Everything You Need To Know About Shampoo Bars!

More and more people are enjoying the benefits of shampoo bars. Find out if it's time for you to join this natural and sustainable movement.

What is a shampoo bar?

A Shampoo Bar resembles a bar of all natural soap but it is formulated especially for hair. Basically, a shampoo bar is nothing more than a solid version of liquid shampoo. For this reason, many people call it solid shampoo.

Shampoo bars have the exact same function and properties as liquid shampoo. They cleanse and moisturize your hair, and offer extra shine and other benefits.

The difference here is how the product is presented, Instead of coming in a bottle, solid shampoo comes in bar form.

How do you use a shampoo bar?

There are two ways two use a shampoo bar.

1. Use the bar directly on your hair,

Gently rub the wet shampoo bar on your wet hair and create a rich lather. Use your fingers to massage the scalp until a good lather forms. Rinse, rinse, rinse and rinse again. Repeat if desired!

2. Make the lather in your hands.

Rub the shampoo bar in your wet hands until you get a rich lather. Gently massage your scalp and hair like you would do with an ordinary liquid shampoo. Rinse, rinse, rinse and rinse again. Repeat if desired!

Advantages of shampoo bars

Here are some of the benefits of using solid shampoo bars.

Savings: Shampoo bars are highly concentrated products, they can be used for more washes on average than their liquid alternatives. When you buy shampoo bars, you aren’t paying for a product that is mostly water, as is the case with traditional liquid shampoo bottles.

Health: In general, shampoo bars use fewer chemical additives than liquid shampoo. In fact, almost all the options on the market are natural hair products: free of parabens, preservatives, sulfates, dyes, and other similar substances.

Sustainability: Shampoo bars help save water, an essential and finite resource, and can use simple and biodegradable packaging. This means we can get rid of the great villain of our time: plastic packaging! Solid shampoo doesn’t have any kind of negative environmental impact.

How long does shampoo bars last?

Since shampoo bars are more concentrated, they usually last longer compared to liquid shampoo. Each application produces lather quickly, and avoids the overuse of product. To make the shampoo bar last longer make sure to dry it in between uses. Keep it in a well drained soap dish.