This shower head filter works wonders on London's hard water
Evening Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
While you can switch your shower gel if it’s irritating, or swap your cleanser if you break out, changing the quality of your water is far more complicated. But it doesn’t have to be when you use Hello Klean’s filtered shower heads.
Particularly useful in areas of hard water like London, the best filtered shower heads use mineral-based filtration systems. Removing chlorine, metals and other impurities that can irritate skin, dry it out and leave hair feeling weak and lacklustre, these accessories have come a long way in the last few years.
Not only is their appearance sleeker, but some models can improve water pressure. Hello Klean is the gold standard when it comes to such devices, and it’s easy to see why. The brand’s shower head+ filters heavy metals linked to hair breakage, buildup, discolouration, and barrier stress, along with reducing chlorine that dries hair and irritates the skin and scalp.
You may have spotted Hello Klean on Dragons’ Den back in 2023, when the founders secured a £100,000 investment from Steven Bartlett. Since then, the brand has gone from strength to strength, with its products helping to improve skin and hair for users. The range includes tools, body care and hair care designed to tackle hard water, so that by the time it reaches your skin and strands, it’s a whole lot softer. Here’s everything you need to know,
Hello Klean shower head+
The UK has some of the hardest water in Europe, which is caused by minerals such as calcium and magnesium, picked up as the water passes through porous rocks like limestone. This is particularly common in the southeast of England, around London, and so if you’re living in the capital, you may already be familiar with the effects of hard water.
It’s not uncommon for hard water to leave hair feeling heavy, lifeless and difficult to style, while also contributing to colour fade, and causing dryness in both hair and skin due to the stripping of natural oils.
When former shopping editor, Ellie Davis, reviewed the best filtered shower heads on the market, she chose Hello Klean’s purifying shower head as the best of the bunch. Praising its ability to transform her hair after just one hair wash, she said: “I noticed a difference in my strands that instantly felt silkier and shinier – it was even remarked on by a friend.” She added that her locks felt so much cleaner after she step out of the shower.
Currently, the shower head+, which comes in brushed brass, bronze and chrome, is down from £120 to £96, and comes with a free welcome gift, worth over £20, when you sign up to receive filter refills.