Hair Ingredients to Avoid

Ladies! Please be careful which ingredients you are putting in your hair! I know I switched shampoo routines and it made allll the difference.

Ingredients to avoid? Why? (p.s. if you have more to add to this list, post below!)

• sodium lauryl - skin, scalp and eye irritants; may be carcinogenic
• diazolidinyl urea - skin irritants; a possible carcinogen
• parabens (methyl, propyl, butyl, and ethyl) - poses risk to certain cancers
• silicone (or chemicals that end in -cone) - some known tumor promoters; biodegradable
• lanoline, petroleum and mineral oil - suffocating; irritating
• propylene glycol - neurotoxin; damaging to kidneys and liver
• phenoxyethanol - known to cause allergic reactions to the skin on contact
• cocomide DEA, diethanomaline (DEA), triethanolamine (TRA) - a possible carcinogen
• fragrances - irritant; some are volatile petrochemical compound

(as taken from http://naturalsunshine.ning.com/; there's even a wallet printout that you can printout for those beauty supply visits)