Hair that greases too quickly is probably the most common hair problem encountered in modern societies. Very often badly treated because poorly understood, oily hair is the consequence of our bad hair habits and in particular the use of bad shampoos. Indeed, irritants and strippers, the majority of shampoos large surfaces participate in the disorder of our scalp and the appearance of oily roots. But then, which shampoos to choose to fight against oily hair? This is the question we will try to answer in this article by first seeing what are the best shampoos to prevent hair from greasing too quickly. Then, seeing the criteria to recognize a good shampoo for oily hair.
In this section:
What are the best shampoos for oily hair?
In this first part, discover a selection of shampoos which correspond to the essential criteria to fight against oily hair. Namely, it will be necessary above all that your shampoo is natural, really soft and that they have purifying and rebalancing active ingredients.
Centifolia moisturizing and rebalancing cream shampoo
Its formulation is made with extra mild surfactants without any sulphates to take care of the balance of your scalp. Thanks to its formulation extremely rich in aloe vera and sweet almond proteins, it deeply hydrates and nourishes the hair. All of these assets meet the essential criteria to be one of the best shampoos against oily hair.
Why choose it? 
Extra gentle cleansing base without sulphates to wash and cleanse the scalp in a delicate way.Enriched with Aloe Vera (second component of its formulation) the hydrates the lengths. Coupled with sweet almond proteins, it strengthens, repairs and brings shine to the hair.Formulated with nettle extract, white clay and green clay, active ingredients recognized for their virtues rebalancing and purifying. Creamy texture very pleasant to massage the scalp gently without attacking the sebaceous glands.
Important Note : this shampoo contains essential oils. Its use is therefore not recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as for children under 8 years old.
Makesenz gentle cleansing shampoo
This shampoo reduces washing frequencies (2 per week) thanks to its gentle composition while leaving the hair soft and firm. It is surely one of the best shampoos for oily hair that you can find.
Why choose it?One of the shampoos with the best rating (4,9 / 5 with more than 130 reviews) and the best reviews on its effectiveness in the fight against oily hair. Formulated with mild surfactants, which cleanse without stripping so as to regain the balance of the scalp's sebum.Without controversial ingredients et without filling ingredients. It is formulated without parabens, without Cocamidopropyl betaine, without perfume, without sulfates, without silicones, without synthetic dyes, and without polymers.Enriched with vegetable glycerin and rice protein to leave hair supple, shiny and soft while giving it volume and lightness.
Avril oily root purifying shampoo
This shampoo with very good consumer reviews, is ideal for rebalancing the sebum of the scalp, while moisturizing your hair. Designed to purify without irritating the skull, it responds perfectly to all the criteria to eliminate the problem of scalp regreasing too quickly.
Why choose it?
Very good value for money : it is part of the cheapest range of natural and certified organic shampoo.Rich in purifying and sebum-regulating ingredients natural to prevent hair from regreasing too quickly (essential oils of Atlas cedar, peppermint, eucalyptus and neem seed oil).Contains moisturizing ingredients to take care of your hair and give it shine and softness. Formulated from mild surfactants specifically chosen so as not to irritate and attack the scalp.
Important Note : this shampoo contains essential oils. Its use is therefore not recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as for children under 8 years old.
Matessance balancing and purifying shampoo
This shampoo helps to naturally purify the sebum of the scalp so that it regains its health and balance. It is one of the best hair shampoos thanks to its formulation rich in purifying and nourishing ingredients.
Why choose it? A very good value for money : ideal for small budgets wanting to go natural. Enriched with patented vegetable keratin which strengthens hair and protect them from external aggressions. In addition, it nourishes, repairs and brings shine and softness to the hair.The essential oils of Tea Tree and Rosemary have virtues allow to purify and rebalance the scalp to prevent the hair from re-greasing too quickly.
Important Note : this shampoo contains essential oils. Its use is therefore not recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as for children under 8 years old.
How to choose an effective shampoo against oily hair?
Now that you have discovered our selection of the best shampoos for treating oily hair, it is necessary to understand Criteria which allowed us to select them. In this way, you will be able to recognize a good shampoo for oily hair and no longer make mistakes in your selection.
Why do you have oily hair?
Oily hair is the result oftoo much sebum production by the sebaceous glands which are at the level of the roots. Sebum is the natural oil of the hair. Its role is to lubricate, moisturize and protect the hair from external aggressions. It is fundamental in the balance of the scalp. However, when the sebaceous glands are out of order, the sebum is generated in too large a quantity. It will then suffocate the roots and cause that slimy and oily appearance on your hair.
De many factors can disrupt the fragile balance of sebum: climatic conditions, hormonal imbalance, stress, poor lifestyle, and especially bad hair products. Indeed, the majority of shampoos that are on the market are filled with harmful, irritating, stripping and drying ingredients which are responsible for the gradual appearance of oily hair.
