When I got my hair cut recently, I was convinced to buy a $24 bottle of shampoo. I will admit its quite nice- its taken all my scalp itchiness away, and that's no mean feat. But I honestly don't see any other difference in my actual hair between using it and using good old Sunsilk. And I just cannot afford to keep buying it!
Do you use salon products? Do you think they are worth it? Or are there any good supermarket products? Or perhaps more 'natural' products which work well?
I am a chemical free girl & I have happened upon a product I just love... It's called I LOVE MY HAIR!!!
Do you remember the singer Toni Childs? Well she had a health crisis and long story short she developed these products. They are yummy and so nice to use. 5% of the profits go to Womens issues - its all organic and has a heart to it which I like. I use the coconut and black vanilla. Trust me if you use it once you won't go back!
I get mine from an organic supermarket. If you google it you might be able to find stockists where you live. They also do a wicked body wash in coconut & vanilla - to die for!
Oooh Inanna, I want to try that purely because of the scent!
FWIW, I have waist-length, colour-treated hair and the absolute best product I have found for my hair (and trust me, I've tried just about everything there is), is Herbal Essences. The one in the hot pink bottles for coloured hair. Although I did just purchase a bottle of their 'Long-Term Relationship' conditioner just for giggles and it seems pretty nice, too - with either conditioner, my hair ends up beautifully silky, smooth and soft where even $40 bottles of shampoo and conditioner leave it so-so. It's at the pricier end of supermarket hair care but I don't at all mind paying $7 a bottle when I think of previous instances where I've paid up to $40!
I also use a $5 chamomile extract hair treatment from Priceline and it's better than some $20 tubs of 'designer' stuff. The brand-names tend to strip the colour right out of my hair (even when they're supposed to be used on coloured hair!) but the chamomile no-name one does an amazing job and leaves my hair feeling really healthy. I only have to use it once a month.
I pay around $18-20 for a bottle each of shampoo and conditioner from the salon and it usually lasts me around 6 months. When I was using supermarket products I found them to be more detergent like and I was using more of it so spending about the same as I am now anyway. I either go between Keune or Goldwell and find they work really well on my hair. I don't know what the supermarket products are like these days as I haven't used them in years. I have tried some organic shampoo/conditioner but found my hair didn't really feel clean with them. So now I stick to the salon ones.
Salon products vs supermarket products
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