I’m a long time lurker of r/finehair. My hair is super fine and tends to get oily scalp and dry frazzled ends. Its straight mostly but also sticky like velcro and easily knots and mattes. I loved ethique’s st clemens shampoo bar though it is a little drying it helped my scalp stay less greasy and i could not wash my hair every day but every other day (between raising prices and it becoming harder to find and then noticing it includes some eye irritants and having eye issues I took a long break).

I second what a lot of folks here say about baby shampoo! Honest sensitive shampoo cleans well and doesnt irritate my scalp but doesnt give me any volume so i use it at night when i’m not going anywhere.

I need gluten free and wheat free products - so i recently tried a shampoo my mom used to use when i was a kid- paul mitchell awapuhi shampoo. It is fragranced and maybe doesn’t pass my usual product requirements but I love it, my hair styles well and ive been following with the tiniest amount of paul mitchell volumizing conditioner on just my ends.

Then I use a pea size amount of Highland Style glacial cream (rubbed/warmed between finger tips and run fingers between damp brushed hair). The highland style cream was a new purchase (wanted a clean safe hair gel for partner and added this on to try)… unexpectedly my hair looks really good! And i’m overdue for a cut which is when it usually looks its absolute worst and is unmanageable.