To think cheap shampoo is just as good?

[hummingbyrd]

Feedback and tips please. Got chatting with some girls at work, much younger. All have fab, straight, silky hair. Mines not so bad I thought, but one of them said you can tell I use a cheap shampoo (not in a nasty way - I said i used cheap shampoo and they said
It shows...)

Try the Tigi bed head range, you can get huge bottles for quite a good price, they will last you ages(and smell amazing!)

if you enjoy them it might be worth trying something more expensive like redken x

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Depends what's in it. I check ingredients against what I need for my hair type. Not useful horizons you as I'm curly and do something very specific for curly hair. But lots of expensive shampoos just sls plus pricier scent stuff. I wouldn't fork out for that.

Another vote for the Bed Head range by TIHI. I'm using the elasticate in the green bottle. Best hair product I've ever used. I take biotin supplement also, I have fine thin hair and biotin keeps it thicker and helps it grow better. There are expensive supplements targeted at hair and nails but all you need is the biotin and B vitamins.
Oil on the ends while styling helps prevent my split ends.

I hope you have fun shopping! Let us know what you bought :)

TIGI not TIHI lol. Bloody autocorrect

Soul it completely depends on your hair type! Ask your hairdresser what they would recommend, whether it's colour protect/ protein/ moisture/ smoothing. Bed head are good and not too expensive! Also depends how much you want to spend. I completely understand some people would ever ever ever deem it necessary to spend more than £10.. whereas some people are happy to spend £70/80 x

‘In fact if you look on a supermarket shelf, I’d guess that, regardless of the price, somewhere between 90 and 95 per cent of the ingredients are going to be identical. Perfume and colour are what often distinguish one from another, not miracle additives.’
Shampoos are fundamentally simple formulations. Aside from water, they need to contain surfactants — detergents — to clear away the oily materials on the surface of the hair, allowing them to be washed away with water. Sodium laureth sulfate is most ­commonly used.

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Makes a massive difference!
You can tell the difference when you use 29p washing up liquid compared to Fairy or other better quality ones right? Use way less of it for a good lather,richer lather and doesn't dry your hands out so much!... the same principle for your hair but with lots of other added differences too,I'm a hairdresser I can tell people who use cheapo shampoo!

Im also following with interest - I have very fine limp poker-straight hair with really no volume and I'm always looking for something to help - volumising shampoo just seems to leave it greasy.

much younger. All have fab, straight, silky hair

Their youth will have a lot to do with this.

I used to have lovely silky hair too, sob!

Cheap shampoo is rubbish for coloured hair as it strips out the colour. So yes I do think a good shampoo and conditioner makes a difference. I use Neal Wolf. Quite expensive but keeps my colour on for so much longer and it's highly conditioning also!
I used to use branded mid range hair products like Elvive and Aussie but I can tell the difference

Scientific testing of different shampoos

www.ibtimes.co.uk/expensive-shampoo-really-better-cheaper-products-heres-science-1602560

It absolutely makes a difference. I use Wella professionals which is used in lots of salons. You can get 1000ml bottles of shampoo and conditioner on amazon for less than £15 each which last so long as they're huge. Hair feels amazing and I imagine they don't last much less time than the really cheap ones as you don't need to use much as long as your hair is really wet.

It may be because I have curly and coloured hair that it makes so much differencentre though.

I think I'm a bit late to this but I use a John Frieda shampoo (on offer at Boots) and Body Shop banana conditioner as I've never found a better one.

My top tip though it to get a shampoo/conditioner with the pump action as it's surprising how little we actually need!

Superdrug is currently doing a lot of "2 for £5" on shampoo and is also doing free delivery, I've just ordered a basket of things to try :)

I change brands each time I buy a new bottle - I have very fine hair and I find that if I use the same product for more than a few weeks, I get a build up and my hair starts getting 'heavy' and greasy looking. Provided I cycle the brands, it's fine!

Particularly love the Aussie range, the smell really stays even after your hair has dried.

cheap shampoo doesn't do my hair any good, I use the OGX range, its fab also loreal shampoos work for me also use a hair mask every 1-2 weeks and use a good oil or serum before using the hair dryer.

Stormtreader try the OGX range, I have really fine hair but mine goes into a frizz with little bits that stick out, I find that the shampoos and conditioners work well for my hair, you can add volume by blow drying

I've tried most expensive shampoos over the years and now stick with Simple with no silicones etc for £1 a bottle.

Everything else just coats my hair and it goes dank and limp.

I absolutely can tell.

I've probably used most shampoos and conditioners in the mainstream market and the OGX range is my favourite.

I'd highly recommend the Coconut one (not the coconut water one) and the macadamia nut one.

My hair is amazingly shiny and doesn't feel weighed down with crap.

Dragon good to see someone else loves the OGX range, my fav is the kukui oil one and it smells like heaven too

I think cheap can be as good. But my most usual ones are Aussie and Dove. Shampoo and conditioner. Love them and it makes hair shine.

Now that I think about it, I used to have lovely hair and have been wondering why it looks so shit recently. I haven't treated myself to any good shampoo/conditioner in a long loooooong time and reading this thread has made me realise it must be that!

I now buy anything that's on offer for £1 or so as DP and DS1 use ridiculous amounts of the stuff every week but I think I need something better for me.

I sometimes use washing up liquid...

Expensive shampoo doesn't contain the stuff that makes it froth, so you use less of it.
I always used to use l'oreal (salon one) on my friend and matrix.
she said her hair improved after she used those for a few months.
I didn't find it so good on my hair.
Personally i love tigi.
If you have thinning hair niaxcin is rather good.