amika Perk Up Talc-Free Dry Shampoo
by amika · hair_care
Editor's Take
Rice starch does the heavy lifting on oil, but the formula leans hard on cyclic silicones and fragrance allergens , effective in the short term, rough on the clean scorecard.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Efficacy: 7.5 / 10
- Modern Tech: 5.0 / 10
- Clean Beauty: 3.0 / 10
- Sustainability: 0.5 / 10
The Verdict
The architecture here leans on familiar shampoo workhorses, executed competently. The rice starch system works as promised, and the alcohol base ensures no residue. But the clean score sits at 3.0 due to Cyclopentasiloxane at base level and five disclosed fragrance allergens, including restricted compounds like Butylphenyl Methylpropional. Sustainability bottoms out at 0.5 , cyclic silicones persist in the environment, and the petrochemical carrier system offers no offset. A credible pick for daily refresh if you're not tracking ingredient flags, but skip it if clean formulation or eco-impact matter to you.
Full INCI list
Alcohol Denat. (Sd Alcohol 40-B), Oryza Sativa (Rice/Riz) Starch, Fragrance/Parfum, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Cyclopentasiloxane, Water/Eau/Aqua, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Citronellol