The web site I've been waiting my whole life for

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The Beauty Brains: cosmetic scientists explain what the fuck is actually in that shampoo/foundation/whatever you've got in your paw at the drugstore, and what it does. Example: The Four Basic Types Of Shampoo.

Hallelujah.

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Pimples on your scalp?
The thing that started my whole quest for better hair care was the fact that I was getting huge oozy pimples on my scalp.
I traced that back to the fact that Pantene contains huge amounts of dimethicone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydimethylsiloxane
as a hair conditioner. Basically it coats your hair, laying down the scales and makes it super-slippery. In my case, it also clogged my pores. It's the key ingredient in any 'frizzy' hair shampoo, from the cheap stuff to the salon stuff.
I went cold turkey from 'cones. As a results, I no longer had scalp acne, and backne, but my hair looked even frizzier than ever. Then I went 'no poo' (see above), and now I'm on the shampoo bars. So far, so good.