Anti-Residue Shampoo Step 1 300ml - Cadiveu Brasil Cacau is the professional Step 1 of the Brasil Cacau smoothing service: an alkaline-pH deep-cleansing shampoo that clears residue and opens the cuticle so the smoothing step that follows takes evenly. It is carried on hydrolyzed keratin, cocoa (Theobroma Cacao) and D-Panthenol, which condition as it cleanses. Use it before Eco Keratin, Smoothing Protein or Brazilian Thermal Reconstruction. The 300ml is the compact salon size: the same shampoo also comes as a 1 litre for the back bar. For professional use only.

Why the Anti-Residue Shampoo

A smoothing service is only as even as the canvas it starts on. Sebum, silicone and polymer from home-care products, hard-water minerals, chlorine and the residue of a previous treatment all sit on the fibre and form a film that blocks the smoothing agent from reaching the hair uniformly. That film is what leaves a service patchy at the roots, weaker through the lengths, or quicker to fade. The Anti-Residue Shampoo is the Step 1 that resets that canvas. Where a daily maintenance shampoo runs at an acidic pH to keep the cuticle flat and the colour sealed, this one is deliberately alkaline: it lifts the cuticle rather than smoothing it down, and its deep-cleansing surfactants strip the buildup away, so when the smoothing cream goes on it meets clean, open hair from root to tip. Skipping this step, or swapping in a gentle sulfate-free wash, is the single most common reason a Brazilian smoothing under-performs or drops out early.

Key Ingredients

The cleansing base is built on Sodium Laureth Sulfate paired with cocamidopropyl betaine, a deliberately thorough surfactant system that lifts the oils, films and mineral deposits a mild shampoo simply leaves in place. Working alongside it, the alkaline pH opens the cuticle so the hair is not just clean on the surface but genuinely prepared to receive the smoothing agent. Even as a clarifier it is not stripping for its own sake: three conditioning agents from the front of the label ride in the formula to keep the fibre from feeling stripped. Hydrolyzed keratin is a small-molecule protein that settles into the cuticle, cocoa (Theobroma Cacao Fruit Extract) adds softness and slip, and D-Panthenol draws in moisture, so the hair rinses clean and manageable rather than squeaky and rough. Guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, a plant-derived conditioning agent, rounds out the wet feel.

What to Expect

The hair rinses genuinely clean, without the coated slip a conditioning shampoo leaves behind, and the cuticle is open and ready to take the smoothing agent. What you are reading for at the basin is a clean, grippy feel through the mid-lengths and ends rather than a slick one: that grip is the signal the film is gone and the fibre is prepared. Colour may look a touch more matte for a moment because the surface oils are off, which is normal and settles once the service is complete. From here the treatment moves straight into drying and the smoothing step of whichever Brasil Cacau system you are running, with no waiting time in between.

Who It Is For

• Salons running any Brasil Cacau smoothing service that needs a clean, even starting point
• Hair carrying product buildup, oils or hard-water minerals before a treatment
• The shared Step 1 for Eco Keratin, Smoothing Protein and Brazilian Thermal Reconstruction

Who It Is Not For

• Daily home washing: this is a professional clarifier, not an everyday shampoo
• Keeping a fresh colour looking just-done between services, where a gentle sulfate-free wash is the better choice
• A client whose scalp prickles the moment warm water touches it

Professional tip: on very oily or heavily built-up hair, or on a client who uses a lot of silicone-based home care, take a second pass with the shampoo before you judge the rinse. Concentrate the first wash at the scalp and roots where sebum sits, and the second through the lengths where product collects. The fibre should feel clean and grippy, not slippery, which tells you the cuticle is open and the residue is gone and the hair is ready for Step 2.

How to Use

1. Apply to damp hair and massage through the scalp and lengths to a full lather.
2. Rinse thoroughly, so no residue is left behind.
3. Repeat the wash if the hair is still oily or heavily built up.
4. Move on to the drying and smoothing step of your chosen Brasil Cacau system.

Using It Before Your Smoothing Service

The Anti-Residue Shampoo is the shared Step 1 across the Brasil Cacau range. Whichever system you are running, it comes first: for coloured, bleached or fine hair choose Eco Keratin; for thick, coarse or resistant hair choose Smoothing Protein; for intensive smoothing and reconstruction choose Brazilian Thermal Reconstruction. All three finish on the Deep Conditioning Mask as Step 3. See the full Brasil Cacau smoothing systems to match the service to the hair.

In Short

• Step 1 alkaline-pH deep-cleansing prep for the Brasil Cacau smoothing service
• Lifts residue and opens the cuticle for an even smoothing result
• Conditioned with keratin, cocoa and D-Panthenol; professional use only
• Shared by Eco Keratin, Smoothing Protein and Brazilian Thermal Reconstruction