Pre-Wash Hair Treatment

Product Overview
  • Protective Barrier: Prepares and helps protect hair from potential stripping effects of shampoo by providing a protective barrier around strands.
  • Deep Hydration: Aloe Vera Hydrosol and Avocado Oil deeply moisturize scalp and hair, ensuring hydration from root to tip.
  • Heat & Humidity Shield: Forms a protective layer that helps shield hair from heat styling damage while creating barrier against humidity.
  • Frizz Control & Shine: Eases detangling and controls the appearance of frizz, leaving hair with a sleek, glossy finish and radiant shine.
  • Hair Strengthening Support: Works to reinforce hair's strength appearance, helping minimize the look of breakage and seal split ends.
Product Description


Fortifying Pre-Shampoo Hair Treatment. Indulge your hair in the luxurious care it deserves with our transformative Pre-Wash Treatment, a meticulously crafted elixir designed to elevate your hair care ritual. Infused with a harmonious blend of Aloe Vera Hydrosol, Meadowfoam Seed Oil, Murumuru Butter, and a symphony of nature's finest oils including Pomegranate, Kukui Nut, Avocado, Jojoba, and Olive, this treatment is a pre-shampoo miracle.

It deeply hydrates, nourishes, and prepares your hair for washing, ensuring your strands are enveloped in moisture and protected against the stripping effects of shampoo.

The rich butters and oils work in tandem to help tame the appearance of frizz, enhance shine, and support hair strength, helping reduce the appearance of breakage and promoting elasticity.

Designed to support damaged-looking hair and soothe the scalp, it leaves your hair soft, manageable, and imbued with a natural, healthy-looking sheen.

The subtle infusion of Orange Peel Oil adds a refreshing aroma, making each pre-wash experience as pleasurable as it is beneficial.

Perfect for all hair types, our Pre-Wash Treatment is the first step towards achieving lustrous, vibrant, and incredibly healthy-looking hair.

Benefits
  • Provides deep conditioning, hydration, and nourishment before shampooing
  • Helps protect against potential stripping effects of shampoo
  • Forms protective layer to help shield from heat styling damage
  • Controls the appearance of frizz while enhancing natural shine
  • Helps minimize the appearance of breakage and split ends
  • Free from sulfates, parabens, and harsh chemicals
  • Crafted in the USA with premium botanical ingredients
  • Cruelty-free and vegan for ethical hair care
How to Use
  • Use before shampooing. 
  • Scoop out and distribute evenly through damp hair.
  • Wrap in a towel and leave for up to 15 minutes or longer for deeper hydration.
  • Rinse off, then shampoo and condition as usual.
Tips
  • This product is ideal for chemically treated hair, dry, damaged hair, and curly/kinky textured hair as well
  • Use this before you shampoo. To maximize the moisture in this product, wrap a warm towel around your head or sit under a dryer
  • Use this product as a deep conditioner as well. It will give the hair moisture; making it soft and silky
  • Do not leave this product in overnight as this can over moisturize your hair and become a mushy mess
Ingredients


Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera Hydrosol), Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam Seed) Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Astrocaryum Murumuru (Murumuru) Butter, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Butter, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Oil, Aleurites Moluccana (Kukui Nut) Oil, Persea Americana (Avocado) Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil, Glyceryl Caprylate, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Citrus Sinensis (Orange) Peel Oil.

FAQs

What is the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment?

The Pre-Wash Hair Treatment is a rich, creamy pre-shampoo mask that moisturizes and protects your hair before you wash it, so shampoo cleans without leaving strands dry or stripped. It also eases detangling, controls the look of frizz and adds shine. It is made with Aloe Vera Hydrosol, Meadowfoam Seed, Pomegranate, Kukui Nut, Avocado, Jojoba, Olive and Evening Primrose Oils and Murumuru and Cocoa Butters, with a light scent of Orange Peel Oil.

What is a pre-poo treatment?

A pre-poo, short for pre-shampoo, is a treatment you apply to your hair before washing, and the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment is made for exactly that. Its oils and butters coat the strands with a protective layer, so shampoo cleans your scalp without pulling as much moisture from the lengths. Pre-pooing is especially helpful for dry, curly, coily, color-treated or chemically processed hair, which loses moisture easily. Hair comes out of the wash softer and easier to detangle.

How do I use the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment?

Use the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment before you shampoo. Scoop out a generous amount and spread it evenly through damp hair, focusing on the mid-lengths and ends, where hair is driest. Wrap your hair in a towel and leave it on for up to 15 minutes, or longer for deeper hydration. Then rinse, and shampoo and condition as usual. For even more moisture, wrap a warm towel around your head or sit under a hooded dryer while it works.

