Hira Darkening Shampoo Bar, Hira Shouwu Darkening Shampoo Bar, Archic Organic Hair Darkening Shampoo Bar Unisex, Upgraded Darkening All-natural Shampoo Bar for Gray Hair (2 PCS)

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It leaves my locks smelling great and looking bouncier and fuller all while not contributing to the plastic problem. Not only is the packaging fully plastic-free, recyclable and biodegradable, but this shampoo bar is also vegan and cruelty-free – and all for under a fiver.

Fortunately, the “waxy feeling” is only temporary on your way to having the healthiest hair you have ever had. Meanwhile, in the Good Housekeeping Institute lab, we used a Dia-Stron machine – which analyses single hair fibres – on wet hair to measure the smoothness of the hair after washing with each shampoo bar. If you’ve dyed your hair dark from a lighter shade like blonde, you may want to use a dye depositing shampoo to achieve the best results. Yup, that means that one bottle of this color depositing shampoo could last you years depending on how often you need to touch up your roots. If you have damaged locks, and are looking to deepen your color without additional damage, this shampoo bar will be your new best friend.

As someone who worries about the current climate crisis, I’m always on the hunt to make my routines more sustainable.

Besides, all hair types and genders can benefit from this product, except curly hair because if used, it may cause wax accumulation in the strands.

But its novelty design doesn’t mean it's all looks and no substance, as it still lived up to Aussie’s usual hallmarks, leaving testers with "silky feeling” hair. I chose the HiBar Volumize shampoo, which claims to be for “thin, fine, or lifeless hair," and offers many of the same promised results of my go-to liquid, the OGX Active Beauty Green Tea Fitness Shampoo.

Heads up (subjective): after a few weeks of use, I did feel a little itching at the base of the neckline where the hairline is. From greasy hair to hair loss prevention, it seems there’s a hair wash product for every milestone in our life. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. Our preferred method is to lather up the soap between our hands first and then apply to our hair, before rinsing it off with warm water, but some brands recommend wetting the bar and rubbing it directly into hair from scalp to ends. The panel found they didn’t have as many knots in their hair as normal after using it, and our lab analysis found it extremely effective at smoothing.From then, massage the shampoo into a lather and work it through your scalp for 10-15 minutes before rinsing. Once the shampoo bars are left in your hair for a while, they deposit plant pigments coating the hair shaft.

Other ingredients are ginger, which has natural anti-inflammatory and antibacterial characteristics that help maintain the scalp healthy, and mint, which helps to detoxify the scalp thoroughly.Also plant-based, including all natural ingredients like polygonum multiflora, ginseng, and coconut oil essence, this shampoo works overtime to deliver some serious darkening factors to your hair. Whether you want to increase the life of your recently dyed black locks, or your melanin production just isn’t what it used to be back in the day, there will come a point in time where you might be interested in a darkening hair wash. To make your bar last as long as possible, try storing it in a tin or soap box and keep it dry in between washes to stop it from crumbling.