The Best Hair Products (That Really Work!) for Under $10.00!
Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
by Renu Dalal-Jain
Flair Consulting.com
Sometimes I feel that our hair has a direct line to our hearts... when we have a bad hair day, the whole world seems gloomy, and dark portentous clouds hang heavily over our heads (literally!). When our hair is healthy, gleaming, and full of vitality, so does the rest of our day seem just a little easier to handle... in spite of this, if you are like me, you can’t justify spending money on white truffles, champagne and caviar – especially when it’s all in an eighty-dollar bottle of Alterna® Shampoo! Fans of Alterna® reportedly include Jennifer Aniston, the long-standing queen of Hollywood hair. For the rest of us however, a trip to your local drugstore can hold many treasures, if you know what to look for.
Best Shampoo and Conditioner: Pantene Pro-V Smooth and Sleek Shampoo and Conditioner – for about $5.00 each, these are a perennial favorite among the experts. The shampoo retexturizes hair, smoothing the shaft and avoiding frizz. When used in combination with the conditioner, which helps reduce flyaway strands and provides deep conditioning, the company claims that you will have up to 65% smoother hair. Allure Magazine has given these products their “Best of Beauty" Award for the last seven years in a row.
Best Hair Serum: Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Weightless Smoothing Serum – with apricot kernel and avocado oils, this serum nourishes hair and keeps it soft, yet weightless. A word about de-frizzing hair serum: Thick ethnic hair will soak this stuff up, so use sparingly if this applies to you, avoiding the scalp! Really, only the bottom half of your hair needs serum to control split ends and provide shine.
Best Gel: John Frieda Frizz Ease Corrective Styling Gel with Encapsulated Silicone for Curly/Straight Hair – this firm hold gel controls hard to manage hair while being non-sticky and non-greasy. The silicone beads provide added shine and calms frizzies and fly-aways. I also love this gel for men because it’s easy to use and has a very subtle, non-girly scent.
Best Gel for Curly Hair: Physique Spiral Gel – this gel aligns irregular air spaces along the strands of hair to enhance the definition of your curls. It is ph-balanced and gentle on color-treated or permed hair. This keeps curls bouncy and defined all day long, and through those crazy nights at the clubs!
Best Mousse: Helene Curtis ThermaSilk Volume Infusing Mousse – Forget everything you’ve ever known about the mousses that spawned countless tacky 80s - style hair that stuck straight up out of your head like a fountain! ThermaSilk Volume Infusing Mousse is heat-activated (like the whole ThermaSilk line) which conditions your hair while you blow-dry. I personally used the entire line (shampoo, conditioner, volumizing spray, and mousse) for about three months last summer, and actually had to stop because my hair got so silky and smooth that I couldn’t do anything with it! Clips and pins would literally just fall out of my hair. That being said...
Best Volumizing Spray: Helene Curtis ThermaSilk Heat Activated Volume and Shine Spray – This formula is made up of two layers of formula that you have to shake to mix together before using. The bottom layer contains heat activated resins that pump up hair and provide volume, while the top layer has silicone to add shine and swing. Real Simple Magazine recommends this spray after polling numerous hairstylists and testing it themselves.
Best Hair Spray: Umberto Giannini Glamour Clear Gloss Hairspray – this modern hairspray combines super hold with maximum flexibility there is no flaking, even if you brush your hair after applying. I love the scent, which for some reason smells like the inside of Saks 5th Avenue to me. For some, it may be a little overpowering. At the moment, this spray is only available at the Rite Aid chain of drugstores.
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Top-level comments on this article: (7 total)Yes! I found this article to be extremely helpful! Thank you :0)i know a really good serum that helps to protect the hair from the beach pool and the actuall sun it self. You can find it in there website and the company name is nunaat. i've used most of there products for clients and not once let me down . Two thumbs way up!!
yes. thanks alot. im going to try the serum. ive used the pantene shampoo before and it was great. everything else must be believable. its nice when other people try things out so i dont have to. even if their hair is different, products are the same for everyone. thankyou!
Can anyone please help me out and tell me where I can buy Helene Curtis Thermasilk products? I'm so desperate to try but finding it hard to locate anything on the internet. Thanks so much!!I don't know why Helene Curtis discontinued the Thermasilk products. IT's too bad. I found some Thermasilk Conditioner at Big Lots. If you have one near you, check it out.I would try to search on the websites of your local drugstores; otherwise search for Helene Curtis Industries online - they have an office in Australia that you can call for information. The company is owned by Unilever so that might be a good search point as well...good luck!
I would try to search on the websites of your local drugstores; otherwise search for Helene Curtis Industries online - they have an office in Australia that you can call for information. The company is owned by Unilever so that might be a good search point as well...good luck!
whats the best products for recently permed hair. Like what brand of conditioner and/or leave in conditioner?
Thank you very much! This was extremely helpful and I can't wait to try some of them out!
I love Shielo's Volume hair spray. I have never had a nosel break on me and I never had it get clogged. I used their Volume shampoo for years, and finally decided to try the hair spray.
The reason I love Shielo's hair spray is because I have thick but fine hair. Lots of hair that won't do anything. I don't like FLAT hair. I use this hair spray and first of all my hair acturally stays where I spray it - unusual for me (might be because I live in the south). This also gives my hair some lift. When I want to brush my hair I have no problem - the brush goes right thru my hair and then I can restyle. I would recommend this product to my near and dear friends.
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