Purifying Shampoo

To tell you the truth, I haven't had the shampoo very long.
Does seem like for a few hours my head doesn't itch.
I am so hoping this shampoo works. Twenty-one years has been long enough, I'm tired of having a itchy red scalp, with small amounts of dander. For most of my life I washed my hair everyday.
Stopped that around ten yrs ago.
Three stars just because to soon to know if it has worked.

I have suffered from bad acne on my forehead caused by hair products, but have stopped needing my topical antibiotic since starting on Ochre.

This shampoo literally feels like you’re hydrating your hair! I’ve never felt anything like it. Definitely recommend!

For context I’m East Indian, late 30s female, have medium thickness/volume wavy hair that’s prone to frizz. Also a remediating body and fragrance products junkie. I have been using this trio for about 2.5 months now.

I don’t have any scalp problems but as I’ve been getting older and seeing family/friends, around me getting sick, allergies, hair thinning, auto-immune conditions, cancer, etc. for unclear reasons, I wanted to make more of an effort to stay away from chemicals as much as possible. I was also recently pregnant and had this incredibly heightened smell and could literally smell all the chemicals and the fragrances in my shampoo, body wash, and conditioner. They no longer smelled good, just fake and chemical-y and it turned me off from wanting to keep using them. There’s also been a lot of talk recently about how much our microbiome affects our health so these products fit the bill for that too.

I single or double cleanse with this shampoo depending on how long it’s been since I’d wash my hair (usually every 4-6 days) and it works well, leaving it feeling clean but not dried out, and soft but not in a weighed down way. I also oil my hair with rosemary on my scalp and coconut oil in my strands every couple weeks and a double shampoo of this is AMAZING at cleansing all the oil out and still leaving it soft and not dried out. I used to use BB Sunday Clarifying, then switched to Ouai Clarifying shampoo which was less drying, but Ochre leaves my hair feeling more “clean” of oil but still “soft clean.” It’s hard to explain but it works better than the other two. I definitely recommend this shampoo for both daily and as a double cleanse for oiling hair days. It’s saving room on my shower niche which is nice haha. Also the packaging is nice with the recyclable aluminum, feels luxurious. One bottle lasted me 2 months.

The conditioner is also really nice. Great consistently/thickness, great at detangling my hair but cleans out easy with water without feeling like your hair is greasy or weighed down with conditioner. I’m able to comb through my hair easily afterwards. I use this for my regular shampoo/conditioning days, and like to use a deeper hair conditioning mask every couple weeks. I’m hoping this line comes out with a hair mask in the future 😊 I’m a little more than half way through my conditioner bottle after 2 months.

The hair cream is really interesting in a good way. I tried using natural oil like jasmine in my hair to make it smell good, tamp down frizz, and shine it up, but it’s just too greasy. If you wash your hair often, it may not matter as much (in which case I recommend the Ranavat Fortifying Hair Serum – smells amazing)! But this hair cream was really fascinating to use. Literally feels like cream in your hands but I run a double pea sized amount just through my strands and it’s great at tamping down frizz and making my hair look more healthy and hydrated. Even if I’m just putting my hair back into a simple low pony, I run through it through the side of my hair especially and I just look more put together. There is SO much product in this thing and you only need to use a little, it’s going to last me like 6 months at least.

All in all, as you can probably tell I’m super happy with this trio. They perform just as good if not better than all the other high-end ones I’ve used throughout the years but I feel so much better knowing I’m putting less chemicals on my body.

I really love how the Ochre shampoo makes my scalp and hair feel - clean, shiny, bouncy! I struggle with combination dry/oily scalp and Ochre has so far really helped address those issues . Highly recommend!