I grew up using the legendary, and still available, Johnson and Johnson's Baby Shampoo. I think Mom was still buying it for us into late primary school. It came in a hygienic pee-yellow colour and either it did the job, or it was cheap - I can't be sure.That said, my hair made it through my formative years. New phase, new shampoo and I started using Dad's Gill. Gill, a marketing achievement, the only real men's shampoo. If men actually helped with grocery shopping, it would no doubt have competition.
When I moved into my own place, and realized how expensive cleaning equipment was, I didn't last long on the Gill-wagon. It was back to J&J's family shampoo, which is similar to the infant variety, only it also strips paint, cleans toilets and disinfects drains. Or so I imagine.
For a number of years I bought into the fact that J&J Family is half the price of everything else on the shelf. Right up until the day my sister gave me a small bottle of some, other, fancy looking shampoo... for the flight to 'Nam. Over the next week, in the 30 degree heat, 200 million percent humidity, my hair staged a come back tour... which given the circumstances is remarkable. When I got home I bought some new shampoo... I'm easing into things and have gone with something slightly more expensive than my beloved J&J Paint stripper... keeping an eye on the results.
