Wash Day

An Edit for the first proper shower in weeks, and what she puts on after it.

The first proper wash day comes weeks after the baby does, usually around the time the shedding starts. Wash Day is the Edit for that shower, with the products built for exactly this stretch of postpartum. Five pieces of Act+Acre, the scalp detox, the cold-processed cleanse and conditioner, the cooling scalp serum and the gua sha, plus the silk scrunchies that protect what's left of the wash, the small candle that turns the bathroom into somewhere worth being for twenty minutes, and the striped terry robe waiting on the back of the door.

What's inside

Act+Acre Cold Processed Scalp Detox, the pre-wash oil. Applied before the cleanse to lift the build-up of the weeks nobody had time to wash properly.

Act+Acre Cold Processed Hair Cleanse, sulfate-free, cold-processed to preserve the actives. The cleanser formulated for the scalp she has now, not the one she had before.

Act+Acre Cold Processed Hair Conditioner, same cold-processed method, paired to the cleanse. Lightweight, scalp-friendly.

Act+Acre Microbiome Cooling Scalp Serum, the leave-in that supports the scalp through shedding. Cooling, the most-loved product in the line.

Act+Acre Scalp Gua Sha, the in-shower massage tool. Two minutes of scalp stimulation, used with the serum.

Slip Multi Pure Silk Scrunchies, Set of Three, silk scrunchies for the post-shower bun. No tension breakage at the hairline.

Apotheke Hinoki Lavender Petite Candle, the bathroom candle. Hinoki and lavender, the spa-coded scent, lit for the length of the wash.

Sunday Citizen Spritz Striped Robe, reversible terry in off white and aperol. The part of the shower that is not the shower, and the reason she stays upstairs another ten minutes.

Why we built it

Wash Day is the Edit we built for the friend or sister who knows what postpartum hair loss actually feels like. Act+Acre is the brand built for this specific stretch of postpartum, cold-processed, microbiome-led, the products that hair specialists recommend by name. Five pieces from the line, the silk scrunchies, the small candle, and a robe good enough that the twenty minutes turns into thirty.

Sizing and selection

The Act+Acre products are full-size, not minis. The detox is used before the cleanse, not after. The Slip scrunchies are the Multi set, three colors per set. The Apotheke candle is the Petite size in Hinoki Lavender, around a twenty-five hour burn, sized for a bathroom counter rather than a coffee table.

The robe comes in two sizes. S/M fits most, and L/XL is the more generous cut. If you are not sure, S/M is the safer choice, as the robe is meant to wrap rather than fit.