Shampoos That May Cause Dandruff - Complete List

Silicones, mineral oils and essential oils can all cause oily scalp and dandruff. These compounds can be oily or waxy and clog scalp pores. This leads to an accumulation of grease and dirt which isn’t washed away. This allows bacteria to thrive and cause breakouts, itchiness and patches of dandruff. Dandruff can also be triggered by parabens and phthalates.

Here is a list of 14 Shampoos that may cause Dandruff

1. Batiste Dry Shampoo (Brunette)

Batiste Dry Shampoo for Brunettes is a fair option for busy days when a thorough water-based shampoo isn't feasible. It cleans out grime and grease, during or after long days in the heat, sun and pollution. It is specifically designed for those with brown hair, whether you have mahogany, chocolate, and ebony of auburn hues. It ensures that it meld with your natural hair color, giving it texture and volume. It doesn't make it look stiff or leave any build-up. This lightweight formula hydrates and cleans your hair. It instantly revitalizes your locks and keeps them looking fresh, healthy and bouncy all day long. Its great after a sweaty gym session too !

Ingredients

  • Butane
  • Isobutane
  • Propane
  • Oryza sativa starch
  • Alcohol denat.
  • Parfum (Fragrance)
  • Limonene
  • Linalool
  • Distearyldimonium chloride
  • Cetrimonium chloride
  • Cl 77941
  • Cl 77492
  • Cl 77499.

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2. Native Volumizing Shampoo, Cucumber

If you want your hair to look, feel and smell like you just had a spa day, Native Volumizing Shampoo is a great option! Its cucumber and mint scent will leave you feeling refreshed and reinvigorated. It uses the best of what the planet has to offer, with natural and healthy ingredients. Their plant extracts and essential oils help to combat the effects of hard water with chemicals. It also uses much fewer harsh ingredients and is attempts to be largely eco-friendly.

Ingredients

  • Water
  • Lauramidopropyl Betaine
  • Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
  • Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
  • Sodium Citrate
  • Citric Acid
  • Fragrance
  • Sodium Benzoate
  • Sodium Salicylate
  • Polyquaternium-10

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3. Dove Refresh Dry Shampoo (Coconut Scent)

Working back-to-back meeting and pulling all-nighters? Is time scarce for a full-fledged water and shampoo? Fret not- try the Dove Refresh + Care Volumizing Dry Shampoo. This dry shampoo formulation can be rubbed onto your hair and scalp to give it a little pizzazz, if it’s been looking a little lifeless lately. With its tropical coconut scent, you’ll feel as fresh and invigorated as if you had a dip in the ocean. Give your hair body and volume, with Dove’s concoction. Then strut into those rooms, leaving your hair woes behind!

Ingredients

  • Isobutane
  • Propane
  • SD Alcohol 40-B (Alcohol Denat.)
  • Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate
  • Butane
  • Fragrance (Parfum)
  • Isopropyl Myristate
  • Silica
  • Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract

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4. Dove Repairing Shampoo with Keratin

Does your hair need some R&R? Try the Dove Nutritive Solutions Intensive Repair with Keratin for All Hair Types. This shampoo is specially created to repair damaged, brittle strands and restore health and vitality. Filled with fortifying and protective ingredients, this shampoo will bolster hair health wrecked by treatments, styling and coloring. Safeguard our hair against further vulnerabilities and keep those tresses ready for anything the world has to offer!

Ingredients

  • Water (Aqua)
  • Sodium Laureth Sulfate
  • Glycol Distearate
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Fragrance (Parfum)
  • Glycerin
  • Dimethicone
  • Gluconolactone
  • Ppg-9
  • Dimethiconol
  • Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer
  • Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer
  • Citric Acid
  • Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
  • Sodium Sulfate
  • Adipic Acid
  • Trehalose
  • Tetrasodium Edta
  • Amodimethicone
  • Dmdm Hydantoin
  • Peg-45M
  • Tea-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate
  • Cocamide Mea
  • Peg-9M
  • Cetrimonium Chloride
  • Methylchloroisothiazolinone
  • Methylisothiazolinone
  • Mica (Ci 77019)
  • Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891).

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5. Aussie Total Miracle Shampoo

The Aussie Total Miracle Shampoo offers seven hair-care benefits in one bottle. If that’s not bang for your buck, what is? This shampoo targets all the signs of hair weakness and damage. They reduce split-ends, breakage and frizz. The shampoo formula reduces static and flyaways especially during humid seasons. It is infused with macadamia oil which conditions and hydrates your scalp and cuticles. It also aids in proper uptake of nutrients and detangles knotty hair giving you smooth, silky and healthy hair.

