Herbal Essence Break's Over Shampoo Left My Hair Slip Sliding Away

If you are still having problems with the slipperiness, try washing
your hair with Dawn diswashing liquid then rinsing with a combination
of vinegar and water. After that, I recommend you re-wash with
another shampoo and conditioner.

There's no way I can leave the comments at 99... there, that's
better.

They don't call me MONK for nothing!

"discover happiness after a hair break-up. my strengthening shampoo
will help you find the strength against damage with my formula fused
with pearls & coco mango. my formula, with an anti-breakage potion,
strengthens to help prevent breaks. leaving your hair luscious and
loveable. get over your broken hair with my strong-willed
conditioner."

PEARLS? Can that be done?

just found it amusing because it has an "anti-breakage potion" just in
case the pearls don't do the job.

and they call their conditioner "STRONG WILLED"... he he he....

Are you still "rinse rinse rinse repeat" ing???

Oooh you know what's really good? The Sunsilk line. After enduring the
annoying commericals for about a month, I decided to try the yellow
for flat hair and it worked like a charm! Even when I let my hair air
dry it still has extra lift.

On there website they have a cheesy quiz you can take to determine
which kind you should use for your hair.

Forget the essence and 'Get Hairapy!' Good Luck!

I use Herbal Essence, I have never had a problem with it, But I do
have very thick full hair. Do you have very thin wispy hair? that
might be why.

Sounds like it's just not right for your hair type. It's frustrating,
but hair products, unless you go to a salon and take their
recommendations, is pretty much hit or miss.
It may be the worst for you, but there are others who think it's the
best they've ever used.

I tried many different products. Finally had to go to a salon and get
a professional's opinion. Now, I pay more, but my hair is better than
it's been in years.

Maybe this product wasn't meant for you, but it sounds like it would
help my hair.

I'm sorry you had such a bad experience with this shampoo. I have
thick (density), fine (texture) hair. I am also on a prescription
that weakens my hair. This shampoo & conditioner has done wonders for
me. My shedding and breakage has been about halved. I don't really
do any complicated styling though, just some volumizing mousse while
wet and let it air dry. I do use a dandruff shampoo immediately
previous to this one as well. I wonder if that has an effect on the
Herbal Essences.

I hope you'll all excuse me now. I am going to wash my hair... ha!

Sure, I'll join the fun.

I may not have the locks now, but there was a time when I had hair
past the middle of my back. And before Red and Dragonfly get a chance
to ask-NO it wasn't a mullet.

I was all about Mane and Tail. (Horse shampoo) It worked very well
for me. Plus, I could go to a feed store and get a huge bottle of it
for about $8. Chicks were always jealous of my healthy hair.

I used it way back when in college (LONG time ago), and if found my
hair was coming out - not baldness, but a lot more was coming off in
my hairbrush. I haven't used it since . . .and now I know I won't try
it again.

This letter shows that you can always learn something useful from
PFB-whether it's in a complaint or a compliment. My knowledge of hair
care, already increased by previous postings, is further embiggened.
Thanks for the letter!

I know I am not the only one who had trouble. Clairol is also a bad
coloring to use...it's hard to get out when you want it out also...

Combine Clairol and Pantene... my stylist was ready to kill me

Has threatened me with bodily injury if I ever again use a home-color
product.

Oh I wanna play... Try actually washing it out.
You got what you bought, unbreakable hair, stop whining...

EWWWWWW you can't brush your hair!!!


HAHA, OK, now that I got it out of my system... I was playing
around.... and thanks for the heads up. I finally paid for
Biolage...and my hair is very nice so far with it! Expensive but so
far, it's been worth it

Great letter, and I hope your hair is back to normal soon.

Personally, I absolutely LOATHE Herbal Essences because I found their
"hair orgasm" commercials disgusting and offensive (and I am far from
a prude), and those commercials made me swear I'd never support those
products (people on this site are probably sick of me repeating that,
but that is seriously how offensive I found those commercials).

As for the product not washing out, however, is it possible that, by
following your regular shampoo with a clarifying shampoo, you, in
effect, overwashed your hair and that is why you didn't get a good
styling result?

Anyway, toss the garbage and stick with what you know works.

Great Letter!

Being a "razor head", I know nothing about Shampoo...just wanna say
"Hi" and do my part to get this letter up to number one where it
belongs!!! so "Hi" ...;D

Rinse your hair with vinegar, it should get rid of left over product
and leave it manageable.

Hey, I got a picture!... and it's the right one, too!

While I'm here, I was wondering if anyone can recommend a shampoo for
oily hair. Herbal Essence had a normal to oily one in the old line
but not in the new one.

I have searched and searched but haven't been able to find anything
for oily hair. Geez, don't teenagers have oily hair anymore?

Wow, so basically your shampoo made your hair like mine is all the
time! LOL Soft, smooth hair is all well and good, except that in
order to make it do anything but fall straight and hang there you have
to use roughly eight tons of product. If you French braid my hair
without some super hold hairspray, it will fall out the first time I
sneeze. This does not result in the natural look I am going for.
Major pain in the butt. Especially now that we have such soft water,
it is getting ridiculous. So I hope your hair goes back to normal
soon, because soft flat hair is no fun.

To get rid of build up, you might want to try Aveda's Hair Detoxifier.
You only want to use it once a week or so, but it kicks build up's
butt! Good luck!

I'm always looking for something to smooth my hair. But I agree,
residue is defeating the purpose. I am curious though, I have a thick
head of very curly hair and need products that smooth it out such as
frizz ease (which can also leave residue) but it's necessary for me if
I want to maintain any kind of length.

What a shame it didn't work for you! I LOVE the new Herbal Essence
shampoos. I have used the body formula and... frizziness formula. I
can't think of their actual names. The frizzy formula makes my hair
so smooth! And I don't have to use an additional product to untangle
my hair. :)