Salon products being sold at Drug Stores????

So what is going on with all these salon products being sold at drugstores??? For example.... Paul Mithchell shampoo and conditioners, Biosilk Hair Therapy, Abba , Pureology, Nexxus??? I thought on the back of those bottles it always said, "sold only in fine salons" or "guaranteed only from fine salons" ??? So my question is , are these products that are being sold in target, walmart, etc. generic or old or something????? Does anyone know?

Salon products being sold at Drug Stores????
I was just at a hair show in march and we talked about this! Its fake its not the real product if you go to walmart and buy one of these products and go to the salon to buy one and compare the two you will notice a difference! So i suggest that you call the number on the back of the bottle and you might be able to have them clarify this for you!
Reply:I saw these products at a wal-mart the other day but they were in the salon that is at the front of the store.
Reply:It used to be that a store had to have a cosmetology license in order to be able to buy those products for re-sale in the first place. Which is why the shampoo people put that wording on the bottles - to prevent unlicensed stores from re-selling them.





Then WalMart became soo big in the 90's and the shampoo companies realized that WalMart can buy and sell a million bottles in a 3 month span, versus how much the real salons were selling.





I think they left the wording on the bottles so as not to 'offend' the purchasers who do buy from salons and not stores like Walmart and Kmart. The products are exactly the same... the only benefit from buying from a salon is that the stylist will assist you, you can 'try on' the shampoo before you buy it, and you can return/exchange it and get advice - where at Walmart, you will have a hard time with any of that.
Reply:theres nothing wrong with them.


the people who make them just realised they can


make millions more dollars a year if they sell them in store.


clearly you cant sell something thats old or generic


because then you'd be getting sued.


probably.
Reply:It does say that on the back of the bottle. I think all it is, is that they saw in the market that they would be able to make more money..


do most people make a special trip to the salon to get shampoo, in most cases the answer would be no.. they will just pick up a bottle of shampoo at the store when they are shopping. big name brands know this, this is why they are selling at other type of stores...











at least, that is what i think.. I hope that it helps!