Article: Salon vs. At-Home Shampoo: What's the Difference?
Salon vs. At-Home Shampoo: What's the Difference?
A salon shampoo offers what washing at home can't: an assessment of your hair, professional products suited to it and a scalp massage. At home, you gain speed and simplicity. Here are the differences, so you can choose based on your needs.
Salon shampoo: expertise and tailored care
Your hair's needs, clearly identified
Trained and experienced, your stylist identifies exactly what your hair needs: damaged, dry, oily, prone to frizz or dandruff. They then choose the right shampoo to hydrate, nourish and enhance it.
Professional products
Your stylist uses professional products you won't find in stores. The shampoo becomes a true targeted treatment. On color-treated hair, these products also help preserve the color.
A scalp massage
A salon shampoo is also a moment to relax. Scalp massage oxygenates and relaxes the scalp, and supports healthy hair. → Discover our head spa
Washing at home: quick and comfortable
At home, washing is quick, with no appointment or travel. You do it whenever it suits you, in the comfort of your own home. A salon shampoo takes more time and costs more: it's a treatment, more than a simple wash.
Professional vs. drugstore shampoo: what's the difference?
There are two main families of shampoo:
- medicated shampoos, which treat scalp and hair problems such as dandruff;
- cosmetic shampoos, by far the most common, which enhance the hair.
Professional shampoos are gentler on the hair. They generally contain fewer harsh ingredients, and more and more salons choose natural formulas. Drugstore products often contain lower doses of natural active ingredients and more silicones, which suffocate the hair and scalp.
Salon or home: which to choose?
The two go hand in hand. At home, for everyday care. At the salon, for treatment suited to your hair, a scalp massage and professional advice on the products to use at home.
