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To reduce my plastic usage, I have switched from using liquid shampoo which comes in plastic bottles to using bar shampoo which comes in paper wrapping.
First I tried using my normal bar soap for my hair. (It isn't normal mainstream soap though as I don't use ones that contain tallow.) That works fine for occasional use but leaves my hair feeling quite dry. Then I tried J.R. Liggett's Shampoo Bars, which have worked well. I've been using them since August. I bought 2 bars initially, in different scents. I wash my hair about twice a week, so it's been about 38 times since then, and both bars are still mostly intact. They will last quite a while. I haven't tried the conditioner bars, as I don't use conditioner; never felt I've needed it for my hair.
It took some getting used to. The first few times, I lathered up my hands with soap from the bar and rubbed the lather into my hair. I repeated that a few times to get enough soap in my hair. That left the shampoo bar with hairs sticking to it, which I then had to meticulously remove. Subsequently I found that rubbing the bar in a circular motion on the top of my wet head a few times is all that it takes to get enough soapy lather in my hair. That usually keeps the bar free of hairs too. I then spread the lather through the rest of my hair with my fingers.
The first few times using the shampoo bar, the skin on my fingers puckered up, which was unpleasant. I haven't had that problem since then, so I guess I was just taking longer or using too much of it in the beginning.
First I tried using my normal bar soap for my hair. (It isn't normal mainstream soap though as I don't use ones that contain tallow.) That works fine for occasional use but leaves my hair feeling quite dry. Then I tried J.R. Liggett's Shampoo Bars, which have worked well. I've been using them since August. I bought 2 bars initially, in different scents. I wash my hair about twice a week, so it's been about 38 times since then, and both bars are still mostly intact. They will last quite a while. I haven't tried the conditioner bars, as I don't use conditioner; never felt I've needed it for my hair.
It took some getting used to. The first few times, I lathered up my hands with soap from the bar and rubbed the lather into my hair. I repeated that a few times to get enough soap in my hair. That left the shampoo bar with hairs sticking to it, which I then had to meticulously remove. Subsequently I found that rubbing the bar in a circular motion on the top of my wet head a few times is all that it takes to get enough soapy lather in my hair. That usually keeps the bar free of hairs too. I then spread the lather through the rest of my hair with my fingers.
The first few times using the shampoo bar, the skin on my fingers puckered up, which was unpleasant. I haven't had that problem since then, so I guess I was just taking longer or using too much of it in the beginning.