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Odds & Ends
Colourful home textiles – made from surplus materials from industry

When factories dye yarn for textile production, they often make extra stock just to be safe – but a great deal of that yarn ends up unused. Odds & Ends textiles are designed to make full use of these leftovers, creating endless, unexpected colour combinations.

Collections & Colours
The Odds & Ends collections are produced in batches. The factory gathers surplus materials and uses those colours to create a new design, which is then put into production. The exact design is only the starting point – during production some of the leftover materials run out and are replaced with similar colours.

The images you see are therefore an indicative representation of how the textiles look, but there will be small variations within each batch.

Colours may vary
Because these textiles are produced in small batches from surplus materials, the colours may vary. The overall colour palette is always kept, however, so textiles within the same colour family combine easily. The product you receive may be identical to the images on this page, or show small variations from them.

Packaging
Each item comes with a cardboard hangtag or sleeve designed by Rachel Sender.

Washing and care
All Odds & Ends textiles can be washed at 60°C on the cotton programme together with similar colours. Washing at 30°C makes them last longer. To keep the colours intense, we recommend an organic detergent for coloureds.

To extend the life of the textiles, air drying is recommended, but terry products such as soft towels – especially those with a velour surface – can benefit from the occasional tumble dry on medium heat, which softens the fibres without the need for fabric conditioner.

If you live in an area with hard water, you can soften both your textiles and your washing machine by adding citric acid or vinegar to the rinse cycle from time to time.

Loose threads
This product is woven with terry loops to give it a soft and absorbent quality. Newly woven terry loops can be more prone to loose threads, so take care with jewellery the first few times you use it.

If a thread does come loose, never pull it! Snip it off carefully with sharp scissors – this will prevent further loose threads and does not affect the woven structure of the textile. After the first couple of washes the fibres become more resistant to snagging.

Odds & Ends
Colourful home textiles – made from surplus materials from industry

When factories dye yarn for textile production, they often make extra stock just to be safe – but a great deal of that yarn ends up unused. Odds & Ends textiles are designed to make full use of these leftovers, creating endless, unexpected colour combinations.

Collections & Colours
The Odds & Ends collections are produced in batches. The factory gathers surplus materials and uses those colours to create a new design, which is then put into production. The exact design is only the starting point – during production some of the leftover materials run out and are replaced with similar colours.

The images you see are therefore an indicative representation of how the textiles look, but there will be small variations within each batch.

Colours may vary
Because these textiles are produced in small batches from surplus materials, the colours may vary. The overall colour palette is always kept, however, so textiles within the same colour family combine easily. The product you receive may be identical to the images on this page, or show small variations from them.

Packaging
Each item comes with a cardboard hangtag or sleeve designed by Rachel Sender.

Washing and care
All Odds & Ends textiles can be washed at 60°C on the cotton programme together with similar colours. Washing at 30°C makes them last longer. To keep the colours intense, we recommend an organic detergent for coloureds.

To extend the life of the textiles, air drying is recommended, but terry products such as soft towels – especially those with a velour surface – can benefit from the occasional tumble dry on medium heat, which softens the fibres without the need for fabric conditioner.

If you live in an area with hard water, you can soften both your textiles and your washing machine by adding citric acid or vinegar to the rinse cycle from time to time.

Loose threads
This product is woven with terry loops to give it a soft and absorbent quality. Newly woven terry loops can be more prone to loose threads, so take care with jewellery the first few times you use it.

If a thread does come loose, never pull it! Snip it off carefully with sharp scissors – this will prevent further loose threads and does not affect the woven structure of the textile. After the first couple of washes the fibres become more resistant to snagging.

Odds & Ends
Colourful home textiles – made from surplus materials from industry

When factories dye yarn for textile production, they often make extra stock just to be safe – but a great deal of that yarn ends up unused. Odds & Ends textiles are designed to make full use of these leftovers, creating endless, unexpected colour combinations.

