Product & User Guide
• Wash
• Condition
• Cosmeceutical
• Body
By default, most of our products include organically certified Red Willow Bark Extract, a phyto-medicinal powerhouse rich in prebiotics, antioxidants, and exfoliating compounds. This botanical extract naturally contains salicin, a precursor to salicylic acid, renowned for its potent exfoliating, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. Additionally, it boasts high concentrations of tannins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, and essential minerals, which work synergistically to soothe the scalp and promote cellular regeneration.
If you are allergic to aspirin, follow your health care provider’s advice about using skin/scalp/haircare products with Red Willow Bark.
SLIP WASH – Ultra-Mild, Moisturizing & Conditioning Cleanser
Description:
SLIP WASH is an ultra-mild yet highly effective cleanser designed to gently cleanse while delivering deep hydration and moisture. It features Red Willow Bark Extract, a phyto-medicinal plant known for its prebiotic, antioxidative, exfoliating, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties.
Formulated with a natural creamy humectant foam, this cleanser provides a strong "conditioning slip effect", making it ideal for detangling dry and fragile kinks and coils while simultaneously restoring and balancing the scalp's microbiota.
This 2-in-1 formula cleanses and conditions simultaneously, eliminating the need for a separate conditioner. Suitable for all hair types.
How to Use:
- Application – Pump a small amount of SLIP WASH into your palm. The formula is highly concentrated, so a little goes a long way.
- Scalp Massage – Apply to a wet scalp and gently massage for 2–3 minutes, ensuring you work between the hair shafts without rubbing aggressively or using your nails. A scalp brush is advised.
- Processing Time – Leave on for 5 minutes or follow the advice of your healthcare provider or scalp specialist.
- Detangling & Rinsing – provided with extra "slip & detangle" actives makes it possible, to easily comb through the hair before rinsing. Rinse thoroughly and dry gently.
- Slip Wash doesn't foam as much as regular shampoos. To increase spread - add more water - not more product.
For Dreadlocks:
- Allow the product to soak for 20–30 minutes before rinsing with lukewarm water.
- Repeat if necessary.
This formula is designed to support healthy hair and scalp function while enhancing manageability, hydration, and overall scalp balance.
HYDRO MASKS – Advanced Prebiotic Scalp & Hair Treatment
Description:
HYDRO MASKS are intense, prebiotic deep conditioning treatments scientifically formulated to restore scalp integrity while deeply moisturising curls. Designed to support severely dry, flaky, or imbalanced scalps, these masks help promote a healthy scalp microbiome while hydrating and nourishing the hair.
Each formula is enriched with Red Willow Bark Extract, a phyto-medicinal powerhouse that contains salicin, the natural precursor to salicylic acid. Known for its potent antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, and exfoliating properties, this ingredient effectively soothes, rebalances, and protects the scalp, while simultaneously enhancing hair hydration levels.
To optimise scalp hydration and health, the masks contain high concentrations of moisture-binding and water-retaining actives such as Sodium PCA and Trehalose, which lock in essential moisture and support scalp resilience. Cold-pressed, nutrient-rich oils with different molecular weights are incorporated to nourish the scalp barrier while delivering tailored hydration to the hair inside out, including:
- Cupuaçu Oil – Exceptional moisture retention to prevent scalp dryness while restoring shine and softness to the hair.
- Babassu Oil – Lightweight conditioning oil that helps balance scalp sebum levels while deeply softening and smoothing curls.
Choose Your Hydro Mask by hair type and scalp issue:
✔ Light –Hair Type 2B–3B
✔ Riche – Hair Type 3B–4C
✔ Pro – Neutral formula designed to prevent, protect and maintain scalp balance while keeping hair resilient
✔ Phrur – Anti-itch formula that soothes and calms irritated scalps while preventing hair dryness
✔ Sebo – Anti-flake formula that targets dry or greasy dandruff by rebalancing scalp oil production while keeping curls refreshed
How to Use:
- Application – Spread evenly from scalp to ends on wet hair, ensuring thorough coverage of the scalp first.
