by Nikki B. Philip Pelusi Product Education Director

One of most long-standing shampoos at Philip Pelusi also happens to be one that can cause the most confusion, the Philip Pelusi Rx Clarifying Shampoo Treatment.  Let’s take a look at fact vs fiction when it comes to this phenomenal shampoo.

There is nothing like Philip’s Rx Clarifying Shampoo Treatment.  It is totally unique.  The main purpose of this shampoo is to neutralize chlorine on contact.  But how?  Philip tasked his scientists to whip up a specialized ingredient blend to instantly neutralize chlorine while protecting hair color and condition.  These two ingredients are Ammonium and Sodium Thiosulfate USP.  These have nothing to do with ammonia and nothing to do with traditional sulfates.  These just happen to be the official FDA nomenclatures for these lab-created ingredients.  They sound scary but they are far from it!  In fact, they are completely hair and scalp friendly.

Chlorine coats the hair and skin, leaving behind a film or buildup of chlorine while drying out hair and skin in the process.  Chlorine also erodes the hair leaving behind potholes from which valuable color molecules escape making color looked faded and dull.  Chlorine also leaves behind copper deposits that often take on a green tint on blonde hair and a brassy hue on brunettes.  Once the Rx Clarifying is applied to the hair, scalp, face, body and even bathing suit, these ingredients go to work stopping chlorine’s negative effects.  Most importantly, these chlorine neutralizers do not have the ability to remove color molecules, they don’t “speak” to them.  They can only work on chlorine molecules, that’s the science behind it!

This means Rx Clarifying stops oxidation that normally fades hair color!  This is great because after hair color is done processing in the salon, we want to preserve that guest’s hair color as long as possible.  So, you can see how Rx Clarifying is a totally color safe or color preserving product.  But this is also why Rx Clarifying cannot be used by a guest 24 hours before a color service.  This magic ingredient mix stays active in the hair up to 24 hours and will stop hair color from processing if applied 24 hours or less before a color service.  That is just how color safe Rx Clarifying is!