Collections & Colours
The Odds & Ends collections are produced in batches. The factory gathers surplus materials and uses those colours to create a new design, which is then put into production. The exact design is only the starting point – during production some of the leftover materials run out and are replaced with similar colours.

The images you see are therefore an indicative representation of how the textiles look, but there will be small variations within each batch.

Colours may vary
Because these textiles are produced in small batches from surplus materials, the colours may vary. The overall colour palette is always kept, however, so textiles within the same colour family combine easily. The product you receive may be identical to the images on this page, or show small variations from them.

Packaging
Each item comes with a cardboard hangtag or sleeve designed by Rachel Sender.

Washing and care
All Odds & Ends textiles can be washed at 60°C on the cotton programme together with similar colours. Washing at 30°C makes them last longer. To keep the colours intense, we recommend an organic detergent for coloureds.

To extend the life of the textiles, air drying is recommended, but terry products such as soft towels – especially those with a velour surface – can benefit from the occasional tumble dry on medium heat, which softens the fibres without the need for fabric conditioner.

If you live in an area with hard water, you can soften both your textiles and your washing machine by adding citric acid or vinegar to the rinse cycle from time to time.

Loose threads
This product is woven with terry loops to give it a soft and absorbent quality. Newly woven terry loops can be more prone to loose threads, so take care with jewellery the first few times you use it.

If a thread does come loose, never pull it! Snip it off carefully with sharp scissors – this will prevent further loose threads and does not affect the woven structure of the textile. After the first couple of washes the fibres become more resistant to snagging.

Odds & Ends
Colourful home textiles – made from surplus materials from industry

When factories dye yarn for textile production, they often make extra stock just to be safe – but a great deal of that yarn ends up unused. Odds & Ends textiles are designed to make full use of these leftovers, creating endless, unexpected colour combinations.

Collections & Colours
The Odds & Ends collections are produced in batches. The factory gathers surplus materials and uses those colours to create a new design, which is then put into production. The exact design is only the starting point – during production some of the leftover materials run out and are replaced with similar colours.

The images you see are therefore an indicative representation of how the textiles look, but there will be small variations within each batch.

Colours may vary
Because these textiles are produced in small batches from surplus materials, the colours may vary. The overall colour palette is always kept, however, so textiles within the same colour family combine easily. The product you receive may be identical to the images on this page, or show small variations from them.

Packaging
Each item comes with a cardboard hangtag or sleeve designed by Rachel Sender.

Washing and care
All Odds & Ends textiles can be washed at 60°C on the cotton programme together with similar colours. Washing at 30°C makes them last longer. To keep the colours intense, we recommend an organic detergent for coloureds.

To extend the life of the textiles, air drying is recommended, but terry products such as soft towels – especially those with a velour surface – can benefit from the occasional tumble dry on medium heat, which softens the fibres without the need for fabric conditioner.

If you live in an area with hard water, you can soften both your textiles and your washing machine by adding citric acid or vinegar to the rinse cycle from time to time.

Loose threads
This product is woven with terry loops to give it a soft and absorbent quality. Newly woven terry loops can be more prone to loose threads, so take care with jewellery the first few times you use it.

If a thread does come loose, never pull it! Snip it off carefully with sharp scissors – this will prevent further loose threads and does not affect the woven structure of the textile. After the first couple of washes the fibres become more resistant to snagging.

Odds & Ends
Colourful home textiles – made from surplus materials from industry

When factories dye yarn for textile production, they often make extra stock just to be safe – but a great deal of that yarn ends up unused. Odds & Ends textiles are designed to make full use of these leftovers, creating endless, unexpected colour combinations.

Collections & Colours
The Odds & Ends collections are produced in batches. The factory gathers surplus materials and uses those colours to create a new design, which is then put into production. The exact design is only the starting point – during production some of the leftover materials run out and are replaced with similar colours.

The images you see are therefore an indicative representation of how the textiles look, but there will be small variations within each batch.

