The 11 Best Shampoos for Fine Hair (2024)

Rojas recommends this luxe shampoo, made with mineral-rich Japanese Depsea water. It's ultra-gentle and lends just the right amount of volume to make styling hair after the shower a breeze.

For: Coily, curly, straight, and wavy hair

Customer Review:

"My hair is naturally straight and fine. I've tried several shampoos but they all were either to heavy, oily or bad for my scalp. This shampoo leaves my hair feeling soft, healthy and smells amazing." —MariaGMendoza

Housed in recyclable aluminum packaging, this shampoo's thickening power is courtesy of flower-derived peptides and antioxidant bioactives. It also leaves hair looking ultra-shiny, and so soft you won't be able to stop touching it.

For: All hair types

Customer Review:

"This made my hair look so healthy! I was blown away. I usually stick to salon products from my hair salon, but I haven’t had a chance to get over there in between appointments! This stuff is awesome!" —emilydana7

This shampoo from celeb hairstylist Andrew Fitzsimons's line has the one-two punch of a protein-based complex that boosts the keratin hair structure as well as caffeine to promote growth.

For: thin and fine hair

Customer Review:

"I am obsessed! It makes my hair feel clean and actually adds volume while also leaving my hair feeling conditioned. This is magic!!! I cant say it enough." —Liz

Many sulfate-free shampoos lack that luxurious lather, but this formula retains it thanks to the magic of yucca extract. It also features witch hazel to cleanse the scalp and vegan keratin to boost volume. It's ultra-lightweight but still deeply cleansing.

For: fine, thin, or oily hair

Customer Review:

"This is the only shampoo I've used for years now. I love the smell, the weight, how it rinses very clean and is never drying. I wash my hair pretty often compared to others (usually every other day—old habits die hard) and this shampoo is so gentle I don't really feel bad about it." —Mariel K

If your hairbrush is always a web of hair each time you run it through, try this strengthening shampoo. A blend of biotin, keratin, and collagen amino acids lends volumizing power, and helps reduce breakage.

For: All hair types

Customer Review:

"Very pleased with the 'Unbreakable' shampoo and conditioner. These products are the best I’ve ever used on my thin hair. Nexxus, please don’t ever change or discontinue these!" —Cassie01

Divi's products focus on scalp health and hair growth, and their shampoo helps with those goals. In addition to hair-plumping biotin, it has several ingredients that help balance the scalp's oil production, including tea tree oil, postbiotics, and green tea.

For: Thin, fine hair, dry hair

Customer Review:

"I have really been enjoying using divi since having my second child. I feel like my hair loss is much less than not utilizing Divi after my first pregnancy. I don’t have as many “baby hairs” this time around. I have enjoyed it so much that I signed up for the monthly subscriptions!" —Megan R.

This Dove shampoo punches above its weight class when it comes to delivering benefits for the price (less than an iced coffee!). Inspired by French hair rituals, the mild formula doesn't over-strip oils as it leaves hair with a fuller appearance.

For: All hair types

Customer Review:

"Cleans well and has a subtle lavender scent that is pleasant, not overpowering at all. Seems to add a bit of volume to my hair as well." —Alison

The not-so-secret ingredient in Philip B's lightweight shampoo is micellar water, which soaks up excess sebum at the scalp and allows hair at the root to thrive to its full voluminous potential. Even better, it has rosemary, green tea leaf, and sunflower and aloe extracts to soften and condition hair too.

For: Coarse, curly, dry or damaged, fine, normal, oily

Customer Review:

"Leaves my hair fuller and shiny, not dry. I alternate with the gentle conditioning shampoo, using this one about every third wash." –JK

Reviewers are obsessed with this thickening shampoo from Kevin Murphy, which is infused with antioxidants and amino acids to nourish hair and help protect it from environmental stressors. And although it is suitable for anyone with fine hair, those with mature hair will especially love its strengthening benefits.

For: all hair types

Customer Review:

"Love this product paired with the plumping rinse. My hair is certainly fuller after using it." —Elizabeth M

Reviewers swear this formula gives them that shampoo-commercial bounce like they just left the salon. That's thanks to the multiple protein complexes, omega-rich sea buckthorn, or the other nourishing ingredients in the mix.

For: fine, limp, or flat hair

Customer Review:

"I have a lot of fine but heavy hair. This shampoo truly gives me the best volume I’ve ever experienced." —Cynthia M

Fortified with biotin and plumping hyaluronic acid, this shampoo is all about instant gratification. Compared to an average shampoo, this one can increase hair volume by up to 200 percent(!) in just one wash.

For: fine and damaged hair

Customer Review:

"Definitely an improvement for my this fine hair. Noticeable after first use. Highly recommend. I'm 81 and have tried lots of products!"

There's a misconception that fine hair and thin hair are the same thing. But that's not the case, explains Rojas: "Fine hair [speaks to] the thickness of the hair strand. You have a lot of hair in a small diameter," clarifies the stylist. On the other hand, thin hair refers to less hair in a certain area of the scalp (as in, hair that is thinning). "There are fewer strands of hair growing," says Rojas.

• Natalia Rojas is a senior colorist at NYC The Team salon in New York.