For many years stylists and chemists and been "yelling" that many of the products used in their salons have produced damaging effects on many of their customers.

What's the concern about sulfates?

In particular, a growing concern has developed related to the use of sulfates as surfactants. Sulfates have been shown to weaken the structural matrix of the hair's shaft, leaving it prone to loss of moisture by breaking down protein bonds in the shaft.

The damage is also thought to extend to splitting at the ends of the hair, poor coloring ability, and high sensitivity to heat from curling irons, dryers and straighteners.

As a result, many manufacturers have developed new lines of shampoos and products that address the sulfate issue. Sulfate-free is the watch-word, which simply means that the manufacturer has used a replacement for the sodium or sulfate-based surfactant. The surfactant, by the way, is the ingredient that produces the foaming action...the small minute bubbles that separate oils and dirts from the scalp and hair.

While many of the top-brands - Kenra, Biolage, and Redken have developed non-sulfate products, Sfree Hair Products is probably the first brand that has developed a line of shampoos and conditioners that contain no sodium sulfate, but that are paraben-free and sodium chloride free also.

What's the trouble with SLS-Free hair products

The largest and most frequent complaint comes from the 1, the inability to adequately clean the hair satisfactorily, 2 the inability to effectively wash-out the product, and 3, the poor performance, eg. lack of manageability, lack of body, volume, etc.

What Sfree has been able to do that no one else has, is to create a shampoo that people love. It's not a stretch that part of the company's slogan is "My favorite shampoo". And as a note it's certainly the best sulfate-free shampoo I have used.