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OGX Purifying+ Charcoal Detox Conditioner Deeply Cleanses & Balances Scalp for Oily, Dull Hair & Product Buildup 385 ml/13.02 oz

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Buildup is cumulative and quiet. Styling product, hard water minerals and everyday grime settle on the hair over weeks, and one morning it looks dull, feels heavy and will not hold a style. A clarifying step is the reset.

Activated charcoal is the ingredient here, and it works by binding to what is sitting on the hair so it can be rinsed away. The reason OGX put it in a conditioner rather than only a shampoo is that clarifying tends to leave hair squeaky and rough. This does the drawing out and the conditioning in the same step, so the scalp comes out clean and the lengths do not feel stripped. 385 ml.

  • Lifts product residue and hard water deposits
  • Refreshes an oily, congested scalp
  • Brings brightness back to dull hair
  • Conditions while it clears, so hair is not left rough

Once a week or once a fortnight is plenty. Every wash would be too much for most hair, and the rest of the time an ordinary moisturising conditioner will serve you better.

Application tips

Take it to the scalp, which is unusual for a conditioner and the whole point of this one. Part the hair, apply along the partings, then massage with fingertips for a minute before pulling the rest through the lengths.

Leave it three minutes. Rinse hard. Go back to your usual conditioner for the following week.

Results

The scalp feels genuinely clear afterwards, the sort of clean that a normal wash stops delivering once styling product has been building for a month.

Hair looks brighter and holds a style again, since there is nothing coating it. The difference from a clarifying shampoo used alone is the lengths: they come out conditioned instead of rough and stripped.

Composition

Activated Charcoal
Binds to residue sitting on the hair so it rinses away
Full ingredients list

Aqua (Water), Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Charcoal Powder, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Polyquaternium-37, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Lauryl Glucoside, Isopropyl Alcohol, Glycol Distearate, Ceteareth-20, Propylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Tocopheryl Acetate, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum (Fragrance), Limonene, Linalool

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