Colours may vary
Because these textiles are produced in small batches from surplus materials, the colours may vary. The overall colour palette is always kept, however, so textiles within the same colour range combine easily. The product you receive may be identical to the images on this page, or show small variations from them. The duo set consists of one textile in mainly cool tones and one in mainly warm tones.

Washing and care
All Odds & Ends textiles can be washed at 30°C on the cotton programme together with similar colours. To keep the colours intense, we recommend an organic detergent for coloureds.

To extend the life of the textiles, air drying is recommended, but terry products such as soft towels – especially those with a velour surface – can benefit from the occasional tumble dry on medium heat, which softens the fibres without the need for fabric conditioner.

If you live in an area with hard water, you can soften both your textiles and your washing machine by adding citric acid or vinegar to the rinse cycle from time to time.

Loose threads
This product is woven with terry loops to give it a soft and absorbent quality. Newly woven terry loops can be more prone to loose threads, so take care with jewellery the first few times you use it.

If a thread does come loose, never pull it! Snip it off carefully with sharp scissors – this will prevent further loose threads and does not affect the woven structure of the textile. After the first couple of washes the fibres become more resistant to snagging.

Odds & Ends
Colourful home textiles – made from surplus materials from industry

When factories dye yarn for textile production, they often make extra stock just to be safe – but a great deal of that yarn ends up unused. Odds & Ends textiles are designed to make full use of these leftovers, creating endless, unexpected colour combinations.

Collections & Colours
The Odds & Ends collections are produced in batches. The factory gathers surplus materials and uses those colours to create a new design, which is then put into production. The exact design is only the starting point – during production some of the leftover materials run out and are replaced with similar colours.

The images you see are therefore an indicative representation of how the textiles look, but there will be small variations within each batch.

Colours may vary
Because these textiles are produced in small batches from surplus materials, the colours may vary. The overall colour palette is always kept, however, so textiles within the same colour range combine easily. The product you receive may be identical to the images on this page, or show small variations from them. The duo set consists of one textile in mainly cool tones and one in mainly warm tones.

Washing and care
All Odds & Ends textiles can be washed at 30°C on the cotton programme together with similar colours. To keep the colours intense, we recommend an organic detergent for coloureds.

To extend the life of the textiles, air drying is recommended, but terry products such as soft towels – especially those with a velour surface – can benefit from the occasional tumble dry on medium heat, which softens the fibres without the need for fabric conditioner.

If you live in an area with hard water, you can soften both your textiles and your washing machine by adding citric acid or vinegar to the rinse cycle from time to time.

Loose threads
This product is woven with terry loops to give it a soft and absorbent quality. Newly woven terry loops can be more prone to loose threads, so take care with jewellery the first few times you use it.

If a thread does come loose, never pull it! Snip it off carefully with sharp scissors – this will prevent further loose threads and does not affect the woven structure of the textile. After the first couple of washes the fibres become more resistant to snagging.

Odds & Ends
Colourful home textiles – made from surplus materials from industry

When factories dye yarn for textile production, they often make extra stock just to be safe – but a great deal of that yarn ends up unused. Odds & Ends textiles are designed to make full use of these leftovers, creating endless, unexpected colour combinations.

Collections & Colours
The Odds & Ends collections are produced in batches. The factory gathers surplus materials and uses those colours to create a new design, which is then put into production. The exact design is only the starting point – during production some of the leftover materials run out and are replaced with similar colours.

The images you see are therefore an indicative representation of how the textiles look, but there will be small variations within each batch.

Colours may vary
Because these textiles are produced in small batches from surplus materials, the colours may vary. The overall colour palette is always kept, however, so textiles within the same colour range combine easily. The product you receive may be identical to the images on this page, or show small variations from them. The duo set consists of one textile in mainly cool tones and one in mainly warm tones.

Washing and care
All Odds & Ends textiles can be washed at 30°C on the cotton programme together with similar colours. To keep the colours intense, we recommend an organic detergent for coloureds.

