If You Want Bouncy Hair and a Thriving Scalp, Consider Adding This Shampoo to Your Next Washday

Key Ingredients: Gugo bark, coconut water, shiso mint leaf, papaya, lavender oil)

If you're combating an itchy or oily scalp, it's smart to incorporate a shampoo in your washday routine that's formulated with fast-acting, cutting-edge technology. "L'anza has a Healing Remedy Scalp Balancing Cleanser that focuses on balancing out the PH of the hair and scalp," Friese says. It uses a patented Keratin Healing System to balance oiliness and address scalp issues while ridding hair of excess sebum for a healthy-looking shine.

Scented: Yes (shiso mint leaf, lavender oil)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: Yes

Customer Review: "The itchiness and flakes on my scalp have basically vanished! It has a refreshing scent. Minimizes the oil coming from my scalp so I don’t have to wash as often! Great price for a great product! Perfect amount of shampoo. Will for sure be gifting this!"

Key Ingredients: Amino acids, vitamin B6

This shampoo by Kérastase balances the scalp by removing excess oil and odor from the scalp using an effective blend of amino acids and vitamin B6. You'll be left with a scalp and hair that's protective from external aggressors and pollutants, leaving your strands soft and shiny, and gently fragranced. Plus, its lightweight formula delivers enhanced volume at the root and easy detangling.

Scented: Yes (Indian basil, freesia, and sandalwood)

Safe for Color-treated Hair: Yes

Customer Review: "I have been using this shampoo for almost a year now, and I really love it. For reference, I have oily roots and the rest of my hair is normal. I don't shampoo my hair daily so I use this once every 3-4 days and it seems to help balance my scalp without drying out my ends (like other shampoos tend to.)"

Key Ingredients: Panax ginseng root, rosemary leaf extract, sage leaf extract

Ideal for all hair types and textures, the Sunday Clarifying Shampoo uses a formula designed for weekly use to address oily scalps and strands. Using panax ginseng root, rosemary leaf extract, and sage leaf extract, it cleanses and strengthens the hair shaft. You'll have shiny, salon-level hair in no time. If you have color-treated hair, however, you might want to skip this one.

Scented: yes (sparkling cassis, watery cyclamen, and mint leaf)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: no

Customer Review: "Love this clarifying shampoo, a little goes a long way so don't be discouraged by the price per ounce. I usually pre-oil my hair before washing and only wash every few days, and this gets my hair squeaky clean after a single wash. Be sure to not use more than once a week to not over-dry your hair!"

Key Ingredients: apple extract, aloe vera leaf juice, tamanu seed oil

R+Co has a lot of treasures in its collection of impressive haircare offerings, but the Lost Treasure Apple Cider Vinegar Cleansing Rinse is one of my all time favorites. This one sweeps away product buildup and purifies the hair and scalp with a formula using all the good stuff (A.K.A. apple fruit extract, aloe vera leaf juice, and tamanu seed oil). It also includes coconut oil, which defines the hair and raises hydration.

Scented: yes (Sicilian lemon, tangerine, eucalyptus, green tea, tree moss, crisp amber)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "I have fine hair that gets oily quickly, meaning I have to wash it almost daily. This rinse does a great job of gently cleaning without stripping, so I only have to fully shampoo once or twice a week. Lightweight but effective!"

Key Ingredients: rosemary essential oil, lemon essential oil, jojoba oil

Here's an aptly named shampoo works hard to cleanse purify your hair and scalp by reducing buildup. It has a unique sulfate-free formula that uses rosemary essential oil, lemon essential oil, and jojoba oil to restore balance to the scalp while cleansing each strand from root to tip and flushing both with a wave of moisture. The shampoo also ramps up vibrancy, luster, and body.

Scented: yes (lemon, rosemary, basil)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "My roots unfortunately get oily pretty quickly between washes, and this shampoo really helps my scalp and roots feel clean and refreshed on a daily basis. It also smells amazing and makes me look forward to shampooing! I used to switch shampoo all the time, looking for something that works, but I've been reordering this one."

