Review on Authentic Beauty Concept Cruelty Free Silicone Free Hair Care for Hair Masks by Jessica Ness

I saw this product and it looked so tempting. The packaging looks so minimalist and is marketed as "real, honest and purposeful", meaning "free of microplastics, mineral oil, parabens and silicones". Sounds very clean. I'll start off by saying it works really well, but on first use it caused eye irritation as well as a horrible instant headache. I thought it was the smell but when I read the ingredients I realized they were toxic ingredients! First, the smell is not coconut like mentioned by another reviewer. It smells like stinky powder and reminds me of my grandmother's Avon. Even after I washed it off well, the smell lingered and stank me all day. Some people might like this scent, but it just pisses me off. It reminds me of when I was working in an office and this woman came every morning smelling of stinky perfume powder. Pooh! Uncomfortable, but she must have been very happy. I love the natural scents of essential oils and even some synthetic perfumes, as long as they're woody-floral. This is a very unpleasant odor for me. Second, and more importantly, the ingredients are harsh chemicals and can be irritating (it was for me) >>> Begentrimonium ChlorideBegenoyl-Pg-Trimonium ChlorideDicaprylyl Carbonate DistearoylethylHydroxyethylmonium Methosulfate The EGW database does not rate them well and they are considered toxic and harmful to the environment. This product is made in Slovakia, not in the USA. Authentic Beauty Concept is a division of Henkel AG&Co of Germany and this product is distributed outside of Culver City, California, USA. 2 stars is a high rating for this product. I gave two instead of one because it works really well!