Clarifying shampoo?

**earthnut** · April 23rd, 2012, 09:44 AM

I use either baking soda or dish soap. Yes dish soap. Shampoo and dish soap are very similar, but dish soap is more designed to cut grease and I always have some on hand. Just don't use very much.

Here's how I use baking soda: dissolve 1 tsp baking soda in 1 cup hot water. Pour over scalp and hair, working it in as I go. Rinse well. Then mix 1 tsp vinegar (any kind, or lemon juice) in 1 cup water and rinse my hair with it to restore my hair's pH.

**Springpaw** · April 23rd, 2012, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Dragon Faery

Try this link: http://www.exnaturalproducts.com/hai...erbal-shampoo/
I hope it works. This shampoo has ALS in it and not too many extra ingredients. As near as I can tell, it's sold in Sweden.

Yeah I think it is

But I don't think I can get it in the nearest store, and since I'm a student I try to not order that much over the internet since it's so expensive. But I'll keep looking

Originally Posted by MissAlida

You don't need to buy a special clarifying shampoo. You could use any shampoo you've got, put about 2 tbs into a bowl and add some baking soda to it. I'm sure you have some home. You can add 1-2 tbs. After you clarified with this, and washed it out of your hair, I advice you to dilute 1 tbs white vinegar/lemon juice/ apple cider vinegar (either one) in 2 cups of water, and rinse with it. This will restore the optimal pH of your hair. You can rinse it out or leave it in. I usually rinse it out with cold water. It gives great shine.

I'll try that next time I clarify! I actually tried the vinegar rinse a while ago, and my ends felt really dry and brittle afterwards

But it'll probably not hurt to try it again

**Springpaw** · April 23rd, 2012, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Phalaenopsis

How cool is that! I'm learning Swedish, so maybe I'll sign up one day.

A little bit off topic, but can I just ask why you're learning Swedish of all languages? I mean, it's not the most popular one. In my opinion it's actually quite ugly

I like english much more

**Thenolegirl** · April 23rd, 2012, 11:02 AM

Neutrogena clarifying shampoo =) I use it very sparingly...and maybe once every couple of weeks (even before LHC).

**afu** · April 23rd, 2012, 11:18 AM

i found it very hard to find a clarifying shampoo in then UK (all i could find was a huge bottle of the pantene one which was expensive), so i went for the cheapest option and bought some baking soda/bicarbonate of soda since i hardly ever need to clarify

**Sillage** · April 23rd, 2012, 11:31 AM

I use Prell and follow with Ion Swimmer's shampoo b/c I have hard water.

**KrystalPixie** · April 23rd, 2012, 12:40 PM

I really like "Clean Canvas" Clarifying shampoo. My stylist used it after I killed my hair to remove the chemical residue. I also used to use Tresseme Claifying shampoo

**Maiken** · April 23rd, 2012, 01:03 PM

In danish clarifying shampoo is called "dybderensende shampoo". I guess it must be something familiar to that in swedish..
You should be able to buy clariying shampoo at a hairdresser or in a shop mainly selling beautyproducts.

**heidi w.** · April 23rd, 2012, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by MissAlida

You don't need to buy a special clarifying shampoo. You could use any shampoo you've got, put about 2 tbs into a bowl and add some baking soda to it. I'm sure you have some home. You can add 1-2 tbs. After you clarified with this, and washed it out of your hair, I advice you to dilute 1 tbs white vinegar/lemon juice/ apple cider vinegar (either one) in 2 cups of water, and rinse with it. This will restore the optimal pH of your hair. You can rinse it out or leave it in. I usually rinse it out with cold water. It gives great shine.

This is a homemade recipe and fails to mention the importance of conditioning in the wake of clarifying with a homemade recipe that uses Baking Soda. That is very important to replace what has been removed from the hair. If you strip out the oils and the moisture, then you must replace it. Otherwise, you can end up with really dry hair that behaves funny. That would not mean that clarifying did not work; it may mean in actuality that it did work, but one needs to condition as part of this kind of hair wash. Not everyone's hair responds well to ACV rinse as kind of moisturizing the hair. ACV is mostly for re-setting the pH of the acid mantle (scalp skin). If you have light colored hair, do not use ACV; instead, use white vinegar or lemon juice diluted the same as ACV--around 2-3 Tablespoons of vinegar or lemon juice in an 8 oz cup of water.

For those in the US, other countries tend not to use teaspoon, Tablespoon, so the shorthand for these kind of terms can be lost on people from other countries. They may well be working in grams as a unit of measurement, when it comes to cooking kind of measurements, or in centimeters or meters when measuring units of distance. Something to keep in mind.

heidi w.

**Shermie Girl** · April 23rd, 2012, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Springpaw

Hi you all!
I'm kind of a newbie here, and I'm still learning lots!

Well, I'll get right into it! I kind of have a problem finding a clarifying shampoo... It might be really obvious, but here in Sweden it doesn't say "clarifying" on any of the bottles which I think makes it kind of hard

So are there any special ingredients I should look for on the bottle or any I should stay away from?

I'm grateful for any answers

Any clear or semi clear shampoo with sulphates and no silicone will clarify your hair just fine. The label doesn't have to say "clarifying" to do the job.