GUM
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
- gum
Aloe gel, used for light moisture and slip. High in the list it also contributes a little natural hold.
- products in our library
- 530
- of researched products
- 13%
- on the label, in our shampoos
- usually #8
- most common in
- Shampoo
- in water
- Water-soluble
At a glance
Four things worth knowing about how this ingredient behaves on hair.
How much of it is left on hair between washes.
What it takes to get it off the hair again.
What the polymer class can do, not what any bottle claims.
How well the film survives damp air, as a class.
| Property | Level | Out of |
|---|---|---|
| Buildup risk | Low | 1 of 5 |
| Rinse-out behaviour | Rinses clean | 5 of 5 |
| Hold | Soft | 3 of 5 |
| Humidity resistance | Low | 1 of 5 |
What it does for a formula
What Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice does
The general function first, then how the role changes by product type where we have researched it.
Gives a gel its body and keeps heavier ingredients from sinking.
A plant-derived film that bends rather than cracking.
Binds water and holds it against the hair rather than adding oil.
What a humectant does depends on the air around it as much as on the formula.
Charge
Charge is not recorded for this ingredient.
Solubility
Rinses out with water alone — it does not accumulate on hair between washes.
Where it appears
Where it appears
One row per product category in our library: how many products list it, what share of that category that is, and where it typically sits on the label.
| Product type | How common | Typical position on label ? |
|---|---|---|
Shampoo
115 products
|
supporting · #8 | |
Conditioner
111 products
|
secondary · #9 | |
Leave-in
78 products
|
supporting · #8 | |
Mask / treatment
50 products
|
secondary · #9 | |
Styler: gel
45 products
|
supporting · #7 | |
Co-wash
31 products
|
supporting · #4 | |
Styler: curl cream
23 products
|
secondary · #9 | |
Styler: mousse
20 products
|
supporting · #6 | |
Scalp treatment
19 products
|
supporting · #8 | |
Heat protectant
10 products
|
supporting · #5 |
12 more product types
| Product type | How common | Typical position on label ? |
|---|---|---|
Styler: volumizer
5 products
|
supporting · #6 | |
Finisher: oil
4 products
|
secondary · #10 | |
Finisher: shine spray
4 products
|
secondary · #11 | |
Styler: hairspray
3 products
|
supporting · #8 | |
Styler: smoothing cream
3 products
|
secondary · #18 | |
Finisher: end oil
2 products
|
secondary · #13 | |
Styler: refresh spray
2 products
|
secondary · #12 | |
Styler: texture spray
2 products
|
supporting · #6 | |
Finisher: serum
1 product
|
supporting · #8 | |
Styler: edge control
1 product
|
supporting · #6 | |
Styler: lotion
1 product
|
secondary · #12 | |
Styler: paste
1 product
|
secondary · #23 |
| Product type | Products | Share of category | Median position | Earliest position | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shampoo | 115 | 13% | 8 | 1 | supporting |
| Conditioner | 111 | 16% | 9 | 1 | secondary |
| Leave-in | 78 | 18% | 8 | 1 | supporting |
| Mask / treatment | 50 | 12% | 9 | 1 | secondary |
| Styler: gel | 45 | 28% | 7 | 2 | supporting |
| Co-wash | 31 | 31% | 4 | 1 | supporting |
| Styler: curl cream | 23 | 21% | 9 | 2 | secondary |
| Styler: mousse | 20 | 14% | 6 | 1 | supporting |
| Scalp treatment | 19 | 11% | 8 | 2 | supporting |
| Heat protectant | 10 | 7% | 5 | 2 | supporting |
| Styler: volumizer | 5 | 7% | 6 | 2 | supporting |
| Finisher: oil | 4 | 2% | 10 | 7 | secondary |
| Finisher: shine spray | 4 | 6% | 11 | 8 | secondary |
| Styler: hairspray | 3 | 3% | 8 | 4 | supporting |
| Styler: smoothing cream | 3 | 5% | 18 | 10 | secondary |
| Finisher: end oil | 2 | 22% | 13 | 12 | secondary |
| Styler: refresh spray | 2 | 15% | 12 | 5 | secondary |
| Styler: texture spray | 2 | 3% | 6 | 2 | supporting |
| Finisher: serum | 1 | 1% | 8 | 8 | supporting |
| Styler: edge control | 1 | 6% | 6 | 6 | supporting |
| Styler: lotion | 1 | 8% | 12 | 12 | secondary |
| Styler: paste | 1 | 1% | 23 | 23 | secondary |
No product-type differences have been researched yet — the reading below is computed from where it sits on the labels in our library.
Position footprint
Every listing in our library, by position on the label.
| Positions | Zone | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Leading | 131 |
| 4-8 | Supporting | 230 |
| 9-15 | Secondary | 182 |
| 16-25 | Lower | 93 |
| 26+ | Trace | 14 |
How to read this
US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order.
So position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
Who should pay attention
Conditional formulation guidance, scoped to a hair condition and to the positions where it is meaningful. It is not a conclusion about any finished product, and not a conclusion about you.
Gums thicken and set soft, which gives definition that bends rather than a rigid cast.
Hydration with no oil attached, so it adds very little weight even high on a list.
