Special Kitty’s hair twin???

Here in the country of overprocessed hair and such, only a few people seem to worry about what's in shampoos.

Even Lush put SLS is their shampoos and conditioners.

horselover_1625 wrote: Is SLS good or bad for your hair? Or would it depend on hair type?

Okay, sorry...I forgot to go up further and read what Rini wrote!

Hi Rini,

I am so jelous! Your hair looks beautiful, and your ends definatelly look more even when you style your hair that way. It will be BSL in no time! Most people notice that when their hair reaches past their shoulders that it starts growing quicker, so I guess we will all see in your next progress pic.

Noey

Hi SK :)

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is a very harsh detergent. There have been alot of bad things written about it, in fact if you just Google it, you will see a tonne of articles.   If you read enough about it, you get the impression that it can do everything from sensitising your scalp to stealing your boyfriend!  As my husband would say "it causes Cancer in lab rats" (which means everything is bad for you in some way)....however, there have been reports amongst long-haired ppl that it increased their shedding, caused dandruff, stripped hair, made it harder to not wash everyday...etc.etc. 

Personally, I prefer to avoid this ingredient.  I once bought a wonderful pre-mixed powder full of beneficial Indian hair herbs, but got rid of it when I discovered the last ingredient was SLS.  I'm just trying to avoid any potential problems, so I stick to "safe" ingredients in all of my products.

I guess if you are not having any problems, then go ahead and use it, but maybe do some reading on it in the meantime.

Hey Rini, Here I am!!

Wow, your hair is beautiful!!! Lovely color, shine and so thick and healthy. I am honored to be compared to your hair We really do have the same wave pattern don't we - hehe. 

Your ends look very even and blunt - I think waiting for the layers to catch up really worked for you. You've got a lot of length and should be very proud of how well you have cared for your hair.

I was going to ask you about Sodium Lauryl Sulfate.....can you tell me what is bad about it? My favorite conditioner has that as an ingredient, but it is listed as the last ingredient. All the other ones are very good herbs, etc. Should I be concerned?

Thanks, Rini. I love your hair!!!! (I guess that mean by default that I love my own hair, since we are hair twins!)

Gorgeous Rini!

(now, where did I leave my henna-ing gloves.....)