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I’m wondering why the clear shampoo that I have, which has some conditioning ingredients, leaves my hair tangled and stiff. It seems to leave a waxy feeling residue as well. When I use a clear shampoo without any conditioning ingredients, my hair doesn’t do this.
Here are the ingredients:
Water/Eau, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Xylenesulfonate, Fragrance, Cocamide MEA, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate, Tetrasodium EDTA, PEG-60 Almond Glycerides, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Linoleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Panthenol, Panthenyl Ethyl Ether, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone.
I definitely prefer clear shampoo. Should I try other clear formulas with different conditioning ingredients, or should I stick with the “clarifying” ones? I always use conditioner and some kind of leave in.I could have sworn I just answered this question but I don’t see it in any thread now. Have you previously posted this?
Anyway, the quick answer is that it’s very hard to make a clear shampoo that conditions as well as “creamy” one. The opacity allows for use of more conditioning agents.
I don’t know why this product would be worse than a non-conditioning clear shampoo.
Hi Randy!
So I think you’re referring to a question where I talked about how my hair seems more manageable when using the clear shampoo with guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, as opposed to creamy shampoos with silicone alone. You then recommended that I find a creamy shampoo with both ingredients. I did try one, but I still preferred the clear one.
Now I am starting to think that a clear shampoo without any conditioning ingredients is better suited for my hair. It gets tangled and unmanageable with the one with guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride compared to a clarifying formula. I’m just trying to understand why.
You’re not going crazy, lol!Is your hair bleached or other wise chemically processed? If so it’s possible that the charged conditioning ingredients (e.g., the guar) are over-depositing on those spots and causes the problem you’re experiencing. Just a guess.
Well even I don’t think that you will get any such shampoo that will clean and conditioned your hair too. You will either have to use serum or conditioner after shampoo for this.
I have the exact same problem, with most shampoos my hair ends up being so stiff, thick, tangly and with a waxy residue. Clarifying shampoos help to some extent (specially a clear one with cocamide DEA) but the waxy residue accumulates so bad on my ends that I have to trim it often. After reading this post I checked my shampoos ingredients and some have poliquaterniums but not guar. Ill try to avoid those ingredients and Ill see….I read on a beauty forum that the best shampoo ingredient to remove poliquaterniums is sodium olefin sulfonate, hope it helps.
Thanks for the information, I had no idea poliquaterniums and gum could be the problem.
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