Key Ingredients: chelating agents, apple cider vinegar, hydrolyzed keratin

A detox shampoo that smells like one of Ouai's signature fragrances? Sign me up! It deeply cleanses away dirt, oil, and product buildup using a blend of exfoliating and residue combating apple cider vinegar, smoothing hyrolyzed keratin, and chelating agents that helps remove hard water deposits and impurities from your hair and scalp. Instead of leaving behind residue, your hair will be lightly scented with the brand's Melrose scent: a rose scent punctuated with notes of bergamot, lychee, cedarwood, and musk.

Scented: yes (rose, bergamot, lychee, cedarwood, white musk)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "I have 3C hair and have found other products to be too heavy or stripping. This detox shampoo has been a game changer! I’ve used it once a week for two weeks now and have seen great results. Reduced dry/flaky scalp and buildup without drying my hair out. Left a nice, clean feeling. Would repurchase!"

Key Ingredients: aloe vera leaf juice, oregano, nettle

Josh Rosebrook's Balance Shampoo is formulated with a delicate mixture of plant-derived oils to restore softness, shine, and volume to hair. Created with all hair types and textures in mind (especially fine texture), it formula lifts away stagnant oil. In turn, your hair will have more manageability, shine, and hydration. I especially love its use of oregano, which contains antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce inflammation and redness.

Scented: yes (rosemary, lemon, grapefruit, rose)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "If you have dry, frizzy hair then this is what you need. My hair is color treated and frizzy on the ends and this shampoo is what my hair craves. Infusing locks with nutrients, this shampoo doesn't weigh it down or leave it greasy. It simply cleans hair gently and leaves it better than before. Highly recommended! Excellent for all hair types."

Key Ingredients: wheat oil, jojoba, aloe

Paul Mitchell's lemony fresh shampoo will leave your tendrils looking and feeling extra clean and shiny without being stripped of its natural oils. It's energizing formula works by minimizing buildup and reducing unneeded oil production with a color-safe formula using wheat oil, jojoba, and aloe. The shampoo especially great for frequent styling product users since it can be used every day without leaving your hair dry and lifeless.

Scented: yes (lemon)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "This is a really good shampoo. It does what it says it does—removes buildup. Yet, it's not too drying. My scalp and skin are hyper sensitive and this gave me no problems. If you find that this tangles your hair, use a good conditioner. My hair is very fine and with conditioner, tangles were at a minimum. I recommend this."

Key Ingredients: papaya enzymes, mango extract and juice, cherry extract

Inspired by fruit juices, this nutrient-rich shampoo is packed with the best vitamins and minerals to support a healthy scalp and hair. Its formula uses a unique papaya enzyme known to help balance oil production, mango extract and juice filled with vitamin C and E, and cherry extract that's rich in natural sugars to support the overall health of your hair. The best part? It's formulated with 93 percent naturally derived ingredients.

Scented: yes (mango, cherry, fresh florals)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "This shampoo is a staple in my hair care rotation! Not only does it smell incredible like the rest of Briogeo’s products, but it is essential to keeping my scalp healthy and balanced. I like to use this once every couple washes to help balance my oil production. I see a noticeable difference in how oily my hair gets after using and it always leaves my scalp soothed. This has a bunch of other great nourishing ingredients and doesn’t dry out my hair which is super important for any oil balancing shampoo!"

Key Ingredients: micellar water, celery seed extract, rose water

Kevin Murphy's Scalp.Spa combines the benefits of celery seed extract and rose water with micellar water to soothe and cleanse the scalp, balancing moisture levels and sebum production. To use, simply apply the shampoo to wet hair and lather gently from root to tip before following it with a rinse. For the best result, consider also using the brand's Wash, Rinse, of Masque. Using this shampoo always feels like a trip to the spa.

Scented: yes (celery, rose water)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "This shampoo truly makes my scalp feel refreshed when I use it. It has definitely improved my scalp's itchiness too. I've been using this for many years along with the scalp scrub and would be lost without it!"

