
DevaCurl Buildup Buster Micellar Water Cleansing Serum The botanical ingredients in this cleanser make your shower an exhilerating treat, and your hair is left feeling soft and clean. If you’re addicted to the cool, tingly feeling of cleansing with peppermint or tea tree oil, then this shampoo is for you. EDEN BodyWorks Peppermint Tea Tree Shampoo This shampoo does contain Sodium Laureth Sulfate, but some curlies find it beneficial to use a sulfate shampoo occasionally, for example once a month. Tresemme has long been known to give you your bang for your buck, and this clarifier is no exception at $0.22 per ounce. TRESemme Clean & Replenish Deep Cleansing Shampoo This has won several Editors’ Choice awards and we have editors with several different hair types who love it.

Ingredients like aloe vera juice, cocoa seed butter, tea tree oil and coconut oil clean and moisturize hair at the same time. This shampoo is 100% organic and natural.

Alikay Naturals Moisturizing Black Soap Shampoo Some curlies have a lot of success with this natural cleanser, however some find that the highly acidic nature of ACV strips their hair of its natural oils. It is typically paired with an acidic rinse like apple cider vinegar in order to re-close the cuticle afterwards. Mandarin orange extract, white willow bark and sea kelp remove dulling buildup from your scalp while keeping your moisture balanced.īaking soda is a popular DIY clarifier due to its high pH of 9, which works to open your hair cuticle. Kinky-Curly Come Clean Moisturizing ShampooĪnother Editors’ Choice award-winning shampoo, Come Clean is a sulfate-free cleanser that’s gentle enough for everyday use. If you love volume then this is the cleanser for you, botanical extracts in this cleanser create volume and texture for fine or thin hair. Bounce Curl Gentle Clarifying ShampooĬurlies love this Best of the Best award winner cleanses curls gently with pomegranate and pumpkin enzymes. If you struggle with scalp conditions, give this cleanser a try.
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This scalp cleanser by EDEN Bodyworks helps your curls keep their moisture while balancing the pH level of your hair and removing buildup and dead skin cells that prevent your curls from growing. EDEN BodyWorks Papaya Castor Scalp Cleanser Its ingredient list shows “every single ingredient, even those in concentrations so low they would not typically be included (and are not required by law”>” and even includes each ingredient’s EWG rating. If ingredient transparency is important to you then this is the brand for you. Hair Story’s New Wash (Deep”> cleans curls using essential oils and fatty alcohols, not detergents, while still removing dirt and grease.

Whether you choose to use sulfates when you clarify is up to you, we have both options listed below! How often you need to clarify will depend largely on how dry your hair is and lifestyle factors such as how often you exercise or swim, how hot the climate is where you live, and whether you have hard water in your area. Using a clarifying treatment too often can be drying, so be sure to use yours sparingly. According to cosmetic chemist Erica Douglas, better known as Sister Scientist, “it ultimately does not matter whether the source of the alcohol is from a natural source or not, it is the sulfation process that makes the surfactant potentially harmful.” While sodium laureth/lauryl sulfate are known to be the harshest, most drying sulfates, sulfates that are derived from oils or natural sources aren’t necessarily going to be good for your hair. There are sulfate-free shampoos that use gentler, non-sulfate surfactant ingredients such as Cocamidopropyl betaine which, according to cosmetic chemist Tonya McKay, “can effectively remove most dirt, oils, and silicones from the surface of the hair.” What about natural sulfates? Clarifying shampoos & sulfatesĬlarifying shampoos can contain sulfates like sodium laureth/lauryl sulfate in order to remove the buildup of ingredients like silicones from the hair, but they don’t have to. The first step in many curly girls’ journeys to healthier hair is to distance themselves from their shampoo bottle, but occasionally using a clarifying shampoo that’s gentle enough for curly hair can do your hair and scalp a lot of good. In order for your curly hair products to work, your hair needs to be able to absorb them, and if your hair has a layer of built up product residue or silicones sitting on the surface then your curls simply won’t look or act their best.

If your hair feels like it’s stopped responding to all of the moisturizers, stylers, and products that used to work so well, it might be time to use a clarifying shampoo.
