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I am on a hair care theme at the moment. And always when I bang on about hair care, I have to mention sodium laurel sulphate (SLS) so yes a bit more about how drying and irritating it is to your scalp however, in this video blog I also discuss the use of silica in conditioners. The cycle of hair washing is:

  • we shampoo our hair because it is dirty
  • the SLS in the shampoo strips the hair and scalp of natural oils so both are dry and hair is flyaway or frizzy
  • we use conditioner with silica to reduce the frizziness created by the SLS
  • the silica builds up on our hair leaving it feeling a bit flat and dull looking
  • and start all over again, never getting the results we want so change products always looking for something that will give us healthy, shiny hair

    • Well this is my story anyway! And I didn’t get the results with my hair that I wanted until I had been using a good natural shampoo & conditioner for at least a month. It can take time to really see results when moving away from SLS and silica. Regardless, do yourself a favor and ditch the sodium laurel sulphate.

    In this video I talk more about the cycle with SLS and silica above and discuss the Nature’s Symphony range of hair care.

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