An improper wash results in “soap residue” and the feelings are similar to an adjustment period. Soap residue is damaging if left on your hair. Soap residue is due to not washing correctly: APPLY MORE and LATHER MORE in the affected areas according to the directions.

Adjustment symptoms should last no longer than 10 WASHES, if at all. A proper washing helps clean up all the gunk that has been caked on from years of the chemical shampoos, plus it prevents the dreaded damaging soap residue.

Remember that you should be getting a perfect cleanse by the 10th wash: DO NOT let your hair suffer longer with soap residue as this could lead to breakage, dryness, loss, and other hair damage – reach out to us for help by calling (812) 414-9735 if you are still having issues. Please share how much lather you are getting – does it look like the picture below?

DO NOT use another shampoo cleanser, or you will completely defeat the purpose of using our shampoo soap bars AND prolong the adjustment period indefinitely. Correct your technique and the issues with soap residue will go away within 1-2 washes… Remember that convenient foaming agents actually damage your hair and scalp in the long run, stripping it of vital nutrients and structure. (You are looking at alternative methods to the store-bought poos for a reason!)

If you are wanting to use up all of your old products before making the switch, that is fine, but once you make the switch you will feel the difference. Please do not try to alternate between other washing products.

A good hair wash with a shampoo soap bar will feel very different than with chemical shampoos. Hint: The end results are better!

After a good wash, your wet hair will feel “squeaky clean” and almost unmanageable: not smooth enough to run your hand over and it tangles easily when wet.

BUT when dry, your hair turns out very silky soft, smooth, lightweight, and manageable after it dries!

Washing your hair correctly for a few washes, or twice per day for a few days, will fix most “adjustment” symptoms, BUT…

DO NOT extend your adjustment period by skipping washes or only washing once a week… that will be several weeks of frustration you can avoid by biting the bullet and washing 1-2 times per day until the adjustment symptoms disappear. If you’re not getting great results after the 10th wash please, contact us, troubleshoot below, or simply re-read the directions to make sure you are following them closely!

BUT, if you really want to try to prepare your hair before your first real shampoo soaps arrive, you can potentially mitigate or reduce the adjustment period BEFORE starting on shampoo soaps. These tips could also be used while adjusting to our shampoo soaps. Again, these are NOT necessary, but they may help the adjustment period a little bit by following one or more of these treatment suggestions…

• Baking soda water pre-rinse: With a quart of warm water, add a pinch of baking soda and stir until dissolved. Apply this to your hair for a pre-wash rinse. This prepares the hair by softening the water, raising pH, and helps pull out chemicals before a wash.
• Apple cider vinegar water after-wash rinse: This will lower the hair’s pH, also assisting in smoother hair shafts. This may actually not work well for some hair types at all, and for others it may work wonders, everyone has to experiment to see if it is for them or not. Mix ½ to 4 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with 8 oz of warm water. Rinse your hair with this solution after any shampoo wash. Be careful not to overapply, as it can easily weigh down hair or cause static. Check out our ACV herbal rinse here if you know that Apple Cider Vinegar jives with your hair type!
• Clay hair masks between washes: Similar to a clay facial mask, you can try a clay hair mask BEFORE washing by mixing water with clay into a paste (bentonite, kaolin, or rhassoul clay are good choices). Apply this paste to your hair and scalp, allow to dry a bit, and then rinse out. We also offer our own butter-milk clay masks, which can be used for hair as well. All of our shampoo soap bars contain kaolin clay, which also helps the adjustment process along with many other washing aspects such as dandruff and cleansing.
• Keep your hair as natural as possible: The products, treatments, and exposures on your hair can definitely have an effect upon the adjustment period and the effectiveness of the shampoo soaps. Carefully research each ingredient of the products you use on your hair – you may contact us if you have any questions regarding this. We also have a line of natural alternative haircare and styling products to choose from HERE.
• Still having issues? Try different shampoo soap bars: Switching up shampoo soaps formulas may help to “shock” your hair into submission – this often actually works. We recommend finishing one soap bar completely before switching. Everyone tends to dislike their first shampoo bar due to the adjustment experience, but if they come back to their first bar after the adjustment, many times it will surprisingly treat their hair just fine!

This is the most difficult type to use real shampoo soap because the application and lathering must be distributed evenly, abundantly, and quickly. Take special care to not tangle your hair during the abundant application and vigorous lather. You will want to really pay attention to the directions to perfect your application and lathering techniques.

Long hair types might need to use more soap to achieve a good wash than other types.

Try to gather all your long hair together on the top of your head directly after applying a generous amount of the soap bar evenly throughout. Then lather really, really well in all areas for a few minutes (remember our goals above). Rinse thoroughly immediately after you turn all the soap applied into thick, stable, fluffy lather (this abundant lather should resemble lighter, more transparent texture of shaving cream).

Conditioner is an absolute necessity for long hair types. Use our conditioner before and/or after your wash on the ends where your hair is most likely very dry. Check out our conditioner directions here. Our hair oil is also a great weekly pre-wash treatment for dryness and split ends.

