To give up on natural shampoo bar after 10 days despite plastic free aim

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I’ve been using a natural shampoo bar for 10 days and my hair just feels disgusting. It looks clean at the roots but feels so incredibly coated I’ve had it in a bun for 10 days. I’m back at work tomorrow and thinking I need to switch to a normal shampoo to look presentable and be able to wear it down.

But if you’ve used a shampoo bar and got through this stage please feel free to share and persuade me otherwise.

Springforever, yes, but that's icky 😬

I use the one from Yorkshire Soap company and I haven't had any problems ( other than DD nicking it)

Those cubes cost a bomb! Bottles for us as they're cheaper. DD and I have really long hair and I have to wash mine daily (perimenopausal) or it is disgusting and there's no way I could justify spending that much on shampoo every month. Big bottles of Tres Seme for us.

I use the wild sage company one and it's fine. Hair is soft and clean with no residue. I use a silicone free conditioner about twice a week.

I tried really really hard to love them but my hair just ended up a coated waxy mess.
I went back to shampoo and conditioner :-(

Is there anywhere that refills bottle? Body shop used to back in the 70s but then stopped

I've tried a few. The lush ones are lovely and I use them all the time. The more cranky ones I tried don't lather and left my hair feeling greasy.
I haven't found a conditioner bar that I can use and have gone back to liquid.
I wonder whether the hardness of water makes a difference? We have very hard water (kettles scale up in 24 hours).

I like the look of the Beauty Kubes but there isn't much in stock. Definitely going to try them once they're available again. I only wash my hair 2-3 times per week so 27 cubes would last a decent amount of time.

Giggle doesn't rinsing your hair with bottled water outweigh using bottled shampoo, in terms of plastic usage?

Gigglebrain, well I couldn't do it, but neither could I bear the feeling from shampoo bars, they made me feel really disgusting.

Maybe alternate with shampoo from a plastic bottle? At least then you're cutting down on plastic use.

I love the Lush shampoo bars, but cannot get on with their conditioner at all. I find it very difficult to actually get some onto my hair.

Has anyone suggested a vinegar rinse? After a shampoo bar you should rinse with dilute vinegar. A spoon to a cup of water. It's to do with PH and it's important. You may not need to everytime, though.

I use little net bags which really help the lather and stop the bars going gunky. Think shore scrunchies material
I have gone from washing my hair every day to every 3 to 4 days now

Shower not shore. Lol

Rinse it with some apple cider vinegar to remove build up

I've tried a few and now use this one from Baaath time, my hair actually feels like hair again. Their soaps are nice too.

www.itsbaaathtime.co.uk/product-page/nakid-shampoo-baaa

I've just started using this Jojoba conditioning bar from Anything but Plastic and it seems ok.

www.anythingbutplastic.co.uk/product-page/conditioner-bars.

Which deodorant do you use? I think I need one without bicarbonate of soda because of having sensitive skin.

I use the Lush Montalbano bar. Smells great, hair feels fine. Also use a solid conditioner from Lush - it's purple but I'm not sure what it's called.

I’ve tried a few. For me the Bain & Savon ones have been really nice. The kids are using the coconut one and I think I’m using an orange one. They do conditioner too which is ok, though not perfect. I agree about using on scalp only, and condition very sparingly. I definitely took a while to get used to them, I’ve been using solid for about a year I think, starting with the lush ones. I really do not rate a fenugreek one from Funky somethingorother. But different strokes for different folks.

I gave up on the natural shampoo bars as my hair was horrible. But find the Lush ones (which contain SLS) really good. Turns out I like SLS despite not being supposed to!

I think that your hair has to get used to the new regime.

When the DC were newborn, I often went days and days without washing my hair. I eventually realised that it didn't need washing so often.
I have lots of long, thick hair which takes ages to dry naturally and I can't be arsed with blow drying. I've never gone back to washing my hair every/every other day. I wash it about once a week and it only ever looks/feels really gross if I've been ill or have migraine.

If you're serious about using the soap, then I'd stick at it for a while longer and try and wash it a little less frequently. Maybe try dropping from every day to every other or every other to every 3 days.

Have no problem with them! Only used Lush so far. You do need a conditioner though and the bars for that are rubbish! I will try the vinegar after reading this.
Also, a previous poster said natural deodorant is rubbish - I started using a crystal stick thing I bought for my pre-teenager - it's amazing! It doesn't seem to have got any smaller after a year of use and I truly never smell sweat any more.

I use a lush one which has worked really well for me, only need to wash hair once a week rather than ever 2/3 days and need a tiny amount. If you get a tin it will last months. I'd suggest popping in to lush and chatting about the issues you've had so far so they can recommend one for you.

I really like them - I do occasionally use a bottle of shampoo I feel the bars clean it more and make it less greasy

But then for me they worked from the start