Curly Girl Cheat-Sheet

Avoid Sulfates Avoid Silicones Avoid Drying Alcohols Avoid Others
Identified by:
• Sulfate
• Sulfonate
• Sulfoacetate
• Sulfosuccinate
Identified by Suffixes:
• -one
• -conol
• -xane
Identified by:
• Propyl
• Prop
• Eth
• Denatured
• Waxes
• Castor Oil
• Mineral Oil (parrifidium liquidium)
• Petroleum

Exceptions:
• Behentrimonium methosulfate
• Disodium lautreth sulfosuccinate


Alternatives:
• Cocamidopropyl betaine
• Coco betaine
• Cocoamphoacetate
• Cocoamphodipropionate
• Disodium cocoamphodiacetate
• Disodium cocoamphodipropionate
• Lauroamphoacetate
• Sodium cocoyl isethionate
• Babassuamidopropyl betaine

Exceptions:
• Lauryl methicone copolyol (water soluble)
• Lauryl PEG/PPG-18/18 Methicone
• Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Hydroxypropyl Polysiloxane (water soluble)
• Dimethicone Copolyol (water soluble)
• PEG-Dimethicone, or any other 'cone with "PEG-" (water soluble)
• Benzophenone-2, or #3-10 (sunscreen)
• Methychloroisothiazolinone (preservative)
• Methylisothiazolinone (preservative)

Moisturizing Alcohols:
• Behenyl alcohol
• Cetearyl alcohol
• Cetyl alcohol
• Isocetyl alcohol
• Isostearyl alcohol
• Lauryl alcohol
• Myristyl alcohol
• Stearyl alcohol
• C30-50 Alcohols
• Lanolin alcohol

Exceptions:
• Emulsifying Wax
• PEG-Hydrogenated Castor Oil
• Natural oils: Avocado oil, Olive oil, Coconut oil, etc.


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All the above information was taken from this article and organized for the purposes of this table.

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