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Your routine starts
with water.

Before your shampoo, conditioner, cleanser or moisturizer, there's the water touching your skin, scalp and hair. Here's what you should actually know about it.

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START WITH WHAT YOU NOTICE

Sometimes the first clue
is how your shower leaves you feeling.

You don't need to understand water chemistry to start asking better questions. Begin with what you can actually see, feel or smell.

Skin feels tight or dry

You're moisturizing — but your skin still feels uncomfortable after the shower.

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Your scalp feels "off"

Flaking, dryness or discomfort keeps becoming part of your post-shower routine.

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Hair feels dull or difficult

Your products haven't changed, but your hair can still feel rough, dry or hard to manage.

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You notice your water

Chlorine smell, white scale, soap scum or residue around your shower can all make water harder to ignore.

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WATER 101

Your tap water has already been on a journey.

Municipal water treatment plays an essential role in making water safe for distribution. But the treatment plant isn't the end of the story.

Water travels through public infrastructure and the plumbing in your home before finally reaching your shower.

Chlorine

Chlorine is widely used by municipal water systems as a disinfectant. Depending on your local water supply, some residual chlorine may still be present at the tap.

Chloramine

Some utilities use chloramine — a combination of chlorine and ammonia — as an alternative disinfectant because it remains stable as water moves through the distribution system.

Hard-water minerals

Hard water contains elevated levels of dissolved calcium and magnesium. These are naturally occurring minerals, not the same thing as chlorine.

Your local system

Water sources, treatment methods, plumbing and mineral content differ from place to place — which is why your neighbor's water can be different from someone across the country.

SKIN & SCALP

What happens before your skincare?

Most routines begin when the shower ends. We think that's one step too late.

Your skin and scalp spend minutes in direct contact with shower water before you apply the products you've carefully chosen for them.

Chlorine is useful in municipal treatment, but it can also be drying. Hot water and long showers can add another layer of stress for skin that already tends to feel dry or reactive.

That doesn't mean shower water explains every skin or scalp concern. It does mean water is one of the few things touching nearly your entire body, every shower, every day.

THE CLYR PRINCIPLE Don't replace your routine.
Rethink what comes before it.

HAIR

Shampoo isn't the first thing touching your hair.

Your hair routine begins the moment your hair gets wet.

Chlorine exposure, mineral-rich water, water temperature, product choice, heat styling and hair type can all influence the way hair feels and behaves.

Hard-water minerals can also leave deposits on surfaces, which is why people in hard-water areas often recognize white scale around fixtures or find that soap behaves differently.

A shower filter and a water softener solve different problems, so understanding which one you actually need matters more than buying whatever has the biggest claim.

HARD WATER, EXPLAINED

A shower filter and a water softener aren't the same thing.

This is one of the most misunderstood parts of the category. Here's the simple version.

SHOWER FILTRATION

Clyr

Adds filtration directly at your shower.

Designed to reduce chlorine and other common impurities
Installs directly on your existing shower arm
No permanent plumbing changes
Works in hard- or soft-water areas
Combines filtration with the showerhead itself

WATER SOFTENING

Traditional Softener

Addresses the minerals responsible for hardness.

Targets calcium and magnesium
Typically serves more than one fixture
Usually requires plumbing installation
Designed specifically to change water hardness
Solves a different problem than shower filtration

Clyr is a filtered showerhead, not a replacement for a whole-home water softening system.

STOP GUESSING ABOUT YOUR WATER

Start with where you live.

Your water isn't generic. Get a free local water report and learn more about the water coming into your home.

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WHAT MAKES CLYR DIFFERENT

Better water shouldn't mean accepting a worse shower.

Filtration is the reason Clyr exists. The shower experience is where we refused to compromise.

Multi-stage filtration

A replaceable cartridge designed to reduce chlorine and other common impurities in the water you shower in.

Strong-feeling flow

Clyr is pressure-forward by design, so adding filtration doesn't mean intentionally designing for a weak or underwhelming shower.

Multiple spray patterns

You're not locked into one shower experience. Switch between spray patterns depending on how you want your shower to feel.

Built for everyday ownership

Standard-fit installation, first filter included and a simple 90-day replacement routine make filtration easy to keep using.

Actual water pressure depends on your home's incoming pressure and plumbing.

We don't publish an artificial pressure multiplier because every home is different. Clyr is designed around strong, satisfying water delivery with selectable spray patterns.

STEP ZERO

Keep your routine.
Change where it starts.

00 Filtered shower water

The water touches you first.

01 Cleanse

Shampoo, body wash, cleanser.

02 Treat

Conditioner, scalp care, treatments.

03 Finish

Moisturize, style and continue your routine.

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BETTER WATER. NO SHOWER COMPROMISE.

Now you know
where to start.

Multi-stage filtration. Strong-feeling flow. Multiple spray patterns. Installs in about five minutes.

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Your routine starts with water.

Sometimes the first clue is how your shower leaves you feeling.