What on earth is a Shampoo Bar? Well, it is exactly the same as your normal liquid shampoo. The difference, other than the fact that it’s solid, is the fact that the bars are created using only the gentlest and completely natural ingredients, that your hair will absolutely love.

What a Pa-Lather! When trying to explain the goodness and pros of shampoo bars, many people worry that a bar won’t lather up the same way as a liquid shampoo. This is only partially true, shampoo bars do lather, but whilst liquid shampoo’s lather up due to the unnatural, harsh synthetics, that are added during manufacture, shampoo bars lather up due to a natural form of glycerine that exists naturally in its ingredients. Large companies remove the natural glycerine, and replace it with a much cheaper alternative, which creates the lather you are used to. These added synthetics are most commonly: *Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) *Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) *Cocobetaine and/or Propylene Glycol

All natural shampoo bars contain are organic butters and oils, with absolutely nothing icky! The glycerine, of course, isn’t the only ingredient that ensures you get a lovely rich lather out of your shampoo, but it is also created using fatty acids that contribute to the effect. Fatty acids exist inside several different types of oils and butters, and are made up of: * Lauric * Oleic * Ricinoleic * Stearic * Linoleic * Palmitic * Myristic * Linolenic

Each of the fatty acids create a different type of lather, in a product, so depending on which ingredients a shampoo bar contains, determines how the product will lather up for you. Palmitic, Stearic and Ricinoleic all create a smooth, cream-like lather, with plenty of poppable bubbles. Whilst, Lauric and Myristic both create lathers that have plentiful amounts of bubbles that are deep cleansing. If you want a shampoo that conditions, you would need fatty acids like Ricinoleic, Oleic, Linoleic and Linolenic to create this, whilst if you were looking to gain a hard texture, Myristic, Stearic, Lauric and Palmitic would be needed to create this.

These atoms have two ends: the first draws water towards it, creating the lather-effect mentioned before. The other attracts oil, which you want to get rid of. When rinsing the product out of your hair, the oily end detaches and is removed from your hair, whilst the precious water-based added remains, giving your hair that much needed moisture.

The process of adding fatty acids to shampoo bars, is called “Super Fatting”, and as a result of this process, ensures that shampoo bars cleanse your curly locks, look after not only your hair but your skin, and scalp, too. Finally, they are gentle and suitable for even the most sensitive of skin.

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