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WEN, come on or worth it?

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Gabrielle_AnimalLuver

PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:00 am


Was just watching an infomercial for the shampoo WEN which claims to be natural so I researched the ingredients. No sls etc but lower in the list there's a lot I don't know.

WEN® Sweet Almond Mint Cleansing Conditioner
Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Prunus Serotina (Wild Cherry) Bark Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Hydrolyzed Wheat, Protein, Panthenol, Butylene Glycol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Polysorbate 60, PEG-60 Almond Glycerides, Amodimethicone, Citric Acid, Menthol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Fragrance (Parfum, Limonene.
PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:53 am


Holy chemical names! I found SOME of the ingredient descriptions here:
http://www.purist.com.au/ingredients-we-use.html

Of course, they're probably prettying it up to attract buyers....

Aubrey Organics - at least the swimmer's shampoo/conditioner - seems to be a pretty good brand with less ingredients in general.

shall she sail seas


sakura-schan

PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 9:08 pm


Did they test this WEN on animals? That would be my biggest problem. I'm not big on shampoo chemicals really but I am big on whether or not animals are being tested. Did you know that make-up actually has expiration dates?
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