There’s a boom in the popularity of shampoo and conditioner bars in Australia, so why all the fuss over these no-nonsense alternatives to bottled shampoo?
1. Shampoo bars eliminate single use plastics
Most people get through about 250 bottles of shampoo in their lifetime – and that’s not counting conditioner, body wash and other plastic-y bathroom staples.
Times that by everyone in the world who likes being clean and you get this floating pile of crap.
Shampoo and conditioner bars eliminate single use plastics because they come in recyclable or compostable cardboard boxes that don’t choke the sea.
So if you want to reduce your plastic footprint in 2023, switching to shampoo bars is a ridiculously easy way to do it.
2. Shampoo bars beef up your wallet
This hair stat might make you want to hurl something: Conventional shampoos and conditioners are up to 95% water.
We wish we were joking.
It’s a great business model if you think about it. Create a product that’s mostly H20, slap a fancy label on it and rake in the ka-chingos. Only thing is, these mass-produced, watery hair products very rarely get results – and if they do it’s at the expense of the health of your hair.
You can save a lot of money by choosing shampoo and conditioner bars instead.
As solid cubes, they’re free from water and fillers and last for up to 90 washes. That’s three times longer than regular bottles of shampoo, so you’ll probably be thinking, “when the heck is this thing going to run out?”.
For ethically-oriented businesses like ours it means fewer sales but peaceful slumber knowing our customers are using non-toxic products that keep the planet beautiful. Sweet, sustainable dreams.
3. Shampoo bars are mega concentrated
Because shampoo bars are solid cubes, they’ve got to be made from super concentrated ingredients.
Beauty and the Bees bars are chock full of artisanal goodies like Leatherwood honey and beeswax, plant butters, botanical extracts and craft beer brewed right here in Tasmania.
These primo wholefoods give our bars a luxe richness you can feel every time you lather up, and the results speak for themselves.
4. Shampoo bars free your skin and body from toxic chemicals
Nicotine and insulin patches work for a reason. The skin is a living, breathing membrane and absorbs everything you put on it.
So when you’re standing in the shower reading the back of a shampoo bottle and see parabens (linked to hormonal disruptions and breast cancer), SLS (a known carcinogen) and silicones (plastic-like chemicals which build up on the skin and contaminate waterways), it can really give you the heebies.
Do you actually want that crap in your bloodstream?
We started Beauty and the Bees nearly 30 years ago as an alternative to such blatantly bad beauty products. If we wouldn’t touch them with a ten foot pole (let alone rub them all over our heads and bods) why should our customers?
It’s not just about the long term effects of toxins either.
Many people battle mystery skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, itchiness, redness, flakiness and rashes without knowing what’s causing the problem or which products will help.
All too often it’s synthetic and inflammatory ingredients that are perpetuating the problem, disrupting the skin’s mantle, pH balance and microbiome and stripping the hair’s protective keratin.
Simply switching from commercial beauty products to all natural ones can bring overnight relief (and if that sounds like marketing spin, our feelgood reviews beg to differ).
5. Shampoo bars are the environmentally friendly choice
Besides saving millions of tonnes of plastic from entering landfill each year, shampoo bars also save our waterways from chemical pollution.
Because they’re made from safe and natural ingredients, Beauty and the Bees bars don’t harm marine life or the delicate ecosystems they inhabit.
What’s more, we source as many raw ingredients as possible from local growers and artisans right here in Tasmania, meaning lower transport miles, more support for ethical farmers, and a reduced carbon footprint. Boom.
6. Shampoo bars are a snap to take travelling
What’s worse: decanting your shampoo and conditioner into tiny 100mL bottles so you can take them through airport security as carry-on, or packing full sized versions in your checked baggage and later finding that they’ve exploded all through your things?
Both suck. Shampoo bars eliminate the possibility of sham-splosions whilst travelling.
They’re solid, concentrated and easy to pack, weighing far less than bottled hair care and sidestepping the squish factor. And because they last so much longer than liquid shampoo, even if you’re embarking on a three month Mongolian mission you’ll have a powerfully cleansing cube that’ll go the distance.
So, feeling good about ditching the bottle and raising the bar on hair care? If it’s your first time trying shampoo bars, check out our sample products that contains mini versions of all our best sellers. Cute ‘n’ economical.
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