If you’ve recently dyed your hair brown, (we see you, Cara Delevingne!) and have been enjoying the brunette life or have naturally brown hair, we highly recommend washing your hair with a green shampoo to get the most out of your hair color.

Not all shampoos boast the same properties. And while this basic formula is the blueprint for most cleansing shampoos, different types offer different benefits, such as UV protection, dandruff control and colour protection. The result is the same! Lots of bubbles and lather, which should then be rinsed thoroughly to leave hair soft and clean. Green shampoo works on brown hair and removes the red tones. It revives the original luscious brown color of your hair. Best of all, 63.9% of our testers said they’d switch to a shampoo bar permanently*. Just imagine how much plastic this will help to reduce! Both formats of shampoo lather with ease and need to be rinsed out thoroughly. Both shampoo types should be followed by conditioner. Read more tips on how to use a shampoo bar.

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Hopefully this post has given you a good overview of the differences between a regular liquid shampoo and a solid shampoo bar.

Both bars are designed to deliver a deep-cleansing action that’s gentle on the scalp and effective at fighting frizz and boy do they deliver on their promise.What a revelation! I was very excited to find that Green People were producing a scent-free shampoo bar, having successfully used GP shampoo and conditioner for several years on my extremely sensitive scalp.

These different properties will change what chemicals are involved in the process, but you’re likely to always find the same base ingredients: Finally, both the ammonium chloride and synthetic fragrances you’re likely to find in conventional shampoo are believed to be toxic to aquatic life.Some of us spend a lot of money and time looking for the perfect hair products for our hair type, while others are more than happy using the same store-brand product without thinking twice. Whether you’re a haircare enthusiast or just want to keep it clean, the shampoo you use could be impacting the environment. As long as we humans groom ourselves, there will be shampoos and conditioners promising to keep our fur luxurious and lovely. In 20 years, people will write a blog posts about the shampoos we use now and probably poke some fun at the promises made in advertisements or the fads that we followed. After all, when it comes to beauty, the next great thing is always appearing on the horizon. Green People offers both shampoo bars and liquid shampoos and we don’t feel strongly that one is inherently better than the other.

If you’re looking for affordable eco-friendly shampoo, Faith In Nature has you covered with SLS and paraben-free hair products.

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Shampoo bars and liquid shampoos have the same function – to cleanse the hair and scalp. Their formulations may differ slightly, but all Green People liquid shampoos and shampoo bars are highly concentrated and use similar quantities of plant actives. The main difference you will notice is that you just use them slightly differently. Unsure whether to choose a plastic-free shampoo bar over a regular shampoo bottle? Switching to a shampoo bar can feel like a leap into the unknown but we’re here to tell you they aren’t so different. Now that we have this color toning companion with us, it’s important to know how to use it correctly. Matrix celebrity hair stylist George Papanikolas shares his insight on how to correctly use green shampoo, when to use and what to avoid. Here are a few of his tips: Indulge in Ayurvedic scalp massages to improve oxygenation and stimulation of the scalp and promote healthy hair growth. And of course not every vintage shampoo is represented here. Twice as Nice had shampoo and conditioner in layers in one bottle. Halo that “glorified” hair was around from the late 1930s to the 1970s. Faberge Organics with its honey and wheat germ oil was aimed at natural women and men and it was early to the idea of going viral, suggesting you might want to tell 2 friends about how it worked. Revlon’s Flex is still around, but not with the formulation so beloved from the 1970s. What vintage shampoo brand did we miss? Share it with us in comments!