I started using a 2-in-1 shampoo when I was mom to lots of little kids and finding 10 minutes to shower was extremely challenging. And I found that my hair looked and felt pretty much the same as the old shampoo-then-conditioner. So now that my kids aren’t little anymore and I can shower at leisure, I still use the 2-in-1 shampoo. And the thing I like is that the cheap kind seems to work just as well or better, and my favorite is Pert, which costs little, and does a great job.
I haven’t tried Pert, but I have tried other 2-in-1 brands. I’ve found that my hair doesn’t get as clean, and that it doesn’t get as conditioned, either. Obviously this is a YMMV thing.
If only! I have long thick hair and it never gets totally rinsed out. Makes my hair greasy. No like! If I had really short hair and washed it every single day, maybe it would work better.
I can’t use them. Like Lynn Bodoni, I find my hair is neither clean nor conditioned. I have very long (waist-to-hip, depending on my last trim) hair, for what it’s worth, in the it-can’t-quite-decide-if-it’s-wavy-or-curly category of White Girl Hair.
But my son, who has short, very thick, very coarse, unmistakably curly White Dude Hair loves the 2 in 1 stuff. He likes the speed, of course, but he also prefers what it does to his hair over the separate bottles.
My daughter, with silky straight shoulder length White Girl Hair can go either way with no appreciable difference.
So I think it depends on your hair.
(We have way too many bottles of stuff in our shower.)
I have intense brand loyalty to Pantene 2-in-1. All other shampoos and conditioners are basically the same to me, but I feel a noticeable difference with Pantene. My hair is pretty normal - ramrod straight and kinda thick.
I used to use 2in1 ages ago, when I lived in a very hard water area. I’d wash my hair with the 2in1, then apply separate conditioner (after I’d rinsed the first lot off). I carried on using 2in1 for a while, after I moved elsewhere. I found it worked best if I lathered up, left it on for a minute (say while I showered), then rinsed it off.
I like 2-in-1’s for the mornings where I play snooze button one too many times. I can’t use them every day, not enough conditioner and my hair starts to feel like straw.
I did a long time ago when my hair was longer. Now that it’s super short I don’t need to condition it at all, which is nice because my hair is super fine and like an inch long I don’t need it.
I liked a brand called “Flex” which I think they quit making.
I always heard that the two cancel each other out. The shampoo keeps the conditioner from taking hold, and the conditioner keeps the shampoo from doing a thorough job. Makes sense to me
In college I had really long hair (well, long for a guy; it was past my shoulders). It was really thick, soft, and shiny, and to be honest I was kind of vain about it. At first I used sinfully expensive (over $20 a bottle) shampoos and conditioners, many of which I stole from my sister when I was home for vacation. However I eventually discovered that Pantene Pro-V 2-in-1 worked just as well, was faster, and a lot cheaper. I then realized that Garnier Fructise 2-in-1 worked just fine too, and was even cheaper.
I currently have ~2-inch long hair, and use Garnier Fructise 2-in-1. However, I can just as easily use a $0.97 bottle of VO5 shampoo with no conditioner and my hair is still soft and shiny, so I may just have really “easy” hair.