Philosophy Shampoo Bath & Shower Gel

This 30mL travel size bottle of Philosophy Shampoo Bath & Shower Gel in the Amazing Grace scent was super convenient to take along on the road, because it's a multi-purpose product that works on hair and body. At least I thought so.

In reality, not so much. With sodium laureth sulfate as the 2nd ingredient on the list, surprisingly it doesn't foam very well at all, either as a shampoo or a body wash. Even more surprising is that despite not foaming well, it's rather difficult to rinse off, as if it's really concentrated or something. Overall, I found this product to be tricky business, because I would start off with a small amount, which doesn't seem to do much, which causes me to use more, and then comes time to rinse, it takes for freakin' ever and a half to rinse clean. Argh!

And then the fragrance, yes, this product is "perfumed", because there's an Amazing Grace perfume as well as eau de toilette. I don't like this scent at all, it's very feminine, overpoweringly and cloyingly so. On one leg of the trip it spilled all over my toiletry bag despite the tight snap lid - how did that even happen? And we drove, so it wasn't like our luggage was tossed up and down the airplane cargo conveyor belt. Of course I had a hard time rinsing it off of my various bottles and tubes, so I ended up leaving it behind after that incident. Glad I tried it, but did not like it.

Philosophy Amazing Grace Shampoo Bath & Shower Gel:

Aqua/water/eau, sodium laureth sulfate, lauryl betaine, polysorbate 20, parfum/fragrance, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, peg-18 glyceryl oleate/cocoate, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, glycol distearate, steareth-4, hydrolyzed milk protein, peg-150 distearate, isostearamidopropyl morpholine lactate, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, cocamidopropyl pg-dimonium chloride phosphate, lithospermum erythrohizon root extract, caprylic/capric triglycerides, panthenyl ethyl ether, avena sativa (oat) kernel oil, hydrolyzed silk, citric acid, magnesium chloride, sodium benzoate, sodium chloride, alcohol, disodium edta, benzyl salicylate, butylphenyl methylpropional, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, linalool, magnesium nitrate, quaternium-15, methylparaben, dmdm hydantoin, maleic anhydride, sodium hydroxide, methylene di-t-butylcresol, sodium sulfite, bht, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, fd & c red no. 4 (ci 14700), d & c red no. 33 (ci 17200).

***List of ingredients from philosophy.com.