I use a few of Aveda’s hair products that I really like and will always keep in my cupboard, and Scalp Benefits Shampoo is one of the ones I will buy time to time from now on when my scalp seems to be extra itchy and flaky, like right now. I purchased the Aveda Scalp Benefits shampoo about a week ago in a Dillard’s Aveda hair salon in hopes that it would help both mine and my boyfriends dry scalp problem that seemed to have gotten worse for both of us over the past few weeks.
The hair care products cost about $15, and I bought it with a frizz-easing conditioner, which I’ll review separately (but I am pleased with that too) that was a little more expensive, but then again, conditioners always are for some reason. Aveda’s products typically either work really well on my hair or really dry it out, so I thought I had a fifty fifty shot with both of these products.
The end result is I love the Scalp Benefits shampoo. It smells pungent, even for an Aveda product, which is known for smelling like plants and botanicals. This product, I’d say has a particularly clove-y smell to it, but it really grows on you although at first I was taken aback by it. It’s a light yellow color, and it has the consistency of a clarifying shampoo, which makes sense.
It has a cooling, calming effect upon contact on the scalp, so I thought that was a good sign. It leaves your hair squeaky clean, which worried me at first because I thought this might dry my hair out, but really it seems to let the conditioner soak in a lot more than usual, so the end result is shinier hair. I’d say as far as the itchiness on my scalp, it’s definitely helped, but it hasn’t done much for the actual dandruff and rough spots for either of us.
I’ll keep using it though, because I do like the way it makes my hair and scalp feel and look. I’d say that Selsun Blue does a better job at the actual dandruff, but the Scalp Benefits has an overall more beneficial effect on the look and feel of my hair.
