Mussaenda & Mallow Hair Rinse

A dry hair rinse combining mussaenda and mallow, made by Adivasi women's collectives in central Kerala. Sold at 100g rather than in millilitres, which indicates a powder to be mixed with water rather than a ready liquid — worth stating clearly on the listing, since customers expecting a bottled rinse will otherwise be confused. Traditional herbal rinses of this kind are used after washing to condition, add slip and improve manageability without the silicones commercial conditioners rely on. Mallow is the functional half: it is mucilaginous, releasing a slippery gel in water that coats the hair shaft and genuinely helps detangling. Mussaenda is a Western Ghats flowering shrub used in regional herbal practice. Assessed on clean-label first principles rather than FSSAI. Three things to obtain before listing: preparation instructions including quantities and steeping time, the full ingredient list, and whether it leaves any colour cast, which some plant rinses do on light hair.