Key Ingredients: fermented tea, filtered glycolic acid

Infused and micro-dosed with fermented tea filtered glycolic acid, the Scalp Sync Clarifying Shampoo by Biolage gently removes scalp residue to restore volume and shine to the hair. It also balances scalp moisture levels, eliminiates impurities without impacting softness, and cleanses without stripping the hair and scalp of its natural oils and hydration. The shampoo is also suitable for color-treated hair.

Scented: yes (tea, sheer florals)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "I've gone through countless shampoos to deal with my oily and flaky scalp and flat hair, and this finally seems like it solved my issue! After one use I already feel a difference. My hair has so much more bounce in it too which really shows my layers!"

Key Ingredients: sunflower seed oil, mango fruit extract

DesignMe's Puff.Me Volumizing Shampoo stands out because its formula is fast-working, lightweight, and can be used for all hair types an textures. It's also one of Stollmeyer's favorites. "The shampoo is lightweight and also doubles as a gentle clarifier and the conditioner then lightly replenishes any moisture loss," Stollmeyer explains. "It balances the scalp and encourages fullness and volume throughout the hair."

Scented: yes (black cherry, almond, tonka bean)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "Every time I wash my hair with this shampoo, it feels like a mini escape. The airy lather smells of zesty citrus and soft florals, instantly waking me up. It gives my roots an effortless lift and my hair maintains a healthy shine for days. Unlike other volumizers that leave residue or flatten by noon, this formula cleanses deeply yet gently, which keeps my hair feeling light and bouncy."

Key Ingredients: buckwheat extract

Davine's Solu Shampoo removes buildup and residue from styling products and more using natural ingredients like buckwheat extract, which is rich in essential amino acids and antioxidants to support scalp and hair health. Its scented with sparkling notes of citrus and earthy green herbs that lingers in the hair all day no matter what you put it through (including intense spin classes and dashing from appointment to appointment).

Scented: yes (citrus, green herbs)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "The best clarifying shampoo out there. I have long, finer straight hair and have forever had issues with oily roots. I’ve tried so many different brands of higher end shampoos and none have solved my problem like Solu. Total game changer! I can now wash 2-3 times a week (with some dry shampoo in between) versus 7 days like I use too. Paired with their Oi conditioner on my roots it’s amazing!"

Key Ingredients: Virtue Alpha Keratin 60ku Clinical, white willow bark extract, ziziphus joazeiro bark extract

The Scalp Remedy Shampoo uses a fragrance-free, drug-free formula that balances the microbiome and nourishes the scalp with Virtue's patented bio-identical protein to replace keratin loss (Virtue Alpha Keratin 60ku Clinical), dead cell exfoliating white willow bark extract, and ziziphus joazeiro bark extract to promote a balanced scalp. I like to think of this one as the closest thing to a magic potion you can find on beauty retailer shelves since it works miracles for reversing hair damage.

Scented: no

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "I was pleasantly surprised by the Virtue shampoo! It cleanses the scalp really well and leaves the roots feeling fresh, but what I love most is that it doesn’t dry out the lengths of my hair. My hair feels soft, healthy, and easy to style. The scent is subtle and luxurious, and it gives that 'just left the salon' feeling. Definitely a product worth trying!"

Key Ingredients: Oribe Signature Complex (watermelon, lychee and edelweiss flower), Biome Balancing Complex (rosebay extract and green marine algae), biomimetic amino acid, sugar-derived prebiotic

If you're going to elevate your haircare routine, make sure you're investing in high-performing wash day must-haves like the Serene Scalp Oil Control Shampoo by Oribe. It's a sulfate-free purifying product that targets oil and sebum on the scalp, balancing its microbiome. That way, you can benefit from extended time between washes without worrying about oil build up. It uses the Oribe Signature Complex (watermelon, lychee, and edelweiss flower extract) combined with their Biome Balancing Complex and more to get the job done.

Scented: yes (sheer florals)

Safe for Color-Treated Hair: yes

Customer Review: "I love using this shampoo for my mid-week wash followed by the control conditioner. My hair feels clean while not being greasy even on day three after using this shampoo. My full routine is the scalp scrub and clarifying shampoo once weekly and I usually use a little of this after the clarifying shampoo just to maintain my scalp's oil control."