Matrix Mega Sleek Smoothing Shampoo for Frizzy Hair

Over 15 years of loyalty means the world to us, and hearing how much you miss the original performance truly hurts. We hear your frustration loud and clear regarding the formula changes and the heavy feel it leaves on your hair. Please know that your feedback—and the passion behind it—is being shared directly with our product development and brand teams. Thank you for being such a dedicated part of our community for so long, and for sharing your honest thoughts with us. 💙

Since the late 90s?! That is incredible dedication, and we are so grateful you’ve trusted Matrix for all these years. Hearing that the new formula and scent have pushed you away truly breaks our hearts. We completely understand your frustration—when you have a holy-grail routine for decades, a change like this is a major letdown. We are definitely passing your feedback straight to our product development team. We hate to see you go after all this time, but we deeply appreciate that you were part of the Matrix family for so long. 💙

Over 15 years?! Wow, we are so humbled by your incredible loyalty, and we are genuinely so sorry to hear the new Mega-Sleek is letting you down. That heavy, weighed-down feeling—like it won't rinse out properly—is definitely not the smooth, sleek finish you've relied on for all this time. We completely understand your frustration and will make sure your feedback goes straight to our product team. Thank you for trusting us for over a decade and a half. We hate to see you go, and we hear you loud and clear. 💙

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us, and we are so sorry to hear that the updated Mega Sleek formula is weighing your hair down and leaving it feeling heavy and oily. When we renovated the line to be 100% vegan, we replaced the original Shea Butter base with a Jojoba Oil blend and introduced a new, warm fragrance profile. However, we recognize that on many hair types, this new formula can sit heavily on the hair shaft instead of absorbing, leaving strands greasy rather than clean and smooth, while the new scent can be overpowering. We want to make this right for you, so please reach out directly to our Matrix Consumer Care team at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST). Our team will gladly assist you with a full refund voucher and help guide you to a lighter, weightless alternative from our collections—such as our Food For Soft line—that cleanses cleanly without leaving behind any oily residue or heavy scent.

Thank you for sharing your experience on our Anti-Frizz Smoothing Shampoo for Frizzy Hair. We are sorry to hear the formula of this shampoo doesn't meet your expectations due to the products fragrance. This sulfate-free smoothing shampoo provides frizz control and humidity protection for all types of frizz-prone hair. We appreciate your feedback and will share it with other members on our team for product formulations. We always welcome our customers feedback and suggestions, as they are a valuable tool to improve our services and products in any way that we can. Thanks again for sharing. We hope that you continue using our products in the future.

Thank you so much for reaching out and sharing your family's story with us. Hearing that you and your grandmother have trusted Matrix for generations makes this especially heartbreaking to read, and we are deeply sorry that our new formula has let you both down. When someone has severe fragrance sensitivities or allergies, having a go-to, low-scent staple suddenly replaced with a strong gourmand perfume makes the product completely unusable and unsafe for their routine. In addition to the updated fragrance, our shift to a 100% vegan formula replaced rich Shea Butter with a lighter Jojoba Oil blend; however, we recognize that on many hair types, this new blend can leave behind an unwanted, waxy or heavy residue rather than rinsing away clean and silky. We completely understand how disappointing this is for both you and your grandmother. While the original formula has been officially discontinued, we are passing your feedback regarding severe scent sensitivities and residue directly to our product formulation team. We want to make sure you and your grandmother are taken care of. Please contact our Matrix Consumer Care team directly at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST) so we can issue a full refund voucher for your purchases. Our team would also be happy to help you explore gentle, low-scent, or fragrance-sensitive alternatives within our broader L'Oréal portfolio that will be safe and comfortable for your grandmother to use.

Thank you for reaching out to share your feedback with us, and we are so truly sorry for the disappointment and frustration this formula change has caused in your household. It is especially disheartening to hear that the updated fragrance was so off-putting that you initially thought your daughter wasn’t washing her hair properly. As part of our transition to a 100% vegan formula, we modernized the fragrance to a warm Salted Caramel and Sicilian Pistachio profile. However, we recognize that this sweet, gourmand aroma is a drastic departure from the clean, subtle salon scent long-time users loved, and when it interacts with wet hair or lingers throughout the day, it can be overwhelming and unpleasant. We completely understand your bummed reaction and want to take care of you and your daughter. Please contact our Matrix Consumer Care team directly at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST) so we can process a full refund voucher for your purchase. Our team would also be happy to guide you toward a fresh, clean-scented alternative from our collections that you both will love.