To extend the life of the textiles, air drying is recommended, but terry products such as soft towels – especially those with a velour surface – can benefit from the occasional tumble dry on medium heat, which softens the fibres without the need for fabric conditioner.

If you live in an area with hard water, you can soften both your textiles and your washing machine by adding citric acid or vinegar to the rinse cycle from time to time.

Loose threads
This product is woven with terry loops to give it a soft and absorbent quality. Newly woven terry loops can be more prone to loose threads, so take care with jewellery the first few times you use it.

If a thread does come loose, never pull it! Snip it off carefully with sharp scissors – this will prevent further loose threads and does not affect the woven structure of the textile. After the first couple of washes the fibres become more resistant to snagging.

Odds & Ends

Colorful home textiles – made from surplus materials from industry

When factories dye yarn for textile production, an extra stock is often made just in case – but much of this yarn ends up unused. Odds & Ends textiles are designed to make full use of these scraps and create endless, unexpected color combinations.

Collections & Colors

Odds & Ends collections are produced in batches. The factory collects surplus materials and uses these colors to create a new design, which is then put into production. The precise design is just the starting point – during production, some of the residual materials are used up and replaced with similar colors.

Therefore, the images you see are an indicative representation of how the textiles look, but there will be slight variations within each batch.

Colours may vary

As these textiles are produced in small batches from surplus materials, colors may vary. However, the general color palette is always preserved, so that textiles within the same color scale can be easily combined. The product you receive may be identical to or have slight variations compared to the images on this page. The duo set consists of one textile in primarily cold tones and one in primarily warm tones.

Washing and care instructions

All Odds & Ends textiles can be washed at 30°C in the washing machine's cotton program together with similar colours. To preserve the intensity of the colors, an organic detergent is recommended for colored washing.

To extend the life of the textiles, air drying is recommended, but terrycloth products such as soft towels – especially those with a velor surface – may benefit from an occasional tumble dryer on medium heat to soften the fibers without the use of chemical fabric softeners.

If you live in an area with chalky water, you can soften both your textiles and washing machine by adding citric acid or vinegar to the rinse cycle from time to time.

Loose Threads

This product is woven with terry loops to ensure a soft and absorbent quality. Newly woven terry loops can be more prone to loose threads, so be careful with jewelry when first worn.

If a thread should come loose, never pull it! Carefully cut it off with sharp scissors – this will prevent further loose threads and will not affect the woven structure of the textiles. After the first few washes, the fibers will become more resistant to snags.

A shoe that can be resoled
It is rare in a slipper, but Klitmøller is built so that the outsole can easily be replaced. The crepe rubber sole is the part that wears first, and when it has gone, a cobbler can put a new one on rather than the shoe becoming waste. That places demands on the rest of the construction - there has to be something to build on - and it is one of the reasons the midsole and insole are vegetable-tanned leather rather than foam or board.

The layers in the sole
At the very bottom of the slipper's sole is the crepe rubber, soft and shock-absorbing, giving a different footfall from a hard rubber sole. Next comes a midsole in vegetable-tanned leather, which is what gives the shoe its shape and holds it. The top layer of the sole is an insole in the same vegetable-tanned leather, which takes up moisture from the foot during the day and releases it again when you are not wearing the shoe.

Wide toe box and flat footbed
The insole is flat, with no built-in arch support. That is a deliberate choice at Duckfeet: the toes are allowed to spread, and the foot moves as it wants to. The fit is medium to wide.

If you need arch support, you can put your own insoles in - the flat footbed means most insoles and orthotic footbeds will fit.

The wool lining
The lining is European sheep's wool. Wool holds the warmth without turning clammy, because the fibres can take up moisture without feeling wet - which is why a wool-lined shoe rarely becomes as heavy and damp as a synthetically lined one.

The leather itself
The Nut colour is a refined, saturated brown with a soft, grainy surface that catches the light unevenly and therefore looks alive rather than flat. It is Terracare leather made in Germany, 2.5 mm thick and full-grain, meaning the grain surface is kept as it is rather than being sanded down.

