Volumizing Rice Protein Dry Shampoo - Invisible

In the US, ingredients above 1% are listed from most to least. Below 1% they can appear in any order. Each note keeps three things apart: what the ingredient generally does, its role in this type of product, and what its position can tell you.

• 1 Zea Mays (Corn) Starch
  General function

  A starch that soaks up oil at the roots and adds texture.

  Leading ingredient

  Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

  May suitFine or easily flattened hair

  Adds grip and body with no oil attached, which is what lifts fine hair at the root instead of weighing it down.

  DependsMaximum-hold styling

  Starch gives texture and grip rather than a set film; firm hold usually needs a polymer alongside it.

  • starch
  • powder
• 2 Maranta Arundinacea Root Extract
  General function

  An extract from the root of Maranta Arundinacea. Plant extracts are used across a wide range of levels, and label order is the best guide to how much is here.

  Leading ingredient

  Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

  • botanical extract
• 3 Sodium Carbonate
  General function

  A base used in trace amounts to raise pH.

  Leading ingredient

  Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

  • pH adjuster
  • salt
• 4 Silica Silylate
  General function

  A treated silica used to absorb oil and add grip in texture products.

  Supporting ingredient

  Listed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.

  May suitFine or easily flattened hair

  A dry powder takes up oil and adds friction between strands, which is most of what root lift in fine hair actually is.

  • powder
  • thickener
• ▾Below about here, the order stops meaning much. These are usually used at 1% or less.
• 5 Mica
  General function

  A mineral that adds shimmer or opacity to the product. It affects how the bottle looks, not how hair behaves.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May suitGray, silver, or brass-prone hair

  A violet or blue colorant sits opposite yellow on the colour wheel, so a trace of it deposited on the surface makes a warm cast read cooler. It washes out over the following few washes.

  PubChem
  • colourant
  • mineral
  • opacifier
• 6 Saccharomyces Ferment
  General function

  A fermented preparation of Saccharomyces. Ferments are used for conditioning and preservative-support claims; the level is usually small.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  • botanical extract
• 7 Propanediol
  General function

  A corn-derived humectant and solvent, often chosen as a lighter-feeling alternative to propylene glycol.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May suitFine or easily flattened hair

  Light and water-binding rather than oily, so it adds less weight than oils or butters do.

  May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair

  A small water-binding solvent. It holds moisture and helps the rest of the formula spread evenly over the strand.

  DependsClimate-sensitive or frizz-prone hair

  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.

  PubChem
  • humectant
  • solvent
• 8 Hydroxyacetophenone
  General function

  A preservative booster that also protects the formula from oxidising.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  PubChem
  • preservative
  • antioxidant
• 9 Water · Water/Aqua/Eau
  • solvent
• 10 Lauroyl Lysine
  • amino acid
• 11 Niacinamide
  General function

  Vitamin B3, used in scalp products for conditioning claims.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair

  Deposits a lubricating layer that makes combing easier, which is most of what stops mechanical damage adding to frizz.

  PubChem
  • vitamin
  • conditioning agent
• 12 Hydrolyzed Rice Protein
  General function

  A light plant protein that adds body and shine, popular in volume products.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair

  Filling surface gaps evens out the cuticle, which is part of what makes damaged hair comb and reflect light more like undamaged hair.

  May suitMaximum-hold styling

  Film formers are what hold a style: they dry into a connected film across the strands so the shape resists movement.

  May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair

  Hydrolysed fragments are small enough to sit in the gaps of a worn cuticle for a wash or two, temporarily restoring stiffness and cutting breakage in combing.

  • film former
  • protein
  • hydrolysed protein
• 13 Glycerin
  General function

  Glycerin, also called glycerol, attracts moisture and mixes completely with water.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair

  High-porosity hair loses water fast; a humectant holds some of it in place for longer than the wash itself would.

  May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair

  Binds water into the outer layers of the strand, and water is what makes dry hair flexible again rather than brittle.

  DependsClimate-sensitive or frizz-prone hair

  Water moves both ways. Measured across concentrations, glycerin solutions give water up in some conditions and take it from the air in others. What it does for you depends on how much of it is there and on the air around it.

  Scientific Reports
  • humectant
• 14 Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract
  • botanical extract
• 15 Withania Somnifera Root Extract
  • botanical extract
• 16 Benzyl Alcohol
  • preservative
  • solvent
• 17 Potassium Sorbate
  • preservative
• 18 Sodium Benzoate
  • preservative
• 19 Iron Oxide (CI 77499, CI 77491)
• 20 Titanium Dioxide · Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)
  General function

  A white mineral pigment that makes a product opaque or pearly.

  Estimated lower-concentration zone

  It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

  May suitGray, silver, or brass-prone hair

  A violet or blue colorant sits opposite yellow on the colour wheel, so a trace of it deposited on the surface makes a warm cast read cooler. It washes out over the following few washes.

  • colourant
  • opacifier
  • mineral

What the whole list adds up to

• 4 botanical extracts
• 4 preservatives
• 3 solvents
• 2 powders
• 2 colourants
• 2 minerals
• 2 opacifiers
• 2 humectants
• 1 starch
• 1 pH adjuster
• 1 salt
• 1 thickener
• 1 antioxidant
• 1 amino acid

Ingredient list captured 2026-10-17. Formulas change, so check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.