There is now the right shampoo for every need.
Stiftung Warentest has now chosen the best product - the result should surprise you.
Solid shampoos
and
hair soaps
are considered ecological and
continue to conquer the shampoo market.
The
Warentest Foundation *
has now investigated whether it can compete with conventional shampoos.
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Berlin - Those who do not belong to the “no-poo” movement use them as regularly as shower gel:
shampoos
.
There are now an infinite number of products on the market -
the manufacturers have something on offer
for every
skin and hair type
.
Recently,
shampoos
are no longer just available in their conventional form, but also as
hair soap
or
solid shampoo
.
While solid
shampoos
, from which the water is simply removed, often have a more
neutral pH value
, hair soaps with a pH value between 8.5 and 9.5 are fairly basic.
The
Stiftung Warentest
has now on the giant German
shampoo market
around and tested a total of 18 hair soaps, solid shampoos and liquid shampoos.
The solid hair products and hair
soaps
did less well
in the tests: three of them - including the
"Honey I washed my hair" shampoo from Lush
and the
"Solid Shampoo Normal Hair" from Foamie
- were only rated as "satisfactory" found.
The
“Savion Natural Hair Soap” is
even only considered “sufficient”.
On the other hand, six other solid shampoos and all liquid test products were rated “good”.
While the
Stiftung Warentest
complained about
the
"Lush" shampoo
mainly because the "use-critical"
fragrance Lilial was used
in the packaging, which was quite ecological,
"Foamie" faked
more content in its solid shampoo than it actually contained .
With its
natural hair soap,
“Savion”
only got an
overall
rating
of 4.5
: Although the brand advertises that it is “fragrance-free”, the laboratory even found that the product contained the
allergenic fragrance limonene that had to be declared
.
Shampoo test: “sham packs” and eco-blenders exposed
As the online portal
Fit for Fun
reports left the
Stiftung Warentest
in June 2020, a total of 20 subjects with healthy up to a maximum slightly damaged hair on
product test
take part.
The
shampoos
were made available to them
“anonymously”
far from their
brand
and
packaging
.
The
Stiftung Warentest
wanted to determine to what extent the new fixed versions with the liquid
shampoos
are to be compared.
For the respective overall assessment, the
product
properties played
50 percent, the
application
30 percent, the
declaration
15 percent and the
packaging
five percent.
The
“Finigrana Rosemary Hair Soap”
was indeed the best product among the hair soaps, but with a
grade of 2.5
it only came third in the test.
While the suppleness, feel and shine - as with all other hair soaps in the test - left a lot to be desired, the
packaging
tore
the product
significantly upwards
at the end of the test with an
overall average of
1.1
.
Can hair soaps and solid shampoos compete with liquid shampoos?
Are the solid ones better for the environment?
We have tested it: Of 18 shampoos and hair soaps in the test, 14 do well, 3 are satisfactory and one is just enough.
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- Stiftung Warentest (@warentest) May 29, 2020
Test winner
Among the
solid shampoos was Alverde
, the house brand of the
drugstore
chain DM
.
The product with
tangerine and basil scent came
second in the shampoo test
with an
overall score of 2.1
.
While the care properties were only rated with a grade of 2.3, the testers praised its ease of dosing and foam formation.
And with a grade of 1.1, the solid shampoo from
Alverde
also scored with its appearance.
The
number 1 of the Stiftung Warentest
should have surprised in the end: Among all the products tested, a
discounter shampoo
prevailed right
up to the top.
The test winner
was the
“Cien Fruit / Vitamin Day by Day” shampoo from the
Lidl *
discount chain
.
With an
overall grade of 1.9
, it puts all other
hair shampoos
in the shade - even though it contains preservatives such as sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate formic acid, as well as hard-to-break silicones and ammonium compounds.
These are clearly declared so that no points were deducted from him.
In all evaluation criteria, it was obviously able to convince the test subjects the most.
In addition to the above-average positive results in
hair washing and care
, the
Cien shampoo from Lidl is
also particularly attractive in terms of price.
The bottle costs
just
72 cents
in the discounter, which is why the
Stiftung Warentest
should see it as a clear price-performance winner.
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