Shampoo Bar Soap

I've taken delivery of my shampoo soap bar this week.

A while ago I was looking at my nice 'ecological' shampoo that does not have sodium lauryl sulphate and other chemicals that are on the 'under suspicion' list and began to take into consideration the plastic container.

Okay, I save them up and take them to the recycling centre but do I really want that box of stuff cluttering up a corner of my kitchen? Not really? Besides, it's still all consuming energy even when it gets recycled. What could be more low impact than to wash your hair with a bar of soap. It works well on the body? Why not the hair?

My initial web search was not encouraging. Yet, I knew that somewhere someone would be making them. I used to be able to buy them in my local health food store when we lived in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Then, brain wave! I had met a fellow American ex-patriot up at the Organic Centre and she made hand-crafted soap using only ingredients that were organic or sustainably harvested from her garden or the wild.

I emailed Lisa and she made and matured a batch. It arrived yesterday and I washed my hair with it. What I dislike about a lot of the 'ecological' shampoos is that they can be a bit gloppy and don't lather very well. Apart from the fragance sending me into euphoric scent heaven, this shampoo bar lathered up well and rinsed much better than the commercial brands. It was wrapped up in a pretty paper package with string and a label that has the personal, hand written 'look' but is also absolutely professional.

It is truly made by hand. It's made fairly locally to me (just one county over) and respects the earth's resources.

Shouldn't all products be made with that level of consumer trust?

Rock on Lisa McCabe of Roslea!