# Shampoo: drugstore or salon?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampoo-drugstore-or-salon/56287>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 28, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampoo-drugstore-or-salon/56287 "2001-02-28T23:30:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampoo-drugstore-or-salon/56287/1 "2001-02-28T23:30:45Z")

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Okay, I’m getting to the end of my current bottles of shampoo and conditioner. I was thinking of shelling out the couple extra dollars for salon shampoo, but I don’t know. I’m kind of stingy. So what do you guys think? Is salon shampoo worth it? Is it really that much better for your hair?

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**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampoo-drugstore-or-salon/56287/2 "2001-03-01T01:22:15Z")

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Nah, it’s not worth it at all. It may have been at one time. Suave is what I use, and it’s just as good as the expensive stuff. I am constanly getting compliments on my hair, as do my daughters. We don’t do anymore than shampoo and condition, and it still looks good.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampoo-drugstore-or-salon/56287/3 "2001-03-01T01:26:13Z")

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As a ruggedly handsome manly man, somewhat resembling Fabio’s smarter brother, and having been blessed with a full, thick, luxuriant auburn mane that cascades down my powerful shoulders I am careful to keep my tresses extra healthy and shiny by using only the finest shampoos and hair care products.

After a long night and early morning of “workin’ it” at the hippest nightclubs in Passaic I need to be good to myself and that means, of course, “be good to my hair”. With this in mind I recommend Suave Shampoo. True, at $ 1.75 per a bottle it costs a little more than the “Scotch Buy” store brand or the “Gallon Deal” combination shampoo and dish washing detergent at Sam’s Club but the extra I pay is worth it for the bouncy glow it gives my precious locks.

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**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampoo-drugstore-or-salon/56287/4 "2001-03-01T01:35:26Z")

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$1.75!

Hell, that would qualify as high priced stuff at my house. We get Suave by the gross, usually between .98 and $1.29.

Doncha love that Coconut one!?

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampoo-drugstore-or-salon/56287/5 "2001-03-01T01:55:54Z")

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I’m using salon stuff, Tosca. If I could get Aveda products around here, I’d use Aveda.

But I’m old, and my hair ain’t what it used to be. The store-bought stuff (Finesse, various Suaves, Pantene, etc.) leave my hair dry, and I have to use more conditioner.

With the Tosca (or Aveda or Nexxus), I don’t need but a dab of detangler. I can get by with shampooing every other day, instead of every day.

So it evens out, financially. And I really like the Tosca scent. And the pump container.