Any brand with a large catalogue creates the same problem: a dozen bottles, all promising shine, and no obvious way in. The shortcut for Faberlic — and honestly for which shampoo for my hair type in general — is to ignore the length entirely and choose for the scalp.

Why the scalp decides

Shampoo touches your mid-lengths for a few seconds as the lather runs off. Shine, slip and softness are the work of conditioner and mask. So the only question shampoo really answers is how your roots behave:

  • Greasy by the end of day one → a clarifying formula
  • Comfortable roots but parched ends → a mild everyday shampoo, with the heavy lifting done by conditioner
  • Itching, tightness, flaking → a sensitive-scalp formula
  • Hair that collapses flat → a volume shampoo, which mostly means one that deposits less

The ranges, in plain terms

Faberlic has been running since 1997 and builds its identity on oxygen cosmetics — the Aquaftem complex. In haircare that shows up as several parallel families rather than one hierarchy:

  • Core hair-type ranges — dry, oily, normal, colour-treated.
  • Botanica, the plant-based line, built around gentler formulas and botanical extracts.
  • Targeted shampoos — anti-dandruff, sensitive scalp, deep cleansing.
  • Colour-care shampoos, formulated to hold pigment longer.

Names and formulations rotate. The catalogue refreshes roughly every three weeks, so check the current catalogue on faberlic.com rather than trusting an old review of a specific bottle.

Reading ingredient lists instead of claims

Shampoo for oily roots is worth a closer look at the label: zinc, clay or niacinamide near the top does more than the word "fresh" on the front. For a dry scalp, look for glycerin and panthenol with mild surfactants. For flaking, look for zinc pyrithione, climbazole or salicylic acid — those are the actives that have a mechanism behind them.

What reviews can and cannot tell you

A Faberlic shampoo review is useful only when the reviewer's hair resembles yours. "Left my hair flat" from someone with fine, oil-prone roots says nothing about how the same bottle behaves on thick, dry hair. Filter reviews by hair type, water hardness, and what the person paired it with.

Registration with Faberlic is free and carries a personal discount of up to 26%, which matters if you buy haircare regularly. For how the products fit together into a routine, start with the haircare guide.

One caveat worth repeating: shampoo does not solve problems that live below the skin. For persistent itching, stubborn flaking or significant hair loss, see a doctor or trichologist first.