Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

[digmom1014]

Hi-

My scalp has not been itchy since going gluten-free and switching to Fructis-a non-wheat containing shampoo. In the last week my scalp has become painfully sore, tight, and kinda itchy. Anyway I had it looked at and their was no underlying causes that the dr. could see so, they thought it my the Sodium Laurel Sulfate in my shampoo. I guess they use it clean engines!!!

Can anyone reccomend a gluten-free shampoo, not expensive, that does not contain SLS?

[jerseyangel]

I've been using Burt's Bee's Color Keeper Shampoo. No SLS.

[Lisa16]

Oh yes-- I looked and looked. SLS is bad news for me too. Plus I have an allergy to sulfa drugs AND sulfites/ sulfates (so no wines or dried fruits). I think Sulpher can be super toxic.

You want:

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Burt's bees (super shiny, color keeper-- look at labels)

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Desert Essence (all are gluten-free, SLS free)

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and LUSH! Lush is great. They have solid shampoo bars (and conditioners) that do not have SLS. These bars are really cool.

Good luck.

[MaryJones2]

Which Fructis are you using? I ask because my husband picked up the wrong bottle once and the same thing happened to me. It wasn't a gluten thing but was obviously an issue of some kind because once I switched back it went away. I am using sleek & shine for dry hair (orange lablel).

[debmidge]

Can you use TEA-Lauryl Sulfate?

I use gluten-free shampoo called DHS, but it has the above ingredient in it.

DHS is made by Person & Covey, Inc. of Glendale CA

[digmom1014]

Thanks for all of the quick replies! I too use the Fructis Sleek adn Shiny and never had a problem until now. (gluten-free for 11 months)

I seem to be discovering new "allergies" at this point. I'm also trying to narrow down why my stomach is sticking out again-I think it may be sugar but, I haven't ruled out any of the other usual suspects. (i.e. corn, nighthades, etc)

[jerseyangel]

Interesting about the Fructis giving people problems.....I was using it for quite a while until recently. I think it was causing my eczema to flare up, so I stopped it and tried the Burt's Bee's--so far, so good.

[RiceGuy]

The gluten-free/SLS-Free shampoos I'm aware of are:

Open Original Shared Link

Open Original Shared Link

This one doesn't list the ingredients on their site:

Open Original Shared Link

[DarkIvy]

A lot of the Giovanni line is gluten free... except for the "golden wheat" variety I used them for two years solid and loved it. They may have a lighter sulfate in them somewhere, but it's listed in the middle of the list and I never had any problems, whereas traditional body washes and shampoos really make me itch so bad.

I just checked, and my Tea Tree Triple Threat Shampoo lists an ingredient called Sodium C14-16 Olelin Sulfonate towards the middle-endish of the ingredient list. I have no idea what that is but it's the only thing listed that even resembles a sulfate. I do know I'm pretty sensitive to SLS and I've been using this shampoo for two years without any issues at all.