Does Olaplex/Fibreplex and the like contain Formaldehyde?

[Nevertooearlyforamojito]

Hi,

Just that really.

Was researching as I'm looking at bleaching my hair again and the salon I'm interested in uses Fibreplex. Have previously used Olaplex.

I did a Google and apparently one of the bonuses of Olaplex is that it doesn't contain formaldehyde, suggesting that it's competitors did, as it was a versus article.

However, after further googling, there were some articles suggesting that they all contained it! 🤯

Anyone in the know?

Thanks

It's illegal to use formaldehyde in cosmetics in the EU, most companies don't go through the bother of making a separate formaldehyde free formula just for the EU and just don't use formaldehyde. Anyhow, should be pretty easy to see in the INCI. I assume you got lost in some scaremongering rabbit hole, with suggestions of formaldehyde releasers being in everything.

Formaldehyde is a gas at room temperature so I doubt it. Formalin is liquid though.

Is it on the ingredients?.

Tbh if I was you I’d buy a sample of damage remedy from aveda and try that. It’s ruinously expensive but annoyingly effective.