Bumble and bumble Bond-Building Repair Shampoo

Editor's Take

Among repair shampoos, this one earns its shelf space: FiberHance™ BM brings credible internal reinforcement, but the polymer-heavy formula leaves its environmental credentials merely middling.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 8.2 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 8.5 / 10
• Clean Standards: 5.0 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 5.9 / 10

The Verdict

This goes beyond cosmetic smoothing: FiberHance™ BM reinforces the hair fiber, while the castor oil and sebacic acid copolymer helps seal the cuticle. Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate and Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate provide sulfate-free cleansing better suited to damaged hair than a harsher wash. The compromise is a supporting cast of synthetic polymers, ethoxylated ingredients, fragrance, and disclosed allergens, leaving its clean-beauty and sustainability credentials middling. A credible repair shampoo for regular damage control, not a particularly green one.

Is Bumble and bumble Bond-Building Repair Shampoo clean?

DARE scores Bumble and bumble Bond-Building Repair Shampoo by Bumble and bumble 5.0 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.

What are the key ingredients in Bumble and bumble Bond-Building Repair Shampoo?

The formula leads with Water\Aqua\Eau, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Propanediol, Coco-Betaine. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.

How does DARE score Bumble and bumble Bond-Building Repair Shampoo?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Bumble and bumble Bond-Building Repair Shampoo by Bumble and bumble scores Performance 8.2 / 10, Clean Standards 5.0 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 8.5 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 5.9 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Water\Aqua\Eau, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Propanediol, Coco-Betaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Honey\Mel\Miel, Hydrogenated Castor Oil/ Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Yeast Extract\Faex\Extrait De Levure, Octyldodecyl Citrate Crosspolymer, Hydroxypropylgluconamide, Hydroxypropylammonium Gluconate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Phenyl Trimethicone, Caprylyl Glycol, Panthenol, Polysorbate 20, Glycol Distearate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, PEG-150 Distearate, Polyquaternium-7, Silica, Butylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Tartaric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Chloride, BHT, Fragrance (Parfum), Limonene, Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)