When you buy shampoo/conditioner, do you base your purchase on the scent of the product or the purpose of the product?

I'm not too picky about my shampoo other then it had better not be cheap...you get what you pay for after all

I read the ingredients looking for panthenol or other silicones while avoiding glycol or lanolin. I also seek high placement of the herbal content, like aloe.

Clairol Shimmer Lights for blonde hair

I always read the ingredients and pick shampoos/conditioners that contain some type of protein and as little oil and alcohol as possible.

normal, though I may be an oily -- I'm just in denial.

I have to make sure it doesn't make my hair stiff, as it is naturally curly. (Lucky me, right?) Otherwise I can't get a comb/brush through it. I don't care much about the scent, as long as it doesn't smell bad.

I buy shampoo for normal colored hair, but it has to smell good, and I buy conditioner based on scent and how silky it makes my hair.

for scent and for dandruff......

I buy it for the scent since I've never really found a shampoo that does wonders for my hair, although I have learned to stay away from the really cheap stuff.

I usually buy the one that smells good, and is for normal hair. Right now I am using Herbal Esence, which I really like. The only thing is, it doesn't make me orgasim like those women in the comericals. Do you think I could get my money back if I wrote them?

Both.

My folks buy shampoo/conditioner from the house.

I heard that Herbal Essence was designed to be able to be used as a sexual lubricant as well as a hair care product. Whether or not that is true, I tried the conditioner as a lubricant and it actually worked very well. I had an orgasm.

I buy shampoo/conditioner based on (lack of) scent.

I buy shampoo/conditioner based on LACK of scent.

I buy shampoo/conditioner based on lack of cents.

I buy shampoo/conditioner based on lack of sense.

I find that I am very sensitive to the scent of the shampoo when I am washing my hair so try to find one with as little scent as possible otherwise I sneeze myself silly in the shower.

Both

First I choose the cheapest one, then I smell them.

Purpose.

A bit of both, it must have a good purpose, although scent is not that important, its important that it doesn't smell bad.

whether or not it is tested on animals

Ah, so you only select products for which you aren't the first guinea pig? I don't like knowing there are furrless rabbits out there with scarred tissue, but on the other hand three generations of mice probably could have prevented thalidamide babies. Personally I buy cage free eggs, having volunteered first hand at an organic egg ranch in which you had isles of cages 2' wide, 6 hens per cage, dropping on the lower tiers, conveyor fed, never seeing sunlight. (An earthquake that occurred an hour after I denounced God knocked over some aisles) Perhaps you should compromise with 'humane research', before some genetic hair conditioner starts growing hair on the eyeballs of our offspring.
I alternate between pretty smelling and usefull conditioners depending on the days weathar and my agenda.

You orgasmed? Maybe I'm defective then. I've never had an orgasim. But I've never used the conditioner so maybe I should try that one.

You have to rub it on your genitals...not your scalp.

Or toothpaste, that's one you'll never forget.

Not the scalp? I knew I was doing something wrong.

Toothpaste? I have never heard of that one before. Do I need a specific brand?

The mintier the better. A delicacy on sensitive skin.

Mint? Really? I don't see how that has anything to do with it.

I was about 14 when I discovered the awesome wonder of using toothpaste as a genital lubricant. I suppose one of those wintergreen camphor back sprain medications would be just as memorable.

mmmmmmmm icy HOT!

Ouch! That sounds painful.

You bet, not a mistake one makes twice, although I suppose I've now given S&M'ers something new to do.

That is an interesting story.

I've also discovered pop rocks are a bad idea.

I definitely buy a shampoo according to its purpose; I don't like strong scents: they can affect my breathing.