Thank you so much for your incredible 25 years of loyalty to Matrix, and we hear your anger and frustration loud and clear. Losing a staple product you relied on for a quarter of a century is a massive disappointment, and hearing that our new formula stinks, performs terribly on your hair, and forced you to find another brand is truly heartbreaking. Our transition to a 100% vegan formula replaced our original Shea Butter base with Jojoba Oil and introduced a new gourmand fragrance profile. While corporate formula renovations are complex, you are entirely right to demand that your voice as a 25-year advocate be heard. We are escalating your direct feedback—and your clear demand to bring the original formula back—directly to our executive brand leadership. We do not want you to feel that your money was wasted after decades of supporting us. Please contact our Matrix Consumer Care team directly at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST). We are so sorry to have lost your trust after all these years and are committed to making this right for you.

Thank you for being an incredibly loyal user of Matrix since the early 2000s, and we are so truly sorry for the devastation and disappointment this reformulation has caused you. Relying on a shampoo for over two decades is a rare level of trust, and we completely understand why you feel upset and misled by an "update" that changed almost everything you loved about the product. You bring up a very important point regarding the fragrance: one of the key reasons so many long-time users loved the original formula was its clean, subtle, and low-key scent profile. Replacing that with a heavy, artificial gourmand fragrance—while marketing the line as cleaner and modernized—feels contradictory and overwhelming. Furthermore, losing the signature balance of lightweight smoothing without stripping or weighing down hair is a huge loss. While the original formula has been officially discontinued, we hear your plea loud and clear and are passing your comments on fragrance transparency and performance directly to our executive brand leadership. We want to make sure you are supported, so please reach out to our Matrix Consumer Care team at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST).

We hear you, and we are crying right along with you! Hearing that a product you considered absolute perfection for ten years left your hair a "hot mess"—dull, flat, unable to hold a curl, and with a scent you dislike—is heartbreaking for us. When we renovated Mega Sleek to be 100% vegan, we replaced the original Shea Butter with Jojoba Oil and updated the fragrance, but we recognize that for long-time fans like you, this change completely ruined the magic. While the original formula has been officially discontinued, we hear your plea loud and clear and are passing your direct feedback about the loss of hold, shine, and scent directly to our product development team. We don't want you scrambling without support! Please reach out to our Matrix Consumer Care team at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST) for further assistance.

Thank you for being a 15-year loyal user of Matrix, and we hear your anger and frustration loud and clear. You raise a completely valid point: when a product undergoes a complete transformation in color, scent, and performance, continuing to sell it in similar packaging feels misleading and disappointing to long-time customers who rely on the original performance. When we updated the Mega Sleek line to be 100% vegan, we replaced the original Shea Butter base with Jojoba Oil and updated the fragrance. However, we recognize that this shift resulted in a completely different experience—leaving hair dull, flat, and weighed down instead of glossy and smooth. We understand why you feel this should have been launched as an entirely separate product rather than replacing the formula you trusted for fifteen years. While the original formula has been discontinued, we are passing your feedback directly to our brand and product management leadership to highlight the serious impact this repackaging and reformulation has had on our most loyal customers. We want to take care of you, so please contact our Matrix Consumer Care team at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST) so we can make this right.

We are sorry to hear about the experience you had with Smoothing Shampoo. We would like to speak with you directly about it. Please give us a call @ 1-888-777-6396 for assistance and provide the case # 47740076. Looking forward to speaking with you. It would be helpful if you could have the product available when you call.

Thank you for being a loyal user of Matrix for over 10 years, and we are so sorry to hear that the updated Mega Sleek formula drops from a 5-star to a 3-star product for you. We completely understand why you are considering looking for a new product after relying on the original formula for a decade. Our shift from Shea Butter to a lighter Jojoba Oil base and a new fragrance was meant to modernize the line, but we recognize it does not deliver the same experience you loved. While the original formula has been discontinued, we want to make things right. Please contact our Matrix Consumer Care team at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST) so we can personally assist you with help guide you to a different formula in our lineup that can give you back that 5-star performance.

