Amika's Repair Shampoo is designed to repair and strengthen damaged strands resulting from everyday stressors, heat, and chemical treatments. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the shampoo's key ingredients and their respective benefits.
The Amika Repair Shampoo leverages a combination of advanced technology and natural ingredients to achieve its reparative effects.
Bond Fortifying Technology: This technology targets and strengthens the bonds in hair most prone to breakage. It specifically addresses damage caused by environmental stressors, heat styling, and chemical treatments.
Plant Butters and Vegan Proteins: Rich in nutrients such as omega fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals, these ingredients provide keratin-like benefits from a plant source. They contribute to the overall health and resilience of the hair. The shampoo contains vitamin-rich mango butter, borage oil and shea butter. Vegan proteins are derived from quinoa and provide keratin-like benefits.
Sea Buckthorn: This superfruit berry is known as one of Earth’s most potent, omega-rich plant sources. It nourishes the hair strands, scalp, and skin while restoring lipids in the hair. This restoration helps to increase shine, manageability, softness, and strength.
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To fully understand the potential benefits of the Amika Repair Shampoo, it's essential to examine its complete ingredient list.
Water/Aqua/Eau, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Fruit/Seed Oil, Borago Officinalis (Borage/Bourrache) Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado/Avocat) Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango/Mangue) Seed Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea/Karite) Butter, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender/Lavande) Flower Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria/Matricaire) Flower Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary/Romarin) Leaf Extract, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Aminomethyl Propanol, Bis-PCA Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Disodium PEG-12 Dimethicone Sulfosuccinate, PEG-12 Dimethicone, PEG-150 Distearate, Polyquaternium-10, Polyquaternium-7, Polysorbate 20, Propylene Glycol, Glycol, Glycol Stearate, Glycol Distearate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Citric Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Benzoic Acid, Fragrance/Parfum, Benzyl Benzoate, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene.
Please be aware that ingredient lists may change or vary from time to time.
Water/Aqua/Eau: The most common skincare ingredient, serving as the primary solvent in the shampoo. The water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized.
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate: A versatile and biodegradable cleansing agent with high cleaning power and strong foaming properties. It is a super common ingredient in all kinds of cleansing products: face and body washes, shampoos and foam baths. Unfortunately, these two properties for a surfactant usually mean that it is harsh on the skin, which is the case here as well.
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Cocamidopropyl Betaine: A super common ingredient that is great at stabilizing bubbles. It’s a mild cleansing agent that works very well combined with other cleansing agents and surfactants.
Glycerin: Acts as a humectant, attracting moisture to the hair.
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate: A soft, mild cleansing agent with an amphoteric structure, recommended for baby products and other non-irritating cleansers. It also has great foaming abilities.
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate: A clear, light yellow water-loving oil that comes from coconut/palm kernel oil and glycerin.
Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Fruit/Seed Oil: As mentioned earlier, this is a key ingredient known for its omega-rich properties and its ability to nourish and restore hair.
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Borago Officinalis (Borage/Bourrache) Seed Oil: The richest known plant source of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). GLA is soothing and nourishing, and can repair even severely dry and irritated skin.
Persea Gratissima (Avocado/Avocat) Oil: Loaded with nourishing and moisturizing fatty acids, especially oleic acid (70%). It has extraordinary skin penetration abilities and can nourish different skin layers. Thanks to its vitamin E content it also has some antioxidant properties.
Mangifera Indica (Mango/Mangue) Seed Butter: A great moisturizing and nourishing emollient oil loaded with good-for-the-skin stuff: essential amino acids, antioxidant phenolic compounds, and nourishing fatty acids.
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea/Karite) Butter: Regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors, and is rich in antioxidants.
Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride: We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender/Lavande) Flower Extract:
Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria/Matricaire) Flower Extract: Used mainly for its anti-inflammatory properties. Chamomile also has some antioxidant activity.
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary/Romarin) Leaf Extract: Contains lots of chemicals, including flavonoids, phenolic acids, and diterpenes. Its main active is rosmarinic acid, a potent antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory.
Hydrolyzed Quinoa:
Aminomethyl Propanol:
Bis-PCA Dimethicone: A fluid silicone that reduces surface tension.
Butylene Glycol: A multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid that is a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin.
Disodium EDTA: A super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time by neutralizing metal ions.
Disodium PEG-12 Dimethicone Sulfosuccinate: It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together.
PEG-12 Dimethicone:
PEG-150 Distearate: A so-called diester created from two stearic acid molecules and an ethylene glycol molecule. Its main thing is being an opacifier and pearling agent in cleansing products making them white and glossy.
Polyquaternium-10:
Polyquaternium-7:
Polysorbate 20:
Propylene Glycol: A common glycol that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products.
Glycol Stearate:
Glycol Distearate:
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate: A mild and non-drying cleanser that gives the skin a nice and soft after-feel. It also has great foaming properties, comes from coconuts and it's biodegradable.
Citric Acid: An AHA that comes from citrus fruits.
Dehydroacetic Acid: A helper ingredient that helps to make the products stay nice longer, aka preservative. It works mainly against fungi and has only milder effect against bacteria.
Benzyl Alcohol: It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon, aka a preservative. In small amounts (up to 1%) it’s a nice, gentle preservative. Has to be combined with some other nice preservatives, like potassium sorbate to be broad spectrum enough.
Phenoxyethanol: It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, and it can be used up to 1% worldwide.
Potassium Sorbate: It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon, aka a preservative. It’s not a strong one and doesn’t really work against bacteria, but more against mold and yeast.
Sodium Benzoate: A helper ingredient that helps to make the products stay nice longer, aka preservative. It’s pH dependent and works best at acidic pH levels (3-5). An Ecocert-approved, natural preservative that counts as gentle and non-irritating to the skin.
Benzoic Acid:
Fragrance/Parfum: Nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products. If your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics.
Benzyl Benzoate: A common fragrance ingredient that has a faint sweet balsamic smell. It can also be a solvent and can fight against microbes and insects very well.
Hydroxycitronellal: It's one of the “EU 26 fragrances” that has to be labelled separately because of allergen potential. Best to avoid if your skin is sensitive.
Limonene: A super common and cheap fragrance ingredient. It does smell nice but the problem is that it oxidizes on air exposure and the resulting stuff is not good for the skin. Oxidized limonene can cause allergic contact dermatitis and counts as a frequent skin sensitizer.
By combining bond fortifying technology with nourishing ingredients like sea buckthorn, plant butters, and vegan proteins, the Amika Repair Shampoo offers several key benefits:
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