Why are there shampoos for oily, normal, and dry hair?
Depending on the amount of sebum (a.k.a. oil) your scalp produces your hair will either go days without needing a cleaning (dry), start looking stringy after a day or two (normal), or barely make it through the day (oily). Dry hair requires less detergent to get clean while oily hair needs more to lift the grease so different formulations help you achieve that goal. What is a clarifying shampoo? For the most part, clarifying shampoos skip any conditioning ingredients that might stay on your hair after you rinse, and they a formulated to maximize the detergent effect so the product can scrub out any product like a gel, pomade, or hairspray that may be building up on the hair shaft. How do flattening shampoos work? Models trotted down the runway with super-flat hair this season ala Marsha Brady thanks in part to shampoos that deflate your locks. These temporarily displace the water trapped in your hair to shrink the diameter of the strand. It will also help those with naturally huge or f
