CP-1 RASBERRY TREATMENT VINEGAR 500ml

An acidic post-shampoo rinse rather than a conditioner — 5% vinegar buffered with sodium citrate, carried in a thin, fast-rinsing base with cetrimonium chloride and a short list of scalp botanicals. Its job is the one most routines skip: shampoo and hard water leave the hair surface more alkaline than it should be, the cuticle scales stay lifted, and the result is dull, squeaky, static-prone hair that tangles no matter how much mask goes on afterwards. Dropping the pH flattens those scales back down, which is where the gloss and the slip come from. Totarol, peppermint, rosemary, chamomile, lavender, freesia and monarda (wild bergamot) extracts put the emphasis on the scalp as much as the hair, so it suits oily roots and build-up from heavy silicone styling. At 500 ml it is a back-bar and family-size bottle. Note for buyers matching SKUs: the carton prints “RASBERRY” — that is the brand's own spelling on the packaging, not a listing error.

Key Benefits

• Vinegar at a declared 5% with Sodium Citrate buffering brings the hair and scalp surface back to a mildly acidic pH after shampooing, so the cuticle lies flat and light reflects evenly
• Closing the cuticle is what reduces tangling, static and frizz at source — useful on fine hair that cannot tolerate a rich mask
• Rinses clean with no silicone and no oil, so it adds shine without weight, greasiness or root collapse
• Helps lift product residue and hard-water mineral film that leaves colour looking dull and blow-dries falling flat
• Totarol, a naturally occurring antimicrobial from Podocarpus totara, with Mentha Piperita (peppermint), Rosmarinus Officinalis (rosemary), Anthemis Nobilis (Roman chamomile) and Lavandula Angustifolia (lavender) extracts for a fresh, clean-feeling scalp
• Works as the last step after any shampoo and conditioner pairing, so it adds a rinse SKU to an assortment without competing with the brand's own masks
• Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters and PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil keep the botanicals and fragrance in solution in a watery base, so the bottle does not need shaking
• 500 ml pump-size suits salon back-bar use, family households and the pharmacy hair-care shelf where value per millilitre sells

When to Use

Last at the basin, on wash day. The brand's own sequence is shampoo, conditioner or treatment, towel-dry, then this rinse massaged into scalp and hair and rinsed out. It earns its place where water is hard and mineral-heavy — most of the Gulf — and on oily or congested scalps, dull colour-treated hair, silicone build-up, and fine hair that goes limp under conditioner. Two or three times a week is a sensible starting frequency; daily is fine for very oily roots. It is a clarifying, pH-resetting step, not a moisturiser, so pair it with the CP-1 Premium Hair Treatment or Silk Ampoule if the hair is also protein-hungry.

How to Use

• Shampoo and apply conditioner or treatment as usual, then rinse.
• Squeeze out the water and towel-dry so the hair is damp rather than soaking — this keeps the acid rinse from being diluted away.
• Dispense a palmful (roughly 10–20 ml depending on hair length) and work it over the scalp and through the lengths.
• Massage the scalp with the fingertips for one to two minutes to let it penetrate.
• Rinse thoroughly with water, then dry and style. The vinegar scent does not remain on dry hair.
• Use two or three times a week, or after every wash in hard-water areas and on oily scalps.

Key Ingredients

• Vinegar (5%) — the functional active: dilute acetic acid that lowers surface pH and flattens lifted cuticle scales. Despite the name there is no raspberry extract in the formula; the raspberry is fragrance and positioning
• Sodium Citrate — buffers the acid so the rinse stays in a controlled mildly acidic range instead of swinging with dilution
• Cetrimonium Chloride — a light cationic conditioner that gives just enough slip for a comb to pass, without the coating weight of a conditioner
• Totarol — antimicrobial diterpenoid from Podocarpus totara heartwood, included for scalp freshness and product protection
• Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract — antioxidant scalp botanical, long used in Korean scalp-care formulas
• Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract — fresh, faintly cooling scalp sensation
• Anthemis Nobilis (Roman Chamomile) Flower Extract — soothing botanical for an irritated, tight-feeling scalp
• Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Extract — calming scalp botanical
• Monarda Didyma (wild bergamot) Leaf Extract and Freesia Refracta Extract — aromatic botanicals completing the scalp blend
• Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters and PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil — solubilisers that hold the botanicals and fragrance in a water-thin base
• Butylene Glycol, Dipropylene Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Decylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin and Disodium EDTA — solvent, preservative-booster and chelating system; the EDTA also helps manage hard-water metal ions
• CI 16185 and CI 42090 — colourants that give the liquid its pink-violet tint; they colour the product, not the hair

Precautions

This is an acidic rinse, so keep it out of the eyes and flush with water immediately on accidental contact; do not use on a scalp with cuts, scabs, open scratches or active irritation, and stop if it stings. The fragrance carries an unusually long list of declared allergens — benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, methyl 2-octynoate, alpha-isomethyl ionone, linalool, limonene, citronellol and geraniol — which makes a 24-hour patch test behind the ear worth insisting on for fragrance-sensitive customers, and makes it a product to flag rather than bury in listings for that audience. Always rinse out thoroughly: leaving an acid rinse on the scalp is not the intended use. CI 16185 and CI 42090 can leave a faint tint on very light, white or heavily bleached hair if the rinse is not fully removed, so rinse those hair types with extra care, and confirm both colourant entries against the approved colourant list of each destination market before importing, as permitted uses differ between the Korean, EU and GSO/GCC annexes. Repeated clarifying can feel drying on already dry hair — follow with a conditioner or mask where needed. No AHAs, BHAs, retinoids or vitamin C, so there is no sun-sensitivity issue. Store away from direct sunlight and keep out of reach of children.