Clarifying & Detox

Tara's detox shampoo is built around salicylic acid at 0.4%, the lipophilic acid that lifts the build-up trapping the follicle, with menthyl lactate, which activates the TRPM8 cold receptor for a measured cooling effect. It clarifies: it removes the oil, residue and dead skin that weigh hair down.

What it does not do: at 0.4%, salicylic acid is below the 1.8% the US FDA recognises for dandruff control, so this is a build-up-lifting clarifier, not an anti-dandruff treatment (US FDA OTC Monograph M032, 2021). And activated charcoal does not detox the follicle; the particles are too large to enter it (Sanchez, Clin Dermatol 2020). Charcoal binds oil on the surface during the wash and rinses away, the sensory signal of a deep cleanse, not the active.