Gentle Lather Shampoo

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Ingredients

Conditioning Agents
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride

Film Forming Humectants
Panthenol

Gentle Cleansers
Decyl Polyglucose
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate

Verified – Caution
Diazolidinyl Urea
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate

Verified – Okay
C 12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
PEG 150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate

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Hair Cleansing Cream

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Ingredients

Conditioning Agents
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride

Humectants
Glycerin

Gentle Cleansers
Decyl Polyglucose
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Behentrimonium Methosulfate

Moisturizing Alcohols
Cetearyl Alcohol

Botanical Ingredients – Extracts and Oils
Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil

Verified – Caution
Diazolidinyl Urea
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate

Verified – Okay
C 12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
PEG 150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate

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Let’s break it down. Looks like they have very similar ingredients with a few differences.

Conditioning agents: Both contain Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, which is very good for detangling but has a higher potential for build-up.

Humectants: They both contain Humectants … Gentle Later has Panthenol which is a Film Forming Humectant meaning it will form a film over the hair and will help resist dehydration. These ingredients are also safe to use in low dew points. Hair Cleansing Cream contains Glycerin which can be helpful or hurtful for retaining moisture based on your climate and dew point.

Gentle Cleansers: Both contain a good amount of gentle cleansing ingredients, but the Hair Cleansing Cream has an additional cleanser: Behentrimonium Methosulfate, which sounds like a sulfate but is not. It is an extremely gentle surfactant and a mild detangling ingredient. It does not cause buildup, and is non-irritating to the scalp, which makes it great for cowashing.

Moisturizing Ingredients: Hair Cleansing Cream has a few more moisturizing ingredients than the Gentle Lather Shampoo: Cetearyl Alcohol and Avocado Oil. Cetearly Alcohol is a fatty alcohol that works as an emollient to soften the hair and Avocado Oil can also help soften the hair and has deep moisturizing, regenerative and strengthening properties. 

Bottom Line:

Both are great products and have many beneficial ingredients for your hair. Hair Cleansing Cream has a bit more moisturizing ingredients, so if you hair craves moisture and can stand the weight of the extra oil – Then the cleansing cream would probably be great for you! If you are looking for a lighter cleanser that has great cleansing properties – give the Gentle Lather Shampoo a try!

Where to buy:

Amazon: Jessicurl Gentle Lather Shampoo | Jessicurl Hair Cleansing Cream

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There are two categories of film forming ingredients: Plant gels and Hydrolyzed proteins (source: Science-y Hair blog)

Plant gels:

• flax seed gel (linseed)
• okra gel (made from okra seed pods)
• aloe vera
• hydroxyethylcellulose
• pectin
• xanthan gum
• guar gum
• marsh mallow root
• slippery elm
• carrageenan (also known as irish moss or seaweed extract, sea emollient, sea algae, sea vegetable)
• nettle leaf tea or nettle extract
• panthenol*
• Hydroxypropyltrimonium honey

Hydrolyzed proteins:

• Hydrolyzed ________(source of protein) protein 
• Peptides (wheat, oat, soy…)
• Amino acids (wheat, oat, soy) or glycine, alanine, proline, etc.
• Cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed _________ (source of protein, i.e. keratin, silk, rice, soy)
• Cocoyl hydrolyzed ________ (source of protein)
• Potassium cocoyl hydrolyzed ________ (source of protein)
• Hydrolyzed oat flour

We try to capture all of the possible ingredients that fall into this category, but it can be difficult with ingredient name variations. If you notice an ingredient that should be in this category but is not, please contact us.

Products with Film Forming Humectant Ingredients

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