Ingredient on hair labels

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice

TheWashDay editorial · Updated · From the EU ingredient register and the makers’ own labels · How we match names

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Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is on 54 of the 177 hair-product labels we compare, from 16 makers. The EU ingredient register lists one use for it: skin conditioning. 19 of these labels name it among the first five ingredients.

What it is

In the register’s words: “Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is the juice expressed from the leaves of the aloe, Aloe barbadensis, Liliaceae.”

EU register name (INCI)
ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE
CAS number
85507-69-3 / 94349-62-9
EC number
287-390-8 / 305-181-2
Written on these labels as
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice; Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice; Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (Decolorized); Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (Aloe Vera)

What the register lists it for

These are the uses the European Commission’s CosIng register lists for Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice in any cosmetic, hair roles first. They say why a maker might add it, not what it does in one formula, and they aren’t a safety rating.

Skin conditioning

The register’s broad role for ingredients that keep skin in good condition. On a hair label it often sits beside a hair role, or marks a plant oil or extract.

Register definition: “Maintaining the skin in good condition.”

Where it sits on each label

US labels list ingredients from most to least, except that those at 1% or less may follow in any order. A name near the top is a large part of the formula. A label doesn’t mark where the 1% point falls, so further down, the order says little about how much is in it.

Every label, product by product (54)

Each line runs from the first name on a label to the last; a dot is where this ingredient sits. Makers change formulas now and then; if the list on your bottle differs, go by your bottle.

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Other skin conditioning ingredients on these labels

Updated · The name, numbers and uses come from the European Commission’s CosIng entry (CC BY 4.0); we write the uses in US spelling and put the hair ones first. The labels are each maker’s own. The order rule is the FDA’s Cosmetics Labeling Guide. All our sources are on the Sources page.