Marbid, I think it is just sebum and the dead skin cells that have been shed from your scalp. I get them on my brush too if I let it go too long between washes. Also, regarding what you think about conventional sebum being grainy and yours being more of a paste, I think it is completely normal. The first two or three days after I have washed my hair, if I scratch at my scalp, I also get grainy sebum under my fingernails. By about day 4 or 5 after I have washed my hair, my sebum becomes more of a paste as well, which tells me that I am approaching the next wash day (I find that with daily, twice a day brushing and dry shampoo, I can usually go another day or two before washing my hair and it does not look greasy). Since you say that you get this even after just washing your hair and you get this on the length and on the roots, I would say maybe try doing shampoo and condition instead of CWC since your hair is naturally dry. If this doesn't work, clarifying would be the next step. But I would say start off with not conditioning before shampooing your hair as oddly enough some hair types that are wavy and curly behave better when they are conditioned less. My hair actually stays cleaner longer if I use SLS/SLES shampoo on it and do not condition it at all (it is a greaseball by the end of day 3/beginning of day 4 after I have washed my hair if I use even a tiny amount of conditioner on the very ends).
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