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Originally Posted by Dizzy
Pantene is full of unnecessary waxes and silicones that make your hair feel shiny, but actually destroy the hair shaft. I'd stay away from Pantene.
This is a little extreme- on what do you base this fact. frist of all pantnen offers a variety of products of which ,certain products do contain a lot of silicones and conditioning agents but they coat the hair and don't 'enter' the hair shaft. Their line has nummerous products that are unecessary , but some that are coparable or even outshine more expensive salon products. As a consumer one is should read ingredientlists and be aware of the most common chemicals and their use.
and as it comes to any conditioning agent ,there will be build up no matter what product you use( as the 'conditioning' part is the deposit or coating hair with chemicals) that should be regulary removed as it will leave hair limp and not exactly lustrous.
but that's just my five cents
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Look at the ingredients list- in all products the list goes from the ingredients that are the base for it (used the most) to the ones that are normally fillers (things like foaming agents, fragrance, color extracts, etc.). The first ones on Pantene's products are normally panthenol and panthenyl- pure wax, used commonly in floor wax. The problem with this is that since the hair shaft is shaped in a scale fashion (akin to fish scales), this coats the hair shaft more than normal conditioners do.
The problem with this is now that the dirt trapped in between the scales in the shaft will not be removed properly without some sort of clarifying shampoo- which we know also remove oils from the hair that are beneficial to the hair. So now the client is clarifying their hair more than once a week (which unless the client has horribly oily hair will only strip the hair further of everything it needs), but their hair won't be as shiny/healthy looking.
If they don't clarify, then there's a build up of wax on their hair which traps the shaft and doesn't allow it to open (ie in warm water) or close (in cold water) as it's intended. Keeping color and moisture will be next to impossible, and having "normal" healthy looking hair will be harder to achieve. Not to mention how much more damage will be had by heat styling on the wax since the wax keeps the hair from reacting naturally to warm temperatures.
And that's just the fast version of it. There ARE good drugstore brands out there- Garnier, Dove, and Tresemme are all damn good. It's not a matter of drugstore vs. "salon" brands, but rather a particular brand that has an amazing marketing team supporting an inferior product vs. what it actually does.
Just my two cents, from experience working in a salon.