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Does anyone mix several shampoos together?

kcladyz — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 22:17:58 GMT

I always used a shampoo with its matching conditioner. Does anyone mix several shampoos together from multiple brands as well as their conditioners? just curious. I was at a beautybrands store and apparently they sold out of the shampoo I as looking for but they had tons of conditioner. I thought it was very odd. The sales lady stated many use the shampoo only and use a different conditioner. I found this odd as well. Have you seen good benefits with mixing? And I am not referring to WEN. I am talking about drugstore/salon brands.

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Katluvr58 — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:15:55 GMT

I mix and match a lot and I always have. I tend to use shampoo for color treated hair but I still have several bottle of Wen that I use as my conditioner. My daughter is worse. She washes with Head and Shoulders, applies Clairol Conditioner, then uses Wen hair mask and sometimes adds in Vidal Sassoon conditioner. I know she uses the mask on her ends because she has long hair. I also do not use the same shampoo every time I wash. I switch things around. Currently we have 4 shampoos open and 3 conditioners and 3 Wen for 4 people.

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Kathlen — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:23:26 GMT

I do all the time. I have about four different shampoos and about 8 different conditioners. Just depends which I happen to pick up when I'm in the tub.

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GCR18 — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:29:51 GMT

I guess I don't really give it much thought. I am currently using a diff brand shampoo and conditioner. It may start out as a pair, but I don't wear down the bottles evenly. When that happens, I use the one that's left with a new bottle.

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Wildapple — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:34:29 GMT

Just this morning I mixed my WEN Tea Tree and Lavender for my first cleanse and then Bamboo Green Tea and Spring Orange Blossom for my second cleanse. My hair was fab and my bathroom smelled divine.

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ennui1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:44:23 GMT

I mix and match. I've always heard that shampoo & conditioner work best when paired, but I don't use them up at the same rate.

I'll go further -- when I have three shampoos with only a little left in the bottle, I combine them all into one bottle to save space. Horrors!

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kcladyz — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:23:37 GMT

I may try that. I noticed my hair never seems to grow so I tried some strengthening shampoos but it was too drying. I may mix some of my redken diamond oil in it to see it it will haelp with the moisture part

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Colonel Meow — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:28:20 GMT

It's been over 3 years since I stopped using shampoo/conditioner (WEN girl), but I remember that I would often have different brands for shampoo vs conditioner. But this was mostly because I would use the conditioner up at 3x the rate of the shampoo, and would have to buy more conditioner before the shampoo was used up. I had forgotten all about that until I read this thread, lol!

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scatcat — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:34:33 GMT

I never use the same shampoo 2 days in a row, I rarely match shampoo and conditioner brands and I love to combine sulfate free shampoo with a little hit of regular shampoo. I hope you didn't fall off your chair

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Tissyanne — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 02:10:21 GMT

I use Amazing Grace conditioner because I like the scent, and it makes my hair soft. I use Bedhead shampoo which I buy from my hairdresser for $10.00.

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Good4u — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:06:55 GMT

Oh yes, I never match my shampoo with my conditioner. I buy drugstore shampoo with whatever manufacture coupon I have, usually, L'ore'al Hair Care Advance. Then "customize" my conditioner with two different conditioners and jojoba oil. So far so good!

Tho' that Pantene Pro-V Colorseal Conditioner that is in the Age-Defy box hair color is absolutely the bomb! Amazing conditioner! Wish they would sell that separately because it is a stand-alone product and I would buy it instantly.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:16:44 GMT

I don't use shampoo, I co-wash but in the past, I tried to use the same shampoo and conditioner. Probably just because that's how my mind works. I match and coordinate ever thing. But since conditioner runs out before the shampoo, it wasn't all possible to stick with one brand. Now I pretty much stick with one brand for my conditioner, my hair color and all my styling products. I like to think they work together.

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aprilskies — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:18:59 GMT

I dont normally mix shampoos. The only one I will mix in every once in awhile is a clarifying shampoo since it makes my hair like straw when I use it on its own. Otherwise, no. I use to have the matching set of shampoo and conditioner and no longer keep to sets since it takes me so long to use conditioner. Plus, I just recently stopped using conditioner. I only use a leave-in now.

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151949 — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:24:06 GMT

I use Pert Shampoo because it has the conditioner built right in - no need to do a second step. Important when living for the summer in a camper as we have only a 5 gallon hot water tank here. I started using pert because of this but loved it and have used it for years now.

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picco — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:30:46 GMT

I use a color safe shampoo - Loreal I think - but only every 3 days, and when I do use it I put a couple pumps of WEN along with the shampoo. Seems to be less harsh that way. In between days I just use WEN, like a conditioner, not a cleanser. I don't get my hair really dirty every day, but do need to take a shower every morning to wake up, hence just the conditioner approach.

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cleogrl — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:23 GMT

I can't use a rinse out conditioner, it's too heavy for my hair. I use a small amount of leave-in conditioner. I think lots of people do this & that's why shampoo sells out before conditioner. Yes, I mix a few different types of shampoo. I have some shampoos that are too moisturizing/heavy for my taste, so I add some of Paul Mitchell's shampoo 1 w/ just about every shampoo.