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Get it while you can, while there is still some stock left. It apparently has been discontinued. Here's why:Back in the day, say about 40 years ago, shampoo was STRONG and it got your hair CLEAN. The only shampoo that was "gentle enough to use every day" was Johnson's Baby Shampoo. Well, somebody in one of the shampoo-manufacturing companies got the bright idea that if they dumbed down their shampoo so that people would HAVE to use it every day, they would sell a whole lot more shampoo and get mighty rich. But to carry that off, they'd have to eliminate competition from other manufacturers who were still making strong shampoo. So they colluded. All the major shampoos came out at one time with shampoo that was advertised as "gentle enough to use every day." In other words, it's not a flaw, it's a feature! I watched it happen and I smelled a rat.I have oily hair and need a strong shampoo that doesn't leave any residue. For many years I even used dandruff shampoo because it still had some little bit of strength left in it, although I don't have dandruff. I always tried to find shampoo that was formulated for "fine" hair that has no Body, because the only way to get any volume is to keep it squeaky clean. Not long ago, even the dandruff shampoo I was using got dumbed down, so back I went to the shampoo shelves. I found Herbal Essence's "Tea-Lightfully Clean" and was quite pleased with it.But now it is no longer on the shelves, and neither is any other kind of shampoo that says it will get your hair CLEAN. It seems like anytime some manufacturer comes out with a semi-strong shampoo, somehow it gets discontinued. I have stocked up on a few bottles of "Tea-Lightfully Clean" in the hopes that I can make them last until some other semi-strong shampoo comes onto the market.I refuse to shampoo every day. It is a huge waste of water and my time. With oily hair, I have to wash it every 3 days anyway, even with a strong shampoo, and by gum that's enough!I actually searched for "tea tree shampoo" and bought this on a whim as the first thing that came up, the price was low and it was a small bottle, so I figured I could try it out and it wouldn't be a huge bottle going to waste if I didn't like it.I usually love Herbal Essences smells, but the actual job that the shampoo does lacks results for me and I never buy their products. I spend quite a bit of time smelling and comparing shampoos in stores before choosing one, so buying one without knowing anything about it had me expecting a crappy shampoo. I actually almost cancelled but the order had already been started, and like I said, it was cheap.But surprise!!! The first use of this product had me hooked. For a tea tree oil shampoo, the smell is great. Sort of an apple-y light soapy smell. There is just enough tea tree oil in the product to feel the effect but not as much as Jason tea tree shampoos contain, or some of those other brands. First time users of tea tree oil are usually pretty sensitive to tea tree's menthol-like effects, but I find that I barely feel it anymore after being a long time tea tree oil fanatic.My daughter used this one day, and her hair looked AMAZING!! we got both the conditioner and shampoo. I have oily/ wavy thick hair, one of my daughters has oily thin wavy hair, and my other daughter has curly thick but fine hair, and for each of us it works GREAT!! Our waves and curls aren't weighed down, and our hair feels strong and soft, and our sensitive scalps are less itchy and dry.This is my new favorite shampoo/conditioner.Now I need to find it in a 32 oz container.I don't love this as much as I like the "Drama Clean" shampoo that this replaces, but it's not terrible- it still leaves my hair very shiny and not weighed down. When I heard that Drama Clean was being discontinued, I started trying a bunch of others shampoos I heard was close and this is the closet I have come to Drama Clean. It's just not quite as great as Drama Clean is/was. I still have half a bottle of Drama Clean left, and I am alternating days when I use it and use this (the Tea-Lightfully Clean) and I can tell when I use Drama Clean when my hair dries- it's shiny, not weighed down, but also isn't quite as fly-away. I have fairly fine, wavy hair, but a lot of it, so it can sort of stand on end instead of waving with certain shampoos. But I like my hair REALLY clean, squeaky clean in the shower, so it's been a challenge to find a shampoo that really cleans my hair but doesn't leave it looking like either a straw patch or like I stuck my finger in a socket. Drama Clean always did the trick for me. The Tea-Lightfully comes in a close second.I do hope Herbal Essences re-release the Drama Clean, but until then, I'll use the Tea-Lightfully Clean (with a few days of Prell thrown in here and there just to clarify.)I am not one to notice a tremendous difference from one shampoo to the next unless I come across one that really doesn't work with my hair type. For the most part, they seem the same to me except for differences in fragrance, etc. What stands out to me about this shampoo is the lather. Just a small amount creates a great foaming lather. The lather is invigorating to both my hair and scalp. I feel it gives my hair a little extra lift and it makes it a bit healthier. My hair is darker when it is healthier, and I was asked the other day if I had darkened my hair. I had not, so the shampoo seems to be doing its job. I have also put a bottle in my guest room bath, and my occasional guests have all told me how much they like it.
