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Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Brand

Head & Shoulders

EAN-13

8001090101372

Quantity

280 ml

Categories

Hair, Shampoos, Anti-dandruff shampoos

Packaging

Plastique

Sales countries

France

Stores

Leclerc

Record created on

22 August 2017

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Fiche 8001090101372. Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products, retrieved 23 October 2026.

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Points to note

Findings according to the 2017 list.

• Information

  The composition recorded on 22 August 2017 lists Zinc Pyrithione, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union from 1 March 2022 (Annex II, entry 1670). It predates that date: the formula may have changed since (liste de 2017, ancienne).

  Source: EU regulations amending the annexes of the Cosmetics Regulation, annexe II, entrée 1670.

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 Zinc PyrithioneClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching Benzyl AlcoholClassified 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 MéthylisothiazolinoneClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin corrosion, category 1B (Skin Corr. 1B); serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1); skin sensitisation, category 1A (Skin Sens. 1A).
  • For information Zinc PyrithioneClassified 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.
  • For information Hydrochloric AcidClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin corrosion, category 1A (Skin Corr. 1A). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.
  • For information Sodium HydroxideClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin corrosion, category 1A (Skin Corr. 1A). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.
  • For information Isopropyl AlcoholClassified 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.

• Environment

  • Worth watching Zinc PyrithioneClassified 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).
  • Worth watching MéthylisothiazolinoneClassified 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).

• Read on the label

  • For information Sodium HydroxideAnnex III, entry 15a, requires a warning that depends on the type of product: Nail cuticle solvent: “Contains alkali. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness. Keep out of reach of children”; Hair straightener: “1. Contains alkali. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness. Keep out of reach of children. 2. For professional use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness”; pH adjuster for depilatories: “Keep out of reach of children. Avoid contact with eyes”. None for: Other uses as pH adjuster.

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: babies and children.

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 22 August 2017, 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 ; METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE (Annex V, entry 57): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 27 January 2018, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited since 27 April 2018. The formula may have changed: check the label of the product on sale.

29 recognised ingredients out of 29.

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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”.