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Depending on your hair rituals, switching to all natural products will not break the bank – many brands are comparable in price to salon brands.
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Looking for a shampoo or conditioner that doesn't make you feel all washed out?
The Bite
Use natural and organic shampoos and conditioners and get a real bounce and shine.The Benefits
- Prevent damage to yourself and the environment. Try to avoid parabens or petrochemical detergents (such as sodium lauryl sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine or olefin sulfonate). Many of these ingredients are not truly natural but are often found in “natural” cleaners.
- Variety – many natural shampoos and conditioners are far more sophisticated than homemade honey and yogurt concoctions. Products are available for all sorts of hair types and needs!
- Now there are shampoo bars that eliminate the wasteful packaging. The average U.S. citizen uses 200lbs. of plastic per year, about 60% for packaging; only 3% is recycled.
Personally Speaking
After an unsuccessful experiment with bar shampoo, Jen is a huge fan of Aveda’s Rosemary and Peppermint Shampoo. Heather is a devotee of John Masters Honey and Hibiscus Hair Reconstructor.Wanna Try?
- John Masters Organics – organic and smells like heaven, John offers full ingredient lists for his products.
- Aubrey Organics - clearly list their quality, 100% natural ingredients.
- Aveda – in addition to using natural and organic ingredients whenever possible, the company is socially committed to protecting the environment.
Nov 08,2005
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... but bars of shampoo? While in NYC with my fellow Biter in Crime we tried out a few different shampoos for this tip. One was in a bar, or really, in a tin. Instead of making the same motion that one makes with a bar of soap on your body on my head with this bar in tin, I choked. I just didn't put two and two together, and so I dug my fingers into the bar to scoop out a bit into my hand, and then rubbed it on my head. You know, like you might do with a little tin of lipgloss?
Well later that day when Heather (finally!) took a shower, I heard this hysterical laughing. Yup, you guessed it. Einstein over here could have taken bar out of the tin and rubbed a dub dub. Maybe I am "old school" but I like my soap in a bar and my shampoo in a bottle. The cool thing about the bottles of shampoo is that you can refill them at the Co-op. I didn't see any tin refills. Ha. -Jen
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Posted by: Laura UrbanEco | November 08, 2005 at 09:16 AM