Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Shampoo review
This month, I ran out of my usual shampoo (see figure 1). I am all kinds of broke, so I started using some shampoo that was apparently here when we moved in. It is called "J/Ā/S/Ö/N® Fragrance Free Daily Shampoo." First of all, I don't know how to pronounce the name. I know my way around umlauts, but an A with an overbar is hard enough to find the special character for, let alone say out loud.
As for what the name is supposed to mean, I've thought of two options. Either Ā: Somebody named "Jason" thought they were really clever, or Ḇ: I am using this at the wrong time of year because it is only supposed to be used in the months July, Āugust, September, Öctober, and Ṋṏṿȅ₥ƃēr (This one seems likely, because of the slashes.) 
Now, the most important thing for me in a shampoo, aside from not smelling awful is that my hair still feels like my hair after I use it (IE hairy). My old shampoo
Fig. 1
Fig. 1
did this very well, and with no tears, knots or split ends! J/Ā/S/Ö/N® had potential here, according to its label, which claims that it "gently cleanses hair, without stripping away essential moisture" and "never weighs hair down and adds silky softness, shine and manageability..." This is good, I don't need my hair weighed down with additional silky softness or shine, and manageability only applied to my hair when I had a buzz cut.
However, the label also claims that the shampoo is "for all hair types" on the front and then says "For external use only" on the back! Too bad, internal hair (I think butt and nose hair are internal). So it was no surprise that the label was shamming me with fancy talk about not giving me Capgras syndrome about my own scalp.
So in the end, I give this shampoo a 76.ɝ for doing the job, even if not the well.
PS: I think one of the major ingredients in this shampoo is Purell® hand sanitizer.
PSS: It hurts a ton when I get it in my eyes.
Labels: gentle cleansing, I forgot how to spell "Capgras", shampoo, smart ideas, symbols instead of letters, violent cleansing
# posted by Gug Lurge @ 11:46 AM 