- Massage & Detangle – The formula is highly concentrated, so a little goes a long way. Add water to enhance slip for easier scalp application and hair detangling.
- Processing Time – Leave on for 20 minutes to allow full scalp absorption, or follow your health care provider’s advice.
- Rinsing – Rinse thoroughly with warm water, ensuring all residue is removed from the scalp
- Extra Protection Tip – If the scalp is dry, finish with a cold water rinse to help lock in moisture and refresh curls.
- Drying – dry gently, natural drying is advised, avoiding excessive rubbing to maintain scalp hydration and hair smoothness.
- Extra tips – The PRO masks can be used as a curl leave-in conditioner concentrated as is or mixed with water to be sprayed on to hair.
This dual-action treatment delivers essential scalp care first, ensuring a healthy foundation for hydrated, nourished, and resilient hair.
In 1984, Dr Albert Kligman coined the term "cosmeceutical" to describe products that bridge pharmaceutical science and cosmetic applications. Dakmatter’s approach to scalp-first haircare is grounded in this principle, integrating bioactive ingredients with advanced biotechnology to create functional, results-driven formulations blurring the line between cosmetics and pharma.
Scientific research confirms that approximately 25% of pharmaceutical drugs are derived from medicinal plants. Through biotechnological advancements, it is now possible to stabilise and enhance these active compounds for targeted scalp therapy. Dakmatter cosmeceuticals utilise these innovations, delivering clinically validated solutions for scalp health and microbiome balance.
For individuals with challenging or chronic scalp conditions, Dakmatter formulations may offer a scientifically advanced alternative or complement to low-concentration steroids, without the risks associated with prolonged steroid use. These products incorporate bioactive compounds with clinically proven anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and barrier-repairing properties, supporting a healthy scalp microbiome while potentially reducing reliance on pharmaceutical treatments
Hydro Lotion & The Science of Skin Barrier Protection
The skin’s barrier system is a highly evolved defence mechanism that shields the body from external stressors while maintaining internal balance. However, frequent exposure to harsh detergents and overwashing can weaken this protective layer, leading to dehydration and compromised skin integrity.
Dakmatter’s prebiotic Hydro Lotions leverage scientifically advanced moisturising agents, barrier-restoring oils, and regenerative bioactives to enhance hydration, reinforce skin resilience, and promote cellular renewal. Designed to support the skin’s ability to self-balance and retain moisture, these formulations help rejuvenate even severely compromised skin.
How to Use:
✔ Apply 1–2 pumps once or twice daily after cleansing.
✔ The formula is highly concentrated, so a little goes a long way.
✔ Gently massage into the skin to enhance absorption and barrier protection.
By integrating advanced hydration and barrier-strengthening technology, Dakmatter Hydro Lotions provide immediate moisture replenishment, visible skin revitalisation, and lasting barrier support for long-term skin health and resilience.
Start your natural journey with a balancing act.
The Science of Scalp Balance
Shampoo contains surfactants, which often over-clean, stripping away the scalp’s natural sebum—its protective lubricant. This triggers the scalp to overproduce oil or dry out completely, especially for bearers of textured hair. To compensate, you apply conditioner—originally invented to counter shampoo’s drying effects. However, conditioner can cause buildup, fostering harmful bacteria that lead to itching, flaking, and even more washing, creating a negative washing cycle.
Dakmatter is the next generation of scalp care. Our formulas never strip the scalp and do not create build-ups. They are inherently prebiotic = support the natural ecosystem (microbiome) of the scalp by nourishing probiotics (good bacteria).
If transitioning from conventional shampoos, your scalp must re-learn how to regulate it’s sebum production — a process called rebalancing. It can take weeks or months for your scalp to fully recover, so it isn’t a quick fix but a long-term solution. Dakmatters scientifically designed formulas do help to accelerate the process.
For especially normal scalps with textured hair, avoiding overwashing is key to preventing a scalp desert. The less you strip away natural oils, the faster your scalp self-regulates and heals.
Natural scalp care won't foam or feel the same, but once your scalp and hair adjust, you won't have it any other way.
Something pretty fantastic is coming your way.
Enjoy!