Your scalp doesn’t have just one mood.
Some weeks it’s uncomfortable and oily. Other weeks it’s buried under dry shampoo and styling products.
That’s exactly why PHYTO created two rituals. One rebalances while the other resets. Here’s how to know which one your scalp is asking for.
Two rituals with two different jobs
POLLÉINE works with your scalp to restore its natural balance.
The Purifying Cleansing Scrub lifts away everything sitting on your scalp so it can breathe again.
Both are botanical formulas built for one thing: a scalp that feels as good as your hair looks.
POLLÉINE: the facial for your scalp
Since 1969. It was one of the very first formulas PHYTO ever created, and it's still the cult pre-shampoo for every scalp concern.
What's inside: a 100% botanical blend. It's 72% essential oils (cajeput, lemon, rosemary, sage and cypress) in a nourishing corn germ oil base.
How it feels: Apply it and your scalp wakes up. Cool, tingling, and alive while a fresh essential oil scent fills the air.
What it does: It helps soothe and helps bring an oily scalp back into balance. It also stimulates microcirculation at the root and preps your scalp to get the most from every treatment that follows.
How to use it:
- Apply to a dry scalp, section by section.
- Massage gently and let it sink in.
- Leave on for 20 minutes
- Rinse and shampoo as usual.
Once a week is the ritual.
Made for: Healthy, oily, or simply off-balance scalps.
Not for: sensitive scalps
The Purifying Cleansing Scrub: the three-minute reset
What's inside: double-size sea salt crystals sourced from French salt mines
How it feels: Crystals melting under your fingertips. A fresh, weightless finish. Roots that finally move again.
What it does: It exfoliates and cleanses in one step. Dead cells, product buildup, and excess oil are gone, and your scalp's balance stays intact.
How to use it:
- Apply to a wet scalp.
- Massage gently for 3 minutes.
- Rinse.
That's it.
Made for: dry shampoo loyalists, heavy stylers, oily roots, and hair that falls flat by day two.
| POLLÉINE | Purifying Cleansing Scrub | |
|---|---|---|
| Texture | Botanical oil | Sea salt crystal scrub |
| Applied to | Dry scalp | Wet scalp |
| Time | 20 minutes | 3 minutes |
| The job | Rebalance and soothe | Exfoliate and cleanse |
| Feels like | A scalp facial | A scalp polish |
Which one, when
You're oily by noon.
Use both, alternating through the week. The scrub clears, and POLLÉINE rebalances.
Your color appointment is tomorrow.
Skip POLLÉINE before and after color or bleaching service.
You're starting a hair loss or density routine.
Prep the canvas first. POLLÉINE readies the scalp to receive the treatments that follow, so routines like PHYTOCYANE start on the right foundation.
The weekly scalp ritual
1. RESET. Use the Purifying Cleansing Scrub on wash day to clear the buildup.
2. REBALANCE. Use POLLÉINE the following week as a pre-shampoo treatment.
3. REPEAT. Let your scalp lead. Some weeks it wants the Cleansing Scrub, other days it asks for POLLÉINE.