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Things You Didn’t Know About Shampoo

When it comes to shampooing your hair, it’s as simple as lather, rinse, and repeat. Or is it? By now we all know there’s no need to repeat––the instruction is just a clever ploy to get consumers to use up the product more quickly. But that’s not all. We talked to the pros for insider information on everything from how to keep colour from fading to the right way to wash your hair.

Shampoo is not the most important part of washing.

You can buy the most expensive shampoo on the market, but if you aren’t using it correctly you won’t see results. The massaging of the scalp and hair as well as the rinsing are the most important parts of washing your hair. Using the cushions of your fingers to massage the scalp while you shampoo in order to get rid of the secretion of sebum (an oily, waxy substance) so hair follicles can grow healthily from the scalp. And always be sure to rinse the shampoo completely out of your hair to prevent build-up

Natural home remedies aren’t necessarily better.

Just because a shampoo contains a natural ingredient doesn’t mean that ingredient is good for you on its own. Lemon, for example, can irritate the scalp and hair follicle, and mint and menthol—which, when used in salon products can create a soothing effect—can actually cause severe allergic reactions when used in home remedies.

Don’t expect the same results as in shampoo commercials.

First-hand, all the volume in those beautiful flowing full-headed hair ads comes from setting the hair in hot rollers. While you do need a good foundation product to create the swelling of the cuticle that creates volume, those luxurious locks of hair are the result of very patient and talented hair artists.

You can buy salon shampoo brands in a drugstore.

Though in the past you may have heard you shouldn’t buy salon brand hair products at the drugstore or big-box store because they might be diluted or low-quality, that isn’t necessarily the case anymore. With the economy as it is, companies are finding different ways of getting their products out to the market. So some brands are simply extending the places where they sell their products.