The Best Luxury Shampoos

The Best Luxury Shampoos
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What To Look For

When searching for the best luxury shampoos, keep an eye out for a few key ingredients. Certain natural ingredients can help make your hair look shiny and healthy. For dry hair, ingredients like coconut or avocado oil will help moisturize and seal in shine. If you have oily hair, products like lemon, citrus and green tea can help remove excess oil and product buildup. If you have dandruff, tea tree or eucalyptus oil can help remove your flakes. No matter what kind of hair you have, luxury brands that focus on natural ingredients will work better to keep your hair in good condition. Trusted brands include Pureology and Aveda.

Common Pitfalls

Certain ingredients will work against your hair's natural shine and damage it beyond repair. These ingredients appear in many common shampoos, so make sure that your shampoo does not include any of them. These include sodium laurel sulfate, which makes many shampoos foam but dries out your hair; Diethanolamine DEA or Cocamide DEA, which also make foam but damage hair; parabens, which preserve shampoos but damage your scalp; and alcohols, which dry out your hair, scalp and skin.

Where To Buy

You don't have to go to the salon to find the best luxury shampoos, although most salons will carry excellent shampoos that contain high-quality ingredients. However, many brands like Pureology, which contain healthy ingredients for your hair, can be found at your local pharmacy or corner store, like Walgreen's. For a discount on products, you might try a local beauty supply store, which can cut prices on brand-name luxury shampoos. Do not try to order luxury shampoos online; there are so many scams and fake products that you can never be sure what you're putting in your hair.

Cost

The best luxury shampoos cost a little more than the average shampoo that contains damaging ingredients. Expect to pay between $20 and $30 for a 10-oz. bottle. If you want to try the shampoo before investing this much money in a full-sized bottle, many luxury shampoos have travel-sized products available for purchase for around $5.

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Article reviewed by demand53656 Last updated on: Dec 8, 2010

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