My life was changed when I first heard that you don't need shampoo. WHA?!? was my first reaction. Then I took a look at my fine, frizzy, bleached-to-shit-and-then-redyed-back-to-red hair, shrugged and decided "meh...what the hell". I have tried a lot; except for WEN, I have an aversion to anything that costly and over hyped. I started off at my local Ross and found Lisa Rachel Conditioner Cleanser for about $7 for a 12oz. bottle. It worked fairly well and I was impressed but ran back to my shampoo right after the bottle ran out and my hair didn't feel or look as miraculously magazine worthy like I had been led to believe. I tried the one from Sally's Beauty Supply called Hair One which I paid about $10-$12 for 12oz and immediately regretted my decision. It left my hair brittle, weighed down and my heart broken. The best ACTUAL conditioning cleanser I have ever found that has worked for me is RenPure Sweet Pomegranate Cleansing Conditioner. I paid about $7 for a whole 16oz! It actually retails for about $10, but I bought mine at our Air Force Commissary. It was fantastic! I'm not an ingredient snob like alot of people, but I was pretty impressed with what it had in it. I'll link to their website so you can take a peek for yourself ( http://www.renpure.com/cleansing-conditioners ). It left my hair a bit dry on the ends at first but I would just slather on a bit of actual conditioner after and my hair was GORGEOUS! Bouncy, soft, shiny...basically any word you would use to describe magazine worthy hair. I didn't even use my blow dryer after I started using it. I had volume and actual wave to my normally stick straight hair. Flash forward 6 months. I hadn't strayed once. I was completely and utterly devoted to my RenPure. Then the worst possible thing happened...the shelf was empty. I checked back religiously day after day and it was no where to be found. Not going to lie, I shed a tear. I tried regular shampoo out of desperation and my hair was disgusting. I dye my hair a bright red color and add manic panic dye over that and while I was washing my hair I saw it go down the drain. That's when I knew it was time for drastic measures. In the shampoo aisle, a thought dawned on me...why cant I use regular cheap conditioner? Wont it do the same thing? A lot of cheap conditioners are fairly light and most actually have mild cleansers in them. BEST DECISION EVER! My heart now belongs to my $.85 VO5 Strawberries and Cream conditioner and my Suave Naturals Everlasting Sunshine conditioner which I splurged and spent a whole $1.75 for. So, yeah...cheapness prevailed and I have a nice, bouncy, fire red head of hair. I will never EVER go back.
OH! and as a note: I am 100% new to this blogging thing. I have no clue how to make it exciting and fun. If you see anything that I can do to make it better please do not hesitate to drop me a line. Much love and appreciation!
-Mallory
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