Damaged hair rarely announces itself in one dramatic moment. It's a slow accumulation — another round of foils, another Sunday with the straightener — until one day the ends have the texture of dry grass. This is the bottle where the turnaround starts.
TL;DR: A protein-rich shampoo that cleanses gently while delivering a balanced dose of hydrolysed wheat protein and moisture into dry, damaged, over-processed and brittle hair. It builds strength and elasticity, works against breakage, detangles heat-damaged lengths and puts shine back into dull hair. Because it's non-hardening, it can be used every single day without the stiff, over-proteinised result that most repair shampoos risk. The 1 litre is the salon-size bottle for hair on a long recovery plan.
Product Details and Benefits
- Protein and moisture, in balance. Protein rebuilds, moisture keeps hair pliable. Deliver one without the other and damaged hair either stays weak or turns brittle. This formula carries both.
- Hydrolysed wheat protein. Reinforces the strand from the wash step rather than waiting for the conditioner to do all the structural work.
- Genuinely gentle cleansing. Mild co-surfactants lead the formula, so it lifts oil and product without stripping already-compromised hair back to squeaking.
- Strength and elasticity. Hair that stretches and springs back instead of snapping — the practical difference between long hair and long hair that stays long.
- Works against breakage. Suitable for all degrees of damage, from mildly over-styled to seriously over-processed.
- Repairs and detangles heat-damaged hair. Straightener and curling-wand damage gets specific attention here, and lengths come out of the shower far less matted.
- Hydrating and brightening. Adds shine to dull hair, so repaired hair also stops looking flat and grey under the bathroom light.
- Non-hardening, safe for daily use. The headline feature. Most protein shampoos have to be rationed to avoid over-proteinisation. This one doesn't.
- Works across the board. Fine, medium or coarse texture. Curly, wavy, frizzy or straight. Coloured, blonde or grey.
- Inside the bottle. Hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolysed wheat protein does the strengthening, panthenol (pro-vitamin B5) conditions, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride adds slip for detangling, and PCA dimethicone smooths the cuticle.
- The scent. Mango — warm and tropical, and a genuine lift for a product otherwise associated with damage control.
- The size. A 1 litre basin bottle from muk: an Australian-owned brand that is vegan, cruelty free and not tested on animals.
How to Use
- Saturate the hair thoroughly with warm water before anything else goes near it.
- Dispense one to two pumps' worth into the palm.
- Massage through with flat hands, starting at the scalp and working down through to the ends so the formula reaches the full length of the hair.
- Rinse thoroughly, and repeat if the hair is especially dirty or heavy with product.
- Squeeze out the excess water and follow with Intense muk Repair Conditioner.
Pro tip: Flat hands, not claws. On fragile hair, the instinct is to pile the lengths on top of the head and scrub at them with your fingertips — which swirls the mid-lengths into knots you then have to drag a comb through afterwards, undoing exactly the repair you're paying for. Keep the lengths hanging in their natural fall and work downwards with flat palms instead. The wash takes the same thirty seconds and costs you a fraction of the tangles.
Why You'll Love It
Real protein repair that starts at the shampoo rather than waiting for the conditioner, gentle enough for hair that has already been through enough, and mild enough to use every day without a single crunchy consequence. The litre means you can commit to the repair properly instead of nursing a small bottle. Add it to your cart and start giving your hair a way back.
