Shampoo for frizzy hair

Moroccanoil Moisture Repair Shampoo has the best record for frizzy hair: 12 of 12 shoppers said it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy, though that rests on a small group. Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo and Matrix Mega Sleek Shampoo are close behind, at 35 of 40 and 25 of 28, with the other four shampoos sitting close together below them. Each record counts just shoppers who said they have frizzy hair.

  • 281 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Feb 2020 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it leave frizzy hair smoother? What shoppers said
  1. Matrix Mega Sleek Shampoo 28 said either way
  2. OUAI Fine Hair Shampoo 45 said either way
  3. OUAI Thick Hair Shampoo 38 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for frizz. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Moroccanoil Moisture Repair Shampoo Best record Moroccanoil Moisture Repair Shampoo 12 of 12 say it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy See price & reviews on Amazon

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Moroccanoil Moisture Repair Shampoo

Moroccanoil

Moisture Repair Shampoo

12/12 say it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy

No complaint repeats across its 12 reviews, and 33% like the scent.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 33%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 12 of 12
2 Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo

Olaplex

No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo

35/40 say it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy

Shoppers like the scent (21% of its 47 reviews), though 4% call it too expensive and 4% say it tangles their hair.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 21%
  • Fine hair stays light 4%
  • Works on thick hair 4%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 4%
  • Tangles hair 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 21 of 21
  • Sephora 14 of 19
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light5 of 6
  • Light-medium to medium0 of 3
3 Matrix Mega Sleek Shampoo

Matrix

Mega Sleek Shampoo

25/28 say it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy

Beyond the frizz results, the scent is what shoppers praise, liked in 37% of its 30 reviews.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 37%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad or strong scent 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 25 of 28
4 Verb Ghost Weightless Shampoo

Verb

Ghost Weightless Shampoo

Best for hair that stays clean longer

30/38 say it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy

Shoppers say their hair stayed clean longer in 15% of its 47 reviews, while 9% say it tangles hair and 4% call it too expensive. Reviews first posted on Verb's own site were more positive than the record here, at 13 of 13, and we show them but don't count them.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 26%
  • Hair stays clean longer 15%
  • Works on thick hair 9%
  • Fine hair stays light 6%

What buyers complain about

  • Tangles hair 9%
  • Too expensive 4%
  • Bad or strong scent 4%
  • Irritated scalp 4%
  • Hair gets greasy fast 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 13 of 16
  • Sephora 17 of 22
  • Brand site 13 of 13 shown, not counted
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light12 of 15
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
5 OUAI Fine Hair Shampoo

OUAI

Fine Hair Shampoo

Best for bouncy waves

35/45 say it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy

This shampoo gets credit for bouncy waves in 10% of its 48 reviews, though 8% say hair gets greasy fast, 8% mention build-up and 6% report an itchy or irritated scalp.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 29%
  • Keeps waves bouncy 10%
  • Works on thick hair 6%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad or strong scent 19%
  • Hair gets greasy fast 8%
  • Build-up 8%
  • Itchy or irritated scalp 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 14 of 16
  • Sephora 21 of 29
  • Brand site 2 of 3 shown, not counted
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light14 of 17
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 6
  • Medium-tan to tan2 of 3
See price & reviews on Amazon

Share of 48 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

6 Pureology Strength Cure Shampoo

Pureology

Strength Cure Shampoo

Best for good value

34/44 say it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy

Scent and value stand out: 45% of its 55 reviews like the scent and 20% call it good value, while 4% say it weighs fine hair down.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 45%
  • Good value 20%
  • Fine hair stays light 5%
  • Hair stays clean longer 5%
  • Works on thick hair 4%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad or strong scent 4%
  • Weighs fine hair down 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 15 of 21
  • Sephora 19 of 23
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light11 of 14
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 4
7

OUAI

Thick Hair Shampoo

Best for thick hair

28/38 say it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy

Its name fits the praise: 45% of its 42 reviews say it works on thick hair. A few complain that it tangles hair (5%), that hair gets greasy fast (5%) or that it costs too much (5%).

What buyers praise

  • Works on thick hair 45%
  • Nice scent 40%
  • Good value 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad or strong scent 10%
  • Tangles hair 5%
  • Too expensive 5%
  • Hair gets greasy fast 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 15 of 21
  • Sephora 13 of 17
  • Brand site 2 of 3 shown, not counted
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light7 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3

Share of 42 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 26,663 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for frizz and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Feb 2020 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Moroccanoil Moisture Repair Shampoo Sephora (12 reviews counted)
  2. Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo Ulta and Sephora (47 reviews counted)
  3. Matrix Mega Sleek Shampoo Ulta (30 reviews counted)
  4. Verb Ghost Weightless Shampoo Ulta and Sephora (47 reviews counted)
  5. OUAI Fine Hair Shampoo Ulta and Sephora (48 reviews counted)
  6. Pureology Strength Cure Shampoo Ulta and Sephora (55 reviews counted)
  7. OUAI Thick Hair Shampoo Ulta and Sephora (42 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which shampoo works for frizzy hair?

Moroccanoil Moisture Repair Shampoo has the best record (12 of 12), though it rests on a small group. Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo (35 of 40) and Matrix Mega Sleek Shampoo (25 of 28) rest on larger groups and sit so close to each other that you can treat them as a tie.

Do the OUAI Fine Hair and Thick Hair shampoos work for frizzy hair?

Often, though they sit lower in the ranking: OUAI Fine Hair Shampoo had 35 of 45 and OUAI Thick Hair Shampoo had 28 of 38. More shoppers with frizzy hair weighed in on the Fine Hair Shampoo than on any other shampoo here.

Which of these shampoos for frizzy hair are sold on Amazon?

Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo, Matrix Mega Sleek Shampoo, Verb Ghost Weightless Shampoo and Pureology Strength Cure Shampoo are sold on Amazon by the brand or Amazon itself, and so is the leader, Moroccanoil Moisture Repair Shampoo, which is also the best pick sold on Amazon. OUAI Fine Hair Shampoo is sold there through third-party sellers, so check who the seller is. We found no official Amazon listing for OUAI Thick Hair Shampoo, so it has no buy link here.

Is Pureology Strength Cure Shampoo good for frizzy hair?

Often: 34 of 44 shoppers with frizzy hair said it left their hair smoother, softer and less frizzy. It ranks sixth, close to the shampoos just above and below it.

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