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the transition

🍋 Clarifying: What It Means & Why It Matters

If you're switching to a natural shampoo bar for the first time, your hair might need a little reset, that’s where clarifying comes in.

What is clarifying?

Clarifying is a deep clean for your hair and scalp. It helps remove:

Buildup from conventional shampoos and conditioners
Silicones, waxes, and synthetic coatings
Hard water minerals
Dry shampoo and styling product residue
Natural oil overload (especially if you're extending wash days)

Basically: it clears the slate so your shampoo bar can actually do its job.

🧠 What does clarifying do to your hair?

If your hair feels waxy, heavy, or greasy after trying a shampoo bar, it’s usually not the bar. It’s buildup from years of conventional products. When you clarify, you're removing the gunk that's been coating your strands and scalp, things that might make your hair feel greasy, dull, or weighed down.

After clarifying:

Hair feels lighter and cleaner
Scalp can breathe better
Natural oils rebalance more easily
Natural products (like your shampoo bars) work better

However, your hair might feel drier or more "squeaky clean" right after clarifying, that’s normal. It means the coating is gone and your hair is now truly clean.

⚖️ Why clarify before switching to natural shampoo?

Conventional hair products often contain:

Silicones: coat hair for artificial smoothness
Petroleum-based ingredients: create buildup over time
Waxes and polymers: clog pores and weigh down hair

Natural shampoo bars don’t contain these, so if you don’t remove them first, you may feel like the bars “don’t work,” when really they’re just fighting through buildup.