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Healthy hair begins at the root.
The Root Cause scalp treatment and scalp tool on a limestone ledge in warm daylight
Scalp Care System

Your hair problem might not be a hair problem.

Most routines start with the strands. Ours starts at the scalp, with the water, products and habits around it.

What we believe

Healthy hair begins at the root.

Our point of view
Made for everyone

Every scalp. Every texture.

Straight, wavy, curly and coily. Men and women. Every shade of skin. However you wear your hair, it starts in the same place.

Portrait · coily
Portrait · straight
Portrait · curly
Portrait · wavy
The Scalp Report

What’s in your water?

Get a Scalp Report for your area. Your local water, weather and air, read together with your routine, in about three minutes.

The missing step

A filter isn’t a reset.

Filtering your water and caring for your scalp are two different jobs. Better water is one step. Better scalp care is another.

Explore the difference
A shower filter
  • Works on the water before it reaches you
  • Can reduce certain substances, depending on its type
  • Can’t lift what’s already on your scalp
A scalp routine
  • Works on the scalp itself
  • Targets the residue your products leave
  • Fits whatever water you have
The Ritual

A few minutes before you wash.

See the ritual
  1. i.

    Part and apply

    Section your hair and run the nozzle along each part, straight onto the scalp.

  2. ii.

    Work it in

    Small circles with the Scalp Tool, light pressure, front to back.

  3. iii.

    Wash as usual

    Shampoo and condition the way you normally would.

For a deeper pre-wash, add warmth under a cap and hooded dryer before you wash.

Journal

Know what you’re working with.

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The Root Cause System on limestone in warm daylight
The Root Cause System

Everything you need to start.

The Scalp Treatment and the Scalp Tool, together in one kit.

$48.00