M Moroccanoil- Original

Moroccan Oil photo

About a year ago I visited a stylist who I was told used only non toxic, "healthy" products.

After wrestling with all my frizzy salt and pepper hair for a few minutes she brought out a product in a beautiful amber colored glass bottle with a bright teal label marked, M "Moroccanoil". It smelled divine and when she worked it through my hair it tamed the wild and smoothed the frizz beautifully. A magic elixir! So naturally I bought the big bottle. Mmmmmm....good and good for me...

I've been using this product sporadically ever since. A little goes a long way- even with all my frizzy hair, so I'm still on the same bottle I bought a year ago. It still works great, but I've noticed that when I apply it I can't get it too near my scalp or my hair will lay flat against my scalp- not a good look for me.

So- the reason I'm talking about it now... I've noticed I experience allergy-like symptoms: pounding head, pressure behind my eyes and tearing up a lot. My ears feel full, and they "pop" occasionally. Then there's the sinus headache, I feel a bit woozy and have trouble concentrating. Please understand- I'm NOT saying the product is causing these symptoms- only that when I use it, I also notice these symptoms. They could have nothing to do with this product, be a combination of this product and other irritants or be none of the above...

Skin Deep photo

I went to my most favorite source: Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep website: Skin Deep , but the product wasn't in their database. I checked the bottle's label for the ingredients so I could plug them into the Skin Deep database, but the only thing I could find was the "argan oil" from Morocco. The ingredients must have been on the box which I had pitched long ago.

So a few weeks ago I stumbled onto Essential Day Spa's Forums (EDS) : http://www.essentialdayspa.com/forum/ and found a resourceful reader had the same questions as me and had found the ingredients. You can follow the above link for yourself, or just read on.  Here's what s/he typed in as the ingredients:


Ingredients from packaging: Cyclopentasiloxane; Dimethicone; Cyclomethicone; Butylphenyl; MethylPropional; Argania Spinoza Kernal Oil (Aragan Oil); Linseed (Linum Usitatissimum) Extract; Fragrance Supplement; D&C Yellow-11, D&C Red-17; Coumarin; Benzyl Benzoate; Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone

I plugged these ingredients into Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Search engine and you can find the results below...

But before you read the results you must know that they come from me typing in the ingredients above, they aren't generated by Environmental Working Group. This means they are only preliminary results and must go through a review. Skin Deep's official disclaimer follows below:

PRELIMINARY REPORT: The information on this page was entered by a Skin Deep user and has not been verified by Environmental Working Group.
Here are the results:

Ingredients in this product are linked to:
	Cancer
	Developmental/reproductive toxicity
	Allergies/immunotoxicity
	Use restrictions
	Other concerns for ingredients used in this product: Neurotoxicity, Persistence and bioaccumulation, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Miscellaneous, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Occupational hazards, Biochemical or cellular level changes

	ingredients         score  data gap  concerns            FRAGRANCE 8  100%  Neurotoxicity,      Allergies/immunotoxicity,   Miscellaneous COUMARIN 7 46%  Cancer, Allergies/immunotoxicity,   Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Use restrictions LILIAL METHYLPROPIONAL 5 64%  Allergies/immunotoxicity, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Use restrictions D&C RED 17 2 70% Persistence and bioaccumulation, Biochemical or cellular level changes BENZYL BENZOATE 5 65% Allergies/immunotoxicity,  Occupational hazards, Use restrictions D&C YELLOW 11 0 75%  None Identified ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE 4 68%  Allergies/immunotoxicity, Use restrictions CYCLOPENTASILOXANE 2 79% Persistence and bioaccumulation DIMETHICONE 2 74% Use restrictions CYCLOMETHICONE 2 83% Persistence and bioaccumulation, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) BUTYLPHENYL 0 100% None Identified ARGANIA SPINOSA (ARGAN) KERNEL OIL ARGANIA SPINOZA KERNAL OIL (ARAGAN OIL) 0 100% None Identified LINUM USITATISSIMUM (FLAX) SEED EXTRACT LINSEED (LINUM USITATISSIMUM) EXTRACT 0 100% None Identified
	Cancer* *Listed below are cancer concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) One or more in vitro tests non-mammalian cells show positive mutation results D&C RED 17 One or more animal studies show tumor formation at moderate doses CYCLOPENTASILOXANE One or more in vitro tests non-mammalian cells show positive mutation results COUMARIN Neurotoxicity* *Listed below are neurotoxicity concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) One or more animal studies show brain, nervous system, or behavioral effects at moderate doses COUMARIN, One or more animal studies show any effects at moderate doses CYCLOPENTASILOXANE One or more animal studies show brain, nervous system, or behavioral effects at moderate doses LILIAL Moderate evidence of human neurotoxicity FRAGRANCE Allergies/immunotoxicity* *Listed below are allergies/immunotoxicity concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) Possible human immune system toxicant LILIAL, BENZYL BENZOATE, ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE Known human immune system toxicant FRAGRANCE, COUMARIN Persistence and bioaccumulation* *Listed below are persistence and bioaccumulation concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) Persistent, bioaccumulative in wildlife D&C RED 17, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, CYCLOMETHICONE Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)* *Listed below are organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) One or more animal studies show liver effects at high doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient) CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, CYCLOMETHICONE, COUMARIN One or more animal studies show liver effects at moderate doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient) D&C RED 17 Miscellaneous* *Listed below are miscellaneous concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) Prohibited for use in food COUMARIN Ingredient not fully labeled - identity unknown FRAGRANCE Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)* *Listed below are irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) One or more animal studies show skin irritation at high doses LILIAL One or more animal studies show skin irritation at moderate doses CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, CYCLOMETHICONE Occupational hazards* *Listed below are occupational hazards concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) Allowed workplace exposures restricted to low doses BENZYL BENZOATE Biochemical or cellular level changes* *Listed below are biochemical or cellular level changes concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) One or more animal studies show biochemical changes at high doses where the human health implications are not yet well understood CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, D&C RED 17, CYCLOMETHICONE, COUMARIN Use restrictions* *Listed below are use restrictions concerns for the ingredients used by this manufacturer, drawn from Skin Deep data sources. Some concerns may be specific to how a product is used or formulated; product scores reflect those variances. type of concern product conditions ingredient(s) Recommended restricted in cosmetics - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - Fragrance subject to restrictions: safe only within recommended use or concentration limits) LILIAL, ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE, BENZYL BENZOATE, COUMARIN, DIMETHICONE
	Here's the link again so you can see for yourself and/or do your own research:
	Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep