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Supermarkets may not have hairdressers at the ready to dispense invaluable advice about the right shampoo for your hair, but they have other virtues. They're open long after the salon has closed and if you suddenly realise you simply have to wash your hair, a mercy dash is the answer.
1. Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Moisturizing Shampoo - $6.49 for 355ml
The revamped Herbal Essences range has a sense of humour. It's possible to have a laugh as you shampoo with this orchid and coconut milk-infused shampoo for dehydrated hair if you read the bottle as you lather: "Repeat after me: I'm so quenched" and "let me soak it to you". Okay, it wears thin quickly, but this leaves hair feeling silky and supple.
From selected supermarkets and pharmacies.
2. Andrew Collinge Weightless Volume Salon Shampoo - $14.99 for 300ml
Andrew Collinge is a British hairdresser to the stars, who famously tended the hair of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. This pretty blue formulation gives fine, lifeless hair much-needed body and strength as it gently cleanses.
From selected supermarkets and pharmacies.
3. Sunsilk Super Shine Shampoo - $5.19 for 200ml
This shampoo asks a lot of questions - "Want to shine?" and "Looking for va va voom hair?" The answer lies in this moisturising shampoo with a silk protein complex and ginseng, which gives normal hair an infusion of shine.
From selected supermarkets and pharmacies.
4. Pantene Pro-V Colour Therapy Shampoo - $4.99 for 200ml
Coloured hair has special needs and this panders to coloured, bleached or highlighted hair by protecting the colour. It comes with its own motto of restoring shine to colour-damaged hair in just three washes. An absolute bargain.
From selected supermarkets and pharmacies.
5. Batiste Dry Shampoo - $14.99 for 150ml
One for when you're feeling lazy and can't be bothered having to get your hair wet and break out the blow dryer, or you don't have time. This spray-on dry shampoo gets rid of oily, lifeless hair. There's a little work involved - spray the stuff, do a bit of a massage, then brush out - but it's far less work than the business of shampooing.
From selected pharmacies.
