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White Rain

Moisturizing Shampoo, Ocean Mist

Shampoo / Clarifying, deep-cleaning

  • Shampoo
  • Silicone-free
  • Lightweight
Size22.5 fl oz
Price$1.25 Good valueseen at one store · 22.5 oz
Price / oz$0.06/ozat 22.5 oz
Where to buy1 store

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Scent:

Notes: fresh.

Strength: Strong

Manufacturer page: sameday.dollartree.com

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Lower cost than most shampoos

$0.06/oz at 22.5 oz, less than 100% of the 1544 shampoos , which mostly run $0.79–3.04/oz.

Price and stores

Great for

Fast-oiling scalpsthat need a real reset wash
Maximum slipfor hair that tangles the moment it is wet
Hard waterand swimmers dealing with mineral deposit
Fine hairthat flattens under most products
Silicone-free routinesno silicones appear in the list
Very dry hairno fast-drying alcohol in the list

Maybe skip if

this product has a strong scent
Sulfate-free routinesit uses a sulfate detergent
Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
Dry or very humid airwhere heavy humectants work against you
Picking it up locallywe’ve only seen it sold in one channel

How much cleansing you need depends on how fast your scalp gets oily, how much product you layer and your water. The consultation works that out.

What the formula actually does

Read from the label, not the marketing

Each row says where it comes from: F means we derived it from this product’s own ingredient list, S means it is a claim the brand makes that the formula neither confirms nor contradicts.

Cleansing strength Strong

A reset wash that removes oil, buildup, and most residue.

Expected lather High

Thick foam that spreads quickly through the hair.

Slip and detangling High

Conditioning agents sit high in the list, so this is a detangling formula.

Water-binding (humectants) High

Humectants near the top: binding water is one of its main jobs.

Scalp active None

No over-the-counter scalp active.

Hard-water defence Chelators present

Contains chelators, which bind hard-water and pool minerals.

Needs detergent to remove No

Nothing here needs a detergent wash to remove.

Protein Minor

Protein appears, low enough to be a supporting ingredient.

Fragrance Present

Fragrance is listed; it sits below the working ingredients.

from the formula stated by the brand reported by reviewers Scale: 1 dot low · 5 dots high, within this product type.

Ingredients that matter

The ingredients that change a decision

The workhorse ingredients, plus anything lower down that changes a decision. The chips name what an ingredient does. They are not safety scores, and no ingredient here is rated good or bad on its own.

IngredientWhat it doesWhy it mattersChip
WaterWater/Aqua/Eau solvent The base everything else is dissolved in Neutral
Sodium Laureth SulfateSodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) sulfate cleanser — Cleanses
Cocoamidopropyl Betaine amphoteric cleanser — Cleanses
Lauryl Glucoside nonionic cleanser — Cleanses
Glycerin humectant Pulls water into the hair Moisturizes
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride conditioning agent Puts conditioning back as it washes Detangles
Citric Acid pH adjuster Fine-tunes the pH pH balancer
Sodium Chloride salt Adjusts the texture Stabilizes
Hydrolyzed Protein film former A supporting film former Protein
FragranceParfum/Fragrance fragrance The scent Fragrance
What the list leaves out, and what it carriesNo silicones or drying alcohols. Contains fragrance. Chelators for hard water.
Full ingredient list (20)

In the US, ingredients above 1% are listed from most to least. Below 1% they can appear in any order. Each note keeps three things apart: what the ingredient generally does, its role in this type of product, and what its position can tell you.

  • 1 Water · Water/Aqua/Eau
    General function

    The base of almost every rinse-off and cream hair product. It carries everything else and is normally the first ingredient on the label.

    Leading ingredient

    Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

    • solvent
  • 2 Sodium Laureth Sulfate · Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES)
    General function

    A strong, high-foaming cleanser and the most common shampoo detergent. It removes oil and product efficiently, which can be more than dry or colour-treated hair wants.

    Leading ingredient

    Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

    May suitBuild-up-sensitive routines

    A sulfate detergent can lift deposited silicone, wax and styling films, which is what resets a routine before build-up is visible.

