Leaderboard/Dry, damaged hair/ingredient effects
Hair type

Dry, damaged hair

Porous, brittle hair from heat, bleach or mechanical damage.

Ingredient Score with vs without it Effect t With Without
Retinyl Palmitate
-806 -24.0 3 293
Basic Blue 124
+602 +19.4 3 293
Methyl Benzoate
-347 -16.8 3 293
Glyoxal
-794 -16.6 5 291
Hydroxyethyl-2-Nitro-p-Toluidine
-338 -16.2 3 293
Hydrolyzed Pea Protein
+662 +12.7 3 293
Dipropylene Glycol
+613 +12.5 7 289
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
-551 -12.1 19 277
Urtica Dioica Leaf Extract
-344 -10.1 4 292
Equisetum Arvense Extract
-320 -9.8 3 293
PEG-200 Hydrogenated Glyceryl Palmate
-313 -9.2 7 289
Silicone Quaternium-22
+640 +8.9 3 293
Disodium 2-Sulfolaurate
+544 +8.4 4 292
Hydrolyzed Keratin
+380 +8.0 34 262
Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil
+367 +7.7 12 284
Threonine
+472 +7.7 11 285
Serine
+450 +7.3 12 284
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Seed Extract
+399 +7.3 6 290
Hydrolyzed Silk
+568 +7.1 6 290
Alanine
+470 +7.0 10 286
Arginine
+346 +6.9 27 269
Sodium Xylenesulfonate
-360 -6.8 40 256
Coconut Acid
+372 +6.6 6 290
Glycine
+431 +6.6 11 285
Caprylyl Glycol
+354 +6.5 18 278
Aspartic Acid
+479 +6.5 9 287
Valine
+479 +6.5 9 287
Isoleucine
+479 +6.5 9 287
Proline
+479 +6.5 9 287
Phenylalanine
+479 +6.5 9 287

Effect is the difference in mean score (Elo points) between ranked shampoos that contain the ingredient and those that do not; |t| above about 2 is unlikely to be chance alone.