Aloe is mostly water carrying sugars that bind more of it, which is why it turns up as the base of moisture-first formulas.
A humectant follows the air: it holds water in humid conditions and can give it up in very dry ones. Climate decides what it does more than the label does.
Read from this ingredient’s chemical class. Where we have researched the ingredient itself, that reading replaces the class one.
Why it matters to shoppers
What this ingredient is evidence of, what it is not evidence of, and what our own method can and cannot tell you.
- a gel texture from a plant-derived thickener
- hydration rather than oil
- plant-derived ingredients on the label
- a rinse-clean feel
- an exact safety score — we do not publish one, for any ingredient
- how a finished product performs by itself — that is the whole formula, not one line of it
- the exact percentage in a bottle — label position never converts into a number
- a supporting thickener alongside the main ingredients in our shampoos
- it was on the label of every product we counted — we read printed ingredient lists, not marketing copy
- a meaningful amount of the plant
- a meaningful amount of the plant — most sit below the 1% line
- that a product is right or wrong for you
We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
Commonly paired with
Ingredients that appear alongside this one most often in our library. Near-universal ingredients are excluded — they pair with everything and tell you nothing.
- Benzyl Alcohol · 169
- Cetyl Alcohol · 158
- Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · 156
- Behentrimonium Chloride · 142
- Cetrimonium Chloride · 131
- Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · 128
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · 123
- Caprylyl Glycol · 122
- Tocopherol · 117
- Polyquaternium-10 · 97
The number beside a name is how many products in our library list both.
These ingredients tend to appear together to carry the formula and let it dry, soften the strand, and improve feel after rinsing.
Found in these products
The most prominent placements first. The badge is the position on that product’s own ingredient list.
Alikay Naturals · Mask / treatment
Honey & Sage Deep Conditioner
#1 on the label · $2.35/oz
Andalou Naturals · Styler
Argan Oil & Shea Moisture Rich Styling Cream
#1 on the label · $1.91/oz
Bounce Curl · Styler
Chia Seed Clumping Gel
#1 on the label · $2.72/oz
Bounce Curl · Co-wash
Hydra Drench Cleansing Conditioner
#1 on the label
Bounce Curl · Conditioner
Super Smooth Cream Conditioner
#1 on the label · $2.75/oz
Bounce Curl · Leave-in
Thermal Guard Weightless Leave-In
#1 on the label · $2.98/oz
Bounce Curl · Scalp treatment
Turmeric Purifying Hair & Scalp Mask
#1 on the label · $3.25/oz
Bounce Curl · Shampoo
Weightless Shampoo
#1 on the label · $4.25/oz
Christophe Robin · Mask / treatment
Hydrating Melting Mask with Aloe Vera
#1 on the label · $7.09/oz
Keratin Complex · Mask / treatment
PicturePerfect Hair Bond Sealing Masque
#1 on the label · $7.75/oz
Maui Moisture · Shampoo
Clarifying Shampoo
#1 on the label · $0.70/oz
Maui Moisture · Leave-in
Frizz Free + Shea Butter Hair Styling Leave-In Conditioning Mist
#1 on the label · $1.80/oz
See all 530 products in the library that list Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Identity
What this entry is, and what our references call it.
No public-domain structure depiction is available for this entry.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
- humectant
- botanical extract
- aloe barbadensis (aloe vera gel)
- aloe barbadensis (aloe vera)
- aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf gel
- aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice
- aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice (decolorized)
- aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice powder
- aloe barbadensis (aloe) leaf juice
- aloe barbadensis (aloe) leaf juice (decolorized)
- aloe barbadensis (aloe) vera
- aloe barbadensis gel
- aloe barbadensis leaf
- aloe barbadensis leaf juice
- aloe barbadensis leaf juice (aloe vera juice)
- aloe barbadensis leaf juice (decolorized)
- aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder
- aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder (aloe vera)
- aloe barbadensis leaf vera
- aloe vera (aloe barbadensis)
- aloe vera gel
- aloe vera leaf juice
- organic aloe barbadensis leaf juice
For your hair?
Whether Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice matters for your hair depends on your hair.
the 1st most-listed film former or thickener in our libraryWhat this ingredient does, and where it sits on the labels we have researched.
A verdict on any product that contains it, and never a safety grade.
We do not physically test your hair. Everything above is read from the ingredient lists in our library and from published references — the consultation is what turns it into a plan.
References
Seed entry — sourcing in progress Written from our reference work; primary sourcing is still being attached.
No published source is attached to this entry yet.
How this page was made
- Every number above is counted from the ingredient lists in our own product library — 530 of 4008 researched products list this ingredient. Nothing on this page is written per ingredient.
- The dots are levels, not scores. Each one is read from what kind of ingredient it is — its chemical class, its charge, its solubility — or from where it sits on the labels we have.
- US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order. Position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
- The prominence bands (leading, supporting, secondary) are the same ones the product pages use to read a single label, applied here to the median position across a category.
- We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
- Identifiers and references appear only when a published source is attached to this entry; where none is, the row is simply absent rather than filled in.
- This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.
- Entry last updated 2026-08-28. Product-page methodology: the product library.