In my efforts to go totally healthy and organic in my home and body products I decided to test four leading natural shampoo brands here in Australia to see which is best on my hair. I’ve never really been a fan of natural shampoo’s because they never seem to clean my hair as well as regular brands and often leave my hair in a dry messy straw like mess at the end.

But determined I was so over the course of two weeks I tried the following shampoo’s: Endota Spa Organic Shamperfect Mint Shampoo, Alchemy Mandarin Shampoo, Miessence Organics Desert Flower Shampoo and Organic Instinct Natural Shampoo. Here are the results in order of best to worst:

BEST – Alchemy Mandarin Shampoo. I like that this shampoo has no parabens, sulfates or other nasties. While I did need to follow with a conditioner to settle my hair down afterwards, I’m not saying it’s perfect but out of all the shampoo’s I tried this one got the most ticks.

RUNNER UP – Organic Instinct Natural Shampoo. I absolutely love this shampoo. It actually made my hair look and feel (and smell) the nicest of the bunch but alas I had to take some points off because it contains sodium laureth sulphate. Now I know laureth isn’t as bad as lauryl but it is still a chemical I’m trying to avoid. But ohh how I love this shampoo .. Sigh.

THIRD PLACE – Miessence Organics Desert Flower Shampoo. I really wanted this shampoo to do better than it did. I’m in love with the Miessence range but am very disappointed with how this cleaned my hair. Granted this shampoo is the healthiest and most natural of the bunch but I was left with a messy mop at the end that didn’t seem to improve as I tried it again.Â

LAST – Endota Spa Organic Mint Shamperfect. The only thing I like about this shampoo was the packaging (very cute) and the smell (the mint is divine). Everything else was horrid (didn’t lather, didn’t wash out, left my hair greasy) and even worse the mint made my head itch. Avoid!