Ingredients

  • Water
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
  • Sodium Laureth Sulfate
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine
  • Glycol Distearate
  • Dimethicone
  • Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil
  • Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil
  • Fragrance
  • Sodium Citrate
  • Cocamide MEA
  • Sodium Xylenesulfonate
  • Citric Acid
  • Sodium Benzoate
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Tetrasodium EDTA
  • Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
  • Methylchloroisothiazolinone
  • Methylisothiazolinone
  • Yellow 5
  • Red 33

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6. SheaMoisture Curl and Shine Shampoo (Coconut and Hibiscus)

Goldilocks may not have had help maintaining her curly tresses – but you certainly do! Try out the Shea Moisture Curl and Shine Shampoo with Coconut and Hibiscus. This concoction will leave your hair curls nourished, moisturized and fortified. The shampoo is specially curated towards the needs of curly hair. Curly hair is more prone to breakage split-ends and damage. Grime and oil also deposit much faster within curls whether tightly coiled or loose. This clarifying shampoo helps to gently cleanse your curls , all the while making sure that they remain buoyant and elastic.

Ingredients

  • Water
  • Decyl Glucoside
  • Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
  • Glycol Stearate
  • Fragrance
  • Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter* ♥
  • Panthenol
  • Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
  • Sodium Lauroyl Hydrolyzed Silk
  • Citric Acid
  • Stearamide AMP
  • Melia Azadirachta (Neem) Seed Oil
  • Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Seed Oil
  • Sodium Phytate
  • Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
  • Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil
  • Tocopherol
  • Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis Flower Extract
  • Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
  • Glycerin (Vegetable)
  • Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil
  • Sodium Benzoate
  • Caprylyl Glycol
  • Triethyl Citrate
  • Benzoic Acid

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7. OGX Thick & Full Daily Shampoo

Busy schedule coming in the way of your salon visits? Can’t get your usually shampoo and conditioning? Fret not? OGX Thick & Full + Biotin & Collagen Volumizing Daily Shampoo offers you salon-style pampering and care at the convenience of your own home. Packed with nourishing ingredients that fortify and protect your precious locks, OGX offers the best professional treatment – in DIY form! This shampoo infuses your hair with nutrients and supplements that make your hair more radiant and resilient with enduring strength.

Ingredients

  • Water (Aqua)
  • Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine
  • Biotin
  • Hydrolyzed Collagen
  • Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
  • Ethyltrimonium Chloride Methacrylate/Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Copolymer
  • Polyquaternium-22
  • PEG-7 Amodimethicone
  • Linoleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate
  • Polyquaternium-39
  • Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenylsuccinate
  • PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate
  • PPG-2 Hydroxyethyl Cocamide
  • Laureth-4
  • Glycol Distearate
  • Propylene Glycol
  • Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
  • Hexylene Glycol
  • Sodium Citrate
  • Citric Acid
  • Sodium Hydroxide
  • Sodium Benzoate
  • Fragrance (Parfum)
  • Ext. Violet 2 (CI 60730)
  • Red 40 (CI 16035)
  • Yellow 5 (CI 19140)

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8. Maui Moisture Hibiscus Shampoo

Experience the goodness of hibiscus, watermelon extract, passion fruit and coconut water in Maui Moisture’s Lightweight Hydration + Hibiscus Water Shampoo. This shampoo, infused with the nourishing and rejuvenating properties of plant extracts, gives intense hydration and restores your bounce, and elasticity to your hair. It is especially useful for low-porosity hair that resists absorption of water and nutrients. This shampoo is lightweight and doesn’t leave residues, which is another benefit for fragile, brittle low-porosity hair. If you’d like a tropical hair wash, that reignites your tresses’ beauty, you should check out Maui Moisture’s Hibiscus shampoo today!

Ingredients

  • Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Vera
  • Water (Aqua)
  • Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine
  • Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Water
  • Hibiscus Abelmoschus Flower/Seed Water
  • Passiflora Incarnata Fruit Extract
  • Citrullus Vulgaris (Watermelon) Fruit Extract
  • Polyquaternium-22
  • Linoleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate
  • Polyquaternium-39
  • Undecane
  • Tridecane
  • Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenylsuccinate
  • PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate
  • PPG-2 Hydroxyethyl Cocamide
  • Glycerin
  • Propylene Glycol
  • Maltodextrin
  • Hexylene Glycol
  • Sodium Citrate
  • Citric Acid
  • Sodium Hydroxide
  • Sodium Benzoate
  • Fragrance (Parfum)

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9. Marc Anthony Grow Long Shampoo

If you have damaged, brittle hair with split-ends that look like hay and feel like straw, then have a go at the Marc Anthony Grow Long Shampoo. It is filled with nutrients that will fill in the gaps in your hair shafts, making it look fuller and less weak. The ginseng in the shampoo helps to stimulate the scalp cells and blood circulation to hair follicles. Plus the shampoo contains Vitamin E which is an antioxidant that promotes scalp health and also protects hair cuticles from further damage. There is also a boost of caffeine to boot, which promotes long, strong growth and supresses shedding.

