LUSH

[sabelmouse]

i finally got me some Lush shampoo bars. friends went to belfast and got me some as there is no shop in the republic and i did not want to order a whole bunch without trying them first. and it's a litle far to go to try one little thing.
they have a lot of cosmetics, but i wanted the shampoo bars because i have stopped using showergel and liquid soaps about six month ago and the difference is so amazing.
i have used the same bar of soap for six month in the shower and even though this is quite expensive stuff from the healthfood shop, weleda, that works out 1 euro a month.
i have a soap for my face only, again, rose soap from france, i have been using it for over a year, and it's still not gone.
so, it's a lot more economic but my main concern is the shipping back and forth of heavy bottles filled with soapy water and the recycling of those bottles.
so when i found out about shampoo bars i was jumping with excitment. the problem with washing hair with normal soap is the ph wich can be solved by rinsing hair with vinegar which is a little bothersome, especially if like me you mainly wash away from home.
the Lush shampoo bars have the right ph, they are3 simply dry. you rub them on your wet hair and believe me a little goes a long way and wash away.
they are available around the world, except ireland, and so far i can only say that i am looking foreward to trying more of their stuff.

http://www.lush.com/

https://www.lush.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=487&Itemid=80

http://www.youtube.com/lushcosmetics

[sabelmouse]

i used to make my own creams and such wich is quite easy. soaps and shampoos i am happy to leave to people with all the equipment, though if yu have suitable souroundings and all the safety equipment it should be ok.
they, lush, seem to be doing it, though by now they must have fairly big vats.
the shampoo bars are not that expensive and you need very little. if you have to mailorder that adds of course.

[Katie]

What do you think of making your own bar shampoo?
http://www.ehow.com/how_2012740_make-shampoo-bars.html
It is a good idea, but I'm not sure I'd be too comfortable working with lye...

[Katie]

Thanks for sharing, I'm going to try to save up to get some of this.

[beebee]

I love Lush and thier products...I've never tried the shampoo bars but I love the face soaps and masks!

[DLDzioba]

Oh, sounds like a cool idea.
I'll have to look into trying something similar.