Smoothing Deep Conditioner

Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 29 April 2020 (Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products).

List recorded in 2020. Photograph the packaging to check whether it has changed. Photograph the packaging

Points to note

Findings according to the 2020 list.

• Information

  The composition recorded on 29 April 2020 lists BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union from 1 March 2022 (Annex II, entry 1666). It predates that date: the formula may have changed since. This product is reported as sold outside the European Union (United States): the EU rule may not apply there (liste de 2020, ancienne).

  Source: EU regulations amending the annexes of the Cosmetics Regulation, annexe II, entrée 1666.

1 ingredient is prohibited, except for the exceptions provided for by the regulation: CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (LIME) OIL. Its rule, in the table, says which.

Who it concerns

For each group, the ingredients of the list that an official classification or rule mentions. Open an ingredient's page to read what the text says. A group with no name does not mean the ingredients were judged to have no effect for it.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  • Prohibition or serious classification BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONALClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility (known or presumed hazard) and the unborn child (suspected hazard).

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching BENZYL ALCOHULClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 45, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching LIMONENEClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 88, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching LINALOOLClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 84, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • For information CITRIC ACIDClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.
  • For information ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERINClassified under the CLP Regulation: serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • Worth watching LIMONENEClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1); hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1).
  • For information ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERINClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 3 (Aquatic Chronic 3).

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: babies and children, read on the label.

For a question about your own situation (pregnancy, child, allergy), show this list to your doctor, midwife or pharmacist: we cannot say whether this product suits you.

Recorded composition

List recorded on 29 April 2020, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: BENZYL ALCOHOL (Annex III, entry 45): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028 ; LIMONENE (Annex III, entry 88): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028. The formula may have changed: check the label of the product on sale.

38 recognised ingredients out of 44.

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Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction): Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation, or identified endocrine disruptor. Irritation, allergy and environment: see “Who it concerns”.