Rather than plastic bottles of conditioner (which are mostly water), switch over to zero waste shampoo and conditioner bars. These solid vegan conditioner bars are sold in cardboard boxes, scented with real essential oils and wrapped in compostable film. Made with nourishing oils of jojoba, grapeseed, rapeseed & coconut, the above bar is scented with oils of lavender & tea tree, and contains rhassoul clay to aid detangling.
If conditioner bars get in contact with eyes, rinse well with warm water. Avoid essential oils for pregnancy/nursing & affected medical conditions and children under (keep these bars away from young children & pets (due to wrong PH, essential oils & macadamia oil). Read of effective natural solutions for hair loss.
Store on dry flannel or a slatted soap dish, to dry them out between uses, so they don’t go squishy (as important as the bar you buy!) This soap tin with drip tray is ideal. Shampoo bar are also good for air travel, due to liquid restrictions.
To use, just rub the bar between wet hands and run through hair, leave for 2 minutes then rinse well with warm water. Also available in mint & chamomile (fragrance-free).
soap-free (vegan) conditioner bars
This brand was founded by an Australian businesswoman who came to live in London. After her husband returned from a sailing race across the Pacific Ocean with ‘tales of seeing more plastic than fish’, she gave up her job to focus on making plastic-free haircare ‘the new normal’. These bars don’t fade colour and even work in hard water (for very hard water, the company recommends their Rebalancing Bar).
KIND2 makes quality vegan shampoo/conditioner bars, with no palm oil. Each bar lasts around 60 shampoos (or 80 uses for conditioner). Sold in cardboard packaging (printed locally and fulfilled by a North London company that offers employment/training to people with learning disabilities).
