The Best Eco-Friendly Shampoo Bars To Replace Bottled Shampoo

HiBar If you think you’re already doing your part to reduce plastic use, take a quick peek inside your shower stall. “One of our shampoo bars has just 8% of the carbon footprint of the equivalent liquid product,” said Brianne West, founder and CEO of Ethique. Allison Teasdale, the chief operating officer of Unwrapped Life, noted: “We’ve diverted more than 4.5 million plastic bottles from entering our oceans, and we’re committed to preventing more than 20 million plastic bottles by 2025.” Is there a shampoo bar in your future? “I foresee a time when using shampoo from plastic bottles is as uncool as lighting a cigarette in a restaurant.” You’ve got to let go of the ‘theater of lather’ You’ll need to manage your expectations with your first few bar uses, starting with the volume of lather you’re likely to see. “You’ll notice that your shampoo bar will suds up, but it’s not like the kind of foam you see in a beer commercial, more just a creamy lather,” Shambar founder Jeffrey Qaiyum told HuffPost.