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Originally Posted by thestarsfall

There isn't THAT much difference between salon and drug store products...just price. Almost every shampoo and conditioner has unnecessary chemicals in it (esp if its a pearly, opaque shampoo....they have chemicals for that...it doesn't make it more moisturizing or anything).

You can get salon brands that make your hair feel awesome and you can get plain ol drugstore brands that make your hair feel awesome too.

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There's a bit more to it than the website says.

The difference between salon products (commonly called Professional products) and drugstore brands is the ingredients used. A lot of d/s brands, and even some salon brands, have chemicals called Ammonium Lauryl or Laurylth Sulfate in them. This strips your hair of natural oils, and when used over time can cause breakage of your hair, as well as making your scalp dry. Not to mention the horrors of what brands full of wax, like Pantene, does to healthy hair.

Is this true of all brands? Of course not, for example, Tresseme is an excellent drugstore brand. And on the opposite, I personally hate the TiGi line- and I work in a salon that sells TiGi. Drugstore brands CAN make your hair feel great too, you just have to do your homework as to which ones do what (ie: is that silky feeling from your hair, or is it from the unnecessary waxes that are currently coating your hair? Just as when you switch shampoos, is that nasty feeling because of your shampoo or is it because you've been using a horribly waxy product that's now being a PITA to get off your hair?).

ITA with them about how a d/s product can be as good as a professional product (isn't it sometimes the same with makeup?), but you do have to look at what it takes to make said product and see which has the least unnecessary chemicals- there are certain brands that are worse for your hair than others, and I've found most of them tend to be d/s more than professional lines.