The essential criteria of a shampoo to fight against oily hair
To regain the natural balance of the scalp and fight oily hair, it is important to respect three fundamental criteria :
- The shampoo should be the most natural possible;
- It should contain active ingredients capable of regulating, sanitizing and purifying scalp;
- He should be truly sweet. Therefore, it will be necessary at all costs avoid shampoos containing drying, stripping and irritant products.
Find out more precisely now the right ingredients et the wrong ingredients that allow these criteria to be met.
A natural shampoo to avoid hair that greases too quickly
Nowadays, conventional liquid shampoos found in supermarkets are filled with ingredients often criticized by the scientific community. Indeed, these are harmful for our skin, our hair, our organism and for the environment. Containing sulfates, silicones, quats, parabens and synthetic preservatives or fragrances which are often found to be endocrine disruptors; they promise to maintain and repair our hair, while conversely they irritate and dry it out.
And this is all the more true for specific liquid shampoos for oily hair. Indeed, manufacturers design shampoos that strip sebum from the scalp to give the impression of meeting your expectations. However, by being this aggressive, they end up irritating your scalp. Consequently, your scalp produces twice as much sebum !
The advantage of a natural shampoo for oily hair is that it contains ingredients of natural origin. And since nature is well made, everything we need, it provides us. And this is the case to fight against oily hair. In the shampoos that we offer you above, you find a very large majority natural ingredients who have rebalancing properties, purifying and regulating sebum. Everything you need for a healthy scalp.
A truly gentle shampoo without harmful ingredients
As we mentioned above, conventional shampoos that can be found in supermarkets -and sometimes even in pharmacies-, are formulated from ingredients that are harmful to the scalp and hair. As a reminder, these irritate the scalp and strip sebum. In reaction, the sebaceous glands will start to produce more sebum. As a result, the balance of the scalp is disturbed and the hair becomes oily much faster. So it's a vicious circle.
To resolve this concern hair that greases too quickly, you will then have to switch to using a mild shampoo. And be careful, it must be really sweet. That is to say that it is not enough to have indicated “mild shampoo” on the bottle, because many are those who despite this indication contain equally bad components. So how do you recognize a truly mild shampoo? The latter must be formulated without sulphates, silicones, parabens, and petrochemical materials. For an even softer product, it should be free of dyes and synthetic fragrances. We recommend that you adopt solid shampoos or organic shampoos to avoid a maximum of these ingredients.
Otherwise, here is some ways to help you recognize the wrong ingredients in shampoos :
How to recognize silicone in shampoos?
Silicone wraps the hair in a transparent material that makes it shiny and smooth. However, without realizing it, it suffocates the hair, weighs it down and makes it greasy much faster. Thus, to fight against oily hair, it is essential to choose a shampoo without silicone. To recognize them, their INCI names generally end with "cone" and "xane".
How to recognize sulfates in shampoos?
Sulphates are surfactants. These are used to wash the hair. There are different surfactants:
- Irritating and harmful sulphated surfactants from petrochemicals which strip sebum and irritate the scalp;
- Mild and mildly irritating sulphated surfactants from natural products;
- And finally non-sulphated surfactants derived from natural and very gentle on the scalp.
To fight against oily hair, you will need absolutely avoid irritating sulfates which are found in the vast majority of conventional shampoos. To recognize them, here is their name: Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate and Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate.
Mild surfactants that you should favor in the composition of your shampoo to fight against your oily hair will be the following tensiocatives: Sodium Coco Sulfate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Decyl Glucoside, Coco Glucoside, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Lauryl Methyl isethoside or Lauryl Glucoside.
How to recognize the other ingredients in shampoos?
Sulphates and silicone are not the only components to be avoided in shampoos: synthetic preservatives or perfumes, endocrine disruptors, petrochemicals, allergens, etc. are just as many compounds that are difficult to identify in the formulation of shampoos. However, to choose an effective shampoo against hair that greases too quickly, it will have to be devoid of it. Thus, to analyze the composition of your hair products we recommend the application INCIbeauty. Since nothing is done to help the consumer identify the ingredients in our beauty products, this app does it for you. It indicates to you the toxic and undesirable components or conversely those which are healthy for the skin and the hair.
Purifying and rebalancing ingredients against oily hair
To finish, the best natural shampoos for oily hair will certainly contain the ingredients following :
- Personalized regulating and purifying vegetable oils : Jojoba, Hazelnut, Sweet Almond, Macadamia.
- Personalized balancing and purifying essential oils : Cypress, Lavender, Tea Tree, Clary sage, Rosemary with cineole, Bay Saint Thomas, Lemon, Geranium rose.
- Some complementary ingredients for hair care : rice protein, vegetable keratin, vegetable glycerin, Aloe Vera.
- Personalized purifying and regulating powders : Stinging Nettle, Neem, White or Green Clay, Rhassoul, Shikakai, and Neutral Henna.
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