Vegan Plastic Free Soap & Shampoo
Vegan Plastic Free Soap & Shampoo
When you have never used a shampoo bar before, the concept of a concentrated shampoo and getting a good, thorough deep clean can seem challenging and a little daunting. However, you have committed yourself to becoming more eco-friendly. It is time to take the bull by the horns – or shampoo bar to your hair – and give it a go. Luckily, we have covered how to use shampoo bars for you, so soon you will find it a breeze.
As shampoo bars are concentrated, it does take a minor adjustment. They are quite unlike their liquid, plastic bottled counterparts. With this step by step guide, you will get your hair clean, looking luscious and healthy. You will even question why you didn’t make the change sooner.
As the name suggests, a shampoo bar is a solid bar of shampoo to wash and cleanse hair. Unlike traditional shampoos, shampoo bars are naturally made. Without including the harsh chemicals that can often be found in liquid shampoos, shampoo bars don’t wash away the natural oils of your hair.
The bars are made from oils, butter, and naturally conditioning and cleaning ingredients, making them jam-packed with cleaning goodness and compressed into a concentrated bar form. Without the use of chemicals and a complex range of synthetic ingredients, shampoo bars are naturally hydrating, conditioning and will aid in keeping your hair and scalp healthy.
If you are used to using liquid shampoos, switching to a shampoo bar can take a little getting used to. We are about to cover how to use shampoo bars. However, before we do, we want to explain their key benefits. Like all shampoos, you need to find the ideal one for your hair type to get the best results. However, the are plenty of reasons to support why you should make this change and start using one of our vegan, sustainable and eco-friendly shampoo bars:
If you have not used a shampoo bar before, here are the steps on how to use it:
To create a thick lather, you need your hair to be soaked thoroughly.
To allow the bar to get foamy and provide a deep clean, it needs to be wetted. Unlike your hair, it doesn’t need to be submerged, a couple of seconds under the shower to dampen it will be enough.
To create a lather, you can either rub the bar onto your hands and create your lather or rub the shampoo bar directly onto your hair. If you choose to rub it directly onto your hair, you will want to work in sections to ensure you get a coverage of suds from roots to tip.
In the same way, you would massage your liquid shampoo through your hair, you need to do the same when using a shampoo bar. Starting at your scalp and roots, you then work the shampoo to the tips of your hair.
With the highly concentrated shampoo bar, the rinsing process is crucial to ensure a good clean. Top Tip – It can help to use a brush or comb to ensure you wash all of the shampoo out.
Like all shampoo and washes, the first wash is to remove the dirt. It is the second wash that fully cleanses your hair and brings forward that healthy shine.
If you have long or thick hair, there’s a few tips and tricks that can help alongside our general how to use shampoo bars advice. Here are some additional tips to get that perfect clean time and time again.
To get the most out of your shampoo bar, your hair needs to be thoroughly soaked to activate the cleansing formula. With long/thick hair, this can take a moment or two longer, but it is not a step you will want to skip.
Sectioning your hair will allow you to make sure that every strand gets the hydrating cleanse it deserves.
Taking a brush or comb into the shower will allow you to brush it through your hair. This helps to ensure that you are coating all of your hair in the rich, creamy lather.
The back of your hair is one of the sections that naturally builds up the most oil. It is key to focus your attention on these sections. The best practice is to clean from root to tip.
Like liquid shampoos, if any of the product is left coating your hair. It can leave it looking a little lacklustre. With highly concentrated shampoo bars, the rinse is an essential step to leaving your hair soft, clean, and shiny.
Now you know how to use shampoo bars to get your hair perfectly clean, you just need to decide which one of our great vegan shampoo bars to use next. Each of our solid shampoo bars has its own unique benefits. So whether you opt for our Lavender Shampoo Bar with lemon & Jojoba oil, our Lemon Shampoo Bar with grapefruit & satsuma or our Tea Tree Shampoo Bar with lime & spearmint you are sure to find the perfect bar for you!
Oschen [oh-shuhn] is a friendly family run vegan friendly and plastic free soap company that supplies handmade British soap bars to families just like ours across the UK. If you are passionate about the planet and animals, you are in great company with us as all our soaps are plastic and cruelty free. We were encouraged by our sons, Oscar and Henry to reduce single-use plastics in our home. The boys challenged us to reduce the number of shampoo bottles and shower gels that we took into the shower. As a result of this, we started buying soap bars instead. After our first soap bar, we were hooked! We reduced our weekly waste while doing our bit for the environment whilst staying clean, shiny and smelling great. From this, we created Oschen to bring vegan friendly and plastic free soap bars to you.
