Look at the Label: Austin Kyle Professional Shampoo

A Girl’s Gotta Spa blogged about the Austin Kyle Professional hair care collection that feature “superior ingredients.” Are the ingredients really “superior” or different than cheaper products? Let’s look at the label!

WATER (AQUA)

SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE

COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

COCAMIDE MEA

FRAGRANCE

PEG-40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL,

POLYSORBATE 20

OCTOXYNOL-12

PEG-150 DISTEARATE

METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE, METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE

Let’s compare this “professional” product to a regular over the counter shampoo like Dove Volume Boost:

Polyquaternium 10

Tetrasodium EDTA

Citric Acid

DMDM Hydantoin

PPG 9

Gluconolactone

Adipic Acid

Sodium Sulfate

Trehalose

Methylchloroisothiazolinone

Methylisothiazolinone

Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140)

Red 33 (CI 17200) (CI 1720

As you can see, the main ingredients (sodium laureth sulfate and cocamidopropyl betaine) are exactly the same! The cocamide MEA in the Austin Kyle product helps thicken and boost foam a little, but essentially these two products will work very similarly.

Image credit: Austin Kyle.com