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Please help, I’ve ruined my hair with a shampoo bar and now it won’t wash out
yoghurtflavours · 18/03/2023 20:29
I tried one of these eco-friendly shampoo bars from Ethique. Not only did it make my hair greasy, but it’s also built up this sticky residue which I can’t get rid of. Stupidly, I was determined to persevere with the shampoo bar so I kept it up for four or five washes until I finally decided enough was enough.
Yesterday I went back to my normal shampoo in a bottle and it doesn’t seem to have worked. The sticky residue is still there and it feels like there’s more and more buildup. It feels horrible.
Please tell me this will get better and it’ll wash out eventually? Otherwise how can I get it out of my hair and get things back to normal?
I’m allergic to lots of stuff and I should’ve left well alone. Lesson learned.
Forfrigz · 19/03/2023 03:52
If thr bar wad pik based another hair oil might work, as oil removes oil. I'd massage something like one of the treatment oils you get throughout leave for at least half an hour or longer if you can then use a harsh shampoo like head and shoulders or as others have said washing up liquid. It will definitely come out eventually after enough washes anyway so don't panic.
SinnerBoy · 19/03/2023 04:46
dementedpixie · Yesterday 20:31
Could you try washing up liquid?
I was told as a child never to do that, or to use it to wash a floor, because of the sticky residue. I did resort to it when I got creosote in my hair, then loads of washes with normal shampoo....
rookiemere · 19/03/2023 06:46
Seriously just use the washing up liquid.
I was having problems due to products with too much parabens and whatever and Fairy liquid sorted it out.
I now use shampoo and conditioner from Holland Barrett with none of those things and it smells of turkish delight ( rose ).
yoghurtflavours · 19/03/2023 08:30
Whitewolf2 · 19/03/2023 07:51
Ug this happened to me too, how are they allowed to sell this rubbish?!
I only used it once and it did wash out after 3 latherings of head and shoulders shampoo, I’m sure it will come out!
I feel like shampoo bars are all the rage at the moment. I was thinking about why I persevered with it and didn’t just give up after one or two goes, and honestly I think I was just sucked in by the marketing. Ethique clearly have the strongest marketing and brand identity etc, and their website is full of five star reviews so I thought surely it must work, and I must’ve done something wrong if it didn’t work for me so I’d better try again. I really wanted it to work! I won’t be trying it again.
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