Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Play Body Wash
by Sol de Janeiro · body_care
Editor's Take
Nice creamy wash, but the beachy scent fantasy comes with old-school fragrance baggage and a polymer-thickened base that makes the ingredient story messy.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Efficacy: 7.8 / 10
- Modern Tech: 6.2 / 10
- Clean Beauty: 4.1 / 10
- Sustainability: 7.4 / 10
The Verdict
On skin, Sol de Janeiro gets the basics right here: creamy sulfate-free cleansing, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate for mild lather, and Cupuaçu butter plus coconut and açaí oils for a cushier rinse feel. The catch is the scent-first ingredient deck, with undisclosed fragrance, listed allergens including Lilial, Cocamide MIPA, and Acrylates Copolymer making it less clean than the tropical-butter story suggests. Sustainability lands in mixed territory rather than disaster territory, mostly because the formula has some renewable-leaning lipids alongside its synthetic fragrance and polymer choices. Worth it for the feel and fragrance experience, not for anyone shopping this as a clean body wash.
Full INCI list
Aqua (Water/Eau), Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Parfum (Fragrance), Cocamide MIPA, Coconut Acid, Tocopherol, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut/Noix de Coco) Oil, Euterpe Oleracea (Açaí/Açaï) Fruit Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuaçu) Seed Butter, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium, Chloride, Glycol Stearate, Glycerin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Isethionate, Sodium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Limonene, Coumarin.