Do O&M Shampoos Contain Alcohol?Updated 6 months ago

Benzyl Alcohol is in our shampoos. Benzyl Alcohol is a little different to the other "bad" alcohols. Whilst it is a listed allergen with the EU it's also a product necessary to keep organic and natural skincare products safe from bacteria. 

Benzyl Alcohol is found naturally in essential oils and is an approved preservative under the COSMOS Organic Certification criteria. It's used by many clean and natural brands because of this. It allows us to create more active formulations which are natural as many other natural preservative choices are not compatible.  

When used in the correct, low concentration like our formulas, it's regarded as safe, so we regard this as an 'OK' alcohol.