Where does this shampoo go in my routine?

In place of your usual shampoo, on hair wet all the way through. Anything thinner than a shampoo goes on before it, and anything richer goes on after. If you are adding it to a routine you already like, give it a week on its own first, so what you see is the Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract and not three changes at once.

Does this shampoo contain fragrance?

Yes. The ingredient list names Fragrance. It sits on the panel printed on this page, so you can read the position for yourself before you buy. If fragrance components are something you avoid, this shampoo is not the one.

What else is on the list besides Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract?

Menthol, Salicylic Acid and Pyridoxine HCl. The order they are printed in on this shampoo's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract and Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract.

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Tea Tree Scalp Refreshing Shampoo 320ml

Name: Bonajour Tea Tree Scalp Refreshing Shampoo 320ml
Brand: Bonajour
SKU: 5762633932
Price: 30.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Bonajour Tea Tree Scalp Refreshing Shampoo is a 320ml shampoo whose ingredient list carries Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract alongside Menthol and Salicylic Acid.

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$30.00

320 ml

$9.38 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
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Suited to: Congested skinUneven textureDehydrated skinSensitive skin

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How it works

The Tea Tree Scalp Refreshing Shampoo is a 320ml shampoo, used in place of your usual shampoo, on hair wet all the way through. The plant extract it is built around is Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract, named sixth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Menthol, Salicylic Acid and Pyridoxine HCl, so the plant extract is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the shampoo format rather than by the list alone. Bonajour sells this Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract shampoo in Korea, and this is that version.

Key benefits

Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract, the plant extract this shampoo is built around
Menthol on the same list, an active
Salicylic Acid on the same list, an exfoliant
Pyridoxine HCl on the same list, a vitamin
Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract and Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract further down the same list
Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract and Salvia Hispanica Seed Extract further down the same list

Key actives

6Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extractplant extract

Tea Tree Leaf Extract is the water-based extract rather than the essential oil, so it is far milder and much less aromatic. It is used in formulas for blemish-prone skin. It is the entry this shampoo is named after, and the list carries it.

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8Salicylic Acidexfoliant

It loosens the dead cells that block pores and is used for the look of congested, oily skin. It is named eighth on this shampoo's list, alongside Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract.

All products with Salicylic Acid

9Mentholactive

Menthol is the cooling compound in mint. It acts on the nerve receptor that also answers to cold, which is why skin feels cool without any change in temperature. It is named ninth on this shampoo's list, alongside Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract.

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10Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Extractplant extract

Sesame seed extract. It carries sesamol and sterols and is used as a conditioning, antioxidant-rich extract. It is named tenth on this shampoo's list, alongside Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract.

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25Pyridoxine HClvitamin

Pyridoxine HCl is the water-soluble salt of vitamin B6. It is a conditioning vitamin, most often part of a B-complex blend. The panel names it twenty-fifth on this shampoo's list, beside Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract.

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Water solvent: Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate surfactant: A strong anionic surfactant that foams heavily. It is a sulfate alternative in name but not in strength, and it is more common in shampoos than in facial cleansers.
Coco-Betaine surfactant: Coco-Betaine is a coconut-derived secondary surfactant used to build foam and make a cleanser milder.
Sodium Chloride thickener: Sodium Chloride is salt. In a cleanser it thickens the liquid; in a mask or essence it balances the mineral content of the water phase. It has no active role.
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract plant extract: Tea Tree Leaf Extract is the water-based extract rather than the essential oil, so it is far milder and much less aromatic. It is used in formulas for blemish-prone skin.
Dexpanthenol humectant: Panthenol is pro-vitamin B5: skin converts it to pantothenic acid. It is a humectant that holds water and leaves skin feeling soft and less tight, and it is one of the ingredients formulators reach for when a formula also contains something harsh.
Salicylic Acid exfoliant: Salicylic Acid is a BHA, and the only common exfoliant that is oil soluble, so it can work inside a pore rather than only on the surface. It loosens the dead cells that block pores and is used for the look of congested, oily skin.
Menthol active: Menthol is the cooling compound in mint. It acts on the nerve receptor that also answers to cold, which is why skin feels cool without any change in temperature.
Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Extract plant extract: Sesame seed extract. It carries sesamol and sterols and is used as a conditioning, antioxidant-rich extract.
Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract plant extract: Soybean Seed Extract carries isoflavones, plant sterols and soy proteins. It is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract.
Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract plant extract: Quinoa seed extract. It carries complete plant protein, saponins and minerals and is used as a conditioning extract.
Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract plant extract: Rice Extract is the anchor of the Korean rice-skincare category. It carries starches, amino acids and ferulic acid, and it is used for the look of dullness and for a soft, blurred finish.

