Shampoo Bars

A travel shampoo bar is a solid, concentrated bar of hair cleanser that replaces a bottle of liquid shampoo, works without added water, and cleans hair in roughly the same motion as a bar of soap. That’s the textbook definition, anyway. The real story is messier and more interesting: it’s the story of a exploded … Read more

Flakes on a navy sweater have a way of showing up at the worst possible moment — a job interview, a first date, the exact second you lean in for a hug. If that sounds familiar, you’ve probably already tried a bottle or two of the usual suspects from the drugstore aisle, with mixed results … Read more

Somewhere between “I want to save the planet” and “I refuse to have a frizz halo by 10 a.m.,” a lot of curly-haired Canadians hit a wall with liquid shampoo. Bottles pile up under the sink, sulfates strip the very curl pattern you’re trying to protect, and half the ingredient list reads like a chemistry … Read more

A shampoo bar is a solid, concentrated hair cleanser that replaces liquid shampoo and its plastic bottle, using surfactants or saponified oils to lift dirt and oil from hair and scalp without added water. If you have ever stood in the shower holding a nearly empty bottle of shampoo, squeezing it sideways to coax out … Read more