Shampoo Bars (everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask).

I like the herb garden but the nettle was too drying. Has any frequent users of chagrin valley noticed the bars are smaller? I swear herb garden used to be 7oz and is now 5.8oz.

 

How is the lemon rinse done? Take a half a lemon to the shower?

 

I mix lemon juice &water (1:1) in a squirt bottle.

 

I really love the Dogfish Head Shampoo Bar.

 

Cool! Have you been using it long?

 

Your effort is appreciated,Great information.Thank you.

 

Sara,
Sorry, I haven't checked this thread in a while. Yes, for about a month. I love the DFH Shampoo Bar. It's a great scent and really leaves my hair feeling squeaky clean.

 

Since we're updating, I just ordered my second round of chagrin valley shampoo bars. I'm not looking back. Before, I got samples, but this time I got a full size bar of the herb garden, as well as samples of the "extra honey beer" and "carrot honey complexion" bars. They sounded cool, and I knew the shipping would be the same anyway.

Reviews so far are definitely heavy in the 'pro' category. I love the smell of most, the feel of a bar for some reason rather than a goop, and my hair seems to be doing well. Cons, well I don't care for the smell of the Ayurvedic herb, it's kind of chemically. Other than that, I would say that, with all your being, you should do every possible thing you can to keep it out of your eyes. They will burn as if liquefying in your skull.

Overall, love it.

 

Welcome back to TSD... I keep hearing you on the "Trek-cast" tho. Still, nice to see you here!

That smell does take a lot of getting used to. I think it's the neem and it definitely has a unique and off putting scent when not mixed with enough other things.

And yes, that stuff does burn in the eyes. But, some smart-arsed penguin already mentioned that.

 

I used my FIRST ever shampoo bar this weekend. Wife & I attended a craft fair on Saturday and one of the first vendor tents was run by a young woman selling her homemade soaps.
She had on display a variety of bath & hand soaps (the majority of her wares), and two shampoo bars and ONE shave soap puck. I bought the solo shave soap (naturally), herbal-scented; and her mint-scented shampoo bar.
First use of the shampoo bar was that evening: rich lathering soap with a pleasingly-mild clean minty scent. My hair was quite soft afterwards and my wife didn't object to any lingering mint-head......

 

I like the Herb Garden, especially the scent! What I don't like is the size reduction in bars for the same price My grocery store just started carrying Morning Song Garden soaps which include two shampoo bars. The price was good and the product seemed solid so I picked them both up, lavender and unscented. I like the unscented but I haven't tried the lavender, although I'm not overly fond of the scent.

 

Wow. Thanks for that awesome write-up. I happened to find it while searching the net after making my first shampoo bar purchase. I bought mine from Basin, and so far my hair is happy and doesn't feel as dry.

 

I wanted to know more about shampoo bars, but I was, well….you know…afraid to ask.

Actually I've been using my first shampoo bar (listed above) daily and have had no disagreeable results. Minty-fresh!
I have learned the hard way to make sure not to get ANY of the lather in my eyes….

 

In case you missed it above, the bars from Basin DO contain SLS. In case that's of concern for you.

 

Richgem, do you chop your chagrin valley bars into smaller ones?

 

Nope. Never crossed my mind.

 

I have a full sized herb garden bar. It's gigantic.

 

They are a hefty size, but they fit just fine in my soap dish, so I never bothered. For travel, I either get a CV sample size or just wait until one has worn down a bit.

 

The bars I buy from RoseofSharonAcres is a good size for the house, but I find that I have to cut it in half for travel. Half a bar fits in my travel soap dish.

 

I order my soap in a 5 lb loaf from RoseofSharonAcres. I just ordered my second loaf, 2 years after buying my first. A loaf yields 16 bars, which tells me that I am getting about a month & a half of use from each 5 ounce bar. Pretty good, given my long, thick hair.