Soap bar VS Shampoo bar

I've seen alot of LHC members mention that they use shampoo bars to wash their hair. How is it different from a pure soap bar (the non-detergent kind)? If it has better properties for hair, could you just melt down a soap bar and add hair-friendly herbs/oils? Can a pure soap bar (like Trader Joes Oat and Honey Soap) be used as an alternative to a shampoo bar?

Regular soap bars leave your hair coated and don't have as many oils in them as a shampoo bar so it may leave your hair quite dry. Also, a shampoo bar does not (at least most don't) contain SLS (Sodium Laurel Sulfate) which is an ingredient that many avoid because it can make your hair somewhat dry.

If you are interested in shampoo bars let me know. I can recommend you some that are quite awesome.

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New Member Join DateSep 2012LocationBy the dunesAge33Posts21

If you melted down a bar of plain castile soap and added some essential oils and superfatted it with some extra jojoba oil or something it would probably work alright. I've tried the liquid Dr. Bronner's castile soap with added coconut milk and olive oil before (the recipe is all over Pinterest... lol), and it left my hair pretty soft but I definitely needed to use a vinegar or lemon rinse afterward because of residue. Most shower soaps are made with tallow instead of vegetable oils, though. I would imagine they would leave even more residue, but that's just a guess.

The shampoo bars I use, made by Green Kimono on Etsy, are a pure soap bar made with all natural ingredients. I would HIGHLY recommend them.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/GreenKimono

Member Join DateAug 2012LocationTexasPosts25

From my experience, regular soap bars just dry my air out, but maybe if you added oils it would help to prevent that.

I just ordered some lush shampoo bars yesterday and am really excited for them to get here. I got the godiva bars, and a hair treatment with henna and jasmine. A bit of a splurge, but I can't wait. I hope the bars work well- I've never used shampoo bars before either.

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