Why is there a resilient silicone in my shampoo? I thought shampoo is meant to remove the silicone?
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Modified on: Tue, 30 Dec, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Great catch and you're right to ask this. We generally recommend to avoid any shampoo that contains silicones (friendly or resilient). Here’s why: shampoo is the one step in your routine designed to reset and clean your hair. But when it’s filled with silicones, it coats your strands during the wash, before they even have a chance to really become clean or absorb anything else. That means all the nourishing steps you take afterward are far less effective.
Companies add silicones to shampoo because it gives that instant smooth feeling in the shower compared to the weird 'squeaky dry' feeling of a real wash with no coating ingredients. That dry feeling during shampoo makes customer think that the shampoo is bad so companies add silicones to make the shampoo feel smooth to sell more, even if they know that it's not actually good for your hair. It’s clever marketing, not smart science.
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