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Originally Posted by MACLovin
I agree with pretty much everything that's been mentioned so far. Particularly the Garnier Fructis (wtf kind of name is that, anyhow?), Pantene, and the rest of the horrendous drug store lines that coat your hair with plastics, waxes, silicones, and dry your scalp to hell with Sodium Laureth Sulfate.. which by the way is the same thing as basically washing your hair with dish or hand soap, and is also used in engine degreasers.
It's been found to cause skin and eye ir[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ritation, tangled hair, swelling of the hands, face and arms and split and fuzzy hair among other things. It also damages the hair follicle and contributes to hair loss.
[/FONT] I just completely avoid any product with this in it if possible.
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I don't mean to undermine you by saying this, and don't take it in a way of it sounding shitty (its hard to get the tone of voice across the internet!) but Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is actually the ingredient that makes the shampoo foam up, it is a 'detergent' in other words. Without it, the shampoo is difficult to work through the hair. Yes it has been found to do that to some people, but I know this sounds silly, but it can't be that bad otherwise the majority of shampoo's would not exist. I know foaming doesn't necessarily mean its working, but the harder it is to work through the hair, the more damage you are causing. If I shampoo anyones hair at my work, you can tell instantly if their hair is clean or dirty.. if its clean, it'll bubble/foam up easily, if it doesn't, its dirty. You're 100% right about the silicone thing... the shampoo's which have been listed on here (Pantene etc) are filled with additives such as silicone, and THEY are the ingredients that cause horrendous damage to your hair, not the sulfates. From my experience (and mine only) of using sulfate free shampoo's, as I said before they're terribly hard to work through the hair and get it 'clean', which means tugging and pulling at the hair, and in the long term does more damage to the follicle, and the pulling of the hair causes breakages, which means dryness and so forth. Then again, I've only tried 2 or 3 types of sulfate free shampoos, and I'm very careful with my shampoo'ing/conditioning of my hair. I'd be interested to know if the one you use works through the hair easily!
Anyway!
In general you'll be very hard pressed to find a shampoo that does NOT contain sulfates, and that is reasonably priced, then again, some people care more about their hair than others lol so I guess price isn't the issue! I work in a hairdressers and have used many different lines of hair care, low end to high end, and off the top of my head I can't think of a few lines that do make sulfate free shampoo's, those being Alterna, Ole Henricksen, L'anza, Deva, and guess what... they all come with a price tag. I can think of various other lines which no one has ever heard of too, and there's a reason for that lmao. The ones to avoid in my opinion, are the ones that contain silicones, i.e the cheapy ones
