Soap and Shampoo
Chemical Name |
Product Type, Body Parts |
Maximum Concentration Allowed |
Thioglycolic acid and its salts |
Hair products |
8% (general), 11% (professional) |
|
Depilatories |
5% |
|
Hair rinse-off products |
2% |
Thioglycolic acid esters |
Hair waving/straightening products |
8% (general), 11% (professional) |
Oxalic acid, esters and alkaline salts |
Hair products |
5% |
Hydrogen peroxide |
Hair products |
12% |
|
Skin products |
4% |
|
Nail hardening products |
2% |
|
Oral products |
0.10% |
Quinine |
Hair rinse-off products |
0.50% |
|
Hair leave-on products |
0.20% |
Resorcinol |
Oxidizing coloring agents for hair dyeing |
5% |
|
Hair lotions and shampoos |
0.50% |
Oxyquinoline and oxyquinoline sulfate |
Stabilizer for hydrogen peroxide in rinse-off hair products |
0.30% |
|
Stabilizer for hydrogen peroxide in leave-on hair products |
0.03% |
Etidronic acid |
Hair products |
1.50% |
|
Soap |
0.20% |
Phenoxyisopropanol |
Only in rinse-off products, not to be used in oral products |
2% |
Strontium chloride hexahydrate |
Oral products |
3.50% |
|
Shampoo and face products |
2.10% |
Strontium peroxide |
Rinse-off hair products |
4.50% |
Diaminopyrimidine oxide |
Hair products |
1.50% |
Salicylic acid |
Rinse-of hair products |
3% |
|
Other products |
2% |
Inorganic sulfites and bisulfites |
Oxidative hair dye products |
0.67% |
|
Hair straightening products |
6.70% |
|
Self-tanning products for the face |
0.45% |
|
Other self-tanning products |
0.40% |
Triclocarban |
Rinse-off products |
1.50% |
Zinc pyrithione |
Leave-on hair products |
0.10% |