Your daily hygiene routine is probably one of the major sources of plastic waste in your life. You use your shampoo and body wash. You slick back your hair with hair gel. Or perhaps you squeeze some concealer, foundation, and lotion into your hands. Plastic bottles all.
Eco-Chick's article Nix Plastic from your Beauty Routine to the rescue!
-Next time you run out of shower gel/body wash, consider replacing it with bar soap. Minimal packaging. Use a washcloth with it or get two bars if you can't stand to think about sharing one with your significant other.
-If you're feeling adventurous, experiment with solid shampoo bars. You can find them from Burt Bee's, Herbaria, Oyin, Lush, and more. Easy to use, and oh-so-much-easier to take on an airplane!
-Buy items like hand soap in bulk.
-Consider branching out to multi-use products. Again, this reduces packaging. Plus, it'll be great for your subconscious to have fewer "things" in your life. Many make-up products can be multi-use; many solid shampoo bars can also be used as your primary shower soap too; make sure your lotion has sunscreen in it; etc.
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I just don't get shampoo bars.
I got one in a trial size many years ago, tried it and soon folded it back up in its recycled paper and banished it to my "drawer of miscellaneous beauty goods."
Your post reminded me I had it, and I was curious if I would like it any better this go-round. Used it this morning, and hated it. I suppose it's the 22 years of training in using liquid soaps, but I just don't understand how to use a bar of shampoo. It leaves my hair feeling unclean and I still have to use conditioner because otherwise my hair gets massively frizzy.
Am I missing something? I'd LIKE to be more eco-friendly with shampoo but unless these things come with a tutorial, I've got no choice but to stick with what I know.
Jess,
I feel your pain. Like I mentioned on the blog, we bought a couple of large bottles of shampoo a few months back and are still working our way through those. So we haven't tried the shampoo bar yet. I hate to hear that it's not very user friendly!
The idea behind shampoo bars is that they reduce packaging waste. But there are lots of other ways you can do that! Buy only the huge shampoo bottles, so you need fewer of them. Or make your own (liquid!) shampoo with baking soda, which only uses the minimal cardboard packaging for the baking soda.
Let me know if you have any other ideas...or if you can make the blasted shampoo bar work well for you! Haha.
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