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Review on Dr. Eddie's Happy Cappy Shampoo for Children, Medicated Treatment for Dandruff and Seborrheic Dermatitis, Fragrance-Free, Relieves Flakes and Redness on Sensitive Scalps and Skin, No Need for Cradle Cap Brush, 8 oz by Angela Moore

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Works but has some questionable ingredients

So obviously Revane didn't like my first review and didn't post it. The only thing I can think of is that they didn't like that I posted non-Revain links to information about the two ingredients that bother me, phenoxyethanol and cocamidopropylhydroxysultaine. So here's my revised review: I got random white flakes in my hair and after a few tries, this was the only thing that worked. It didn't eliminate my dandruff 100% but it reduced it significantly. Unfortunately, when I bought it, I spent the whole night trying to find a safe, non-toxic solution and didn't properly test all of the ingredients. I have come to the conclusion that phenoxyethanol is not a great ingredient. According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics website (safecosmetics.org), it can cause skin allergies and nervous system problems in babies (nipple cream containing phenoxyethanol has been shown to be harmful to babies) and should be kept away from young children. A cosmetics company called Follain has removed this ingredient from their products as they no longer consider it "pure beauty" (look for "follain" and "phenoxyethanol" items). contain an ingredient that may be harmful to them and encourage everyone to educate themselves before using this on a child, let alone yourself. For those of you who have used it and your child one had a bad reaction as i see with some, see if any of the other products you are using on them contain phenoxyethanol and if not that could be the culprit. As for cocamidopropylhydroxysultaine; There doesn't seem to be much information about what worries me as a practitioner of the precautionary principle. I'm not a chemist, but I find it interesting that cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine has the same first word as cocamidopropyl betaine, which I found out to be more processed than coco-betaine due to the "amidopropyl" part of the name. We can learn from further research that cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine is suitable, but for now I prefer to avoid this ingredient and prefer less processed, better researched ones. Baby) I will not buy it back until they change these ingredients and encourage everyone to do their own research before buying or using it on themselves or children. Website Sources: I can't post direct links due to Revain policy, but here are the website names. Find these +ingredients and you will easily find the same information as me. Phenoxyethanol: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Pure Beauty 101Cocamidopropyl: Hydroxysultaine I Read the Labels for You, Lisa Bronner's blog (touches briefly on cocamidoprop, as does cocamidopropyl betaine, but can still make a difference. Search "Lisa Bronner + SLS, actually, and it is in comments).

Pros
  • Baby products
Cons
  • Some bugs