shampoo bars suitable for all hair types no transition phase

No transition phase! Vegan and Palm-oil Free. 60g

It works just like normal shampoo, hurrah! For those of you who have been struggling to adapt to ‘oil-based’ shampoo bars, (like the Friendly Soap bar for example) this is it, a solution for all your hair care woes. These shampoo bars leave your hair squeaky clean, no matter your hair type, as they work in a way similar to your everyday plastic bottled shampoo. Now you can ditch the bottle forever! For more info on the wonderful cleaning abilities of these shampoo bars, read on.

Suitable for all hair types, including normal, oily, dry, or damaged hair:

Cornflower + Marshmallow

Orange + Bergamot

Lime and Coconut

Sea Salt & Wood Sage

Suitable for Blonde Hair:

Calendula

Suitable for dry, flaky or itchy scalps:

Seaweed and Peppermint

For best results keep it in a soap dish (or stick it on a bottle top) to let it dry out between uses.

Please note -The edges of these bars might be a little crumbly before use. This is normal as the bars are hand-pressed, not machine-pressed like factory-produced shampoo bars.

Shampoo Bars (suitable for all hair types)

£8.00

Quantity

The many, many plastic bottles of shampoo. Just think of the shampoo aisle in the supermarket. All that choice of haircare packaged in so much plastic. The stuff of nightmares, honestly.

These Bain & Savon shampoo bars are very similar to the Little Blue Hen heart-shaped shampoo bars that ABP used to sell and are our new replacement for the Zero Waste Path shampoo bars. All of these work using a coconut oil-based surfactant. A surfactant is what helps clean your hair by getting it all frothed up, foamy, and in a lather. In contrast, oil-based shampoo bars such as the Friendly Soap Shampoo Bar don’t use surfactants, they work more like soap, which is why such oil-based shampoo bars do not work for everyone or have a transition phase.
No plastic packaging! Just a cardboard box. It also contains no palm oil, and these shampoo bars are also vegan and cruelty-free.

Your hair should have that ‘squeaky clean’ feel to it when you’ve washed it using this shampoo bar, I find it best to lather up and rinse twice, as the second time round it seems to lather up much more and I can feel that it has cleaned my hair better. (I found this to be the case with most bottled shampoos though when I used to use them too.) This may be different for you! Our hair is all different, so you may not need a second round. The good thing about these shampoo bars is that they are easy to lather up and quick to wash out. Each bar has ingredients that work a little differently, so choose whichever bar may fit your hair type better, or, you could choose based on the scent if most kinds of shampoo normally work for you.
Shampoo bars last for a long time, one 60g bar is equivalent to around three bottles of normal shampoo. (Make sure they are allowed to dry out between uses for best results. e.g. use a soap dish to help it drain or stick it on a bottle cap to elevate the bar allowing it to dry out.) So even though it is more expensive to buy a bar than a bottle of shampoo, it lasts much longer so you have to buy less. By buying one shampoo bar you are saving three plastic bottles from being used. Think what an effect that would have if everyone used a shampoo bar!

You’ve got me - it is more expensive than the Friendly Soap shampoo bar, but it does have more ingredients, which adds to the cost.

These shampoo bars are still a few quid cheaper than most of those sold at a rather pungent well-known high street shop though, and they work just as well, so that is something to be grateful for. 😊
What is it made from?

Cornflower + Marshmallow:

ingredients: Sodium coco sulphate, behentrimonium methosulfate, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, prunus dulcis (almond) oil, hamamelis virginiana extract, organic marshmallow root oil, witch hazel, passionfruit fragrance oil, centaurea cyanus (corn flower) petals. Allergens*: benzyl benzoate, linalool , limonene, hexyl cinnamal, amyl cinnamal.

Orange + Bergmot:

ingredients: Sodium coco sulphate, Behentrimonium methosulphate, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, sweet almond oil, hamamelis virginiana extract, Marshmallow root oil, Bergamot essential oil, Sweet Orange Peel essential oil, Orange colour: CI40215, Allergens*: benzyl benzoate, linalool , limonene, hexyl cinnamal, amyl cinnamal.

Lime and Coconut:

ingredients: Sodium coco sulphate, Behentrimonium methosulphate, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, sweet almond oil, hamamelis virginiana extract, Marshmallow root oil, Lime: lime essential oil, organic coconut oil, colour Green CI19140/42090, Allergens*: Citral, Limonene, Linalool.

Sea Salt & Wood Sage:

ingredients: Sodium coco sulphate, Behentrimonium methosulphate, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, sweet almond oil, hamamelis virginiana extract, Marshmallow root oil, Fragrance, nettle leaves. Allergens*: Citral, Geraniol.

Calundula:

ingredients: Sodium coco sulphate, Behentrimonium methosulphate, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, sweet almond oil, hamamelis virginiana extract, calendula officinalis flowe aqueous extract, pelargonium graveolens flower oil, geranium essential oil, calendula petals. Allergens*: Citral, Geraniol, linalool,citronellol, d-limonene, limonene.

Pineapple (anti dandruff):

ingredients: Sodium Coco-Sulfate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Hamamelis Virginiana Flower Water, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis oil, Climbazole, Panthenol, , Parfum – pineapple fragrance oil, Colour CI45350 Fluorescent Yellow, Coumarin, Allergens*: Geraniol, Linalool, d-Limonene.

Seaweed and Peppermint:

Sodium Coco-Sulfate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Hamamelis Virginiana Flower Water, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Althaea Officinalis Root, Spirulina powder, Ascophyllum nodosum, Mentha x piperita (Peppermint) oil, Linalool, limonene.

*Allergens listed are natural by-products of essential oils.