Store Bought VS Salon Professional Products

Dove. Suave. Pantene ProV. Garnier Frutese. These are just a few of the words that make your hairstylist cringe when you tell them that's what you are using. Store brands will claim to have all the same ingredients such as honey, aloe and other natural herbs. The truth is yes they may have these ingredients but there is not a significant enough amount to be effective. This is how they get away with putting them in their ingredients list. In reality you might as well wash your hair with dish soap if you're going to use these store products. They have chemicals in them that eventually they will start leaving a waxy feeling build up on your hair strands. Yes, salon products do contain some chemicals, but they contain more of the natural, herbal, and helpful ingredients than your store brand product.
       Think of it this way, you go to a salon. You pay a significant amount to have your hair cut, colored, and styled. Using those chemically enhanced, store bought products is like washing all that money you spent down the drain. If your going to spend the money on getting your hair professionally done then why not spend the money on the professional products to help maintain that hair?
       I had an instructor in cosmetology school give us a demo on what comes off your hair when you use store products vs when you use professional product lines. What she did was take someones hair that strictly used store brands against someone who only used pro products. She took a section of each of the hair and skimmed the surface of the strands. The store brand had flakes beyond flakes of waxy build up falling off her hair. It looked like it was snowing!  The professional product hair had none.
       I have tried product after product in the professional line and I always go back to old faithful. Aveda! It is all natural, it smells great, it WORKS for your hair, they have a line for every hair type, and all their packaging is 100% recycled. Is it expensive? Unfortunately yes, however you get a lot for your money. You get a product that WORKS. You get a product that "a little goes a long way" so it will last you a long time. You can take your empty shampoo and product bottles to an Aveda salon and have them refilled for a discount! Im not selling you anything Im just saying check out the products.
www.aveda.com!