Hipp Baby Shampoo - 200 ml

HiPP Baby Shampoo, 200 ml, from the first day of life

HiPP Baby Shampoo is a mild baby shampoo for sensitive scalp and fine hair, suitable from the first day of life. It is a 200 ml bottle, it is pH skin-neutral, HiPP states that it does not sting the eyes, and HiPP publishes it as vegan. HiPP also publishes it as suitable for skin prone to neurodermatitis.

This is the plain hair bottle in the HiPP range: a shampoo and nothing else. It is the one to pick when you want the hair step handled on its own rather than folded into a body wash, and it is dated from the first day of life, so there is no newborn version to start on first. HiPP's own heading for it translates as hair washing entirely without tears, which is a fair summary of what a newborn baby shampoo is actually being judged on.

It is pH skin-neutral, and on a baby's scalp that is the detail that counts. Skin carries a slightly acidic surface film, and HiPP states that this shampoo preserves the skin's natural acid mantle rather than stripping it. Paired with that is a formula built so that it does not sting the eyes, which is the practical test of any baby shampoo: one stinging wash turns the next several into an argument.

The care side comes from valuable ingredients from organic almonds, which is HiPP's own description of the sweet almond extract on the panel. HiPP describes the result as a particularly well-tolerated shampoo that cleans gently, and states that it leaves soft, shiny hair. The bottle is not only for babies either: it is a mild shampoo, and plenty of adults with a sensitive scalp or fine hair use it as their own.

What has been left out is part of the specification. HiPP gives this shampoo a recipe without microplastics, and makes it without parabens, without mineral oil and paraffins, without essential oils and without allergy-suspect fragrances. HiPP publishes it as vegan, the formula is stated to be 100% biodegradable by OECD 301/302 or equivalent methods, and the packaging is recyclable. As a German baby care staple it is the everyday bottle rather than a specialist one.

Whose scalp and hair this bottle is for

HiPP describes this as care for sensitive scalp and fine hair, and dates it from the first day of life. That range is the useful part: the same bottle covers the newborn weeks when there is barely any hair to wash, the months of sitting up in a few inches of water, and the toddler who washes their own hair badly. Nothing has to change as your baby grows.

It also suits adults. This is a mild shampoo with a short panel, and it is commonly used by grown-ups with a sensitive scalp or fine hair who find an ordinary shampoo too harsh. That is not a separate product claim, just what the bottle is: nothing in it is reserved for babies.

Being straight about who it is not for matters more. This shampoo contains Parfum, so it is lightly scented rather than unscented. If you need a wash with no fragrance in it at all, this is not that product. It also contains sweet almond seed extract, so read the panel before use if nut allergy is something your family watches for. And it is a shampoo, not a bath additive: it goes on the hair and gets rinsed off, rather than into the bathwater.

How to use it at bath time

HiPP publishes no quantity per wash, water temperature or washing frequency for this shampoo, so none is stated here. The six steps below are general practice for washing a baby's hair, not manufacturer instructions. Follow whatever is printed on the bottle you receive.

What is in HiPP Baby Shampoo

The full ingredient panel for this bottle is below, as published for this listing. Underneath it is a translation, because an ingredient panel for a shampoo is written in INCI names that say nothing to most people.

What the main ingredients are doing

The table above translates the main ingredients only and is not the full panel; it is not given in the order of the panel, and the panel above it is the complete list. The panel printed on the bottle you receive is the one that governs.

What HiPP leaves out of it

On a baby shampoo the exclusions are often the reason for buying, so they are worth setting out properly with the qualifier that belongs to each one rather than as a row of badges.

• Recipe without microplastics
• No parabens
• No mineral oil or paraffins
• No essential oils
• No allergy-suspect fragrances
• Vegan
• 100% biodegradable formula
• pH skin-neutral
• Recyclable packaging

Recipe without microplastics. HiPP's own footnote defines this as a recipe without water-soluble, purely synthetic polymers. No essential oils and no allergy-suspect fragrances. Both are published by HiPP for this shampoo as defined by the cosmetics legislation, which is what the asterisk on the bottle refers to; the panel does carry Perfume, so the second claim is about the fragrances classed as allergy-suspect rather than about fragrance in general. Vegan. HiPP states this in its own published product information for the 200 ml baby shampoo. 100% biodegradable formula. HiPP's footnote reads: according to OECD 301/302 or equivalent methods. Recyclable packaging. HiPP states the packaging is recyclable and certified to the CHI standard in Germany.

What you get, and how long a 200 ml bottle lasts

This listing is one 200 ml bottle of shampoo. It washes hair only, so if you also want a body wash it is a second bottle rather than the same one.

How long it lasts cannot honestly be given as a number. HiPP publishes no quantity per wash for this shampoo, and a shampoo is used by hand rather than measured, so any per-bottle count would be invented. On a newborn with almost no hair a bottle this size lasts a very long time, and on a three-year-old it does not. What can be said is how the HiPP hair and body washes compare on size and purpose, which is usually the real question behind how long will it last.

These are separate HiPP products with separate ingredient panels, listed here by size and purpose only. No equivalence between their formulas is implied, and a claim published for one of them is not published for the others. No number of washes per bottle is claimed, because no quantity per wash is published for this product.

Product highlights

• 200 ml bottle
• Baby shampoo, hair only
• From the first day
• Sensitive scalp, fine hair
• Suits neurodermatitis-prone skin
• pH skin-neutral
• Does not sting eyes
• Keeps the acid mantle
• With organic almond extract
• Vegan
• No parabens
• No mineral oil
• Recipe without microplastics

Frequently asked questions

The rest of the HiPP bath and skin care range

• HiPP Baby Gentle Care 2 in 1 Shampoo and Shower Gel, 200 mlHair and body in one bottle, when you would rather not have two.
• HiPP Baby Shampoo and Conditioner, 200 mlAdds a conditioning step, for when hair is long enough to tangle.
• HiPP Baby Head to Toe Wash Gel, 400 mlA larger hair and body wash, as a separate HiPP product.
• HiPP Gentle Baby Bath Additive, 350 mlFor the bathwater itself rather than for washing.
• HiPP Baby Milk Lotion Sensitive, 350 mlThe after-bath step for skin that dries out.
• All baby hygiene and skin careBrowse the whole bath, skin and sun care range.

Written from HiPP's published product information for its Babysanft baby shampoo, 200 ml, article DA90117, together with HiPP's own product information sheet for that article and the German retail product data HiPP supplies for it. Only statements carried by those sources are made. The vegan statement is HiPP's own, published for this article. The from-birth age and the 200 ml pack size are confirmed by HiPP's published product data and are unchanged. Claims previously shown here that HiPP does not publish for this product have been removed rather than reversed: soap-free, silicone-free, PEG-emulsifier-free, colorant-free and dermatologically confirmed. HiPP's own suitability statement for this article, that the shampoo is also suitable for skin prone to neurodermatitis, is published by HiPP as "Auch für zu Neurodermitis neigende Haut geeignet" and is carried on HiPP's label artwork for article DA90117; it is restored here as a statement of suitability and not as a claim to treat, manage or improve any condition. No quantity per wash, water temperature or washing frequency is published for it, so none is stated and the steps above are identified as general practice. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.