Our biggest tip for beginners is to APPLY MORE soap directly to your hair and LATHER MORE soap than you think you need ALL OVER your hair: from roots to tips, from front to back, from side to side. Focus especially on hard-to-reach places like the back of your hair and the mid-lengths of your hair.

Find the right mix of water and soap to get a fantastically abundant lather.

APPLY AND WASH FAST – the longer you wait between steps will drastically reduce your chances of a successful wash. Never take longer than 5 minutes to wash your entire hair! You must be both thorough and quick with your technique, which takes practice!

Thoroughly wet your hair before applying the soap directly to your hair. Make sure to apply enough soap everywhere throughout the hair and lather very well in all areas.

You will probably need to part your hair in multiple places to apply the soap throughout all your hair. Be very thorough in the application and lathering.

Thick hair types will need to use more soap to get a good wash.

Our biggest tip for beginners is to APPLY MORE soap directly to your hair and LATHER MORE soap than you think you need ALL OVER your hair: from roots to tips, from front to back, from side to side. Focus especially on hard-to-reach places like the back of your hair and the mid-lengths of your hair.

Find the right mix of water and soap to get a fantastically abundant lather.

APPLY AND WASH FAST – the longer you wait between steps will drastically reduce your chances of a successful wash. Never take longer than 5 minutes to wash your entire hair! You must be both thorough and quick with your technique, which takes practice!

Curly hair types absolutely LOVE our shampoos and conditioners because their hair is usually very picky and prone to breakage! Our products are CGM (curly girl method) friendly and they do not weaken the proteins in the hair like chemical foaming agents.

Instead, our products nourish and strengthen the hair’s disulfide bonds (the protein bonds in your hair shaft that give a curly structure). This actually causes some “flat” hair types to show a bit of natural wave or curl never before seen due to chemical shampoo use! Our natural products also reduce frizz and dullness.

Use our conditioner bars after the wash where you want extra curl definition and where your hair is dry and prone to breakage. You may even use our conditioner bars as a partial leave-in product. Our hair oil is a great weekly pre-wash treatment to help keep your beautiful curls full of bounce and definition too!

More helpful curly hair styling products:

• Leave-In Conditioning Spray
• Hair Gel Pump
• Foaming Hair Mousse Spray

Our biggest tip for beginners is to APPLY MORE soap directly to your hair and LATHER MORE soap than you think you need ALL OVER your hair: from roots to tips, from front to back, from side to side. Focus especially on hard-to-reach places like the back of your hair and the mid-lengths of your hair.

Find the right mix of water and soap to get a fantastically abundant lather.

APPLY AND WASH FAST – the longer you wait between steps will drastically reduce your chances of a successful wash. Never take longer than 5 minutes to wash your entire hair! You must be both thorough and quick with your technique, which takes practice!

DRY HAIR

Use our conditioner before and/or after your wash where your hair is dry and prone to breakage. You may even use our conditioner as a partial leave-in product in the very dry places.

Our hair oil is a great weekly pre-wash treatment for dry hair. Also consider our leave-in conditioning spray for very dry, frizzy, or unmanageable hair.

DRY SCALP

Use our conditioner before and/or after your wash where your scalp is dry/itchy. You may want to rinse it out after letting it sit for a few minutes so your roots aren’t weighed down.

Our hair oil is also a great weekly pre-wash treatment for a dry and irritated scalp.

Our biggest tip for beginners is to APPLY MORE soap directly to your hair and LATHER MORE soap than you think you need ALL OVER your hair: from roots to tips, from front to back, from side to side. Focus especially on hard-to-reach places like the back of your hair and the mid-lengths of your hair.

Find the right mix of water and soap to get a fantastically abundant lather.

APPLY AND WASH FAST – the longer you wait between steps will drastically reduce your chances of a successful wash. Never take longer than 5 minutes to wash your entire hair! You must be both thorough and quick with your technique, which takes practice!

Oily hair types may need to wash their hair every day or every other day for best results. Adjust this number as-needed.

Using our dry shampoo between washes can really help extend the time between washes and reduce the oily look.

Our biggest tip for beginners is to APPLY MORE soap directly to your hair and LATHER MORE soap than you think you need ALL OVER your hair: from roots to tips, from front to back, from side to side. Focus especially on hard-to-reach places like the back of your hair and the mid-lengths of your hair.

Find the right mix of water and soap to get a fantastically abundant lather.

APPLY AND WASH FAST – the longer you wait between steps will drastically reduce your chances of a successful wash. Never take longer than 5 minutes to wash your entire hair! You must be both thorough and quick with your technique, which takes practice!

Wet your hair completely, then apply the shampoo soap by gliding the widest, flattest side of the bar on your hair in the direction of growth (roots to tips).

Don’t apply your soap bar while underwater or while active water is washing through your hair – this defeats the application and lathering process.

We recommend applying the bar directly to your hair for the quickest and most thorough application.

