Okay I’ll give a short and long version of my review. In short, their claims of maintaining a good balance of natural oils while cleaning you hair are TRUE. The scent is gentle and fades fairly quickly which I appreciate since I prefer to wear cologne. 10/10 from me.
Now the long version.
A bit about me, I’m in my late 20’s and of Asian and European descent. My hair is prone to getting oily and greasy if I don’t shampoo every time I shower (once a day sometimes twice if I’m working out).
I experienced some troubling hair thinning and began experimenting with various shampoos (different brands like Moroccan oil, Ouai, and some salon recommended brands) but none of them were able to restore my hair’s former volume and strength.
Given that I’m very obsessive with my hair, I counted the strands that I’d lose with a shower drain filter.
Prior to modern mammals I was losing anywhere from 25 to 40 strands of hair every wash.
After just a week of Modern Mammals, I saw a dramatic reduction in hair in my filter 7 to 11 per wash, which is well below the norm for men my age. (I know it’s absolutely normal to lose some hair in a wash but the metrics matter)
The feel of my hair after shampooing with Modern Mammals was more like second days hair. Very soft, voluminous, and a natural sheen to it that you can’t recreate with shampoo and conditioner.
After examining strands of hair under my AmScope B120, a direct comparison of hair collected when using other shampoos (examined at time of collection to mitigate deterioration of the sample from affecting my data) and hair collected after using Modern Mammals was done. Both samples were taken after hair was air dried approximately one and a half hour after washing.
Other shampoos had a range of 34-54 micrometers in width.
After a week of Modern Mammals I was shocked to see my hair regained strength and density with strands ranging from 47-71 micrometers in width.
Anyone who’s read this far probably thinks I’m obsessive about my hair, but I just have too much time and access to lab equipment at the university I’m working at. But what started as a “eh why not” purchase from an instagram ad, became an experiment that changed the way I look at hair care.
The natural and simple ingredients in Modern Mammals have breathed new life into my hair and I’m genuinely advocating for all of my friends and family to ditch the detergent in favor of their magic mud!
I can’t speak to all hair types, but Modern Mammals was, is, and will always be the only “shampoo” for me!