Chelating shampoo---What is that?
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Topic: Chelating shampoo---What is that?
Posted By: blackhoney112
Subject: Chelating shampoo---What is that?
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 5:15pm
Hello does anyone know what a chelating shampoo is? TIA  ------------- http://public.fotki.com/blackhoney112/hair_album/101505_.html - Hair album pw:Romeo |
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Posted By: Sistaslick
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 5:54pm
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Chelating shampoos are like super strong clarifying shampoos that are specifically formulated to remove mineral deposits (calcium, Magnesium, salts, copper) from the hair. Regular clarifying shampoos simply remove product buildup, while chelators take it a step further removing minerals and buidlup. Mineral deposits usually wind up on the hair when someone has hard water or uses no-lye relaxers.
These chelating shampoos are also often used as precursors to chemical services such as relaxing or coloring hair because of the deep levels at which they are able to work within the hair shaft. They help these processes take a little better.
I use Kenra for chelating.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 11:22pm
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Chelating shampoos are also used to prevent "swimmers hair". I use them after swimming to ensure that I remove the harsh pool chemicals from my hair.. (I always follow up with a good moisturizing conditioner, and extra moisturizers when I style my hair) Nexxus makes a chelator gel called "Aloe Rid" which is used in conjunction with their chelating shampoo (also called "Aloe Rid") ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
Posted By: digitaldiva
Date Posted: June 29 2007 at 7:23am
Great information. If you aren't a swimmer how often do you use chelating shampoos? How do you know when you need a chelating shampoo verses just a regular clarifying shampoo? Also, when you go to buy it does it say chelating shampoo by Aveda or just clarifying shampoo? I just used Aveda as an example. Ciao! ------------- AS OF 5/25/2007 4A 10 1/2' in the top 10 on the sides 3 1/2 in the back GOAL BSL |
Sistaslick wrote:Posted By: Sistaslick
Date Posted: June 29 2007 at 10:47am
If you aren't a swimmer, a no-lye user, or don't have hard water, you really don't need a chelating shampoo. A clarifying shampoo will do everything you need (and some clarifiers actually contain chelating ingredients like EDTA). A clarifier won't work well if you have hard water though. So if your shampoo isn't lathering well, you're clarifying and your hair still feels coated, your hair color has a strange cast to it, and just feels rough and tangly in the shower-- you probably have hard water and you might benefit from a chelating shampoo.
If you don't fit the description for a chelating shampoo (and/or aren't sure if you have hard water), but you want one just in case--- I'd use one once a month or every couple of months just for maintenance. Most people with hard water know they have hard water, though.
 Most chelating shampoos will say that they are. Some popular chelating shampoos are:
Shampoo Three' by Paul Mitchell Kenra Clarifying Shampoo (indications for chelating as well) Aveda Detox
RESOLVE® Chelating Shampoo from Joico Elucence Moisture Acidifying Shampoo -------------
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Posted By: digitaldiva
Date Posted: June 30 2007 at 11:45am
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Great! Thank You ------------- AS OF 5/25/2007 4A 10 1/2' in the top 10 on the sides 3 1/2 in the back GOAL BSL |
Posted By: Sistaslick
Date Posted: June 30 2007 at 4:14pm
No problem!!! -------------
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Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: June 30 2007 at 9:07pm
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I also wanted to add this: For those of you with hard water, and no home water filtration system, a GREAT solution is a shower filter.. You want the kind with the 6 month or better filters to get the most benefit. (The cheapie ones really don't work well if at all) These little gems come as either a filter which is installed with your existing showerhead or as a showerhead unit with a built-in filtration cartridge. (the latter is the most expensive of these two options -- both are equally effective) ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: July 01 2007 at 7:28pm
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Thanks for this info, I never knew this. ------------- Natural BC May 9, 2004 |
Posted By: femmemuscle
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 10:14am
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mizani also has a clarifying/chelating shampoo as well..i use it once every 6 weeks to knock off the mineral build up, and give the hair a clean start...
here in California, we have the worst water...it's full of chemicals, chlorine, flouride..you can smell it, before you drink it... ------------- some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints. |
Posted By: blackhoney112
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 9:24pm
Thank you for explaining this for me...I have been thinking of getting Kenra and then I had read about Nexxus too...I think I'll get one of these because I do have hard water in my area and I have to use my garlic poo every shampoo to get rid of build-up but I have been noticing its not cutting it 100%. Great information 
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Posted By: blackhoney112
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 9:26pm
Hey diva, I wanted something like this 2 christmas ago lol which filter brand do you recommend? I rent my apartment, the one that is installed into the showerhead---could that be removed later? TIA
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Posted By: blackhoney112
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 9:32pm
That's why I love hair forums, learn something new everyday
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Posted By: digitaldiva
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 8:11am
Sistaslick originally posted it. She'll tell you the best one to get 
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Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 12:59pm
 Home Depot sells these for a pretty good price..
( http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100210495 - Sprite Slimline Showerfilter ) ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
Posted By: blackhoney112
Date Posted: July 15 2007 at 4:33pm
Thanks Divavocals!  ------------- http://public.fotki.com/blackhoney112/hair_album/101505_.html - Hair album pw:Romeo |
Posted By: blackhoney112
Date Posted: July 15 2007 at 4:34pm
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I was curious, how often do you use a chelating shampoo? I usually clarify using Nutrine galric poo once a week...would that be an overkill with a chelating shampoo? TIA ------------- http://public.fotki.com/blackhoney112/hair_album/101505_.html - Hair album pw:Romeo |
Posted By: annetoin
Date Posted: July 18 2007 at 1:50pm
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I take it that a chelating shampoo will strip color out of one's hair if they have a rinse? Am I right? |
Posted By: Sistaslick
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 2:06am
Even a regular shampoo could strip some of your color if you have a rinse.  The color in a rinse is deposited on the outer cuticle, so you'd want to make sure that you're using color safe products in general. Anything else will cause your color to lose it's vibrancy sooner than you want. A chelator will definitely pull some of your color.-------------
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