Kitten Devine’s question…Yesterday at a hair shop they asked me what shampoo I used. So I told them I use Zwitsal baby shampoo, because I like how it makes my hair feel and because sodium laureth sulphate is only the 5th ingredient on the list, so I figured it’s more gentle and doesn’t strip the color out of my hair. Now they told me that baby shampoo was bad for your hair because the pH of it is different then regular shampoos. Because of the different pH it would open your cuticles whereas ‘good’ (more acidic) shampoos would close them. Is this true or myth?
The Left Brain’s reply:
As Purple Rules pointed out in our Forum, the pH of baby shampoos has nothing to do with it’s performance. Shampoos are formulated over a pH range from about 5.0 to 7.0. Most people’s water has a pH around 6.5 to 7.0. No matter what shampoo you use, once it’s on your head mixed with water, the pH will be about the same as the water. The people at your hair shop are mistaken.
What do YOU think? Has your stylist ever told you to change shampoos because of the pH? Leave a comment and share your thoughts about this myth with the rest of the Beauty Brains community.
Loading ...
{ 1 trackback }
{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
Like I said in the thread, you could be using the greatest shampoo ever. It could be made by God Him/Herself and they’d STILL say it was bad for you so you’d buy their product.
Now granted, I’ve never been to a real salon – not as I see it. I’ve been to Fantastic Sam’s and this little place that was owned and operated by one woman for years. I’ve never been to a fancy-schmancy place where they have separate people to do coloring, shampooing, and cutting. But if they are half the high pressure sales people that the folks at FS or that little old lady was, I’m sure this is how it would turn out.
as a former stylist, products are pushed to increase income for the salon…but i have to say i think your stylist honestly believes what they are telling you when they say this product is better for this or that reason, if you don’t believe it’s superior why are you going to try to sell it? after all, that’s what the reps come in and tell you! since most, if not all, stylists are ‘uneducated’ in cosmetic chemistry it’s hard not to believe all the fanciful tales of magic ingredients! being one of those former pushers i’m glad to now have a more critical view of skincare and haircare.
I have colored-treated, oily at the roots, dry at the ends kind of hair. Will baby shampoo help my hair color from fading since its so gentle?
Holy Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why would they even make that if it is going to do that?
@JC
Liked your comment
I really wish stylists were required to learn the fundamentals of cosmetic chemistry. The girls by whom I get my hair done never seem to know what they are talking about; something that could be easily remedied. If only beauty schools incorporated a required class on that subject or something along those lines.