Rene Furterer Forticea Stimulating Shampoo Review

Hello all!!!

Today’s review is of a shampoo I’ve been testing out for the past few months. It’s called the Rene Furterer Forticea Stimulating Shampoo and I purchased it from my local pharmacy for around 14 euro/18.14 dollars. It’s also available on Amazon with more versions of it to choose from but I figured I should go with the one I could purchase locally and save on the shipping and handling expenses if I ended up not liking it. 

So, the shampoo I purchased looks like this…

Product Description

There’s 200ml/6.76oz of product and it’s going to last for about a month if you shampoo your hair once or twice a week. Even though taking frequent showers helps cleanse your skin and get rid of dirt and oil that has piled up throughout the day, shampooing your hair on a daily basis can actually harm your hair because you dispose of natural oils that your scalp produces that is good for your hair growth. In any case, this shampoo might be a bit expensive, it can actually last a while…

The consistency is very interesting: It’s almost gel-like but it also has round capsules in it which break as you’re shampooing your hair. It actually looks like a gel scrubbing cleanser, but you don’t feel the capsules at all. The smell reminds me of something with lemon in it, which actually gives a really clean feel – kind of important, don’t you think? The texture is very light and it doesn’t weight on the hair; afterwards, it feels like every single product you’ve used on your hair throughout the week (including the dirt and dust it might have collected from the outdoors) has been removed and your hair is squeaky clean :P 

Product Performance

Now, on to the most important question: Does it actually help your hair grow faster? In all honesty, I will say yes. My hair grows exceptionally slow and I have tried “stimulating” shampoos in the past but I got nothing… This one’s different. I have no idea what ingredient in this shampoo stimulated my hair but they has been growing faster and they also look a lot healthier than before. And I’m one of those people who colors, straightens, curls etc. my hair all the time. 

There seems to be a balance between the deep cleansing of this shampoo and how it moisturizes the hair, because even though it doesn’t weight on the hair (like some other moisturizing shampoos I have used over the years), it also doesn’t dry my hair out (like some deep cleansing ones do). Overall, I am absolutely satisfied with this product and I have been using only this one as far as shampoo goes, with a touch of the Tsubaki Damage Care Treatment for the ends of my hair, whose review you can read here 

Tsubaki Damage Care Treatment

Just to be clear: this won’t make your hair grow overnight. It doesn’t help them grow Rapunzel-style; no shampoo can do that. What it can do for you, as time goes by and you keep using it, is to stimulate your hair and help them grow a little faster than usual. So in a few months, you can start seeing actual results :)

Hope this review was helpful! Have a great weekend 

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