How often should you wash your hair with clarifying shampoo

Clarifying shampoo is great for combating greasy, heavy feeling hair. Products with ingredients like activated charcoal have tons of great benefits, especially when they help your hair feel lighter and cleaner by removing excess dirt, toxins, oil, and sebum that can help weigh your hair down or create scalp problems. But the reality is that clarifying shampoos can be drying if used too much, so it’s important to use them correctly. Here is what we recommend for how to use clarifying shampoo products: 

We recommend using a clarifying shampoo at least once per week to remove impurities, dirt, and oil. It’s more than ok to wash your hair a couple of times per week—every few days at most—but don’t feel obligated to use a clarifying shampoo each time. We recommend using a clarifying shampoo once per week, and another shampoo specialized to your needs during your other washes. This way your hair gets a good blend of nourishment and different ingredients, and you get to preserve your products and help them last longer.

Gently massage the clarifying shampoo into your scalp and hair as you would normal shampoo, but wait a couple of minutes before you rinse the product out so it can deep clean both your hair and scalp. Rinse the product out and then use a conditioner that helps the shampoo prevent drying. Luseta Beauty’s activated charcoal products are clarifying but gentle to help avoid drying common to many clarifying products. The activated charcoal essentially acts as a detoxifying agent, but doesn’t leave your hair brittle or dry.