DS Laboratories
Revita
- Maker
- DS Laboratories
- Size
- 7 oz
- Typical price
- $36.00 · $5.14/oz
- Key ingredients
- 2 of 5
- Built around caffeine, biotin and other scalp actives
- Sulfate-less cleansing system
- Priced near the top of the list
Vitamin
Biotin
Biotin in shampoo: what vitamin B7 does in a thickening formula and what it doesn't.
Biotin is vitamin B7. It is in many thickening shampoos because people associate it with stronger hair and nails.
True biotin deficiency is rare, and a shampoo is a topical product, not a supplement, so it does not change your biotin levels. In a shampoo, biotin is best thought of as part of a conditioning formula that affects how hair looks and feels after washing.
Where to find it
Biotin appears in DS Laboratories Revita, Pura D'or Gold Label and Nioxin System 2. Regenepure puts biotin in its conditioner rather than in DR, and pairs the two in its kits.
Shampoos with biotin
Pura D'or
Gold Label Anti-Thinning
- Maker
- Pura D'or
- Size
- 16 oz
- Typical price
- $29.99 · $1.87/oz
- Key ingredients
- 2 of 5
- Biotin, saw palmetto, argan oil and nettle in an aloe base
- No sulfates
- 16 oz bottle and the lowest price per ounce
Nioxin
System 2 Cleanser
- Maker
- Nioxin
- Size
- 10.1 oz
- Typical price
- $20.49 · $2.03/oz
- Key ingredients
- 3 of 5
- Caffeine, biotin, niacin and peppermint
- Step one of a shampoo, conditioner and treatment system
- Uses a sulfate cleanser