CG Method – Ingredients to avoid and use

 Harsh surfactants to avoid:

o * Laureth Sulfate/Sulphate (for eg Sodium Laureth Sulfate/Sulphate, Ammonium Laureth
Sulfate/Sulphate)
o * Myreth Sulfate/Sulphate
o * Lauryl Sulfate/Sulphate
o * Lauryl Sulfate/Sulphate
o * Cocyl Sulfate/Sulphate
o * Alkyl Sulfate/Sulphate
o * Cetearyl Sulfate/Sulphate
o * Coceth Sulfate/Sulphate
o * Coco Sulfate/Sulphate. * can be Sodium or Ammonium for all the above
o Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
o TEA-dodecylbenzenesulfonate
o Alkylbenzene Sulfonate
o Ammonium or Sodium Xylenesulfonate
o MEA, DEA, TEA (monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, and triethanolamine) compounds –
For e.g Cocamide DEA, Lauramide TEA
o Note : Behentrimonium methosulfate is NOT a sulfate that you want to avoid. It is a cationic
surfactant(which means it has conditioning properties and smoothens the cuticle). Anionic
surfactants are detergents and anionic sulphates are what we want to avoid in the CG method.
 Gentle cleansing ingredients:
o Cocamidopropyl betaine
o Coco betaine
o Decyl glucoside
o Capryl glucoside
o Caprylyl glucoside
o Coco glucoside
o Lauryl glucoside
o Cocoamphoacetate
o Cocoamphodipropionate
o Ammonium cocoyl isethionate
o Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate
o Sodium Socoyl Sarcosinate
o Sodium lauryl/lauroyl Sarcosinate
o Sodium lauroyl lactylate
o Sodium caproyl lactylate
o Sodium laurylglucosides hydroxypropyl sulfonate
o Cocoglucosides hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride
o Disodium cocoamphodiacetate
o Disodium cocoamphodipropionate
o Lauroamphoacetate
o Sodium cocoyl isethionate
o Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate
o Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
o Methyl Lauryl Taurate
o Behentrimonium methosulfate
o Disodium laureth sulfosuccinate
o Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
 o Babassuamidopropyl betaine
o Ethyl PEG-15 Cocamine Sulfate
o Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate
o Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
o
 Silicones to avoid:
o Dimethicone
o Bis-aminopropyl dimethicone
o Cetearyl methicone
o Cetyl Dimethicone
o Cyclopentasiloxane
o Stearoxy Dimethicone
o Stearyl Dimethicone
o Trimethylsilylamodimethicone
o Amodimethicone
o Dimethicone
o Dimethiconol
o Behenoxy Dimethicone
o Phenyl trimethicone
 Other ingredients to avoid:
o Mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum)
o Petrolatum
o Waxes: bees wax, candelilla wax, etc.
 Drying alcohols to avoid:
o Denatured alcohol
o SD alcohol 40
o Witch hazel
o Isopropanol
o Ethanol
o SD alcohol
o Propanol
o Propyl alcohol
o Isopropyl alcohol
 (Not to be confused with) Moisturizing alcohols that are good! :
o Behenyl alcohol
o Cetearyl alcohol
o Cetyl alcohol
o Isocetyl alcohol
o Isostearyl alcohol
o Lauryl alcohol
o Myristyl alcohol
o Stearyl alcohol
o C30-50 Alcohols
o Lanolin alcohol