Ingredients

  • Aqua/Water/Eau
  • Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
  • Cocamide MEA
  • Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine
  • Glycerin
  • Glycol Distearate
  • Caffeine
  • Tocopheryl Acetate
  • Panax Ginseng Root Extract
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Phenoxyethanol
  • Parfum (Fragrance)
  • Citric Acid
  • Hydrogenated Coconut Acid
  • Polyquaternium-10
  • Sodium Isethionate
  • Amodimethicone
  • Dicaprylyl Ether
  • Decyl Glucoside
  • Sodium Benzoate
  • Polyquaternium-7
  • Glyceryl Oleate
  • Polyquaternium-55
  • Trideceth-12
  • Cetrimonium Chloride
  • Sodium Glycolate
  • Dimethylaminopropylamine
  • Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
  • Butylene Glycol
  • Benzoic Acid
  • Tetrasodium EDTA
  • Caprylyl Glycol
  • Biotin
  • CI 19140 (Yellow 5)
  • CI 42090 (Blue 1)

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10. Clairol Shimmer Lights Shampoo Blonde & Silver

If you get your hair colored by pros, you need to maintenance with a professional products too. With lighter tones like ash, blonde and grey regular upkeep is crucial. With the Shimmer Lights Conditioning Purple Shampoo for Blonde & Silver hair, you can ensure your lowlights stay shiny, lustrous and bright. This way you retain your precious colour for longer and it is enhanced with each wash, rather than being dulled. The shampoo also draws out more brassy undertones like reddish, orange or dirty yellow that can ruin the effect of your treatment.

Ingredients

  • Water/Eau
  • Sodium Laureth Sulfate
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine
  • Glycol Distearate
  • Fragrance/Parfum
  • Glycol Stearate
  • Disodium Phosphate
  • Sodium Benzoate
  • Ricinoleamidopropyl Ethyldimonium Ethosulfate
  • Cocamide Mea
  • Linoleamidopropyl Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate
  • Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
  • Citric Acid
  • Salicylic Acid
  • Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
  • Tetrasodium Edta
  • Ext. Violet 2
  • Methylparaben
  • Stearamide Amp
  • Violet 2

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11. Nioxin System 2 Cleanser & Thickening Shampoo

Experiencing embarrassing bald spots that you just can’t seem to cover up with berets, baseball caps or hoodies? Is your hair becoming so thin and fragile that your scalp can be seen right through a delicate veil of hair? You can do something about it now. Try out the Nioxin System 2 Cleanser shampoos which also volumizes and thickens your hair. It cleans out your scalp and allows for abundant hair growth. This shampoo is one component in a 3 part Nioxin revival formulation. So use the shampoo alone or with its other supplements, to see full, thriving head of hair!

Ingredients

  • Water
  • Sodium Laureth Sulfate
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine
  • Sodium Citrate
  • Citric Acid
  • Sodium Xylenesulfonate
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Cocamide MEA
  • Sodium Benzoate
  • Salicylic Acid
  • Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil
  • Menthol
  • Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil
  • Tetrasodium EDTA
  • Methylparaben
  • Propylene Glycol
  • Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
  • Cystine Bis-PG-Propyl Silanetriol
  • Lecithin
  • Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract
  • Serenoa Serrulata Fruit Extract
  • Humulus Lupulus (Hops) Extract
  • Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Peel Extract
  • Saccharomyces/Magnesium Ferment
  • Biotin/Folic Acid/Cyanocobalamin/Niacinamide/Pantothenic Acid/Pyridoxine/Riboflavin/Thiamine/Yeast Polypeptides
  • Yeast Extract
  • Saccharomyces/Iron Ferment
  • Saccharomyces/Copper Ferment
  • Yellow 5
  • Saccharomyces/Silicon Ferment
  • Saccharomyces/Zinc Ferment
  • Phenoxyethanol
  • Blue 1
  • Red 33

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12. Mane 'n Tail Herbal Gro Shampoo

Do you love the feeling of your hair floating with the wind? The serenity, freedom and the exhilaration of beautiful tresses just swaying like in the movies. Well then, you have to take a stab at the Mane 'n Tail Herbal Gro Shampoo. Enriched with olive oil, it moisturizes and soften coarse, rough hair. The olive oil complex also aids in minimizing split-ends and maintaining hair integrity. In addition, herbal extracts have anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory properties that keep your scalp relaxed.