    May suitFine or easily flattened hair

    Fine hair that goes limp under conditioning films usually reads a full detergent wash as volume returning.

    May not suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair

    Coarse and high-porosity hair loses water quickly on its own; an efficient detergent removes the surface oils that were slowing that down.

    Indian Journal of Dermatology
    • sulfate cleanser
    • cleanser
  • 3 Cocoamidopropyl Betaine
    General function

    A mild secondary cleanser. It boosts foam and softens the effect of the stronger detergent it is paired with.

    Leading ingredient

    Listed in the first three ingredients, it is likely a structural part of this formula.

    • amphoteric cleanser
    • secondary cleanser
    • cleanser
  • 4 Lauryl Glucoside
    General function

    A mild sugar-derived cleanser with a soft, low lather.

    Supporting ingredient

    Listed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.

    May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair

    Mild cleansing leaves more surface lubrication in place on hair that dries out quickly.

    May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair

    A sugar-derived non-ionic detergent, among the gentlest in use. It cleanses with little foam of its own and little sebum removal.

    May not suitBuild-up-sensitive routines

    Gentle cleansing leaves water-insoluble deposits largely in place; they come off with a stronger wash, not this one.

    PubChem
    • nonionic cleanser
    • cleanser
  • 5 Glycerin
    General function

    Glycerin, also called glycerol, attracts moisture and mixes completely with water.

    Supporting ingredient

    Listed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.

    May suitDry, coarse, or high-porosity hair

    High-porosity hair loses water fast; a humectant holds some of it in place for longer than the wash itself would.

    May suitVery dry or highly damaged hair

    Binds water into the outer layers of the strand, and water is what makes dry hair flexible again rather than brittle.

    DependsClimate-sensitive or frizz-prone hair

    Water moves both ways. Measured across concentrations, glycerin solutions give water up in some conditions and take it from the air in others. What it does for you depends on how much of it is there and on the air around it.

    Scientific Reports
    • humectant
  • 6 Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
    General function

    A conditioning polymer made from guar bean gum. It deposits during rinsing, which is why sulfate shampoos can still leave hair soft.

    Supporting ingredient

    Listed in positions 4–8, it likely makes a meaningful contribution alongside the formula's main ingredients.

    May suitCurls or waves needing flexible hold

    Gums thicken and set soft, which gives definition that bends rather than a rigid cast.

    May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair

    Cationic conditioners bind to the negatively charged damaged cuticle, laying it flat and cutting the friction that causes combing breakage.

    May suitMaximum-hold styling

    A styling polymer dries into a film across the strands, which is what makes a shape hold instead of relax.

    • conditioning agent
    • polymer
    • gum
  • ▾Below about here, the order stops meaning much. These are usually used at 1% or less.
  • 7 Citric Acid
    General function

    Used to bring the product to a slightly acidic pH, which helps the cuticle lie flat. It is almost always near the end of the list.

    Estimated lower-concentration zone

    It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

    May suitBuild-up-sensitive routines

    Holds hard-water minerals in solution so they rinse away instead of depositing on the hair.

    May suitFrizz-prone, damaged, or high-friction hair

    The acid side of pH adjustment, and the reason it matters is measured: alkaline formulas raise the fibre's surface negative charge, increase friction between strands and lift the scales, while lower-pH ones do the reverse.

    May suitGray, silver, or brass-prone hair

    Where a warm cast comes from water minerals rather than from the hair itself, holding those metals in solution is what removes it.

    International Journal of Trichology
    • pH adjuster
    • hard-water chelator
  • 8 Sodium Chloride
    General function

    Table salt. In shampoo it is used to thicken the liquid, not to treat the hair.

    Estimated lower-concentration zone

    It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

    PubChem
    • salt
    • thickener
  • 9 Disodium EDTA
    General function

    Grabs metal ions from hard water so they cannot dull the hair or destabilise the formula.

