I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before in older threads, but I've discovered by accident that Cetaphil works great as a shampoo.

I am now using Cetaphil on my body and sometimes on my face. So one day I was staying over at a friend's place and she doesn't have any runny cone-free conditioners for me to do a CO wash. I had to do a wash that night and since she has Cetaphil, I thought why not use it on my hair. From the ingredients, it is cone-free and has conditioner ingredients like cetyl alcohol and a surfactant, sodium lauryl sulphate.

Before using, I though SLS will make my hair dry. However, after using it followed by TIGI Catwalk Honey and oatmeal conditioner, I found that my hair is really really shiny and soft!! I loved it so much I started alternating this wash with my usual CO wash.

Since then, I've even gone without using conditioners after Cetaphil sometimes. And it still looks great. However, I think it may not be suitable for people with very oily scalps. Since I had been doing CO washes on alternate days for about 2 months, my scalp no longer gets very oily even on the second day.

One bad thing about this method is that you need to use quite a lot of Cetaphil since it doesnt spread very well. So it could be quite expensive. That is why I alternate it with my usual CO wash.

I found that doing CO washes makes my hair feel stringy sometimes, large sections of hair just clump together if I don't leave the conditioner in for long enough. However, alternating it with a Cetaphil wash gets rid of this feeling. And since Cetaphil is non-alkaline, I don't even follow it with an ACV rinse and still my hair is ultra shiny!

Have any of you tried using Cetaphil to wash your hair? I just started doing it for 2 weeks and would love to hear more feedback.

is cetaphil a moisturiser or am I mistaken? I can't find protein free VO5 anymore, so I am interested in this.

Cetaphil is a skin cleanser, if I'm not mistaken. I use this stuff once in a while on my face and find it rather drying (that's me, though, not you). That said, it should be noted that hair and skin have different pH levels: hair likes to be acidic while skin likes to be basic. But if it works for you, why rock the boat?

I use the Cetaphil Gentle Daily Cleanser. It's supposed to be a skin cleanser. I guess if you find it drying for your skin, then it's best not to use on your hair. For me, I find that Cetaphil leaves my oily skin still slightly oily after cleansing. That was why I had the idea to try it on my hair.

That said, it probably doesn't work if you have a rather oily scalp because I find that Cetaphil doesn't remove a lot of oil. I haven't tried leaving it in though, I rub it in and wash it out in 1-2 minutes.

For me, both skin and hair are better when I use acidic products but everyone has preferences.

If you find something that works for you and does not cause damage or is harmful- toxic - why not use it.

I think that once my shampoo stash runs out, I may try this. Another member with a hairtype similar to mine discussed it in her journal and she had good results with it.

I think that once my shampoo stash runs out, I may try this. Another member with a hairtype similar to mine discussed it in her journal and she had good results with it.

Oh do try it!! I have better results with Cetaphil than with a CO wash now. But I still do CO washes because it's just too expensive to use Cetaphil all the time. However, I've found that I only need a lot of Cetaphil near the scalp and along the hairline. On the length, I just put some Cetaphil on my palm and smear it along the length, I don't coat it anymore. I use much less this way.

ETA: By the way, can you direct me to the other member's journal (with permission from him/her?) I like to read more about this method before I start stocking up on Cetaphil.

This is extremely interesting, thanks for posting! The ingredients are those of a (minimalist) creamy, cone-free shampoo formula. Since the fatty alcohol and humectant come before the surfactant, then it would be more like what we use in C-COW-C? Except I don't remember my "cow" step ever having that kind of slip.

Must try it when I have a full bottle and once the indigo is gone.

Sounds very interesting! I'll give it a try.

But I still do CO washes because it's just too expensive to use Cetaphil all the time.

Some drugstores actually carry a generic version of Cetaphil. I wonder if it would work as well, in addition to being cheaper than the name-brand? :ponder: