For shampoo, I use Johnsons & Johnsons Baby Shampoo. It's one of the very few shampoos I've found that doesn't have Sodium Laureth Sulfate or similar chemicals in it. It's very mild, doesn't make my hair dry. I also love it as a body and face wash, because it doesn't dry out my skin. I use small amount of shampoo, like a teaspoon, and just focus on the scalp. It hardly foams. It frequently feels like I haven't shampooed at all when I rinse the shampoo out. I used Dr. Bronner's castile soap for awhile, and at first it was fine, then I noticed it was leaving soap scum in my hair.

For conditioner, I use Pantene for Straight Hair. It doesn't straighten my hair, but it does make it less frizzy than the curly version. It makes my hair fine, soft and shiny, I love it. I have really thick frizzy hair, so the finer it is, the better. I've tried Suave, VO5, Herbal Essences, and Willow Lake, but I hate the sticky feeling of them. And they don't seem to do anything to my hair. I use a large amount of conditioner, like a couple tablespoons, and completely coat my hair.

We're tight financially and I'd run out of shampoo so I casually added it to the regular shopping list.  Huge mistake!  Hub bought me some BIG and soft clear pastic bottle with 500ml of some purple stuff that cleans scalp okay but I'm not sure if it's any good for my hair.  Maybe I worry unnecesarily.  SENSE is what the "brand"/no brand is called.

I've been piling on the conditioner every day.  I have porous Asian hair that's prone to dryness.  I'm currently using some straight hair conditioner from Pantene and 3 times a week I use Schwarzkopf GLISS 1 minute intensive treatment.  

But now the supermarket is stocking an organic brand that's well known here in Denmark.  In fact it's so organic that it really smells a bit too herbal for most people's comfort but if it does less harm to my hair and since it's actually quite cheap, I may go that way from now on.  

I had bra length hair when I first joined this forum.  Then I had it cut to a mid neck bob at the end of December which I had trimmed twice, the last time being at the end of March.  It's now near the bottom of my neck and I hope it'll be shoulder length or a little longer at the end of the summer.   My hair's typical Mongolid Asian so it grows relatively fast.  Aprox. 2cm a month in the winter and a little more  in the summer so I'm not exactly devastated but it's taken some time to admit to myself that the asymmetrical bob with asymmetrical bangs was a huge mistake  Last time I had it corrected so that the sides are only slightly graduated and the back is all one length.  I posted about this on the Asian hair board.

From now on I'll try to take better care of it by avoiding hairdryer, styling products and I'm going organic or as close to organic as possible.  Urtekram is the brand I'll be trying.  I'll post back and let you know what I think of their shampoo and conditioner.

I walked into my regular salon and said I needed a leave-in conditioner because my hair misbehaves mid day no matter which conditioner I've used.  All the oiling and deep conditioning in the world has only slightly improved the problem.

When my hair was BSL it was heavy enough to hold itself down by the weight of my hair but now that it's shortish it's a nightmare and I fear that the mid length will be the worst.

She recommended Pure PACT ylang ylang conditioning mist which is a leave-in weightless conditioner for dry and damaged hair.  I use 3-4 spritzes and comb through my hair.  It's sadly costly because it's addictive and I love the fragrance!  The bottle is only 8,43 fl. oz. or 250ml so it won't go very far.  So I have to carefully choose the days I want to use it, days where it's important to look my best. 

I wish my hair could smell of ylang ylang every day.

Sakina wrote on May 18^th, 2008 at 9:42pm:


Thanks.  I wonder if I could find a neutral unscented leave-in conditioner and mix in some ylang ylang fragrance oil drops and then buy one of those flower spray things to spray it on?  Just a thought I had.

Welcome to Longlocks Kavebear!  I hope you will tell us more about yourself and your hair in the New Members section.

I use Pantene Pro-v beautiful lengths, and pantene pro-v nourishing mask deep conditioner. Then sometimes I use herbal essences degunkify clarifying shampoo

Hi!  I tried a smaple of Garnier Fructis once and I found it very harsh on my hair;even with the conditioner.  I definately didn't like and don't recommend it to anyone who wants to know what to try.
Always condition your hair.  There are so many benefits to it. Detangle,smooth,etc.
Try different shampoos and conditioners for your hair type.  Your hair will let you know what it likes and doesn't like!  Good luck!