So, Molton Brown got back to me in less than 24 hours (excellent customer service) with the ingredient list for their rosé granati fine liquid hand wash which I chose to compare with Baylis & Harding's wild rose and raspberry leaf handwash. Interestingly enough, there isn't a huge deal of difference between the two in terms of ingredients that make an impact (i.e. it doesn't seem like one cleans better than the other or is more gentle than the other) but Molton Brown uses much much more fragrance ingredients. They also list pomegranate fruit extract as their fifth ingredient, which, if we are to believe is the fifth most abundant ingredient in the product, must be a fair amount of what I would imagine is a relatively expensive ingredient. So perhaps there is reason to be dishing out the extra cash for Molton Brown products (although I'm not entirely sure what that fruit extract is for, apart from maybe for the fragrance but it certainly does make the product sound nice...). In any case, I think as a special case luxury product I'm already sold, as many of their products smell so lovely!
I'm listing the ingredients below and what I believe is/are the purpose/s of each ingredient in the product. (I can, of course, be wrong as although I have a scientific background, I've never worked in the cosmetics industry)
So the ingredients that are present in
both Baylis & Harding and Molton Brown handwash are:
- Aqua (Water)
- Sodium Laureth Sulfate - cleansing agent
- Cocamide DEA - foam booster
- Parfum (Fragrance)
- Glycerin - humectant (moisturiser)
- Benzophenone-4 – preservative (I think by preventing UV light from damaging scents and colors in product)
- Methylisothiazolinone - preservative
- Citric Acid – acidity regulator
- CI 17200 (Red 33) - colourant (for its pretty pink colour)
- Sodium Chloride - thickener
Ingredients only found in
Baylis & Harding handwash:
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine – foam boosting
- Benzyl Alcohol – viscosity decreasing agent
- Magnesium Chloride – viscosity controlling
- Methylchloroisothiazolinone - preservative
- Magnesium Nitrate – preservative?
- Hexyl Cinnamal - fragrance
Ingredients only found in
Molton Brown handwash:
- Punica granatum fruit extract – extract from pomegranate – for fragrance?
- PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil - surfacant or emulsifying agent
- butylphenyl methylpropional - fragrance
- geraniol – likely for fragrance
- hydroxyisohexl 3-cyclohexane carboxaldehyde - fragrance
- limonene - fragrance
- propylene glycol – humectant and viscosity decreasing agent
- phenoxylethanol - preservative
- PEG-18 glyceryl oleate/cocoate - thickener
- caramel – colourant? Fragrance?
If you are interested in what all those ingredients do in your cosmetic products, I'd thoroughly recommend: EWG's Skin Deep® Cosmetics Database: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep
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Linda Pilkington did not lie, as she says in her video, Isfarkand lingers divinely on clothes. I picked up my clothes from yesterday this morning and the wonderful scent of citrusy pepper greeted me. I can see why it can get addictive!
Video and Ormonde Jayne Website on Isfarkand
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