Fancy Shampoo

I get whatever brand I have a coupon for! Sometimes that's fancy stuff but more often than not it's Suave or another grocery/drug store find. Fancy shampoos may work really well, but they're way too expensive. I can use that money on something better, like really good food!

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carelessly graceful

I use John Frieda products in my hair and SWEAR by them! They always help to keep my hair toned and frizz free, even on the days you would expect it to poof out. It's sold at drugstores but is a little pricier than Garnier, etc…

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Breckenridge Clare

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It depends on the ingredients in the shampoo. I've been using shampoos without SLS (sodium laureth sulfate) for three years, and conditioners without silicones (dimethicone) for three years. SLS dries your hair out, and silicones coat it too much. However, I've recently went back to using silicone-conditioners because my hair is long and without the slick-iness of silicones, they get tangled and dried out (your hair feels soft and manageable after a wash because of a higher silicone content in certain brands which coat the hair in slippery silicon-y goop) Since I am using silicones, I need an SLS shampoo to wash them out later, because silicones need harsher chemicals to wash them out. Too much silicones will weigh your hair down. I never put conditioner on my roots, only the ends for that same reason, silicones clog and can cause hair to fall out over time. For that reason I don't pay attention to brand, as much as ingredients.

I recommend Aveda's 'Shampure' or Fekkai's 'Essential Shea'. 🙂

I think it really depends on your hair type and how you like to style your hair. I have wavy hair that tends towards the drier side, and I've been really happy with Redken products. I tried the Color Extend when my hair was dyed, and now I'm using the All Soft line, I love it. Gives my hair a lot of moisture and shine, and it feels so so soft. I also use a clarifying shampoo once a month to get rid of product buildup, since I use a few serums twice a week.

i really love bumble and bumble shampoo + conditioners.

I think it makes a huge difference! My hair is down to my bra strap in the back, so very long, and I tried to go down in quality of shampoo over the summer and it coated my hair with gunk and made it so heavy I couldn't even curl it. I switched back to my normal line up of Pureology hydrate shampoo, Moroccan Oil volume conditioner, and use Moroccan Oil's strengthening mask every other week, and it is so much better. 🙂

I have colour treated hair (it's red…well I should say it has natural auburn tones so I hold onto colour a little bit better) and rotate between John Frieda's Red products and Loreal's Colour Vibrancy. I have thick and quite naturally wavy hair, so I share your pain!

I really love both of those! Suave's Moroccan shampoo & conditioner are GREAT too (I know they're less expensive than Clear lol).

Honestly, I find that the products I use after a shower make a bigger difference. I've been using Garnier's argan oil along with their humidity milk for the best results.

I'm a big fan of Tresemme products. They also make my hair feel super clean and they won't break the bank.

Lauren
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I personally think paying attention to your hair's specific needs and finding a shampoo/conditioner routine that serves that is the most important thing.

For example, I have very thick, long, and smooth hair, and the water in my apartment building is extremely chlorinated. I'm currently using drugstore hair care products. I first use Live Clean's Apple Cider Vinegar Clarifying Shampoo to try and remove any build up from chlorine. I then use Live Clean's Exotic Nectar Argan Oil Restorative Shampoo and Conditioner– I like it because the argan oil it contains really helps my hair stay moisturized. After my shower, just before I blow dry my hair, I use Macademia Healing Oil Treatment to add even more nourishment and to help protect my hair from overdrying and split ends from blow drying.

I have used the Kérastase Bain Volumactive (and some other products in the Resistance line) in the past. They are fantastic higher-end products and I would highly recommend them (they're what my hairdresser usually uses on me, too). While I LOVE them, shampoo and conditioner is not something I want to spend a lot of money on, and I find my drugstore products work just as well, if not better.

The one time I did let the salon convince me into buying one of their expensive shampoos, it didn't last that long and really didn't seem worth the splurge, I felt as if I was getting the same results as I had been with my drugstore shampoo. It wasn't worth the money for me.

I use a drugstore brand. I found the biggest thing is using sulfate free shampoo. It makes my hair super soft and has really tamed the frizz.

I use fancy shampoo. Salon shampoo is highly concentrated so you don't need to put as much in your hand as you would with a drugstore shampoo so it actually lasts longer. I use Frederic Fekkai and love it. I have used salon shampoo the majority of my life (like even as a child, my mom made me use it). When I have switched to drugstore I have noticed a HUGE negative difference.

I get the largest bottle of Frederic Fekkai and it lasts me almost 2 years. So I actually spend less money on shampoo than people who buy it from the grocery store. It's a common misconception that you spend more money! I also get the huge bottles of Aveda conditioner and it lasts me 2 years as well. If you do get the salon ones, be sure and read how long it is good for on the bottle. If it says 24 months, then you are good to go!