It is the kind of leather that takes on a patina - the tone deepens and grows more uneven where the shoe bends, and that is meant as a quality and not as wear.

Looking after them
Leather needs feeding at regular intervals. A thin layer of leather cream or shoe cream a couple of times a season is enough - little and often rather than a lot and rarely. Let the cream sit for a few minutes and buff with a soft cloth afterwards. Remember the edges and the seams.

If the shoes get dirty, wipe them with a damp cloth, let them dry completely, and treat the leather afterwards. Never on the radiator - that heat dries the leather out and makes it porous.

One quirk of crepe rubber: it stiffens in the cold. Used indoors you will not notice it, and if the shoes have been standing somewhere cold, they soften again with wear. Avoid contact with solvents, which break the rubber down.

A shoe that can be resoled
It is rare in a slipper, but Klitmøller is built so that the outsole can easily be replaced. The crepe rubber sole is the part that wears first, and when it has gone, a cobbler can put a new one on rather than the shoe becoming waste. That places demands on the rest of the construction - there has to be something to build on - and it is one of the reasons the midsole and insole are vegetable-tanned leather rather than foam or board.

The layers in the sole
At the very bottom of the slipper's sole is the crepe rubber, soft and shock-absorbing, giving a different footfall from a hard rubber sole. Next comes a midsole in vegetable-tanned leather, which is what gives the shoe its shape and holds it. The top layer of the sole is an insole in the same vegetable-tanned leather, which takes up moisture from the foot during the day and releases it again when you are not wearing the shoe.

Wide toe box and flat footbed
The insole is flat, with no built-in arch support. That is a deliberate choice at Duckfeet: the toes are allowed to spread, and the foot moves as it wants to. The fit is medium to wide.

If you need arch support, you can put your own insoles in - the flat footbed means most insoles and orthotic footbeds will fit.

The wool lining
The lining is European sheep's wool. Wool holds the warmth without turning clammy, because the fibres can take up moisture without feeling wet - which is why a wool-lined shoe rarely becomes as heavy and damp as a synthetically lined one.

The leather itself
The Choco colour is a deep, saturated brown with a soft, grainy surface that catches the light unevenly and therefore looks alive rather than flat. It is Terracare leather made in Germany, 2.5 mm thick and full-grain, meaning the grain surface is kept as it is rather than being sanded down.

It is the kind of leather that takes on a patina - the tone deepens and grows more uneven where the shoe bends, and that is meant as a quality and not as wear.

Looking after them
Leather needs feeding at regular intervals. A thin layer of leather cream or shoe cream a couple of times a season is enough - little and often rather than a lot and rarely. Let the cream sit for a few minutes and buff with a soft cloth afterwards. Remember the edges and the seams.

If the shoes get dirty, wipe them with a damp cloth, let them dry completely, and treat the leather afterwards. Never on the radiator - that heat dries the leather out and makes it porous.

One quirk of crepe rubber: it stiffens in the cold. Used indoors you will not notice it, and if the shoes have been standing somewhere cold, they soften again with wear. Avoid contact with solvents, which break the rubber down.

Three pegs, six leaves
The base has three pegs, and they are not the same length. The shortest takes one leaf, the middle one two and the tallest three. The leaves are shaped as leaves, with a fine vein printed on the side, and they come in two colours - the brown ones in the cork's own tone and the green ones dyed through.

For a child of eighteen months the first task is a practical one: getting the block onto the peg. It is harder than it looks, and that is exactly what trains the grip. The numbers come later, when the child starts to notice that one peg takes more than another.

The child does the correcting
If the child tries to put a fourth leaf on the tallest peg, it will not go - there is no room. Nobody has to say anything. The mistake shows itself, and the child can put it right without having done anything wrong.

That principle is called "control of error", and it is one of the cornerstones of Montessori teaching: the material is built so that it tells you itself whether the answer is right. That is why we call the toy Montessori-inspired - not because it carries a seal, but because that is how it is designed.

