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Is the health and well-being of your baby a priority? Adopting an organic shampoo comes down to combining these two criteria to take care of it. Devoid of harmful ingredients found in conventional shampoos, organic shampoo is on the contrary provided with natural benefits capable of washing without attacking baby's scalp and hair. But you still have to choose it well. To help you, we will see today what is the best organic baby shampoo. First, we will see our selection of the best certified organic shampoos for your little one. Then we will give you all the criteria to choose a good organic shampoo for your baby.

What are the best organic baby shampoos?

Which organic shampoo should I choose for my baby? Here is our selection to help you answer this question. The shampoos that we have selected are all healthy and respectful of your baby's health. They meet all the requirements for selecting a good organic shampoo, as we will see in the second part of this article.

The best organic liquid shampoos for babies

The best organic solid shampoo for babies

How to choose an organic shampoo for babies?

Now that you know our selection of the best organic baby shampoos, it's interesting to ask, why did we choose them? And what are the criteria for finding a good organic baby shampoo? First, find out why it is important to use a specific baby shampoo. Then the characteristics that must be found in the composition of a good organic shampoo for babies.

Why a specific shampoo for children?

Baby shampoos are designed to take care of the hair and skin of a little one, without harming them. Being more fragile than adults, they will mostly be composed with very little or no chemicals. In other words, they will be mild and hypoallergenic shampoos.

In addition, babies have a different pH that of adults. They will need a neutral pH, around 5,5 while adult hair requires a slightly acidic pH. Baby shampoos are therefore formulated to meet the needs of the sensitive and delicate scalp of children.

The advantage of an organic shampoo for baby hair is that it will only contain natural products presenting no skin risks or health hazards for him. They will also often be very rich in vegetable oils that are very gentle for a baby.

The selection criteria for a good baby specific organic shampoo

To help you choose an effective organic baby shampoo, certain conditions must be respected:

1 - Compliance with an organic charter

To select the best organic shampoo for baby, it will have to respect an organic charter and therefore that a Label be awarded. These Labels can be: Ecocert, Cosmebio, Ecolabel, Cosmos Organic, Nature & Progrés, Fleur Européenne, Natrue or even Vegan.

2 - Pay attention to the composition

Classic non-organic shampoos often have chemical and synthetic ingredients despite the notion of "mild shampoo". They can contain sulfates, silicones, paraffins, xenoestrogens and parabens. Toxic and irritating substances, sometimes even qualified as endocrine disruptors responsible for many cancers. Pay close attention to shampoos greenwashing and fake bio which consists of passing off a product that is not natural. Indeed, some ingredients are not banned in organic products while they are criticized or still undergoing scientific studies. Choose one without skin risks, without allergens, without synthetic dyes, without petrochemicals, without essential oils, without parabens, without phthalates, and without endocrine disruptors. The list is long and the ingredients are not always easy to recognize by their scientific name. So, to help you we recommend the applications Yuka ou INCIBeauty. These apps allow you to analyze the composition of your cosmetic products and note their dangerousness.

3 - Choose a mild shampoo

Adopt an organic baby shampoo with surfactants really sweet, that is to say sulfate-free. The surfactants are used to wash the heads of your little ones and to lather the shampoo. In industrial products, they often come from petrochemicals and therefore from irritants and pollutants. The organic industry uses surfactants derived from vegetable oils such as coconut oil and / or sugar.

It exists very mild surfactants such as : Decyl Glucoside, Coco Glucoside, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Lauryl Methyl isethionate or Lauryl Glucoside. Or many slightly less gentle surfactants, but qualified all the same as very little irritant: Sodium Coco Sulfate (SCS) and Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (SCI), Coco-Betaine and Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate.

In all cases, avoid surfactants at all costs Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate or Sodium Myreth Sulfate very irritating and harmful to the skin, the body and the environment.

You can also choose an organic baby shampoo without any surfactants, from cold saponification. The latter wash with vegetable oils that do not leave the hair greasy.

4 - The type of product

Liquid shampoo, foam shampoo, gel shampoo, 2 in 1 shampoo, or even solid shampoo. Everything will depend on your preferences and habits.

The main advantages of solid shampoo :

• Without plastic packaging.
• Lasts longer.
• Slightly aggressive surfactants or no surfactants.
• Without water and therefore without preservatives.

The main advantages of liquid shampoo:

• Easy to use.
• More abundant foam.
• Less concentrated surfactants.
• Very often better skin tolerance.

5 - The packaging, the price / quality ratio and the format

There are both more or less large formats (250ml, 500ml, 100 grams etc). It is important to choose a format that suits your use (for example if your baby needs 2 or 4 shampoos per week). Be aware that a solid shampoo often costs more to purchase but it lasts longer.

In addition, take into consideration the quality of organic baby shampoo. Indeed, some liquid shampoos will also be more expensive despite a lower capacity. This can be due to the quality of the ingredients which constitute it but also to the brand, the origin of production, the type of production (local, intensive etc.).

Concerning the conditioning, a solid shampoo as we have seen, will have no packaging. We will have to find him a good storage method. However, it will be easier to transport, especially in the cabin suitcase when traveling by plane. Liquid shampoo bottles also have their own particularity: tube, pump or bottle. It's up to you to choose according to your preference.

6 - The perfume

Some organic baby shampoos contain fragrance and others do not. Scent can be a good thing, but only if it's natural through natural extracts. In all cases, avoid all shampoo with synthetic fragrance.