Best sulphate-free shampoo | 15+ Top SLS-free shampoos to buy now

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Best sulphate-free shampoo

Kérastase Discipline Bain Fluidealiste Shampoo

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Colour-treating processes can weaken the bonds in your hair, leaving it susceptible to breakage and frizz. Kérastase's long-loved Discipline shampoo is fortified with wheat protein, which works to re-strengthen hair and leave it smoother and stronger with regular use. Considering it's a sulphate-free formula, there's a satisfyingly rich lather, and it rinses away with ease.

Best sulphate-free shampoo for brightening hair

Davines Minu Shampoo

There's rarely a Davines product we aren't impressed with, but this vibrancy-boosting shampoo is surely a star of the line. Designed especially to brighten highlights and balayage, it'll dissolve the minerals and pollutants that build up on hair, returning your colour to its post-salon glory. There's next to no lather, but the fresh meadow scent is a crowd-pleaser.

Best sulphate-free shampoo for dry skin

R + Co Atlantis Moisturizing B5 Shampoo

R+Co's everyday shampoo works harder than most when it comes to imparting hydration. Ideal for softening sun-soaked strands (and those dried into submission by a styling tool), it contains a host of humectant extracts to ensure maximum softness and shine.

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Best sulphate-free shampoo for damaged hair.

Aveda Botanical Repair Strengthening Shampoo

Aveda uses gentle plant-derived surfactants in place of SLS in its formulas, ensuring an airy lather without any stripping side-effects. Botanical Repair is the brand's take on a 'bond-building' product, working to repair damaged strands over time. Start with the shampoo and conditioner, then add in the equally brilliant Strengthening Treatment to really amp up the results.

Best sulphate-free co-wash

Sam McKnight Curl Cleanse Cleansing Conditioner

If you're hoping to bring curls or coils back to their bouncy best, a conditioning co-wash could be the key. Sam McKnight's deliciously fragranced formula works best when massaged vigorously into soaking-wet hair: the jackfruit-enriched cream will sweep away sebum without upsetting your natural curl pattern, resulting in swishy, shiny texture and a happy, refreshed scalp.

best sulphate-free shampoo for sensitive scalps

Act+Acre Cold Processed Cleanse Shampoo

If your scalp is sensitive, dry or prone to dandruff, Act + Acre is a brand worth getting to know. This hair 'cleanser' is ultra-gentle yet surprisingly powerful when it comes to sweeping away oil and product build-up. The trick is to mix a pump in your hands to create a light lather before applying to your scalp: as it uses apple amino acids instead of a foaming agent, it won't froth up on its own.

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Best sulphate-free shampoo for snapping hair

Olaplex No 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo

Olaplex's SLS-free shampoo goes further than most, working to repair the bonds in each hair fibre that have been broken by chemical or manual stress (so both bleaching and straightening habits are covered). It's a must for anyone looking to speed up the post-bleaching recovery time.

Best sulphate-free shampoo for dry, brittle hair

Innersense Hydrating Cream Hairbath

Innersense creates gentle products that are free from harsh foaming agents and ingredients that can dry out skin and hair. Its hero Hydrating Cream Hairbath is a rich, creamy formula that sweeps away mild to moderate build-up while delivering intense hydration to frizz-prone waves and curls. If you're struggling with dry lengths or breakage, stop the search here.

Best sulphate-free shampoo for blondes

Pureology Strength Cure Blonde Shampoo

Now 26% Off

Pureology's award-winning range contains an anti-fade complex that ensures you can deeply clean your hair without stripping out the colour. The gentle surfactants in this brightening shampoo deliver a moderate lather, while the purple pigments neutralise brassiness.

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Best value sulphate-free shampoo

L'Oreal Paris Elvive Bond Repair Shampoo

This month, L'oreal Paris makes 'bond repairing' technology a truly affordable proposition. Pleasingly priced yet impressive powerful, this pearly shampoo works to reinforce the bonds that are damaged via chemical and mechanical processes, delivering major damage limitation to heavily treated lengths. The fragrance is lemony and the lather light and airy: an all-round winner.

Best sulphate-free shampoo for a deep clean

Fekkai Apple Cider Triple Cleanse Shampoo

Fekkai's latest launch calls on apple cider vinegar instead of SLS to deeply cleanse hair in need of a serious refresh. Indeed, the results of this apple-scented hero are impressive: even the most dry shampoo-soaked scalp will feel intensely detoxed. For a major shine, team with the Detangling Rinse liquid conditioner.

Best sulphate-free shampoo bar

Ethique Frizz Wrangler Solid Shampoo

Eliminating plastic entirely, a solid, paper-wrapped shampoo bar is a much more sustainable option than a traditional formula. However, many of them are loaded with SLS and seriously lacking in the performance stakes. Not this one from Ethique, though: the gentle coconut-based bar will lather gently when swiped over wet roots, and leave your scalp feeling clean yet balanced. A very impressive eco option.

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