Clarifying and Scalp Detox

A clarifying wash earns its place by lifting what weighs hair down. Tara's detox shampoo runs salicylic acid at 0.4%, the lipophilic acid that loosens and lifts the build-up trapping the follicle, with menthyl lactate, which activates the TRPM8 cold receptor for a measured cooling effect. It clears the oil, residue and dead skin that dull hair and slow a clean start.

What it is not

At 0.4%, salicylic acid sits 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: cosmetic charcoal particles are too large to enter it, and an independent review found no clinical evidence for charcoal's cosmetic claims (Sanchez, Clin Dermatol 2020). Charcoal binds oil on the surface and rinses away, the sensory signal of a deep cleanse, not the active.

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