The 5 Best Shampoos For Fine Hair

Published on February 24, 2020. Updated May 15, 2020

Fine hair can often be a struggle to manage. It can make styling more difficult, cause your roots to become oily faster, and make hairstyles look flat and lifeless. If this is a struggle that resonates with you, you should be looking for a volumizing shampoo to add texture and thickness to your tresses on wash day.

Aveda Pure Abundance Volumising Shampoo

Aveda has long been known for it’s organic, high-quality, cruelty-free hair products. This shampoo uses kaolin clay and acacia gum to build volume while calendula, honey, and marshmallow act as thickeners to give fine hair body, making it look more full than it actually is! It’s also got a zingy peppermint scent leaving you feeling alert and refreshed.

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Living Proof Full Shampoo

This gentle cleansing shampoo helps fine hair look like natural-looking full-bodied hair with only a quick wash! It uses the patented Health Hair Molecule, which, according to Living Proof, “preps your hair for maximum fullness and body by removing residue and buildup.” The brand’s products are also PETA Certified Cruelty-Free, making this shampoo an easy, ethical choice for your fine locks.

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Philip Kingsley Body Building Weightless Shampoo

This shampoo lifts fine, flat, and flyaway hair without adding weight for “movie-star body, bounce, and shine”, according to Philip Kingsley. Cellulose thickens fine strands while Keratin Proteins strengthen hair and improve fullness. It also aids styling by making fine hair (and accompanying flyaways) easier to control.

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Briogeo Blossom & Bloom Ginseng + Biotin Volumizing Shampoo

Fine, thin, or limp hair will definitely benefit from this volumizing shampoo with a devoted user base! Maltodextrin, a natural sugar starch, coats each strand to provide visible fullness while follicle-supporting ginger, ginseng, and biotin help build volume over time with continued use. Briogeo is a clean beauty brand, free of sulfates, silicones, parabens, phthalates, artificial fragrances, and synthetic dyes. Plus, it’s vegan and cruelty-free!

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Bumble and Bumble Thickening Shampoo

This lightweight shampoo softens, hydrates, and most importantly, adds volume to fine to medium hair that needs a little help in the body department. It’s actually so beloved that it was on the Women’s Health Best Shampoos for Thinning Hair list in 2018. Panthenol – a key ingredient – provides moisture-balancing and promotes healthy hair. Bumble and Bumble is also a cruelty-free brand, so it’s a double win!