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Salvia Hispanica Seed Extract plant extract: Chia seed extract. Chia seed swells into a gel in water, so the extract hydrates and leaves a cushioned feel.
Polyquaternium-10 film former: A cellulose polymer carrying a positive charge. It deposits from a rinse-off formula onto hair or skin and leaves a smooth, anti-static film.
Betaine humectant: Betaine is a sugar-beet-derived humectant that cells use to hold water. In a formula it hydrates and takes the edge off cleansers and acids, which is why it often appears alongside them.
Propanediol humectant: Propanediol is a plant-derived glycol used in place of propylene glycol. It hydrates, carries actives into solution, and gives a lighter, less sticky slip than glycerin at the same strength.
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride film former: Guar gum given a positive charge so it clings to hair and skin through a rinse. It is the plant-derived conditioning polymer in most sulfate-free shampoos.
Paeonia Suffruticosa Root Extract plant extract: Paeonia Suffruticosa is tree peony, a long-standing East Asian medicinal plant. Its root extract carries paeoniflorin and is used for the look of reddened skin.
Centella Asiatica Extract plant extract: Centella Asiatica is the plant behind the whole cica category, sold as gotu kola or Madagascar centella. Its extract is the anchor of Korean formulas built for easily reddened skin, and its work is done by four triterpenes: asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic acid and madecassic acid.
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil fragrance component: Rosemary Leaf Oil is an essential oil carrying camphor and cineole. It scents a formula and is a stronger aromatic than most.
Hydroxyacetophenone preservative booster: Hydroxyacetophenone is an antioxidant that also strengthens a preservative system, so a formula needs less traditional preservative. Korean formulas pair it with 1,2-hexanediol constantly.
Erythritol humectant: Erythritol is a sugar alcohol humectant with a faint cooling feel as it dissolves. It hydrates and helps a formula spread without tack.
Pyridoxine HCl vitamin: Pyridoxine HCl is the water-soluble salt of vitamin B6. It is a conditioning vitamin, most often part of a B-complex blend.
Butylene Glycol humectant: Butylene Glycol is a small glycol that does two jobs at once: it holds water in the top layer of skin and it dissolves plant extracts and actives that plain water cannot. It also thins a formula, which is why watery Korean essences lean on it.
Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Extract plant extract: Lavender Flower Extract is the water-based extract rather than the essential oil, so it is much milder and less aromatic.
Monarda Didyma Leaf Extract plant extract: Bee balm leaf extract, a mint family plant. The leaf carries aromatic terpenes and flavonoids and is used as a conditioning botanical with a faint scent.
Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract plant extract: Peppermint leaf extract, the water-based extract rather than the essential oil, so it carries far less menthol. It is used as a refreshing herbal extract.
Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract plant extract: Chamomile Flower Extract is one of the oldest ingredients in skincare, carrying bisabolol and chamazulene. It is used for the look of redness in formulas for reactive skin.
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract plant extract: Rosemary Leaf Extract carries rosmarinic and carnosic acids, both effective antioxidants. It is often there to keep the oils in a formula from going rancid.
1,2-Hexanediol humectant: 1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.
Caprylyl Glycol preservative booster: Caprylyl Glycol is a glycol that conditions skin and, more importantly, strengthens a preservative system so less of the traditional preservative is needed. It appears in most modern formulas built without parabens.
Pentylene Glycol humectant: Pentylene Glycol hydrates and, like the other longer-chain glycols, makes a formula less hospitable to microbes so the preservative system can be lighter. It also improves how evenly a product spreads.
Citric Acid pH adjuster: Citric Acid is used in tiny amounts to bring a formula to the pH its actives need, not as an exfoliant at that level. It is an AHA, so at much higher concentrations it can also exfoliate.
Disodium EDTA chelator: EDTA is a chelator: it locks up trace metal ions from water and packaging that would otherwise turn a formula cloudy, off-colour or rancid. It does nothing to skin and appears at a fraction of a percent.
Fragrance fragrance: Fragrance, or Parfum, is a single declaration standing for a whole scent blend, which can be dozens of materials. Regulators allow it as a trade secret, so a list showing only this word does not say what the scent is made of. It is the most common trigger named by people with reactive skin.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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Fragrance on the list

6Melaleuca Alternifolia9Menthol25Pyridoxine HCl

6Melaleuca Alternifolia
9Menthol
25Pyridoxine HCl

Where each key active sits on the declared ingredient list, by entry number. Position is proportion: the further forward, the larger its share.

How to use

Work into a lather on damp skin, massage gently, then rinse with lukewarm water.

Worth knowing

Patch test this shampoo on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract on the list.
This list names Fragrance, so skip it if fragrance components are something you avoid.
Citric Acid and Salicylic Acid on this list makes this shampoo an exfoliating step, so do not stack it with another one on the same night.

Complete the routine

This itemBonajour Tea Tree Scalp Refreshing Shampoo 320ml$30.00
Prep after cleansing, before the treatment stepBonajour Propolis Energy Toner 205ml$35.00
Seal the routine in as the last stepBonajour Green Tea Water Bomb Cream 100ml$32.50

Total for 3 items$97.50

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Bonajour, Korean-market original

The Original Korean Formula shampoo from Bonajour, 320ml formulated with Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract and Menthol, shipped from California or direct from Korea.

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The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

BHAs like salicylic acid get really deep into the pores, whereas the water-soluble ones don't go as deep.
Samantha Stein, PA-CDermatology physician assistant, Cleveland Clinic
I think it's fair to say I've seen lots of patients use tea tree oil for a variety of skin issues. It's a natural remedy that is known to help.
Simon Hodes, MB ChBFamily physician, Cleveland Clinic