Did I tell you I switched shampoos? I can’t remember.
We’ve been using Suave forever. Normal Suave, Suave Professionals and Suave Daily Clarifying. It’s cheap. It smells nice. It cleans.
But it leaves my hair looking like shit.
While I must admit that Suave Daily Clarifying works better than normal Suave, and Suave Professionals (all the versions but one… I forget which one) works even better than that, my coarse, half-way-between-straight-and-wavy hair just refuses to be tamed by any and all Suave products.
So after bugging Carrie a billion times about what she used before she got all uppity and started using salon brands, I began the process of talking M into believing I needed better shampoo. And it worked! He let me buy Pantene’s stuff for long hair. Beautiful Lengths, maybe? Anyway…
So I’ve been using this new shampoo for twenty days. I wash my hair every other day, so that means, what? Ten washes? I condition every time. Did with Suave, too. And here’s the differences I’ve noticed:
- My hair isn’t anywhere near as frizzy.
- It looks much healthier.
- It’s stronger.
- It falls out less.
- My hair is actually half-way between wavy and straight, not half-way between wavy and curly.
- It stays clean longer.
- I don’t have to use anywhere near as much product (shampoo, conditioner, or styling products) as I did when I was using Suave.
- My hair’s no where near as dry as it used to be.
I can actually wear my hair down now without worrying about how poofy and frizzy and gross it looks. Which is probably at least part of the reason it’s breaking less. But! That’s still a plus for Pantene, because I’m leaving it down more because it looks better, and it looks better because I’m using Pantene.
Why am I telling you this? Just in case some of my submissive readers are having a hard time convincing their owners that you get what you pay for when it comes to shampoo. There’s no doubt in my mind that Carrie’s hair is still better than mine cause the silly snot is paying for salon brands. But I’m on the fast track to good hair, and it’s all thanks to her, so I suppose she’s allowed to be a silly snot.
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