The Black List: Ingredients we never use in Comme Homme products!

We create our products with high standards and care for our community and society. Below is our list of ingredients you will never find in our products. These ingredients have been found to irritate the skin, damage your skin’s natural barrier, making it hard for your skin to retain moisture, or have been known to lead to skin diseases. This is not a final list, as we will continue to monitor the ingredients on the market to ensure our products' highest quality and safety.

List of Ingredients we Avoid

Any ingredients that are tested on animals

  • 1,4 Dioxane
  • All synthetic fragrances
  • Alpha-isomethyl Ionone
  • Aluminum
  • Aminomethyl Propanol
  • Ammonium Laureth Sulfate
  • Amyl Cinnamal
  • Amylcinnamyl Alcohol
  • Anatase Titanium Dioxide
  • Anise Alcohol
  • Benzalkonium chloride and other chloride-related compounds.
  • Benzene
  • Benzophenone & derivatives
  • Benzyl Alcohol
  • Benzyl Benzoate
  • Benzyl Cinnamate
  • Benzyl Salicylate
  • Beta-myrcene
  • Bisphenols
  • Butane
  • Butoxyethanol
  • Butylated Hydroxy Tolulene (BHT)
  • Butylphenyl Methylpropional (Lilial)
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carboxaldehyde (Lyral)
  • Cinnamal
  • Cinnamyl Alcohol
  • Citronellol
  • Coal Tar
  • Cocamide DEA
  • Cocamide MEA
  • Coumarin
  • Cyclomethicone
  • DEA oleth-3 phosphate
  • DEA-cetyl phosphate
  • Diethanolamine (DEA)
  • Dimethicone
  • Dimethicone copolyol
  • Dimethiconol
  • DMDM Hydantoin
  • EDTA
  • Ethanolamines (MEA/DEA/TEA)
    • Triethanolamine, diethanolamine, DEA, TEA, cocamide DEA, cocamide MEA, DEA-cetyl phosphate, DEA oleth-3 phosphate, lauramide DEA, linoleamide MEA, myristamide DEA, oleamide DEA, stearamide MEA, TEA-lauryl sulfate.
  • Formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives (FRPs)
    • Quaternium-15, DMDM Hydantoin, Imidazolidinyl urea, diazolidinyl urea, polyoxymethylene urea, Sodium hydroxymethylglycinate, Bromopol, Glyoxal, methenamine, 5-Bromo-5-nitro-1,3-dioxane, Nitorpropane-1, Formalin, Methanal, Methyl Aldehyde, Methylene Oxide.
  • Heavy Metals
    • Mercury & Mercury Compounds, Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium.
  • Hexane
  • Hexyl Cinnamal
  • Hydroquinone
  • Hydroxycitronellal
  • Hydroxyethoxyphenyl Butanone
  • Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene
  • Isobutane
  • Isoeugenol
  • Lauramide DEA
  • Linoleamide MEA
  • Liquid paraffin
  • Methyl 2-octynoate(Mhc)
  • Methyl Cellosolve
  • Methyl Lactate
  • Methylchloroisothiazolinone
  • Methylisothiazolinone (MIT)
  • Methylisothiazolinone *
  • Midazolidnyl Urea
  • Mineral Oil
  • Monotaholamine (MEA)
  • Myristamide DEA
  • Nitrous Oxide
  • Octinoxate
  • Octocrylene that is not Prop-65 compliant
  • Oleamide DEA
  • Oxybenzone
  • Palm Oil
  • Palm Glycerides
  • Para-Aminobenzoic acid (PABA)
  • Parabens (Methyl, Butyl, Ethyl, Propyl)
  • Paraffin Wax
  • Petrochemicals
    • Petrolatum, Toluene, Hexane, Mineral Oil, Paraffin Wax, Mineral oil, Liquid paraffin.
  • Petrolatum
  • Petroleum Jelly
  • Phenyl trimethicone
  • Phthalates
  • Polyaminopropyl Biguanide (PHMB)
  • Polyethylene Glycol (PEG)
  • Potassium Hydroxide
  • Propane
  • Propanol
  • Propylene glycol
  • Resorcinol and 2-Methylresorcinol
  • Retinyl acetate & Retinyl Palmitate
  • Siloxanes
  • Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES)
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
  • Sorbic Acid
  • Sorbitan Monostearate
  • Stearamide MEA
  • Sulfites + Sulfates
  • Synthetic Flavor
  • Talc
  • TEA-lauryl sulfate
  • Thimerosal
  • Tiethanolamine (TEA)
  • Toluene
  • Triclocarbon
  • Triclosan
  • Triethanolamine