Today’s top clarifying shampoos remove stubborn residue and restore hair vitality

If your hair issues include dull, rough, flat, greasy, dry hair or flaking from the scalp, there’s a good chance that product buildup is to blame. If double shampooing with your everyday shampoo isn’t doing you any favors, targeting your hair issues with a clarifying shampoo just might! LovelySkin offers a wide selection of dermatologist-recommended clarifying shampoo and scalp care products designed to bring relief to all hair types.

Shop LovelySkin today to find the right clarifying shampoo for your hair. Choose from popular hair care brands like L’Oreal Professionnel, Surface, L’ANZA, Pureology, Kenra, Redken, Klorane and others.

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Clarifying shampoo FAQs

1. What is clarifying shampoo?

   Clarifying shampoo is designed to remove the stubborn oils, debris and residue clinging to your hair and scalp. While anyone can use these ultra-cleansing shampoo products, clarifying shampoos are especially helpful for individuals who use a lot of hair styling products, wash with hard water or often swim in chlorinated water.

2. What does clarifying shampoo do?

   Clarifying shampoo is specially formulated to remove residue and impurities that cling to the hair and scalp. These impurities and residue can be caused by styling products, hard water and chlorinated water. An added benefit of clarifying shampoo is that it also helps refresh the scalp.

3. Does clarifying shampoo remove color?

   Certain clarifying shampoo formulas can remove color from hair. If you want a clarifying shampoo that can help maintain color-treated hair, filter your clarifying shampoo search by “hair type–color color-treated hair.”

4. How often should you use clarifying shampoo?

   Clarifying shampoo usage can vary based on what your hair styling or daily routine looks like. If you use many styling products, don't wash your hair often, have oily hair, shower in hard water, or swim in chlorinated water, washing your hair with a clarifying shampoo once to twice weekly is recommended. If you are less likely to use daily hair products or tamper with your hair, consider using a clarifying shampoo once or twice a month.

5. How do you know if a shampoo is clarifying?

   Unlike other shampoo formulas, clarifying shampoo formulas contain more heavy surfactants, or soap-like ingredients, that help lift and remove residue and impurities from the hair. Clarifying shampoos are also considered to work as both scalp and hair cleansing products, more than your usual daily shampoo product.

6. Is detox shampoo the same as clarifying?

   While detox and clarifying shampoos are similar in that they help remove residue from the hair, the main difference lies in their active ingredients list. For instance, detox shampoo products are often made with more natural and plant-based ingredients to remove build-up, while clarifying shampoo relies on a high percentage of soap-like surfactants to help remove build-up.