More happens than counting
While the blocks go on, there is something to talk about. What colour is that one? How many now? Which peg has the most? It is often in small exchanges over a piece of toy that the words arrive - and they arrive more easily when the child has something in their hands at the time.

Why cork
Cork is light and soft, so the blocks fall without making a noise or doing any damage when the tower topples. The surface is textured without being rough and feels warmer to the touch than wood - a different feel in the hand from most of the other materials in a toy box.

Cork is the bark of the cork oak. It is stripped from the trunk every few years, and the bark grows back - the tree is not felled. It is one of the few raw materials harvested from a living tree without the tree being lost.

From 18 months
The manufacturer states the toy from 18 months. It is worth following: the age relates to the size of the blocks and to what a child at that stage can manage with their hands.

Looking after it
Cork does not take being left in water. Wipe dirt off with a damp cloth rather than rinsing the blocks, and let them dry before putting them away. Store the toy indoors and out of direct sunlight - over time, sunlight makes cork fade and turn brittle. Avoid cleaning products containing abrasives.

First a tractor, then a tower
The blocks sit loosely on two pegs on the base, and that is where the play is. They can be stacked in the order they came in or in a completely different one, and shared between the two pegs however the child likes - and for a child of eighteen months, getting the block onto the peg is a task in itself. Once the tower is up, the tractor can be pushed along, and then the whole thing falls over and you start again.

Frieda the fox is printed on one of the blocks, and she is there for a reason: once there is a character in a toy, the tractor is no longer just a tractor but a tractor with a driver who is going somewhere. That is what gets a two-year-old talking while she plays.

The cork tyres are what you notice
Cork is light, soft and sound-absorbing, and that is why the tractor does not clatter across a wooden floor the way plastic wheels do. It is also a material children respond to with their fingers - the surface is textured without being rough, and it feels warmer to the touch than wood.

Where the cork comes from
Cork is the bark of the cork oak. It is stripped from the trunk every few years, and the bark grows back - the tree is not felled. It is one of the few raw materials harvested from a living tree without the tree being lost.

From 18 months
The manufacturer states the tractor from 18 months. It is worth following: the age relates to the size of the blocks and to what a child at that stage can manage with their hands.

Looking after it
Cork does not take being left in water. Wipe dirt off with a damp cloth rather than rinsing the tractor, and let it dry before putting it away. Store it indoors and out of direct sunlight - over time, sunlight makes cork fade and turn brittle. Avoid cleaning products containing abrasives.

Wheat, not watts
A wheat bag behaves differently from an electric heat pad. The electric one holds a fixed temperature for as long as it is plugged in, and it cannot go further than the cord reaches. A wheat bag does the opposite: it is warmed once, it is at its warmest to begin with and cools gradually over half an hour or so - and it can be taken along to wherever you happen to be sitting.

The warmth is a different kind, too. Wheat grains take up moisture from the air and release it again when heated, so the warmth feels soft and slightly damp rather than dry. And because the grains are loose, the bag settles right against a shoulder or the small of the back, where a firm pad would sit proud and bulge.

It works the other way round as well
Put the bag in a bag and leave it in the freezer for an hour, and you have the opposite: a cool, mouldable pad for warm summer nights or a stiff neck. It is the same bag - it just gets treated in reverse.

Linen and wheat
The cover is sewn in linen, one of the few materials that grows softer the more it is used and washed, and that is at the same time strong enough to go into the oven again and again. Inside lies KRAV-certified organic wheat, grown in Sweden. The bag is sewn in Sweden too.

How to warm it
In the microwave: 2-3 minutes at 750 watts.
In a conventional oven: 10-15 minutes at 125 degrees. The fabric must not touch the sides or the heating elements of the oven.

Important safety information
A wheat bag must not be overheated. The material is not flame resistant, and heating it for too long - or heating it again while it is still warm - can make the grains begin to smoulder from the inside. Always let the bag cool down completely before warming it again, and keep to the times above. Do not leave the oven or the microwave while the bag is heating, and do not leave it in a bed you are sleeping in.