How long should I leave the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment on?

Leave the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment on for about 15 minutes, or a little longer for very dry hair. Warmth helps it soak in, so wrap your hair in a warm towel or sit under a dryer. Do not leave it on overnight, though: too much time can over-moisturize hair and leave it limp and mushy. When the time is up, rinse it out, then shampoo and condition as usual so your hair feels clean, soft and light.

How often should I use the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment?

Most people use the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment once a week, before their regular wash day. If your hair is very dry, curly, coily or chemically treated, you can use it before every shampoo to keep moisture in. If your hair is fine or gets oily quickly, every week or two is usually enough, with a lighter amount on the ends only. Pay attention to how your hair feels: if it seems limp or heavy, use it less often.

Can I use the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment as a deep conditioner?

Yes. Besides using it before shampoo, you can use the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment as a deep conditioner after washing. Apply it to clean, damp hair, cover your head with a towel or shower cap for extra warmth, leave it on for several minutes and rinse well. It leaves hair soft, silky and moisturized, and it works especially well on chemically treated, dry, damaged-looking and curly or kinky hair. As with the pre-wash use, do not leave it in overnight.

What hair types is the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment for?

The Pre-Wash Hair Treatment works on all hair types, and it is especially good for chemically treated, color-treated, dry, damaged-looking and curly, coily or kinky hair, which lose moisture easily when washed. On fine hair, use a smaller amount, focus on the ends and rinse very well so hair stays light. On gray hair, which is often dry and wiry, it adds softness and shine and helps tame frizz before you shampoo.

Does the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment help with frizz?

Yes. The Pre-Wash Hair Treatment helps control the look of frizz by coating each strand with moisturizing butters and oils before you wash, so hair stays smoother and holds on to moisture through shampooing. Murumuru and Cocoa Butters and Meadowfoam Seed Oil also ease detangling and add a glossy finish. For the smoothest result, follow with a conditioner, rinse with cool water and dry your hair with a microfiber towel or cotton T-shirt.

What shampoo should I use after the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment?

After the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment, use a gentle, sulfate-free shampoo for your hair type, so your hair keeps the moisture the treatment added. Good choices from our line include the Curly Hair Shampoo, Color Care Shampoo, Normal Hair Shampoo and Thin Hair Shampoo. Focus the shampoo on your scalp and let the lather rinse through the lengths, then follow with a conditioner on the mid-lengths and ends.

Is the Pre-Wash Hair Treatment vegan, and does it contain nut oils?

The Pre-Wash Hair Treatment is 100% vegan and cruelty-free, never tested on animals, and free from sulfates, parabens and harsh chemicals. The Cetyl Alcohol in the list is a fatty alcohol that softens and does not dry the hair. It contains Kukui Nut Oil, so if you have a nut allergy, check the full list on this page first. It is made in the USA by Just Nutritive, a family-owned company making natural hair and skin care since 2007.

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Samantha
Revitalizing my chemical damage from Redken treatment

I fell victim to the marketing of the Redken bonding acidic treatment. I had very healthy hair and wanted to grow my hair long while tending to some damage. Unfortunately, this treatment did the opposite!? My hair went from thick/full to had thin/stringy! Thankfully, I remembered I had a sample of JN pre wash treatment. I thought if this doesn’t work I’m chopping my damaged hair off from mid back to chin length. Cut wise that was the length it would not look stringy. After my first use of the JN pre wash treatment I could feel the strength restored in my hair. I am so excited to see my results once I use an entire full size JN pre wash treatment?! I have been a customer since 2018, have brown black hair, 2c/3a waves/curls. I tend to use natural products because my hair responds better to them.

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Christine

This product delivers!

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Samantha
I never needed pre poo before…need now??

For the longest time I have tried pre poo products. However, I saw no benefit unless I was coloring my hair or in need of a scalp treatment. After my first use this product convinced me otherwise! My hair is hydrated and not heavy, my hair feels more alive! So grateful I found this product during my hair healing journey! Thank you JN! Please do not ever change your formulas! Been a loyal customer since 2018! (For research purposes I have 2c/3a waves. Slightly course hair due to lack of moisture and damage. I have dry hair breakage and thinning)

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Mary Ann Conover
Helping “Unfortunate hair”

I have what my daughter refers to as unfortunate hair, and your pre-wash treatment seems to be doing a great job. Thank you.

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Patricia Mahrer
Love this!!

My hair is gray and very fine. All conditioners are too heavy and weigh it down. Using this eliminates conditioner for me. It leaves my hair soft, manageable, but not flat. I am a customer for life.

