a carcinogenic by-product (dioxane) that you don't want to put on your head either. In industry, SLS is used in products to clean garage floors, degrease engines and wash cars. SLS is therefore an aggressive cleaner that causes irritation. In our opinion, SLS belongs in a garage, but not in a shampoo bottle.

It should be clear; our shampoos do not contain SLS. And now you know why...