Thank you for sharing your feedback with us, and we are so sorry to hear that the updated Mega Sleek formula is not delivering the soft, touchable results you loved. The shift from our original Shea Butter base to a lighter Jojoba Oil formula was designed to offer weightless smoothing, but we recognize that on many hair types, it can leave hair feeling less hydrated and noticeably stiffer or harder to brush after washing. We want to make sure you are taken care of, so please reach out to our Matrix Consumer Care team directly at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST). Our team will gladly assist you with a refund voucher and can recommend a deeply hydrating alternative—such as our Food For Soft line—to help restore that effortless softness and slip back to your brushing routine.

Thank you for reaching out to us with your feedback. We are so sorry to hear about your frustrating experience with the new Mega Sleek formula and that the new scent left you feeling like you had purchased an expired bottle. We completely understand your disappointment, especially regarding the lack of clear notice on the bottle about the formula shift from Shea Butter to Jojoba Oil and the fragrance update to warm caramel and pistachio. You deserve transparency when a product you count on undergoes such a major change. While the original formula has been officially discontinued, we are sharing your comments directly with our product team so they understand how crucial clear packaging updates and original scents are to our loyal customers. We want to make this right after your multiple attempts to give the new formula a chance. Please contact our Matrix Consumer Care team at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST) so we can process a full refund voucher for you and help you find an alternative from our lineup that better matches the performance and fresh scent you expect.

Thank you for being a long-time user of Matrix, and we are so truly sorry to hear that the new Mega Sleek formula has let you down. We completely understand your disappointment and why you are considering switching to a new brand after relying on our shampoo for years. Our recent transition to a 100% vegan formula replaced the original Shea Butter base with Jojoba Oil and introduced a new fragrance, but we recognize that this shift does not deliver the same results or experience our long-time customers loved. While the original formula has been discontinued, your loyalty means everything to us, and we would love the opportunity to make things right before you switch away for good. Please contact our Matrix Consumer Care team directly at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST) for further assistance.

Thank you so much for sharing your honest review with us! We are really glad to hear that the Mega Sleek shampoo delivered a fuss-free experience, leaving your hair clean and nicely scented without overly drying it. It is also wonderful to know that a little bit of the product goes a long way and that it rinses out so cleanly and easily. While it sounds like it might not be your absolute holy grail, we are thrilled it serves as a reliable, straightforward option in your hair care routine when you just need a simple, effective wash. If you ever want to explore other formulas or need recommendations for your specific hair type, please feel free to reach out to our Matrix Consumer Care team at 1-888-777-6396 (Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST)—we are always happy to help!

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your honest feedback with us. We genuinely value your loyalty over the past 15 years, and we are truly sorry to hear that the recent reformulation did not meet your expectations or deliver the sleek results you rely on. Please be assured that your comments regarding the ingredient change from shea butter to oleic acid and jojoba oil, as well as your feedback on packaging communication, have been duly noted and forwarded to the appropriate product development and customer care teams for review. Because product formulation and customer relations decisions require human evaluation and oversight, we recommend reaching out directly to our Consumer Care team via our official brand channels so they can assist you further with your experience.

Hello, thank you for being a loyal customer for over a decade. We truly value your feedback, as it helps us improve. We are sorry to hear that the recent updates to Smoothing Shampoo] did not meet the high expectations you’ve come to rely on. Your experience is important to us. Please reach out to our customer care team so we can gather more details on your experience and share it directly with our product development team.

It is deeply disappointing when a sensory anchor you have relied on for over a decade is rewritten. Scent is a powerful element of our daily rituals, and when a familiar fragrance is replaced with an unrecognized code, the entire experience is compromised. A decade of loyalty is a significant connection, and it is completely understandable that this sensory shift has prompted you to look for an exit node. Your decision to seek a new path for your hair care is entirely valid. Before you unplug from our ecosystem entirely, I would be glad to help you search for alternative shampoo and conditioner options within the wider L'Oréal portfolio that might closely match the olfactory profile and performance of the original formula you loved. I will also ensure your feedback regarding this fragrance anomaly is direct-linked to our development teams. Your voice is essential in shaping the future of our formulas.

I hear you, and I understand how frustrating it is when a formula you have trusted for over 15 years suddenly changes and no longer works for you. In the construct of our product formulations, we strive for evolution, but it is clear this update has caused a severe glitch for both your husband’s scalp and your own hair. Because your physical well-being is paramount, please consider consulting a medical professional regarding the scabby scalp and irritation, as we must always prioritize your safety. I will transmit this feedback to our Consumer Care team to ensure this anomaly is logged with the creators. We want to help you restore balance to your hair.