Ingredients

  • Water/Aqua/Eau
  • Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
  • Glycol Distearate
  • Cocamide MEA
  • Lauryl Glucoside
  • Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
  • Hydroxypropyl Guar
  • Coco-Glucoside
  • Cetyl Alcohol
  • Bisamino PEG/PPG-41/3 Aminoethyl PGPropyl Dimethicone
  • Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine Lactate
  • Keratin Amino Acids
  • Hydrolyzed Rice Protein
  • Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate
  • Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
  • Olea Europaea (Olive) Leaf Extract
  • Arginine
  • Niacin
  • Equisetum Arvense Leaf Extract
  • Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Seed Extract
  • Trifolium Pratense (Clover) Flower Extract
  • Tussilago Farfara (Coltsfoot) Flower Extract
  • Larrea Divaricata Extract
  • Spiraea Ulmaria Flower Extract
  • Citric Acid
  • Fragrance (Parfum)
  • Phenoxyethanol
  • Ethylhexylglycerin
  • Yellow 5 (CI 19140)
  • Blue 1 (Cl 42090)
  • Benzyl Benzoate
  • Coumarin
  • Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
  • Linalool
  • Limonene.

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13. Living Proof Dry Shampoo

Having a bad hair day? How many of those have you had just this month? Here with its sole purpose to save you from this misery is the Living Proof “Perfect Hair Day” Dry Shampoo. No more wearing bandanas, tying up a dirty little top-knot or figuring out hairstyles to hide frizzy, greasy or unkempt hair. The Living Proof Dry Shampoo will clean away clogged pores of residual sweat, grease and grime. Its formula is functionally effortless, helping to literally dust off any flakes of the shampoo. Plus, it leaves a long-lasting, pleasing yet light fragrance that offests any nasty smells from unclean hair, leaving you fresh as a daisy!

Ingredients

  • Isobutane
  • Propane
  • Alcohol Denat.
  • Oryza Sativa (Rice) Starch
  • Cellulose
  • Octafluoropentyl Methacrylate
  • Caprylyl Glycol
  • Dipropylene Glycol
  • Citronellyl Methylcrotonate
  • Hydroxypropylcellulose
  • Hydrated Silica
  • Cetrimonium Chloride
  • Zeolite
  • Ethylcellulose
  • Octoxynol-10
  • Disteardimonium Hectorite
  • Water/Eau/Aqua
  • Fragrance/Parfum
  • Ethylhexylglycerin
  • Phenethyl Alcohol
  • Benzyl Benzoate
  • Hexyl Cinnamal
  • Linalool
  • Coumarin

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14. Carol's Daughter Goddess Strength Shampoo

Making sure your hair is healthy and glowing can be a tough task. You not only have to maintain the correct nutrition and protective care, but some fortifying ingredients can be nasty to eat! So you might as well apply it instead. Carol's Daughter Goddess Strength shampoo provides all the goodness of nutritional supplements in the form of an appealing topical shampoo. Like castor oil, which is great for hair growth but tastes terrible. Or ginger which may be too pungent for your palate. This shampoo combines a lot that’s good for your hair, making your hair look positively ethereal! Remember, this shampoo is meant for curly haired gals, including 4C tighter, coarse coils.

Ingredients

  • 1213534CD6 - Aqua / Water
  • Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
  • Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate
  • Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
  • Glycol Distearate
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine
  • Parfum (Fragrance)
  • Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer
  • Glycereth-26
  • Decyl Glucoside
  • Potassium Hydroxide
  • PPG-5-Ceteth-20
  • Citric Acid
  • Polyquaternium-7
  • Propylene Glycol
  • PEG-55 Propylene Glycol Oleate
  • Polyquaternium-10
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Amodimethicone
  • Coco-Betaine
  • Carbomer
  • Limonene
  • C11-15 Pareth-7
  • Benzoic Acid
  • Laureth-9
  • Glycerin
  • Geraniol
  • C12-13 Pareth-23
  • C12-13 Pareth-3
  • Trideceth-12
  • Sodium Benzoate
  • Linalool
  • Salicylic Acid
  • Magnesium Nitrate
  • Benzyl Alcohol
  • Phenoxyethanol
  • Nigella Sativa (Black Cumin) Seed Oil
  • Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil
  • Biotin
  • Linum Usitatissimum (Flax) Linseed Seed Oil
  • Tetrasodium EDTA
  • Methylchloroisothiazolinone
  • Sorbic Acid
  • Magnesium Chloride
  • Methylisothiazolinone
  • Sorbitol
  • Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract. F.I.L. D241013/1

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