These brand shampoos are "insufficient"
When fine hair sprouts from one's head, one usually wants to pay special attention to its care and strengthening. For example, with a special shampoo. However, it is important to note that this does not present an obstacle in principle, but rather that a slow-acting product should be chosen, as Oeko-Test advises.
Oeko-Test has relatively positive news for people with fine hair who therefore reach for a suitable shampoo. The testers could recommend two-thirds of the 38 tested products priced between 0.54 and 18.60 Euro per 250 milliliters as "good" or "very good". For fine hair, it is usually a matter of the diameter of each hair. Therefore, one speaks of fine hair with a diameter of approximately 0.04 millimeters, and of normal thick hair with a diameter of around 0.08 millimeters.
In independent laboratories, all shampoos were tested, among other things, for nitromusks and polycyclic musk compounds, Cashmeran, Diethylphthalate, and declarable fragrance allergens that can trigger allergies.
Megabrands fail
However, the investigation did not go well for three products from the megabrands L’Oréal and Procter & Gamble. The "Hair Biology Full & Shining Shampoo" from Procter & Gamble, as well as the "Elvital Fibralogy Strengthening Shampoo" and the most expensive product in the test, Kérastase Voluumifique Bain Volume", both from L’Oréal, received a "not sufficient" rating.
All "not sufficient" rated products contain synthetic musk fragrance compounds that can accumulate in human fat tissue and are suspected of influencing the hormonal system. The shampoos from Hair Biology and Kérastase also contain the fragrance Hydroxycitronellal, which often triggers allergies.
Twelve additional products in the test contained PEG/PEG derivatives, which can make the skin more permeable to foreign substances. According to Oeko-Test, the contained plastic binders are harmful to the environment because they are poorly biodegradable.
Points could especially be earned by shampoos from certified natural cosmetics. And this does not have to be expensive, as the "very good" "Alverde Shampoo Volume" from DM (2.19 Euro per 250 ml) or also the "Blütezeit Volume Shampoo" from Budni/Edeka/Netto (2.86 Euro per 250 ml) shows.
- Some advised consumers, especially women with fine hair, to choose slow-acting shampoos, as Öko-Test suggested, to avoid damaging their hair further.
- The poor performance of some discounter brands in the Öko-Test was surprising, as men often mistakenly believe they can save money without compromising quality.
- Two shampoos from natural cosmetics brands, Alverde and Blütezeit, received excellent ratings in Öko-Test, proving that affordability does not mean sacrificing hygiene and environmental considerations.
- The results of Öko-Test could serve as a guide for advisors, helping them recommend products that prioritize both consumer health and the environment.
