Honey

At a glance

Four things worth knowing about how this ingredient behaves on hair.

What it does for a formula

What Honey does

The general function first, then how the role changes by product type where we have researched it.

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.

We have not researched differences by product type yet. The reading below comes from where it sits on the labels in our library.

Position footprint

Every listing in our library, by position on the label.

Who should pay attention

Formulation guidance for specific hair conditions, limited to the label positions where it applies. It is not a conclusion about any finished product, or about you.

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 seeing this ingredient tells you, what it does not, and the limits of our own method.

We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades.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

The ingredients that most often appear alongside this one in our library. We leave out the near-universal ones, because they pair with everything and tell you nothing.

• Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · 99
• Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice · 87
• Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · 85
• Ethylhexylglycerin · 84
• Tocopherol · 64
• Caprylyl Glycol · 60
• Cetrimonium Chloride · 57
• Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil · 56
• Disodium EDTA · 55
• Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil · 53

The number beside a name is how many products in our library list both.

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 #2 on the label · $2.35/oz CurlMix · Shampoo Shampoo - Honey Hydration + Moisture-Loving Lather #2 on the label · $4.16/oz Palmer's · Mask / treatment Tahitian Vanilla Hydra Gloss Pack #2 on the label · $1.13/oz TGIN · Mask / treatment Honey Miracle Hair Mask Packette #2 on the label TGIN · Styler Honey Whip Hydrating Mousse #2 on the label · $1.87/oz TGIN · Mask / treatment Miracle RepaiRx Deep Hydrating Hair Mask #2 on the label · $1.67/oz Uncle Funky's Daughter · Styler Soul Bounce - Texture Defining Mousse #2 on the label · $2.13/oz CurlMix · Styler Curl Defining Gel – Honey Hydration #3 on the label · $3.13/oz CurlMix · Mask / treatment Mud Mask – Honey Hydration #3 on the label · $3.13/oz Mielle Organics · Styler Honey & Ginger Styling Gel #3 on the label · $1.06/oz Mielle Organics · Styler Honey Ginger Edge Gel #3 on the label · $3.12/oz The Doux · Styler Bee Girl Honey Dip Honey Butter Gel #3 on the label · $1.42/oz

See all 271 products in the library that list Honey

Identity

What this entry is, and what our references call it.

Structure

No public-domain structure depiction is available for this entry.

Canonical name

Honey

Most-listed rank

#6 of 37 humectants in our library, by how many products list it

Also classified as

• botanical extract

Also listed as

• (honey)
• acacia honey
• apis mellifera (honey)
• honey
• honey (mel, miel)
• honey (mel)
• honey (mel) (miel)
• honey (mel) wildflower & clove
• honey (mel) wildflower & clover
• honey (mel/miel)
• honey (miel)
• honey extract
• honey extract/mel/extrait de miel
• honey/mel/miel
• honey/miel
• honey\mel\miel
• honeyquat (honey)
• mel
• mel (honey (miel))
• mel (honey extract)
• mel (honey, miel)
• mel (honey)
• mel (honey) extract
• mel (honey/miel)
• mel extract / honey extract
• mel extract / honey extract (f.i.l. c255711/1)
• mel extract/honey extract
• mel extract/honey extract (f.i.l. c255709/1)
• mel/honey
• mel/honey/miel
• raw black honey
• raw black honey (mel)
• raw honey
• raw honey wildflower honey