Seaweed organic haircare, 4 certifications
| Ingredient transparency | Full ingredient list read and categorised |
| Ownership | Founded in 2009 by Jana Blankenship, who remains founder, CEO and formulator, running a small, women run company based in New York's Hudson River Valley. No acquisition or outside parent company was found in any trade coverage. The brand is still trading as of 2026, sold direct and through retailers including Sephora, Target, Amazon and multiple specialty stores. |
| Where made | Made in small batches in New York's Hudson Valley. |
| Cruelty free | Yes |
| Vegan | Partial |
| Organic | Yes |
| Certifications | Leaping Bunny certification is confirmed on the certifier's own brand page. No USDA Organic certification could be confirmed: the brand markets its ingredients as organic, wild harvested and regenerative, but no matching certified operation could be retrieved from the USDA Organic Integrity database, and personal care products fall outside the scope of the USDA's agricultural organic seal unless separately certified. No EWG Verified mark was found; individual products appear only in the open Skin Deep ratings database. No B Corp, COSMOS or MADE SAFE registration was found. |
| Sold in mainland China | No, Leaping Bunny certification bars mainland China retail and no China sales are disclosed. |
| Palm oil | No public disclosure found. |
| Good On You | No Good On You rating found for this brand. |
| EWG | Products appear in EWG Skin Deep, but no brand-level EWG Verified status was found. |
| External ratings | B Corp; Made Safe; Leaping Bunny |
| Controversies | No significant controversy found. |
| Caveat | Strongest certification stack of the batch, B Corp with a reported B Impact score of 94.7, MADE SAFE and Leaping Bunny, but no carbon, palm or mica data. |
| Reports note | <p>Made Safe ingredient screen; no COAs</p> |
Claims made for this brand that could not be confirmed in a certifier's own register. A brand website is a claim, not a source.
Any claim that Captain Blankenship products are USDA certified organic should not be published. No certified operation for the brand appears in the USDA Organic Integrity database, and the organic language on its own site describes ingredient sourcing rather than a held certification. EWG Verified should not be used as a description; only ordinary Skin Deep listings were found.
Founder profile and independence https://theeverygirl.com/jana-blankenship-founder-of-captain-blankenship/
Leaping Bunny certifier's own brand page https://www.leapingbunny.org/brand/captain-blankenship
Skin Deep listing, not EWG Verified https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/products/7956952-Captain_Blankenship_Sea_Salt_Spray_Aloe__Seaweed/
Current retail distribution and e-commerce growth https://www.glossy.co/beauty/how-indie-beauty-brand-captain-blankenship-plans-to-grow-its-e-commerce-business/
Brand's own ingredient and sourcing description https://captainblankenship.com/pages/ingredient-glossary
Why there is no score: Partial read. No score is published. Ingredient lists were obtained for 7 of 13 products, 54 percent of the catalogue. The other 6 products publish no ingredient list that could be read. A percentage drawn from part of a catalogue is not a figure for the range, so none is shown.
Catalogue 13 products, 7 with an ingredient list, 6 without.
Last checked 22 July 2026.
We analysed 7 Captain Blankenship products, categorising every listed ingredient by function, origin (raw natural, naturally derived or synthetic) and safety concern. This is not the whole catalogue, so it is reported as a partial read. Percentages show the share of each formula that is natural or naturally derived.
Most common flags: Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Alcohol, Isopropyl Alcohol
Coverage: Partial read: ingredient lists were published for 7 of 13 products, 54 percent of the catalogue. No average is shown, because a figure drawn from part of a catalogue is not the figure for the range.
Analyst note: PARTIAL READ: ingredient lists were found for 7 of 13 products in the catalogue, 54 percent. The remaining products do not publish an ingredient list where it could be read automatically. Any average below is calculated on the 7 products read, and is not a figure for the whole range.
| Product | Natural | Ingredients | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Ships Eye Masks (Not For Sale) | 100% | 8 | 0 |
| Wild Beauty Hair Ritual | 100% | 31 | 1 |
| Conditioner | 100% | 30 | 2 |
| Gallon Size Hydrate Conditioner | 100% | 10 | 0 |
| Gallon Size Cleanse Shampoo | 100% | 31 | 1 |
| Shampoo | 100% | 31 | 1 |
| Sea Salt Spray | 100% | 10 | 0 |
Full ingredient breakdown
The full ingredient by ingredient breakdown of all 7 Captain Blankenship products (151 ingredients, each categorised by function, origin and safety concern) is free with an account.
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