i want to grow my hair and i don't know which shampoo to buy.Is garnier fructis Long and Strong shampoo better for hair growth, or Length and Strength?
Okay...here's the real deal on shampoo.
Sorry to burst the bubble the media and those clever shampoo companies have created on many girls these days...but here's the real truth.
THERE ARE ONLY FOUR KINDS OF SHAMPOO IN THE WORLD. All shampoo can be categorized by their basic functional category. So then why are there eleventy million products on the market, you ask? Because the companies that sell shampoo need to find new ways to talk about their products to keep them sounding new and exciting. There鈥檚 nothing wrong with them being creative about their names and claims as long as the companies are honestly depicting what their products can do. But you can be a smarter consumer if you can see beyond the marketing hype and understand the functionality of these 4 basic shampoo types.
1) Deep Cleansing Shampoos
(Also known as Volumizing, Clarifying, Balancing, Oil Control, and Thickening.)
These shampoos are designed to get gunk off your hair and scalp. They typically contain slightly higher levels of detergents so they foam and clean better. They include the examples above as well as salon products like Paul Mitchell Shampoo 2. and Frederic Fekkai鈥檚 Full Volume.
2) Conditioning Shampoos
(Aka Moisturizing, 2 in 1, Smoothing, Anti-frizz, Strengthening, Color Care, Straightening, and Hydrating)
This kind of formula is all about leaving a moisturizing agent, like a silicone or Polyquaternium 10, on the hair to smooth it and help straighten hair. It鈥檚 very good for dry hair, especially if you color treat or heat style but it can weigh down fine hair. Good examples of this type includes most of the Pantene formulas and some products from the L鈥橭real Vive collection and Dove ProCare.
3) Baby Shampoos
(Aka Kids shampoo, and Tear-free)
Johnson鈥檚 Baby Shampoo is the classic example but this category also includes Touch Of An Angel and The Little Bath. These are milder, lower foaming surfactant formulas that are designed not to sting or burn your eyes. They鈥檙e better for babies but they don鈥檛 clean hair as well.
4) Anti-Dandruff Shampoos
(Aka Anti-itch, Flake Control, and Dry Scalp)
Head and Shoulders is the leading dandruff product; other examples include Nizoral and Redken Dandruff Control . These are medicated shampoos that contain a drug ingredient that controls itching and flaking. In the United States these are considered to be Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drugs.
Hopefully, this helps you understand better. I'm not saying that all shampoos are the same, or even that all shampoos in a given category type are the same. There are real performance differences, so it鈥檚 important that you shop around and find a product that performs the way you like at a price that you can afford. But just don鈥檛 get too hung up on the names the companies use to describe the products. That鈥檚 the marketing part of the industry, not the science part.Is garnier fructis Long and Strong shampoo better for hair growth, or Length and Strength?
i've tried long and strong and i've also tried herbal essences version of long and strong shampoo and conditioner. they both work really well, and at one point i had both brands in my shower. one day i squirted a little of garnier into my hand AND some herbal essences into my hand and mixed the 2 together and did the same thing with the conditioner. my hair was SO soft and shiny once it was dry, i really loved how the 2 worked together. good luck!
It's meant to maintain long hair, not help your hair grow. But I have heard putting extra conditioner in your scalp makes hair grow faster.
...aren't they the same thing?
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