Shampoo Deception

We've all seen them. The glossy commericals about shampoo's. Promises of more volume, silky smoothness, shine and you can even buy them at your local supermarket! Sound great right? Well.. If only it was true. 

The truth is that most supermarket shampoo's contain loads of bad ingredients. Some of these ingredients may actually seem to make your hair look great while they actually make the condition of your hair worse or even strip or change your haircolour.

Since most of the ingredients probably look like a foreign language to you, here's a list of ingredients you should avoid:
Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate / Sodium Laureth Sulfate / Sodium Lauryl Sulfate: These are harsh detergents and are found in almost all shampoo's (even professional shampoo's) In the long run this will strip your hair of natural oils wich it needs to stay healthy and grow. You can see how much is in your shampoo by how much it foams.

Sodium Chloride: Better known as table salt. It's used to thicken the shampoo. Side affects of this ingredient are loss or change of your haircolour, a dry and itchy scalp and hair loss. People who already have finer/heavily bleached hair should especially be carefull to avoid this.

Polyethelyne Glycol / PEG / Polyethelyne / Polyoxyethelyne: Strips hair and skin of it's natural oils. It's also used to thicken the shampoo.

Diethanolamine (DEA) & Triethanolamine (TEA): Causes scalp irritations, other allergic reactions and strips your hair of the body it needs. Wich results in brittle, dry and fragile hair.
Parabens (Example: Methylparaben & Propylparaben): Ingredients used to prolong the shelf life of the shampoo. They irritate the skin and cause hormonal imbalance wich can result in hair loss.
Propylene Glycol: Also known as anti freeze. (Yes, that's the same stuff you put in your car..) It's meant to stop the shampoo from freezing during shipping. Side affects are irritated skin, allergic reactions and altering of your skin structure.
Dimethicone: This is a sillicone meant to seal in moisture and smooth the hair. Since sillicone is not a natural product a lot of people get skin reactions and clogged pores. Your skin can't breathe anymore and bacteria and oils get locked in. This results again in irritations, acne and hair loss.
Formaldehyde: Long exposure to formaldehyde can cause hair loss.
Alcohol: When alcohol is listed as one of the first 4 ingredients there is more than the usual concentration in this shampoo. This means it will dry out your hair.

My advice to everyone is to get your shampoo at your hairstylist.
Yes, it might be a little more expensive. But wouldn't it be a shame if you just coloured your hair and it gets stripped out straight away? Besides, damaging your hair with these shampoo's might be irreversible in the long run and that would be a shame of perfectly great hair!

Love,
Jenny.

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