What pH Is Your Shampoo, and Why Does it Matter for Curly Hair? | Not Sponsored

To be fair, pH affects straight hair and curly hair. My channel is about curly hair, so... Curly hair is more prone to breakage and frizz, and generally more sensitive to the products we put on it. Watch to learn some basic acid/base chemistry, and how it affects your hair. Then, I pH-test all the shampoos I can round up from my stash!
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Hair's pH/Isoelectric Point: 0:00:36
How Acids and Bases Work: 0:00:52
How Acid/Base Affects Hair: 0:01:26
Optimal pH of Products: 0:02:17
How to offset higher pH products: 0:02:40
pH Testing my Shampoos! 0:03:17
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[@Alma-ld1lc]

Love this! It's super geeky but it doesn't address the other harmful ingredients in products for curly hair.

[@madelinebradshaw7254]

Thanks for this video. I love Vanicream Free and Clear and have been curious about it's ph. It is the only thing that works for my scalp.

[@anannanaful]

I got so excited when you busted out the dry shampoo! Thanks for this video.

[@elizabethh9591]

Thanks for this - I have moved from an area with 80 - 90 % humidity to a very dry climate, and this info could help me try to figure out which products to switch to........Between trying to eliminate glycerin and hard water - my hair is going insane :-)

[@doublegpeak]

Oh dear! Good luck!!! My hair really hates dry weather

[@lisagallant5337]

Interesting! Thanks for the info!

[@doublegpeak]

You're welcome!

[@lloyd.jourdan]

Where did you get your strips

[@doinagu3050]

Nice video. Thank you 😊

[@doublegpeak]

Thanks!!

[@Star-re5nn]

As someone experiencing hairfall, what do u advise? Can I rinse my hair with apple cider vinegar to balance the ph?

[@doublegpeak]

I would advise figuring out what is causing the hair fall. It could be caused by hair breakage, but it could also be caused by scalp issues, or even body issues like nutrition or hormones. Manes by Mell has a good video on this. Personally I would not add a vinegar rinse just to try to balance your shampoos pH; vinegar is acidic itself and that could also do damage. Shampoo formulators usually add things like conditioners to make up for any pH effects in their products. If your shampoo makes your hair feel rough, maybe switch to one that has more conditioning agents, or make sure you're using a really good conditioner or deep conditioner.

[@Sofreakingmad]

What if put vinegar to my shampoo will that help?

[@doublegpeak]

While vinegar would lower the pH, I wouldn't add it to products. They have been formulated to work correctly, and not be chunky etc, and changing the pH might have unintended consequences. Also, lowering the pH too much also isn't great for hair; unless you have access to a lab pH meter it won't be easy to tell how much you're lowering the pH.