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Sustainable Shampoo Bars: Good for You, Good for the Earth
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Sustainable Shampoo Bars: Good for You, Good for the Earth

Plastics... plastics... how do we get rid of this waste pollution shortening our life span on Earth?

Words by Nana Valdueza

 

With tons of plastic wastage threatening us, the beauty industry does not fall far from being one of the aggravators of this threat. Look at your bathroom. What do you see? Bottles and bottles of beauty products lined onto your organizers, ready to be added to next week's estimated 29 million tons of bottle trash expected to fill our oceans in 2040*, once they are empty.

Thankfully, the industry does not act deaf on this environmental problem. In fact, a few brands have been stepping up to create change. One sustainable way they have developed is reducing hair-care bottles with easy-to-use, safe-to-use, and environment-friendly shampoo bars. Discover these new bars for yourself and how effective it is for you and the environment.

*source: ‘Breaking the Plastic Wave by PEW Charitable Trusts and Systemiq

Video showcases Foamie Kiss Me Argan Shampoo Bar

fun & easy foamie bars

Joining the fight to climate change is a UK-based brand Foamie. Revolutionizing the bathroom with reduced plastic wastage, they have reinvented shampoos with no plastic and do not emit reef-pollution. Foamie bars are also free of parabens, silicones, PEGs, soap, SLS, sulfates, mineral oils, Lilial, benzophenone-4, composite mix (cornflower), phenoxyethanol, benzyl salicylate, and sugar surfactants - which are all harmful to your body and hair. They are 100% vegan and cruelty-free.

These shampoo bars are also efficient with cleansing and protecting you, making them different than your go-to ones that are actually made to cause long-term harmful effects to your body.

Learn about Foamie's shampoo bars suitable for each hair type and start your change now.

shampoo bars vs. shampoo in a bottle

Wondering how these shampoo bars differ from your usual shampoos in a bottle? In terms of usage, nothing much really.

Most shampoo users would squeeze in product from the bottle (or pump them), getting it empty after 25 or 35 washes. That's the average use. It differs with the amount used by a person's length of hair. Most of the time, those with longer hair pump more than the average as they want to feel the lather on their hair. A usual, bottle would be finished after a month, thrown into the trash, and eventually, you'll buy another shampoo bottle. That happens to be an average of 10 bottles a year, or even if you buy larger ones, that's five big bottles a year.

With a shampoo bar like Foamie's, you can save up to two bottles depending on use. A shampoo bar only needs water to get wet so that it can create foam that you may use to spread on your hair. You may hang it dry so that it won't get soggy. Most of those who have tried this shampoo testify an average of 90 washes with just one bar. This innovation also means no wastage. When you're done using the bar, the product reduces based on your use since it has no packaging. In Foamie's case, the bar's ribbon can be reused with another shampoo bar.

Travel-wise, a shampoo bar is also pocketable and efficient - with no issues with an accidental spill. Just dry it properly after use, so that you can store it dry amongst your travel essentials.

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