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Liz
Very Nice

My first wash with this and I must say it’s game changer. It doesn’t feel like your usual conditioner, you have to distribute it well. At least that was my case, where I have gray hair, but the end results were softer, manageable hair. I could say that I can holdback another month or so before heading to the hairdresser.

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Aunnika
Oh my my my

I am natural blonde, fine hair but lots of it. I’ve got wavy to coil curls. I tried this every other wash as a treat now I wash with it every time. It takes away my frizz after a day of curly hair and defines the waves and curls and makes it so shiny! Dont hesitate to get this!

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Aunnika
Amazing

Been wanting to use a pre wash for years. I have natural blond fine hair but a lot of it in waves to ringlets if a curl cream is used and air dried. Found this prewash with Nutritive - it immediately soaks into your hair once applied. After shampoo and conditioner I was amazed at how defined my ringlets turned out. Shiny and healthy. Thank you to whomever mixed this magical pre wash. Ordered another one

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Theresa
Pre-Wash Hair Treatment

I have extreme allergies to coconut and other artificial ingredients. This is a rare gem for me and I give a 5 star rating. My hair is smooth and soft. I do use it daily but do not leave it in only for 3 minutes. Works amazingly well. Please keep the ingredients the same without coconut!!!!! Thank-you.

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Hair treatment
Very good product make my hair very soft.

Keep up the good work.

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L. Brisco
Pre Wash Treatment

So far so good I’ve only used it twice my hair feels soft and moisturized it doesn’t feel dry anymore

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Michele
Hair Pre wash

Just received this product so have only used it once BUT what a difference in how my hair looks and feels...highly recommend it!!

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Alisa
Makes my hair soft

The Pre-wash Hair Treatment makes my hair soft and conditioned. It is more manageable and not frizzy. I have bleached hair that tends to get dry. After using the Pre-was treatment, my hair is no longer dry feeling or looking.

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Jill
Revitalized Hair!

I normally use a deep conditioner after shampooing and my hair is sometimes weighed down. But using this Pre-Wash Hair Treatment deeply conditioned my hair before shampooing. The difference is that my hair looks repaired and is hydrated, light and bouncy after drying.

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Bethany
Amazing!!!!

This makes my hair feel so amazing!!!! Love love love it!

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Felix
Good product

Pre-wash treatment does exactly what it's supposed to do, JustNutrive has really a good healthy line of products

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BF
All I can say is Wow!

I have type 3C, 4A curls. The Pre-Wash for curly, coily hair is a must. Not only does it pre-moisturize, but it also makes detangling a breeze. I have become a fan of Nutritive formulas. Please don't change a thing!!!!

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This product does hydrate both chemically treated hair and natural hair before shampooing. I highly recommend.

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Marylou
Pre wash

I enjoy using this product..It makes my hair very soft..and manageable. I ordered this on 8/10/20 and received 8)14 ...Thanks..will reorder later on..when able

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Charmaine
Good product

I do like this however it takes a lot of scoops to cover my hair, not a good value

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Myra
Nice treatment

Moisturizes my ultra dry hair due to medical issues.

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Kathleen
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Works well helping with fly away hair

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Sheila
Great pre-wash!

I love this product. It makes my hair detangled free and soft.

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Kenadi
Must Have

This product is an absolute must have for my hair. My hair is frizzy with tight curls. This seems to treat and gradually soothe the different issues besides frizz, such as damage or brittle hair. It also is a great help with my troubled scalp.

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Rayven
Pre-Wash Treatment

I use it as a co-wash product I have only used it once but my hair is so soft and and it doesn't shed as much or itch when I use the just nutritive products so I love it!!

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MANNING
No Title

This stuff is gold in a jar. Best thing ever for my hair. It enhances the curl in my hair. Love it.

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Tonya Johnson
A miracle

This prewash has restored my hair and hydrate my hair
I recommend highly
Worth every penny

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A. Harris
Great for Damaged Hair

Super amazing results after one use

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Tammie M.
This Stuff is Amazing!

I received a sample of this product and I was very skeptical. I was amazed at how soft my hair felt after the first use! It smells really nice, not overpowering, but very nice! A little goes a long way! When my sample was gone, I ordered more right away! If you have damaged or frizzy hair, I highly recommend you buying this product!

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LRS
Great Feeling Hair

I tried this product as recommended. I put it on prior to washing my hair, and I was completely amazed. My hair was soft and manageable. It felt very good to touch. I would recommend this product to friends.

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Eiman Hassan
the best products

i like it very good

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Theresa H
Great Product

My hair is always very smooth and shiny after using this product! Highly Recommend!