| What is it? | | | | and butters, and are made up of: |
| A Shampoo Bar looks practically the same as your | | | | Lauric |
| typical bar of soap, which you would use to wash your | | | | Oleic |
| hands or face. The only difference is that this bar is | | | | Ricinoleic |
| used on your hair. The best thing about shampoo bars, | | | | Stearic |
| is the fact that they are made using 100% natural | | | | Linoleic |
| ingredients, creating a shampoo that is deep | | | | Palmitic |
| conditioning, fluffy, takes care of your scalp, without | | | | Myristic |
| stripping it of it's natural oils, like some harsh shampoos | | | | Linolenic |
| can do, and just looks after your curly hair. | | | | Each of the fatty acids create a different type of |
| Since they contain nothing but natural ingredients, | | | | lather, in a product, so depending on which ingredients |
| shampoo bars do not contain any artificial perfumes, | | | | a shampoo bar contains, determines how the product |
| alcohol, animal products (meaning that they are perfect | | | | will lather up for you. |
| for Vegans), harsh synthetics, no unnatural | | | | Palmitic, Stearic and Ricinoleic all create a smooth, |
| preservatives, no artificial colours or any other kind of | | | | cream-like lather, with plenty of poppable bubbles. |
| nasty that could cause you and your hair damage. | | | | Whilst, Lauric and Myristic both create lathers that |
| And if that wasn't enough, shampoo bars have been | | | | have plentiful amounts of bubbles that are deep |
| lovingly made by hand. | | | | cleansing. |
| Do Shampoo bars lather up like normal shampoo? | | | | If you want a shampoo that conditions, you would |
| Of course they do. Typical liquid shampoos rely on | | | | need fatty acids like Ricinoleic, Oleic, Linoleic and |
| unnatural synthetic ingredients that are added by the | | | | Linolenic to create this, whilst if you were looking to |
| large companies that manufacture them en masse. | | | | gain a hard texture, Myristic, Stearic, Lauric and Palmitic |
| These ingredients are harsh, but create the lather | | | | would be needed to create this. |
| effect that you will be familiar of. | | | | This lather-effect that is created is the reason that |
| Harsh ingredients that cause the lather include: | | | | shampoo bars, will never strip your wonderful curly hair |
| Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) | | | | of all those essential oils that your hair needs. This is |
| Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES), | | | | because the lather-effect as mentioned, is caused by |
| Cocobetaine and/or Propylene Glycol | | | | molecules or chains of carbon atoms, that a. Attract |
| These products would be completely redundant, if | | | | water, and b. Attract oil, together drawing moisture and |
| natural ingredients were not removed. | | | | oil into your hair. |
| Shampoo bars, on the other hand, are created in small | | | | But won't rinsing, wash the oil and moisture away? |
| amounts by specialist companies, and the bars contain | | | | No. Rinsing off a normal liquid shampoo, will cause the |
| a natural form of glycerine, that the major companies | | | | oil part of the molecules to wash away down into the |
| will have unnecessarily removed during the process. | | | | depths of the plug hole. This is thanks to the fact that |
| Glycerine not only takes care of your scalp and hair, | | | | they often contain too much fatty acid. Shampoo bars, |
| but also lathers up just as nicely as nasty-filled liquid | | | | on the other hand, are capable of attaching to things |
| shampoos. | | | | on our hair that we don't need, such as dirt, hair |
| All natural shampoo bars contain are organic butters | | | | products, oils etc and removing them, without stripping |
| and oils, with absolutely nothing icky! | | | | your curly hair of what it really needs. |
| The glycerine, of course, isn't the only ingredient that | | | | All of this means that shampoo bars (and soaps) are |
| ensures you get a lovely rich lather out of your | | | | brilliant forms of hair cleansing, and the amounts of |
| shampoo, but it is also created using fatty acids that | | | | glycerine help to protect and smooth not only your hair, |
| contribute to the effect. | | | | but your scalp too. Ultimately, shampoo bars are super |
| Fatty acids exist inside several different types of oils | | | | gentle on your sensitive skin. Perfect. |