Washing
The cover comes off and is washed at 60 degrees. The wheat bag itself must not go in water - wet grains go mouldy and cannot be dried out properly again.

Conditioner belongs in the lengths, not on the scalp
It is the most common mistake with conditioner, and it is easy to see why: you wash the whole head with shampoo, so why not condition the whole head too? Because the two products have different jobs.

The scalp produces sebum of its own, and that sebum travels down the hair by itself. The ends never get much of it, because they are furthest away and oldest at the same time - a shoulder-length hair has been on your head for two to three years and has been through everything that happened in that time.

Conditioner is made to give the ends what the sebum never reaches them with. Put it on the scalp and you gain nothing, but you do get flat hair at the roots. So start at around ear level and work downwards.

What makes a conditioner a conditioner
The active ingredient is called distearoylethyl dimonium chloride, and it belongs to a group known as esterquats. It carries a positive charge, while wet, worn hair carries a negative one - and the damaged places on the hair are the most negatively charged of all.

The conditioner therefore finds its own way to where the hair needs it most, and settles there. That is the whole principle behind conditioner, and it is why you can feel the difference straight away.

Alongside it come organic shea butter, the rich part of the formula and the part that goes to the dry ends, plus low molecular weight hyaluronic acid and aloe vera.

How to use it
Squeeze the excess water out of your hair first - conditioner applied to soaking wet hair is diluted before it can do anything. Work it through from ear level down, leave it for a minute or two, and rinse. Those two minutes are not a formality; they are the time it takes for the ingredients to arrive and settle.

The scent
Rosemary, lavender and geranium with sweet orange and vetiver. It is the same scent family as in Hyaluronic Hydrating Shampoo, which is a deliberate choice on Evolve's part - use the two together and the scent builds on itself instead of clashing.

Worth knowing
 

• The conditioner contains six declarable fragrance allergens from the essential oils: limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate, pinene, citronellol and citral. That is one more than in the shampoo, which does not contain citral.
• For normal to dry hair.

What hyaluronic acid does in a shampoo
Hyaluronic acid is best known from skincare, where it binds water in the skin. In hair it works on the same principle but under different conditions: a shampoo gets rinsed out again, so the contact time is short. That is why Evolve uses hyaluronic acid with a low molecular weight.

The smaller fragments settle onto the hair more readily and stay there once the rest is rinsed away, and they are what holds the moisture after washing. It is also the reason the molecular weight is singled out on the bottle - that is not marketing, it is what decides whether the ingredient does anything at all in a product that gets rinsed off.

The guar polymer is what detangles - and it replaces the silicone
What you notice first is rarely the hyaluronic acid. It is the guar polymer, drawn from the guar bean, which carries a positive charge while a wet hair strand carries a negative one. It therefore settles evenly around each individual strand and lays the outer cuticle flat.

The result is less friction between the hairs, so the brush glides through instead of tugging - and the less you tug at wet hair, the less it breaks.

This is precisely the work silicones normally do in a shampoo. Here the slip comes instead from a polymer that is plant-based and biodegradable - and that does not build up in the hair over time.

How to wash with it
Massage the shampoo into wet hair and scalp, and rinse thoroughly. If your hair is very dirty or you have used styling products, wash twice - the first wash cleans, the second conditions. Rinse for longer than you think is necessary; shampoo residue is a more common cause of flat hair than the product itself.

The scent
Rosemary, sweet orange, geranium, vetiver and lavender. The vetiver is what gives the dry, earthy base beneath the fresh notes, and it is the reason the scent is not sweet the way an ordinary shampoo is. It comes entirely from essential oils.

Worth knowing
 

• The shampoo contains five declarable fragrance allergens from the essential oils: limonene, linalool, pinene, linalyl acetate and citronellol.
• For normal to dry hair. If your scalp gets very oily, there are better choices in the range.