Head and Shoulders Clean & Balanced Shampoo really does feel like it is cleansing your scalp and soothing it too. It's got quite a tacky consistency when you first squeeze it out but once you start rubbing it into your hair it lathers quickly which makes it easy to massage into your scalp. As it lathers well you don't need to use very much so a bottle would last quite a while which makes it pretty economical, especially since it's well priced as well. I quite like the fragrance although it's a little bit stronger than I think it needs to be. Once you rinse your hair though the fragrance that is left is a lot more subtle which is great.
I found that it cleared my flaky scalp after only about 3 washes. I did find that my scalp was a little bit itchy after the first use but I suspect that was because I used too much as I didn’t realise how much it would lather. Since the second wash I haven’t had any problems with my scalp being itchy.
The packaging is relatively plain but it uses the recognisable and traditional blues and white of Head and Shoulders so it makes it easy to find in the supermarket and the lid is easy to open and close.
I really like and would definitely recommend Head and Shoulders Clean & Balanced Shampoo to anyone who suffers from a dry, flaky and/or itchy scalp. You can just replace your usual shampoo with it so it won’t take you any extra time to look after your scalp.
This product ticks all the boxes but, unfortunately, it wasn't suitable for me due to my use of hair colourant. My hair is blue and I take care to extend my colour as long as I can. So, watching the heavy swirls of blue wash down the drain when rinsing this out was disheartening. But, geez talk about squeaky clean! Straight after rinsing, it felt different. No crunchy, plastic feeling and it penetrated through my hair to the scalp which most shampoo can't do. The smell is non-offensive and if I didn't have to maintain a regime to keep my hair colour consistent, I would use this and will recommend this to any of my itchy, flaky scalp comrades. It works, from the first wash. Great price, Clean scalp, happy hair. You should definitely consider it on your next Supermarket run :)
Tips: Extend your shampoo past the edges of your hair and to your forehead and sides of face and your skin will feel clean and fresh too! Bonus!