Uluwatu Cemongkak
Jl. Pantai Cemongkak No. A, Pecatu, South KutaBadung Regency, Bali 80361
Our first home, a short walk from the Bingin cliff path, and the original Day chair.
The classic creambath, done properly
Two hours of scalp detox and deep conditioning in one sitting: an exfoliating cleanse at the roots, a nourishing mask worked through the lengths, and a blow-dry to finish. Treating the lengths without the scalp only ever fixes half the problem, so we do both.
Sunscreen. Sweat. Salt. Dust off the road. Silicone and styling product that never fully rinsed. Mineral residue left by hard water. In Bali that builds up faster than anywhere most guests have lived, and it is why hair goes flat at the roots, feels oily by lunchtime and stops growing past a certain length. The detox clears it at the scalp rather than masking it further down.
We start dry, at the scalp, with an exfoliating pre-wash treatment that lifts build-up away from the roots before any water touches it. Then the wash itself, in advanced filtered water, so we are not putting minerals back in while we take them out. That order matters: shampooing a congested scalp without loosening the build-up first just moves it around.
A nourishing mask is worked through the mid-lengths and ends while the scalp settles, then it finishes with a blow-dry. Two hours, and most people fall asleep somewhere in the middle of it.
The Day Scalp Treatment is the shorter version and it stays at the scalp. This one runs to two hours and covers the scalp and the lengths together, with the exfoliating step at the start and the blow-dry at the end. If your ends are as tired as your roots, this is the one worth the extra time.
A scalp detoxification treatment clears the root. A hair detox treatment clears the lengths, where silicone, salt and chlorine build up into the dullness people mistake for damage. This service is both, which is why it runs to two hours: the detoxifying scalp treatment at the root and a nourishing mask through the ends, in one sitting rather than two appointments.
Once a month suits most people. It depends on the scalp condition, so ask our stylist: a scalp with a lot of dandruff or build-up wants them closer together, and a scalp that is behaving wants them further apart. We would rather you came back less often and got more from each visit.
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Our first home, a short walk from the Bingin cliff path, and the original Day chair.
On the main Labuansait strip, minutes from Padang Padang, our largest studio.
Our newest room, brought north to the rice terraces and the quiet of Peliatan.
A deep clean at the root: an exfoliating pre-wash lifts build-up (sunscreen, sweat, salt, product and hard-water minerals) away from the scalp, then it's washed out in filtered water. Here it's combined with a mask through the lengths and a blow-dry to finish.
A wash cleans the hair. A detox targets what's bonded to the scalp itself, which shampoo alone doesn't shift, and it's why the difference is most obvious at the roots rather than in the lengths.
Once a month is a good rhythm for most people. Ask our stylist, because it depends on the scalp condition: a lot of dandruff or build-up wants them closer together.
It's the same idea, with the treatment taken seriously: exfoliation, filtered water, a real mask and two hours rather than a quick rinse over the basin.
If it's only your scalp bothering you and you are short of time, the Day Scalp Treatment. If your lengths are dull too, or you want the mask and the blow-dry, this one.
The roots go flat and greasy again within a day of washing, dry shampoo stops doing anything, and the scalp feels coated rather than clean. Sunscreen, salt, sweat and leave-in product all sit on the scalp here, and a normal wash lifts them off the hair rather than off the skin. That is the gap this treatment is for.