    Estimated lower-concentration zone

    It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

    May suitBuild-up-sensitive routines

    Binds the calcium and magnesium in hard water, which is what stops mineral deposits accumulating on the strand wash after wash.

    May suitGray, silver, or brass-prone hair

    Copper and iron carried in tap water deposit on the strand and read as a dull, warm cast on gray or light hair. A chelator holds those metals in solution so the wash carries them off.

    PubChem
    • hard-water chelator
  • 10 Ammonium Chloride
    • salt
  • 11 Hydrolyzed Protein
    • film former
    • protein
    • hydrolysed protein
  • 12 Ascophyllum Nodosum (Kelp) Extract
    • botanical extract
  • 13 Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract
    • botanical extract
    • antioxidant
  • 14 Lilium Candidum (White Lily) Bulb Extract
    • botanical extract
  • 15 Fragrance · Parfum/Fragrance
    General function

    An undisclosed blend of scent ingredients. Regulations let it stay unlisted, so a fragrance-free product is the only way to be certain what is not in it.

    Estimated lower-concentration zone

    It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

    May not suitFragrance-sensitive routines

    Declared fragrance. On a fragrance-sensitive routine this is the line that decides it, wherever it sits on the label.

    • fragrance
    • declared fragrance
  • 16 Methylchloroisothiazolinone
    • isothiazolinone
    • preservative
  • 17 Methylisothiazolinone
    • isothiazolinone
    • preservative
  • 18 Blue No. 1 (Ci 42090)
    • colourant
    • direct dye
    • blue dye
  • 19 Green 3 (Ci 42053)
    General function

    A certified colour that tints the product itself. It does not colour hair.

    Estimated lower-concentration zone

    It appears around or below the estimated 1% line, where label order no longer indicates relative amount; its role may be minor or technical.

    May suitGray, silver, or brass-prone hair

    A violet or blue colorant sits opposite yellow on the colour wheel, so a trace of it deposited on the surface makes a warm cast read cooler. It washes out over the following few washes.

    • colourant
  • 20 Yellow 10 Lake (Ci 47005)
    • colourant

What the whole list adds up to

  • 3 cleansers
  • 3 botanical extracts
  • 3 colourants
  • 2 hard-water chelators
  • 2 salts
  • 2 isothiazolinones
  • 2 preservatives
  • 1 solvent
  • 1 sulfate cleanser
  • 1 amphoteric cleanser
  • 1 secondary cleanser
  • 1 nonionic cleanser
  • 1 humectant
  • 1 conditioning agent

Ingredient list captured 2026-08-21. Formulas change, so check the package in your hand when an ingredient matters to you.

Price · 22.5 oz

Seen at $1.25 1 store · checked Aug 21
Good value under $40 Under $1.78/oz it costs less than three-quarters of the 8 products we score as doing the same job

Usually a good value. Most stores sell it under the $40 line, and products that do this job typically go for about $48 at this size.

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Where we’ve seen it1 listing · 1 store
  • Dollar Tree
    $1.25
    22.5 oz · $0.06/oz
    Aug 21Lowest per oz

Sorted by price per ounce. Dated observations from our research, not live prices. Direct store pages, no affiliate links. We don’t sell this product.

How we work this out
  1. 22.5 oz is the size stores list most often; every comparison on this page is made at it. Other sizes are shown in the Sizes row and the store list.
  2. Seen at $1.25 is the price we have observed for the 22.5 oz. We need three stores before we call a price commonly seen.
  3. Good value under $40 comes from the 8 products we score as doing the same job as this one. A quarter of them cost less than $1.78/oz; at 22.5 oz that is $40. Under that line you are paying less than most of them.
  4. About $48 is what those same products typically cost at this size: the midpoint of their prices per ounce, scaled to 22.5 oz.

Formula

Formula score
10 of 10

This formula covers the systems a shampoo is built around, and it costs less per ounce than most of the shampoos we have researched.

