Clarifying Treatments

[cardinalfire]

Do any of you use clarifying treatments (not necessarily shampoo) before or after chemical processes or on natural hair? I use Kenra's clarifying treatment on my texturized 3c hair which I think is great. It is a combination of fruit acids that really leaves my hair squeaky clean but not dried out and makes my scalp feel good too. It also seems to restore the elasticity I lost with the relaxer.

Trouble is--the stuff is discontinued. Anyone know of any similarly effective clarifying treatments?

 

[Allandra]

I've never heard of a clarifying treatment.

 

[Kaela]

I like Ion Crystal Clarifying treatment. It comes in these little purple packets and you add water to it. Its not as harsh, as a clarifying shampoo in my opinion...

 

[soslychic]

I use suave clarifying shampoo. I don't mind that it's so cheap since I only use it once every 2 weeks and make sure to do it the wash after my touch up. It is drying, but not after I followed it with creme of nature professional shampoo...it leaves your hair really light.

 

[Aerie17]

I didn't just have a chemical treatment, but used Herbal Essence Clarifying shampoo for my last wash. This was my first time using clarifying shampoo. I followed it with Nexxus Therappe and Humectress, following the directions on the bottle (for a change) and left each on for three minutes, no heat, no plastic cap. Just left them on while I showered and then rinsed out. My hair came out soft and I was able to comb right through my roots. My roots are still wonderful and it is time for my touch-up in a few days. Now mind you, I was fighting my roots prior to this treatment, so I am hooked.

 

[Brooke007]

[ QUOTE ]
Kaela said:
I like Ion Crystal Clarifying treatment. It comes in these little purple packets and you add water to it. Its not as harsh, as a clarifying shampoo in my opinion...

[/ QUOTE ] I used this too. I'm not sure if I like it though. I think it worked well I could smell the metals from my water rinsing from hair (ewwwwww). And I thought we had "good" water. I think if I ever do this again I'll plait my hair up before the application because it left my hair soooooo tangly. But I guess all clarifying does that. I use clarifying conditioners vs the shampoo or ACV but I think the treatment was thorough it definitely removes EVERYTHING (metals, salts and chemicals) from your hair and requires some major conditioning afterwards.

 

[SVT]

Carrie, do you like natural stuff or are you just strictly looking for a commercial product?

I've done ACV rinses and I know of others who've used lemon juice. The only commercial clarifying product I've used is Nexxus. I forget the rest of its name though because it was a long time ago that I used it. I don't remember having any gripes about it.

 

[Leigh]

I use Elucence Volume Clarifying Shampoo (this is an excellent scalp shampoo). I also use Elucence Moisture Acidifying Shampoo (I absolutely love this shampoo - it works well with Mizani's moisturefuse conditioner, which I thought had lost it's spunk - I haven't tried it with other conditioners yet).

Leigh