My readers are divided into two camps: those who do not recognize the cosmetics of Russian manufacturers (there are no objective reasons for that) and those who use it with pleasure.
In today's review I will tell you about the budget line of funds Agafia's grandmother's recipes "Agafya's Cloudberry", I will analyze their composition and write my opinion.
I went to the nearest supermarket and bought:
- Shampoo with juice wild arctic cloudberry on a soap root with vitamin C.
- Hair mask with wild arctic cloudberry oil in goat milk with vitamin C.
- Rejuvenating body cream with juice of wild arctic cloudberries in Amur velvet oil with vitamin E for dry and very dry skin (remember, this will be important later in the text);
- Anti-aging hand cream with the juice of wild arctic cloudberries in rhodiola rosea oil with vitamin E.
In this article I will touch on hair products, but I will leave the creams for the second part, otherwise the review will be very large, and you will simply get tired of reading. Although a good half will not reach this proposal, but will immediately rush into the comments :-)
All packages say in huge letters that Approved by the Traditional Medicine Association. I doubted the existence of such an organization, but we all know that marketers love to lure customers like this. It turned out that there is such an association.
We disassemble the composition of the shampoo
The first on the list is Aqua with infusions of rubus chamaemorus fruit juice. For those who do not know English, the producers carefully wrote in brackets that this is the juice of a wild Arctic cloudberry.
But in fact, this is a funny trick of marketers of "folk" cosmetics: just a decoction / infusions of cloudberries, and since composition, natural ingredients go somewhere at the end of the list, they are "thrown" in this way to the first place in composition (indicate not just water, as normal cosmetics manufacturers do, but a decoction with a natural component that flaunts on the front label).
What fruit juice is for is not clear. Although, in the presence of sugar in the same shampoo, I was already convinced :-)
The second component is soap root extract: it is understandable, the shampoo should wash (and he does it well, by the way).
The third is vaccinium vitis-idaea seeld oil:lingonberry seed oil, moisturizes and soothes the scalp.
Next comes soft sulfate sodium coco-sulfate, the opinion about him is ambiguous. However, as about other sulfates.
Then the fun begins. The line-up includes sodium chloride, that is, table salt. In shampoos, it is used as a thickener, but at the same time, this ingredient can lead to dryness and irritation of the scalp. Perhaps the problem of dryness and irritation is solved by the presence of lingonberry seed oil in the composition.
And further down the list:
- cocamide dea: A surfactant, which is obtained from the fatty acids of coconut oil, is safe in itself, but when combined with some ingredients, its properties change, it can cause itching and dandruff;
- cocamidopropyl Betaine: coupled with cocamide dea can lead to not the most pleasant consequences;
- polyquaternium-7: polymer, in hair cosmetics serves as an antistatic agent (microplastic, which lovers of natural cosmetics are so afraid of);
- styrene / acrylates copolymer: film former, gives shine to hair (microplastic);
- lauryl glucoside: foaming. Natural ingredient;
- sodium ascorbyl phosphate: one of the more or less stable forms of vitamin C;
- benzyl alcohol - preservative, non-toxic;
- benzoic acid - synthetic preservative;
- sorbic acid - natural preservative;
- parfum- perfume.
There are, of course, questions about the composition. And only because the shampoo and the brand itself as a whole positions itself as folk cosmetics, which are also approved by the traditional medicine association.
And our grandmothers don't think they like to use, for example, synthetic preservatives (at least this opinion is based on the comments in Zen).
Shampoo is the only product from the cloudberry line that I have no complaints about using. And I even liked it, despite the sugared substance on the dispenser. Moreover, considering that the composition contains ingredients that cause dryness and irritation of the scalp, and the fact that often shampoos are not suitable for me and how dry it is.
Cloudberry shampoo did not dry out hair and scalp. I quite liked it, but of course I won't buy it again :-) I just have my own proven brands, and I bought this one for review.
We disassemble the composition of the mask
She also pleases us with her "naturalness":
- aqua with infusions of caprae lac- infusion of goat milk;
- hydrolyzed silk - silk proteins responsible for hydration;
- cetearyl alcohol- emulsifier;
- behentrimonium chloride and after him cetrimonium chloride - synthetic preservatives;
- glyceryl stearate - natural film former;
- lauryl glucoside we have already met in shampoo, a foaming natural component;
- Rubus chamaemorus seed oil here is the promised cloudberry oil (in 8th place, in principle, this is a classic of the genre for many brands);
- guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride: antistatic, makes it easier to comb hair;
- sodium ascorbyl phosphate - vitamin C;
- benzyl alcohol - preservative (non-toxic);
- benzoic acid - synthetic preservative;
- sorbic acid - natural preservative;
- Citric acid - citric acid, makes hair easier to comb and gives shine;
- Parfum- perfume.
The composition does not really pull on the ideal (in terms of naturalness), but the action of the mask is not so bad. Moisturizing is mediocre, it doesn't even smell like deep hydration. Doesn't do miracles, there is no wow-effect either after her, but she didn't make her hair worse. Thank you anyway.
Shampoo price - 60 rubles.
The price of the mask is 73 rubles.
The premise of the review is as follows: there is no completely natural composition of cosmetics, the whole thing must be transported somehow over long distances. And there is nothing wrong with many synthetic components.
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