How the score is counted
  • Costs less per ounce than 100% of the 1544 shampoos we’ve priced
  • Covers 7 of the 7 things a shampoo should do
  • Reviewers mention 2 recurring complaints
  • Value tier, sold at Grocery / mass
  • A working detergent systemWhat actually removes oil and product.3 pts
  • Slip for detanglingReduces the force it takes to comb wet hair.2 pts
  • A humectantBinds water into the hair.1 pt
  • A hard-water chelatorBinds the minerals that dull hair in hard water.1 pt
  • A pH adjusterBrings the formula to the acidic pH hair prefers.1 pt
  • No detergent-dependent filmNothing that needs a clarifying wash to remove.1 pt
  • Fragrance kept out of the top eightScent as a finishing touch, not a major share.1 pt

The formula score measures completeness for the job: a weighted share of the systems this product type is usually built around that we find in this list. It does not rate how well the product works or its quality, and it never compares across product types.

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Final decision

Should you buy it?

A solid pick for the hair it suits
Best user

Scalps that oil up within a day who want a proper reset wash and real detangling slip

Biggest tradeoff

Not ideal for anyone sensitive to fragrance, sulfate-free routines and fresh keratin treatments, or dry or damaged hair

Best alternative if not

Nothing in our library matches it closely at a lower price.

We do not sell products or take placement fees. This page states what the formula and the prices show; the consultation is what matches it to a person.

Reviewers

What people report

Themes that come up again and again in sourced reviews, written by our researchers in their own words. We don’t store or scrape star ratings.

Reviewers consistently cite the very low price as the products main strength, positioning it as a bare-minimum budget cleanser

Brand-general White Rain shampoo reviews (rateitall.com); not scent-specific to Ocean Mist.

Dry, straw-like hair feel and difficulty managing hair after use, especially for naturally dry or color-treated hair

Brand-general White Rain shampoo reviews (rateitall.com) and an individual review of the Apple Blossom scent variant (same base surfactant formula family per shared ingredient list) -- not scent-specific to Ocean Mist; noted as such.

Weak lather requiring more product per wash than expected

Brand-general White Rain shampoo reviews (rateitall.com) and an individual review of the Apple Blossom scent variant (same base surfactant formula family per shared ingredient list) -- not scent-specific to Ocean Mist; noted as such.

Pleasant but fast-fading fragrance -- noticeable in the bottle and shower but does not linger on hair

Brand-general White Rain shampoo reviews (rateitall.com) and an individual review of the Apple Blossom scent variant (same base surfactant formula family per shared ingredient list) -- not scent-specific to Ocean Mist; noted as such.

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How this page was made

  • Everything above comes from our researched product record: identity, the ingredient list as printed, the brand's own claims, dated prices and review themes our researchers wrote in their own words. No part of this page is written by hand for one product.
  • The value band is a fixed label over two stored numbers: this product’s cost per ounce as a percentile of every product of this type we have priced, each at the size it is most often sold in, and how many products we score as doing the same job cost at least a quarter less per ounce.
  • Both scores out of ten are defined on this page. The formula score is completeness for the job, computed from a fixed per-format checklist shown beneath the gauge; the price score is cost per ounce against every product of this type we have priced.
  • The "Is this right for you?" panel reads only your own consultation answers, and it applies exactly the filters our recommendation engine applies. It is computed when you load the page and is never stored on it.
  • 7 sources consulted for this product (3 manufacturer or regulatory, 1 retailer, 3 editorial), last checked 2026-08-25.
  • Ingredient references are linked for 5 of 8 product-aware annotations on this page. Fit notes are general formulation guidance. They aren’t a verdict on the finished product or on you.
  • We haven’t tested this product in a lab, and we don’t physically test your hair. Formula readings come from the ingredient list. Claims about how it behaves are labelled as the brand's.
  • Ingredient order tells you relative amount only above roughly 1%. Prices are what we saw on the dates shown and can change.
  • Ingredient names link to our ingredient library, where each entry shows what it does, which product types use it, and where it usually sits on a label across everything we have researched.
  • This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.
  • Formula readings: derivation v23. Record last updated 2026-10-19.

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