I also wanted to discuss something that I hear in my store almost every day. And that is the subject of sulfates in hair products. I get people in who ask me for a good sulfate-free shampoo, but when I ask them why they need a shampoo without sulfates, they almost always don't know. "My friend said it's great", or "I just heard it's great for your hair". Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (there are others, but this one is most common) is nothing more than a lathering agent, it's what gets your shampoo into a nice thick lather.
The benefits of having of a sulfate-free shampoo are mainly for those who spend hundreds of dollars on getting their hair colored either at a salon or through box colors. The sulfates can eat away at your hair color and cause your gorgeous color to fade faster than usual and in some people it may dry out your scalp. I personally have never had problems with shampoos with sulfates since as most of you know, I bleach my hair. Which brings me to my next point: I often have women come in with GORGEOUS blonde hair asking for a sulfate-free shampoo claiming that it's gonna help them preserve their hair color. What hair color? You stripped your hair of all color when you put bleach on it! If you have no hair color to begin with and want to preserve your blonde hair, sulfate-free shampoos are probably not the best option for you. That's what violet shampoos are for. But that's another subject entirely.
The reason I bring up the sulfate-free thing in the first place is because I am now noticing that companies are putting "Sulfate-free!" on some of their products that never in a million years would ever have sulfates. And it's suckering in all these clueless people to buy their products. This hair mask by Marc Anthony is not different, they have it right there on the package. This next part is important: Conditioners or hair masks of any type will not and should not have any sulfates in them, ever. When was the last time you used a hair conditioner and it started foaming up like the shampoo did? Never. That's right.
That being said.... click below to read my review of the Marc Anthony Repairing Macadamia Oil Deep Healing Conditioning Treatment!
