I have to say I’ve never used a solid shampoo bar, and the idea of using one had never really appealed to me just because I didn’t find any problem with using regular liquid shampoo. However this was a product I received as part of the Lush Legends pack, so was a great way to try a new lush product, as well as a discovering a new form of shampoo.
This shampoo bar comes in a solid round, and it is bright blue in colour, with little green pieces of seaweed flecked throughout the shampoo bar. The look of this bar is hard to explain, although it is solid, it looks like it’s made up on tiny grains on rice all squished together and the look of that wasn’t to appealing to be completely honest.
My hair is dark black, thick and long and full of volume! It is prone to frizziness, and lacks a bit of lustre, and is a bit.. wiry at times. In saying that, it also rarely gets tangled and knotty, but is prone to having a dry scalp.
I find this shampoo bar a little hard to hold in the shower because the size of it makes it just so slightly too big to sit in the palm of my hand so that’s one aspect that I find difficult especially when it gets wet and a little slippery, so I have dropped it a few times in the shower. However, I still find it relatively easy enough to apply, and just rub it over my scalp when it’s wet. A little rub of this over my hair is more than enough to create a really good lather, so I use my fingers to massage my scalp and then move the lathering foam down to wash my ends.
This shampoo leaves my hair feeling squeaky clean, and I mean squeaky so I’m not a fan of that, as well as the fact that it still leaves some flakes of dry skin and things like that behind. Also, if I don’t use a conditioner after using this, my hair actually gets quite tangled as opposed to softening tangled locks, which is what this shampoo says it will do. However, when my hair dries, I really like how it feels, it is soft (if I follow with a conditioner), and my hair isn’t frizzy and has a nice shine to it so that’s something I’m really happy about. In all honestly, I wouldn’t purchase this bar again, but I think that’s because this bar wasn’t chosen by me, so is probably not right for my hair type. I will say that after using this product, I am a fan of solid shampoo and will go back to Lush and purchase one this is actually right for my hair type.
This is the first shampoo bar i have tried and i must say its not the greatest thing i have ever smelt.. it does the job and my hair feels very clean but not volumised at all unfortunatly. I will be trying a different kind when this one runs out.. maybe Honey I Washed My Hair??