Tea Tree shampoo and hair colour

Citygirl1

Hi, does tea tree shampoo strip colour from your hair. I have an itchy scalp and tea tree shower gel suits my body (Original Source) which is also itchy so I want to try the shampoo but don’t want to strip my hair colour.

Citygirl1

Does anyone use tea tree shampoo?

duloch

Citygirl1 wrote: »

Does anyone use tea tree shampoo?

I used tea tree shampoo when headlice was going around at work (I work in a playgroup) as I had heard that the lice don't like this product. Not sure if its true or just an old wives tale but I never did get headlice. Although talking about it now makes me feel itchy lol. Anyway I have blonde hair and it didnt do my hair any harm although I only used this shampoo once or twice a week for a while.

chrisaj

One dab of tea tree on the bony bit behind the ears WILL keep headlice at bay

whatatwit

My DD has coloured hair (green at the moment) and she finds that using a tea tree shampoo & conditioner caused the colour to fade very quickly, it also made her pre-lightened (bleached) hair go very matted and in poor condition.
She has gone back to using shampoo & conditioner for coloured hair and it's much better.

On the headlice situation, I found that by using the Nitty Gritty comb and a cheapo tea tree conditioner to which I added a few more drops of tea tree oil the nits & eggs were soon combed out.

jenniewb

Its the sulfates people- not (just) the tea tree! Sulfates are what fade things!