Clean, organic, vegan S&C

**Amber_Maiden** · January 5th, 2012, 01:50 PM

Hi everyone,

I'm currently on WO, but just in case it doesn't work, I figured I'd ask now-

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a very clean (as in very few chemicals), pure (as in ingredients that are as natural and as close to their original form as possible/not synthetic ingredients), alcohol free, cone free and vegan? Also, my hair doesn't care for protein much...

My scalp can't stand products that contain harder chemicals, like SLS, parabens, etc. Those are not an option for me. I don't mind spending money on a better S&C, as long as it's good.

I've looked into Phyto (but it contains SLS and some other things I don't like).
I've tried Live Clean (made me scalp react badly), Prairie Naturals (too much protein), Oneka (very good, very clean and pure, and local- BUT the Conditioner wasn't heavy enough).
I'm currently looking into the Morrocco Method line- SCRATCH THAT- just read a bunch of bad reviews, also way too expensive.

I have dry hair. It's thick and long. It likes heavy conditioner. I don't use or like shampoo much, but use lots of conditioner. I stretch my washes, which is why I don't mind spending a lot of money on the S & C.

Anyone with any ideas?

**aisha.christine** · January 5th, 2012, 02:02 PM

I believe Desert Essence Organics are vegan. I used their moisturizing S&C and I loved it. Here's the link.
All their "chemicals" are naturally derived, and it is 'cone free (if you're cone free)
Hope I got the vegan part right

ETA: Just checked the back of the bottle. It's 100% Vegan, Wheat and Gluten Free. No Parabens, Sodium Laurel/Laureth Sulfates, Phthalates, Artificial Colors, Silicones, EDTA, Glycol or Petroleum based products.

**AlabasterAlice** · January 5th, 2012, 02:13 PM

Have you looked into Everyday Shea? I just got their set of S&C the other day and they have very few ingredients, none of which raise any red flags for my hair (which also happens to hate protein). I am not sure if they are vegan or not though. They are certified fair trade but that is the only thing I can find. Maybe someone who is a vegan would be able to look at the ingredients and say if they are vegan or not? Sorry, that is just not my area of expertise.

I will say that I got them on vitacost for a good price thanks to the sale they ran/are running on beauty products. I think they were around $14 for each 32 oz bottle. I plan on mixing both of them with both herbs and tea so they will have a long life for me, and therefore should be less of a drag on my wallet.

**fauxyeti** · January 5th, 2012, 02:15 PM

Have you looked at the vegan range from Lush?

**ouseljay** · January 5th, 2012, 02:20 PM

I ran into the Beautiful Curls line at Whole Foods a few months ago. It seems to meet all of your requirements, though they don't mention organic specifically. It's fair trade, too. Their website is here http://www.beautifulcurls.com I really liked it on principle, but the leave-in conditioner for wavy hair wasn't quite right for me. Boo.

Edit: Beautiful Curls and Everyday Shea are made by the same company, Alaffia. http://alaffia.com/ I keep wanting to try Everyday Shea, but I balk at buying such a huge bottle.

**Amber_Maiden** · January 5th, 2012, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by aisha.christine

I believe Desert Essence Organics are vegan. I used their moisturizing S&C and I loved it. Here's the link.
All their "chemicals" are naturally derived, and it is 'cone free (if you're cone free)
Hope I got the vegan part right

ETA: Just checked the back of the bottle. It's 100% Vegan, Wheat and Gluten Free. No Parabens, Sodium Laurel/Laureth Sulfates, Phthalates, Artificial Colors, Silicones, EDTA, Glycol or Petroleum based products.

I actually like the look of it- except for that it includes alcohol!

Originally Posted by AlabasterAlice

Have you looked into Everyday Shea? I just got their set of S&C the other day and they have very few ingredients, none of which raise any red flags for my hair (which also happens to hate protein). I am not sure if they are vegan or not though. They are certified fair trade but that is the only thing I can find. Maybe someone who is a vegan would be able to look at the ingredients and say if they are vegan or not? Sorry, that is just not my area of expertise.

I will say that I got them on vitacost for a good price thanks to the sale they ran/are running on beauty products. I think they were around $14 for each 32 oz bottle. I plan on mixing both of them with both herbs and tea so they will have a long life for me, and therefore should be less of a drag on my wallet.

I'll check it out! My hair doesn't really like shea butter, but maybe the shampoo and conditioner would be different.

Originally Posted by fauxyeti

Have you looked at the vegan range from Lush?

Contains SLS, and a couple of other things that aren't that great. I have tried it in the past, before I knew about my allergies.

Originally Posted by ouseljay

I ran into the Beautiful Curls line at Whole Foods a few months ago. It seems to meet all of your requirements, though they don't mention organic specifically. It's fair trade, too. Their website is here http://www.beautifulcurls.com I really liked it on principle, but the leave-in conditioner for wavy hair wasn't quite right for me. Boo.

Edit: Beautiful Curls and Everyday Shea are made by the same company, Alaffia. http://alaffia.com/ I keep wanting to try Everyday Shea, but I balk at buying such a huge bottle.

I'll check it out as well!

**NaiadOreiad** · January 5th, 2012, 02:52 PM

My hair hates alcohol too. UNTIL i found out that Cetyl alcohol is a fatty natural derived alcohol and it is much less stripping for my hair. I use the logona bier and honey (and sometimes their caffeine and goji ) shampoo. There is an urtekram rose condish with VERY few ingredients that is wonderful on my ends.

**jaine** · January 5th, 2012, 02:57 PM

I was about to suggest Sevi or John Masters Organics ...they both have really high ingredient standards...but they might be too expensive.

they also both have shampoo that's free of coco betaine in addition to being SLS free (which makes a difference to my hair.) shampoo can be diluted to last months and months so that probably doesn't matter much....but conditioner price matters a lot.

I think Whole Foods has a lot of choices that aren't too expensive but I haven't tried them all...unfortunately i didn't like the ones I tried so far. I didn't like aubrey organics or everyday shea...it left something waxy on my hair and I didn't like the way my hair felt. Avalon Organics has a relatively inexpensive conditioner that I'm using for CWC at the moment but not as a final conditioner because it's also leaving something waxy on my hair. Gosh...I'm picky!

I keep picking up the less expensive brands hoping I'll like them but then I go back to sevi or John Masters because I like those the best.

**Amber_Maiden** · January 5th, 2012, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by NaiadOreiad

My hair hates alcohol too. UNTIL i found out that Cetyl alcohol is a fatty natural derived alcohol and it is much less stripping for my hair. I use the logona bier and honey (and sometimes their caffeine and goji ) shampoo. There is an urtekram rose condish with VERY few ingredients that is wonderful on my ends.

Looked it up. Not sure if it's as clean as I'd like it to be. Thank you though!