Overview
We keep Aveeno Scalp Soothing Haircare Clarify & Shine Shampoo on our hair care shelf alongside 49 others, and rank it on rating, review volume and live price rather than on the brand. The manufacturer puts it this way: For all hair types in need of a deep cleanse. Gentle enough for daily use and suitable for sensitive and dry scalp. That is the maker talking, not us, so read it as a claim rather than a finding. On Amazon it sits at 4.5 out of 5 across 3,970 ratings. How that compares with the rest of the shelf is below.
At a glance - Brand
- Aveeno
- Amazon rating
- 4.5 out of 5, from 3,970 ratings
- Against the shelf
- exactly the hair care median of 4.5
- Our placing
- 23 of 50, weighted for how many people rated it
- Where the price sits
- Middle of a shelf running £1.98 to £56.00
- How settled
- A middling number of ratings for this shelf
How it compares on the hair care shelf
Across the 50 rated hair care products we track, the middle of the pack sits at 4.5 out of 5. This one scores 4.5. That's mid-table. Star ratings won't separate this from its neighbours, so the decision comes down to pack size, price per unit and whether the specifics below suit you.
Behind that score sit 3,970 ratings, against a shelf median of 4,347. That's a solid enough base to read the score, though not enough to settle it.
Price-wise it falls in the middle third of a shelf that stretches £1.98 to £56.00, with £7.13 in the middle. That's the middle of the shelf, which is usually the least regretted place to buy from.
Worked out from the 50 hair care products we track, not from the brand's own claims.
How we rank →
Beyond AmazonRated consistently well away from Amazon, too.
- Amazon4.5/53,970 ratings
- Superdrug4.5/541 reviews · source
- LookFantastic4.4/545 reviews · source
Ratings gathered from public product pages at UK retailers. We link to each source so you can check.
Key features, as the manufacturer lists them
Taken from the product listing via Amazon's product API. These are the seller's claims, not our test results.
- New look pack. Same great formula.
- For all hair types in need of a deep cleanse
- Gentle enough for daily use and suitable for sensitive and dry scalp
- Itchy Scalp Shampoo, clinically proven to relieve itchy scalp
- Free from SLS/SLES Sulfates
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