PEPTIDE PREP™ pH Maintenance Shampoo

What it is: A color-safe, pH-optimized shampoo with K18PEPTIDE™ to effectively cleanse while maintaining hair health for hair that feels strong, smooth, and healthy.

Hair Type: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Texture: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Concerns:

- Damage/Split Ends/Breakage

- Flaky/Dry Scalp

- Color Safe

Key Benefits:

- pH-optimized to minimize damage during cleansing

- Reduces frizz, maintains color, helps detangle

- Microbiome-certified to help maintain scalp health

Highlighted Ingredients:

- Plant-Derived Surfactants: Create a gentle, high-foaming cleanse without leaving buildup behind.

- K18PEPTIDE™: Works as a protective shield to reduce protein loss that can weaken hair to keep it feeling soft, strong, healthy, and clean.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This pH-optimized shampoo (4.5-5.5) helps prevent excess swelling of the hair cuticle to help reduce frizz, preserve color, and maintain health and shine, especially important for damaged hair. An optimized pH also helps preserve the scalp microbiome. This shampoo is gentle enough to use every time you cleanse.

Fragrance Description: Clean citrus scent

Clinical Results: Results observed in a consumer study of 35 people after 21 days:

- 91% said hair feels healthier

- 91% said hair feels smoother

- 91% said hair does not feel weighed down

Clean at Sephora

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-Plant-Derived Surfactants: Create a gentle, high-foaming cleanse without leaving buildup behind.
-K18PEPTIDE ™: Works as a protective shield to reduce protein loss that can weaken hair to keep it feeling soft, strong, healthy, and clean.

Water (Aqua) (Eau), Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Methyl 2-Sulfolaurate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, sh-Oligopeptide-78, Panthenol, Glycerin, Sodium Phytate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride,
Disodium 2-Sulfolaurate, Caprylyl Glycol, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Benzoic Acid, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Fragrance (Parfum), Limonene.

Clean at Sephora products are formulated without the following banned or restricted ingredients (please see Clean at Sephora landing page for full list of specific restrictions and allowances by category—this is not an exhaustive list):
Acrylates, Aluminum Salts, Animal Musks/Fats/Oils, Benzophenones and related compounds, Butoxyethanol, Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) under 0.1%, Carbon Black or Black 2, Coal Tar, Ethanolamines, Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Releasing Agents, Hydroquinone, Lead and Lead Acetate, Mercury + Mercury Compounds (Thimerisol), Methoxyethanol, Methyl Cellosolve, Methylchloroisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazolinone, Mineral Oil, Nanomaterials (restrictions for specific nanomaterials only), Oxybenzone, Parabens, Petrolatum and Paraffin (USP grade only), Phenoxyethanol under 1%, Phthalates, Plastic Microbeads, Polyacrylamide & Acrylamide, Resorcinol, Retinyl Palmitate, Styrene, Sulfates, Talc (no detection of asbestos), Toluene, Triclosan and Triclocarban, Undisclosed Synthetic Fragrance (under 1% and formulated without Acetaldehyde, Acetone, Acetonitrile, Benzalkonium chloride, BPA, EDTA, Methylene chloride, PTFE, PFOA), 1,4-Dioxane (ingredients must comply with impurity thresholds), Octinoxate, PFAS compounds, Nitromusks and Polycyclic Musks, Ethoxylated Ingredients (including PEGS or polyethylene glycol must meet contamination limits for 1,4-Dioxane and ethylene oxide), Cyclic Silicones, EDTA and derivatives (allowed if no technical substitute under 0.2%).

Suggested Usage:
-Gentle enough on hair and scalp to use every time you cleanse.
-Massage into hair, focusing on scalp.
-Thoroughly rinse.
-Repeat as needed.
-This shampoo effectively cleanses without leaving behind fillers or deposits, so it leaves a clean canvas for treatment products, like the K18 Molecular Repair Hair Mask (sold separately).