Difference between cheapest (Aldi) Shampoo and Premium shampoo

[neveramorningperson]

Sometimes, you very obviously do get what you pay for, but others you pay mainly for marketing/ packaging/ celebrity endorsement and not the actual product.

Does someone know what the real difference is between a £0.80 Aldi shampoo, and an £82 Aveda bottle? (I haven't checked the size of the bottles!).

Am I destroying my hair with a cheap one? Any hairdresser around here has any tip? Thanks!

The differences will be: scent, texture, conditioning agents, amount/feel of foam, packaging etc. I will say having used both bargain basement and £££ shampoo and conditioner I absolutely can tell the difference, my hair is loads nicer with the expensive stuff. But not 10x nicer, so I use cheapo stuff most of the time and sling a deep conditioner on every now and then instead.

£82????? Really? Bloody hell! Cheap shampoo will have generic ingredients and many people say they strip their hair rather than clean it. Expensive stuff has better quality ingredients. No shampoo should be used all the time as hair reacts to it. I use £1 a bottle stuff much of the time and mix it up with £4 stuff occasionally. I wish I could afford hairdresser shampoo tbh as it smells so nice. But that £82 is a rip off

I saw the £82 on Harrods website, was just curious how high prices could get.

Thank you, I will keep an eye on special offers in Boots then!

Aveda is usually about £15 a bottle but they do sell massive 1litre ones - to be fair you can use much less expensive shampoo than cheap so that big bottle would probably last a year or more.

It perhaps depends on your hair too. I have incredibly difficult hair - really thick, very frizzy, a mind of its own, prone to dryness, very hard to tame. I have to use premium products (around £12-£15 for a normal bottle - the Aveda one will indeed be a huge 1l bottle) or my hair is just impossible. I used my mum's Tresemmé once and I might as well have been using just plain water on my hair; it felt so watery and useless. But the good ones last so much longer as you need only a tiny bit, so it's money well spent. Possibly if you have more manageable hair than I do and don't have a constant battle to tame it, you can use cheaper products.

The differences are small, and shampoo is a product that is in contact with your hair only briefly before being rinsed off.

Save your money, and hunt instead for good conditioners. Even then, remember that most of the product is pretty standard across all ranges, and the amounts of the 'special' ingredients are usually tiny.

Reviving this old discussion after googling “lacura conditioner review”

I have wavy medium thickness hair, but a lot of it.

I’ve tried very expensive shampoos and conditioners and never thought they were worth the money. I’ve tried many “natural” shampoos and conditioners and they left my hair feeling frizzy and sticky so I had to give up.

My friend left behind a bottle of the aldi lacura conditioner in the house so I thought I’d finish it to avoid waste. Within a couple of uses my hair is the softest it’s ever been! Completely frizz free, it’s wild. I air-dry my hair to preserve some of the waves and this conditioner seems to have made my hair a lot more manageable. I feel confused and duped by the more expensive ones, but I also wonder if it’s just about different people (and hairs!) having different needs.

Here to see if anyone else has had a similar experience.

I always end up going back to aveda, I don’t know what’s in it but I’m 43, I’ve tried a lot of shampoo over the years & it’s just better.

Better ingredients? I think this doesn't necessarily translate to how your hair will do on it though. I don't buy really cheap shampoo because I want SLS free, which usually means at least £7. Not £82 though!

1 litre od Aveda Shamopure from M&S is £46.50
It will last me a year and I don't need conditioner with it ( I tried the Shampure conditioner but didn't like it)

Paul Mitchell is another favourite of mine , "he Conditioner " Leave In is a holy grail for me .

Other end of the scale -
Sainsbury own brand Apple Shampoo/Conditioner
, The Body Shop Ginger S/C
Sainsbury Dandruff shampoo ( for DS.DH)

Read the ingredients. The price won't always reflect quality.

I've got a bottle of Agenda scalp benefits - tbh it smells like washing up liquid. It cleans my hair just fine but it certainly hasn't been better than the Aldi lacura one which I had before. I also rate the Alberto Balsam cheap conditioners.

Agenda = Aveda. Not sure what happened there!