Head & Shoulders Damage Rescue Shampoo & Conditioner Review

The Damage Rescue shampoo and conditioner is a brand new line from Head & Shoulders. It's so new in fact that you may not have seen it around too much. If it isn't already in stores near you, it should be soon.

It seems, to me at least, that hair care companies seem to be focusing on repairing damaged hair quite a bit more than they had been recently - maybe damaged due to all the ombre hair we saw over the summer? Who knows. At any rate, it's nice to see hair care companies, like Head & Shoulders, addressing the needs of those with dry and/or damaged hair.

This formula promises to leave your hair up to 10 times stronger in just four uses, and it still has all the anti-dandruff benefits as the regular formula. That's pretty impressive to be honest. Ten times stronger in just four uses.

Before I get into my thoughts on the shampoo and conditioner, I'd like to tell you a bit about my hair and my hair care routine.

I wash and condition my hair every other day. Once in a while I have to wash it two days in a row - due to my schedule or what have you - but that's pretty rare. My hair is fine in texture, but I have a TON of it. This means I'm prone to tangles and snarls and in the end hair breakage because it gets tangled so easily.

At first I was kind of skeptical about a dandruff shampoo and conditioner - I didn't even know they had conditioners! - making my hair stronger. It only took a few uses to convince me it was possible though. I started out using both the shampoo and conditioner every time I washed my hair - that's every other day - and after about a week of washing my hair really did feel stronger. It was almost as though my strands of hair felt thicker and there was definitely more elasticity. I didn't seem to have as much hair pulling/falling out when I brushed it and there was less fall out and breakage during the day.

The only downfall I discovered right around the time I noticed my hair getting stronger is that if I use these products every time I wash my hair, it doesn't take long for my roots/scalp to get weighed down and almost greasy. I hesitate to say it got greasy though because it wasn't necessarily greasy. It just got very heavy and tended to lay flat instead of having volume.

I've found that if I use it every other or every third wash it does a lot better. It keeps my hair feeling strong without also feeling heavy and flat. As an added benefit, I haven't had any of the dry, itchy scalp that I sometimes get in the winter. I don't tend to have dandruff problems, but occasionally get some itchy scalp when it gets really cold out.

The shampoo and conditioner retail for about $6 on Amazon and $5 at Walmart.

Disclaimer: I received this product free from Influenster for testing purposes.