I usually find that shampoo doesn't really make much of a difference to my hair, but conditioner definitely does! It might be worth a shot using a fancy conditioner along with a normal drugstore shampoo to try it out and see how it makes your hair feel. If it works nicely it could save you some money! 🙂

I have extremely thick hair and I feel like I've tried everything. Loreal, Suave, Herbal Essences, Clear, Aveda, John Frieda, etc. I am currently using Healthy Sexy Hair and I love it. People who call salon or 'fancy' shampoo expensive don't know how to shop. I wait until the Ulta Liter sale and I get 6 months of Shampoo and Conditioner for $11 each. I am in no way dirty – I wash my hair every other day, sometimes more. I find a huge difference between the drugstore and the salon shampoo – as another reader mentioned, you salon shampoo is much more concentrated and I just feel it's a better investment. Also with the litter, you can buy a pump and its like portion control for shampoo! Sulfate and Paraffin free shampoo and conditioner is a must – I am in no way rich and my income is limited but I make an effort to invest in my health/beauty products. One thing people don't realize is that the sulfates in shampoo strip your hair of almost all oil. In turn you produce more oil, this becomes a cycle. When people switch sulfate free shampoo, our hair is used to the harsh chemicals and so there is all of a sudden an excess of oil and nothing to strip it away. Whenever I go somewhere and use other shampoo, when I get home it takes my hair a few days to adjust. This means a few days of annoying greasy hair. In the long run my hair has been sooo much healthier since I switched. So if you do go to something 'fancy' don't write it off if the first few days if it's a little greasy, give your hair time to adjust to the fact that all of a sudden all the excess oils it has had to produce to keep your hair healthy aren't being washed down the drain in a pile of suds. I am also very 'anti-product' so I use a heat protectant and sometimes a spray to hold it. A lot of commenters say 'you wash it down the drain anyway' I feel this logic is flawed because a lot of the time the shower is where we do the most damage to my hair.
Disclaimer: This was all explained to me by my hairdresser and not one trying to sell me their salon's expensive shampoo.

I do love a lot of drugstore brands. There are gems hidden in amongst the different packaging of the same product. Shampoo though is something I don't skimp on, especially since I have long hair and a lot of it. I use pureology and have been nothing but impressed with every wash.

I've tried both fancy and drugstore. Recently I tried the Nioxin 3 System and I wasn't really all about it (plus it's super expensive). Now I'm trying the Organix Argan Oil of Morocco which is sulfate free and really good for your hair! Best part? It's only like 6 bucks!!

Cristina Marie

I use Moroccan Oil Shampoo & Conditioner – it makes your hair SO soft and smells amazing! My hair is pretty easy, so when I'm trying to stretch my dollar, I can get by with Kirkland's Conditioner, but Moroccan Oil is the way to go! 🙂

I use biology – it's about $18.00 at drug stores but you can get a massive bottle for $23 at Ulta, so I go there! I have very long hair – right now it's about 5 inches past my shoulders and I am still growing it out – and I always keep it long. Making sure your ends stay healthy is so important, a serious split end situation can cost you a solid 3-4 inches and a year of growing it out again if you have to clean them up. I also use a serum I buy at my salon to protect it from the heat of the blowdryer and curling iron. But really, I love Biolage and I think it is 100% worth the investment!!!

My hair only really needs to be shampooed every three or four days – I can go five if I don't use a lot of product – and I use conditioners that have been deemed 'conditioning washes' by the curly hair community. I really like the L'Oreal Ever(whatever) systems. I use EverCurl myself and it's only about $5/6 a bottle. I like their conditioner but it's a bit heavy without washing every day plus product buildup so I only use it once a week if that – I've gone through two bottles of shampoo to one conditioner. I use Tresemme Naturals conditioner every day but I also really like the super cheap VO5 cleansing conditioners for days when my hair is feeling a bit dingy but doesn't need a full shampoo yet, you have to use a bit more than usual because it's not super concentrated but it's only about $1 a bottle. I really like the Organix lines but I always felt like I needed to wash every other day with them – too much silicone for my hair. The silicone is probably what causes your hair to be limp and too many sulfates/detergents are what cause all that fluff. Pay attention to your ingredient lists!

The best thing you can do is switch up your shampoo! I use a nice salon shampoo & conditioner most of the week and a clarifying drug store brand after I've been doing a lot of styling…it really helps. It's kind of like working out, if you always use the same shampoo, your hair gets used to it & won't respond to it any more. 🙂

I really love my John Frieda for brunettes and it reasonable cheap. I tried more expensive shampoos and did not see any differences, but I would stay away from supermarket shampoos – that's awful. But there are a few tricks that make the hair beautiful that are as important as the shampoo:
– don't use a lot of shampoo and always mix with some water before applying,
– you have to be brave, but using cold water to wash your hair make wonders,
– apply termal water after washing, it neutralizes water with calcium,
– never be lazy on drying the hair, because if dry and moist hair mix you get frizz,
– finalize your brush with the cold air of the dryer,
– use a oil – i LOOOVE moroccanoil it's perfect and worth every dime,
– now and them use a deep cleaning shampoo,
– once a week use a cream, like kerastase,and leave for like half a hour..

and that's a few steps that I can recall now! Not a piece of cake!

I like using fancy shampoo, but I usually buy them when beauty brands or ulta has their 1 liter sales. I don't know if you have beauty brands in ny but they have half price big liters annually

I LOVE Redken shampoo…it smells great and makes my hair super soft…I always switch out which one I use depending on the season (anti-frizz for winter etc.). I have found that the drugstore shampoos really dry my hair out and my hair does't style as better. With quality shampoo, sometimes I only have to put one product in, air dry and done. With drugstore, I spend so much more time on my hair! I always wait till a place like Ulta or Sephora has a sale on the REALLY big bottles (i suggest getting a pump for them!). So worth the extra money 🙂

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