Why Your Hair Feels Dry (and What to Swap)
If your hair feels like straw, your shampoo is a good place to look. Here's what to skip and how to switch.
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Your shampoo might be why your hair feels dry. Harsh sulfates, hidden fragrance and cyclic silicones are common ones to skip. Shampoo bars are solid and concentrated. No bottle. Soap-based bars may take a week or two to adjust to. Ours is pH adjusted every batch, with argan, castor and black seed oils. Clean hair. Nothing harsh.
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Key points from the full guide
- Harsh sulfates, undisclosed fragrance, formaldehyde releasing preservatives, and cyclic silicones are common hair care ingredients many people choose to avoid.
- Formaldehyde-releasing smoothing treatments and chemical relaxers carry the clearest health concerns among hair products.
- Aerosol dry shampoos have been recalled for benzene contamination traced to propellants.
- Shampoo bars can be soap-based or detergent-based; soap-based bars may need an adjustment period, especially in hard water.
- Plant oils used before washing can help reduce damage, but no oil has been shown to grow hair.
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