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Originally Posted by fuzzylogic
well, at first i thought this to be a valid post. but upon rereading it, it doest make sense, perhaps because i dont know enough about shampoo.
if shampoo does not have soap or detergent in it, then how does it clean hair and remove oils and make is smell good?
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I just sold my salon this past year, so here's some info for ya....web search is so nice when you need some facts
What makes salon products better than over the counter products?
As with any product or service that you buy there are going to be higher quality products and cheaper products. Salon grade products tend be much higher in the quality of ingredient but also in the amount of the ingredient.
Unfortunately the ingredients listed on the back of shampoo bottles only list the descending order instead of the exact amount of the shampoo ingredients. This allows many manufacturers to place small amounts of vitamins and herbal extracts in their shampoos and conditioners and then promote them very heavily as herbal or vitamin shampoos when in fact the amount is negligible. These manufacturers are all over the tv with models showing off their naturally beautiful hair.
Here are some of the differences of salon grade and well known shampoos.
Most over the counter shampoos are 97% water! Most over the counter shampoos use harsh surfactants such as ammonium laurel sulfate and sodium laurel sulfate.
These are the cheapest and most harsh of the surfactant causing many people a lslight tingling or burning on the scalp. Sometimes it can cause the scalp to dry or even cause friction at the scalp which causes hair to break easily. Their purpose is to make water wetter, or to put it differently, to help the cleaning agents lather. A surfactant can also be a cleaning agent in and of itself. Salon products should contain gentler surfactants than your store bought shampoo.
You will then see some conditioning agents listed. Your salon shampoo should contain higher quality protein based conditioners or moisturizing conditioners, thus enabling the conditioner to penetrate deeper into the hair shaft and lock in moisture. These quality ingredients contribute to the cost of the product and is why they are not typically found in store bought products.
Lastly, a few ingredients are stabilizers and preservatives, but the most important ingredients to keep your eyes on are the surfactants. We prefer the sodium laureth sulfate. It is the gentlest of the surfactants but will lather very little which is why most shampoos won't use it. Consumers believe their hair isn't getting clean unless there are tons of bubbles. In truth lather has no beneficial affect and contributes little to good cleaning.
To combat salon products taking an ever greater hold on consumer preference. To the contrary, it is our opinion that the sodium laureth sulfate is infinitely safer than the sodium laurel sulfate which is usually found in the cheaper brands.
Hope that sums it up for ya
Ivy