Cone users - how often do you remove buildup?

**shikara** · May 29th, 2011, 09:25 PM

How often, and do you use a clarifying shampoo, or just SLS shampoo? Anything else you want to share??

**xoerincolleen** · May 29th, 2011, 09:33 PM

I use a watered-down clarifying shampoo about once a week. I CO wash without cones about 4x a week and then use a cone-y conditioner on the length from the ears down and ends and usually a cone-y serum. Works well for me, though I may start clarifying more often (or using a regular shampoo more often) because I do get a lot of scalp buildup by the end of the week.

**monsterna** · May 29th, 2011, 09:40 PM

I use shampoo and a coney conditioner every day (or at least 6 days a week). I usually try to clarify at least once a week with Giovanni 50/50 clarifying shampoo.

**erika_d** · May 29th, 2011, 10:51 PM

I clarify every 2 or 3 weeks with Neutrogena clarifying shampoo in the rectangular bottle. That could change as I recently started back up with CO washing with Suave Naturals conditioner (which I believe is cone free).

This is what my week usually looks like:

Day 1: Wash with cone-free shampoo (and usually SLS free as well) & condition the ends with Garnier Triple Nutrition

Day 2: Co wash with Suave

Day 3: co wash with suave

Repeat.

**SurprisingWoman** · May 29th, 2011, 11:12 PM

I never clarify. I did once.

Ick

Never, ever, ever.

**luxepiggy** · May 29th, 2011, 11:22 PM

I don't ever clarify, certainly not with a special clarifying shampoo. I do use the regular shampoo that matches with my conditioner, though I'm not sure what the ingredients are. I only really care about the ingredients in my conditioner (^(oo)^)

**christine1989** · May 29th, 2011, 11:27 PM

I am a sporadic cone user and clairify after each cone use. For daily cone users that probobly wouldn't make much sense but because I have extra dry hair I want to make absolutly certian that my leave ins are getting into my hair (not intercepted by buildup).

**Yamainu** · May 30th, 2011, 12:13 AM

It varies with me - anywhere from once a week to once every three weeks. Depends on the texture of my hair - when it starts getting grubby and tangly, it's time to clarify.

**|Xei** · May 30th, 2011, 02:20 AM

I'm cone-free for washing. However, I do use a coney serum for when I heat-style my hair.
I've been using the lemon clarifying shampoo from Avalon Organics for awhile now, and even though it's sulphate-free, it seems to be doing a very good job of removing the cones, as well as any styling product I would have on top of them (waxes, clays, hairspray...). I clarify every time I use cones, otherwise my ends become clumpy and crispy-feeling.