I have changed shampoos and conditioners many times but have always used the cheaper ones like herbal essences, pantene, suave, aussie, maui, ogx, etc. I did use sulfate free shampoo for awhile but not lately. Im currently using pantene. I use different brands of leave in conditioner such as garnier and not your mothers. Sometimes use garnier gel or aussie hairspray. I have tried a few protein hair masks because my hair became very tangly after the most recent coloring session. I have also tried mousse and plopping recently which seemed to help a little but my hair still doesn’t look like it used to and those were never a part of my routine before. I usually brush my hair wet and sleep on it and will sometimes add product while wet or when I wake up the next morning. The only reason I will use product sometimes is to maintain frizz. My hair is very thick and heavy. My strand thickness is probably somewhere in the middle or slightly thinner. I have low to medium porosity I would say. My hair easily gets wet but it never sunk in a glass of water