Busting hair care myths! Build-up, silicones and more AD

Today we're busting myths about hair care products! We'll cover silicones, build-up, cheap vs premium products and more.

#AD This video is sponsored by Pantene. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
In this video:
💇🏻 Scrape test?
💇🏻 Build-up from cheap products?
💇🏻 Bad products weighing hair down?
💇🏻 Avoiding all silicones?
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Lab Muffin Beauty Science is a channel by me, Michelle - I'm a chemistry PhD and beauty lover, here to explain how beauty products work, debunk myths, and help you make smarter decisions about your skincare, hair and makeup!

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[nonamonsod]

Compared to skincare, I find it more difficult to come across haircare content that’s as sciencey as this. Thank you and please keep it coming!

[Quteu]

Props to Pantene for actually sponsoring someone to break down the science of something for us.

[botflyguy]

I was so astounded by the hair test thing. I'm not a hair scientist or anything but it seemed obvious to me that the white stuff is hair shavings and not any "product buildup".

[espem]

Scraping hair strands is one of the WORST things you can do to your hair.

[pvanpelt]

I’d never seen that hair scraping thing, and when you demo’ed it I immediately winced and thought, “I’ll bet that’s cuticle. That’s just shaving it off.” I swear I felt my hair roots cringe, lol.

[kittehtoes]

I had never seen that scrape test until earlier today so it's kinda funny that you debunked it for me just a few hours later! Glad I didn't have to live misinformed for too long!

[leahdomingo]

I'm a hairstylist and cringe when I see others stylists do the cuticle shaving. A lot of stylists also talk Shit about silicones, and sell products with silicone at the same time.

[persephonnevanity]

Can you test if heat protectant protects the hair

[lilrr]

It’s quite pathetic that these same hairdressers provide hair gloss services in their salon which is basically a thick coat if silicone on hair for glossy hair which lasts about a month before all that “bad silicone “ which they charge you for washes off

[madhusree]

Hey Michelle it'd be great if you debunked more hair myths because this was very interesting. I always knew that the white stuff from the scissor test was not really silicone but I was never able to tell what it was. Thanks for this video.

[sarahcarroll]

My thick hair loves silicones. My favorite leave-in was reformulated to be "cleaner" this last summer, so no more silicones. Surprise, it no longer works nearly as well.

[marianne]

Silicones are actually so-called natural. Why do people hate them so much? I'm an absolute fan of salon products, but I don't think they leave less build up.

[vageesha]

I'm so glad people like you exist sometimes i get so emotional just thinking about it.

[lexnthecityyy]

For one year I avoided silicones because of curly hair advice and my hair became so rough feeling. After going back to silicones and a haircut my hair is so soft now. Also started incorporating drugstore products for curly, textured hair and it has been great

[queenofstitcheswarrior]

Never clicked so fast! As a curly girl and a formal hairstylist i find this super interesting! My hair loves sillicone, i have thick hair which can frizz a lot due to the curl pattern and different structure.
And you prove what i said all the time, that is not buildup coming off! I am going to share this truth everywhere, Thank you!❣️

[notaclue]

I tried no silicone for a long time but gave up on it because my hair was so frizzy without silicone.
I'd love it if you would discuss blow dryers. They boast about things like ceramics and ions that cut down on frizz, and I am wondering whether there's any truth in it.

[aviadler.]

My hairdresser always tries to sweet talk me into buying Kerastase stating Pantene causes the silicone to build up in the scalp and cause “suffocation” therefore hair loss. I am very happy with Pantene . I’ve asked for Kerastase sachets and guess what? Pantene still leave my hair super lustrous . Can’t thank you enough for this super informative video ❤️

[Barbara-nbwz]

Good on Pantene for getting someone so knowledgeable and thorough to share information on their behalf

[a.m.j]

Thank you!!! I am someone with curly hair and although most curlies avoid silicones (good for them!) they work wonders for me! So refreshing to get someone else talking about buildup in a scientific way rather than scraping our hair (I think Manes by Mell made a similar video and got to a similar conclusion)

[ClaraBennett]

At my house, plain whole-grain spaghetti with olive oil and grated Parmesan is a very common “ughhh I’m hungry but I don’t have it in me to cook a real meal” option, and those microscope images of the hair looks exactly like that, except the “spaghetti” was all aligned.