How to Make Shampoo Bars: 4 Eco-Friendly Recipes

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Homemade shampoo bars with natural ingredients are the best way to avoid the surplus of concerning chemicals in traditional hair care products. SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) and SLES (sodium laureth sulfate) are perhaps the two most well-known, shunned by the vast majority of clean beauty aspirants, but parabens, silicones, formaldehyde, coal tar, synthetic fragrances, and phthalates are ubiquitous among mainstream shampoos, too.

Besides evading ingredients that threaten the well-being of both your hair and the environment, making shampoo bars at home also helps alleviate plastic waste. Johnson & Johnson, the multinational parent company of myriad beauty brands, has said that Americans throw away 552 million shampoo bottles per year.1

With these easy, all-natural, vegan, and refreshingly plastic-free shampoo bar recipes, no bottles have to end up in landfill and pollute the planet for hundreds of years. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE




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