Drag the soap bar in the direction of hair growth from roots to tips: around face to tips, from the base of your neck to tips, and parting hair in back of head to apply between the thickest parts, as well as the mid-lengths for longer hair until you start to get a lathery feel all over your head. Focus especially on the hard-to-reach areas or where soap residue was previously built up before.

Sometimes those with especially thick or long hair will need to divide their hair into sections and work longer to achieve this, but you must try to work fast. Do NOT take longer than 5 minutes from application to lather to rinse, it is much easier to lather immediately after application and you will build a better lather the faster you work. Remember that natural soap is entirely different from detergents/surfactants.

Unless your hair is very short, do not rub the bar in circular motions across the hair in order to prevent tangles.

When to stop?

IT DEPENDS ON YOU. You will need to learn this from washing your hair. It is more of a feeling than a set number or any other type of definition. If your hair feels like it is full of fluffy soap and when it starts to lather just by applying – that is a good sign to know when to stop! Don’t count swipes, go by the feel of lather building during the application. The number of swipes needed will vary with each wash depending on your hair type, length, what your hair has been exposed to, and how oily your hair is.

Lather your hair thoroughly immediately after you are done applying the soap bar well enough and in the correct way. GET AN EXCELLENT LATHER!

You’re halfway there and your arms may be getting tired at this point – time to build those muscles!

Timing is crucial for lathering well. When a good lather isn’t achieved, you will get the dreaded and damaging soap residue (sticky, waxy, heavy, greasy, wet or linty soap residue) – let’s avoid that!

Massage the lather vigorously all over your scalp and hair – especially the mid-sections and back-sections. Gather the hair together on top of your head and lather like you mean business until a big fluffy lather is achieved all throughout your hair and scalp. Your goal should be to build up enough lather the size of a grapefruit – FLAT lather will NOT give good results! What is FLAT lather? Flat lather is watery, has no body, not thick or stable, and is easily washed away.

If you are having trouble creating the ideal mounds of big fluffy lather all over your hair like shown in the picture above – try adding a few dashes of water and/or applying more soap in those areas!

Make sure you are turning ALL the soap you have applied onto your hair into a lather. You CANNOT apply lather created from one area to wash a different area. ALL the areas of hair that need washed will need soap applied there and ALL soap applied must be lathered well into those areas! If you are experiencing issues in your mid-sections, back of head, and ends, then make sure you are actively lathering and applying enough soap in those areas.

Timing, an excellent fast lathering technique, and finding the right balance of water to soap application to get an amazing lather: are the main lessons for beginners to learn.

There is no set number or definition of water/soap ratio – it is all about the feel. The more fluffy and thick the lather, the better! You should have a mountain of lather on top of your hair that you can gather in your hands.

Rinse your hair immediately after you are finished lathering.

Timing is also crucial during this step – you do not want soap residue left in your hair!

Do not wait too long to rinse your hair after you have attained that glorious lather – rinse it out at its fluffiest peak!

This will assure that all of the soap residue has been fully lathered and therefore able to rinse out quickly and completely.

We recommend to wash twice per day only until you get good results which takes most users not more than 10 washes on average (washing morning and night preferably, or just twice in a row). This is to quicken the adjustment period so you won’t deal with unhappy hair for longer than necessary, causing hair damage if soap residue is left in for too long.

The adjustment period is a real occurrence for over half of first time users, but if you are not getting good results after your 10th wash, please make sure you have done everything in the instructions and contact us ASAP.

If you aren’t experiencing any of those symptoms and your hair is happy – wash your hair once per day or every other day! For some users their ideal results can be one wash per day, one wash every other day, or up to one wash a week for the bare minimum.

For some users their ideal results can be one wash per day, one wash every other day, or up to one wash a week for the bare minimum – find what fits your hair best as you go! Remember that in different seasons, locations, and environmental exposures the ideal number washes for your hair can change by the day.

Unlike industrial shampoos, washing technique and time between washes VARIES WIDELY between people who use natural products since they are closer to our natural biology. A method that works for some people may not work for others. Does your hair feel like it needs washed more/less often or in more/less places? Wash it accordingly to your own specific needs at that time…

Some like to wash once per day, others like to wash once per week. Some like to apply conditioner BEFORE the wash for a less heavy feel, some like to apply conditioner AFTER the wash for more conditioning, and some like to LEAVE-IN a bit of the conditioner after a wash instead of rinsing it out all the way for an even heavier conditioning and styling effect – you decide what’s best for YOUR hair in all its different stages! This is the beauty of natural hair care – you can tailor it to your ever-changing needs.

Learn how to apply to get the best results for different hair types! Click here

If you still find that you need conditioner after successfully washing, we recommend use them as needed and where needed before and/or after washing.

Since any hair wash will raise the hair shafts in order for a thorough cleanse, we often recommend our conditioners as an after-treatment to help smooth the shafts back down for better styling and manageability.

Some users won’t need to apply nearly as much conditioner as they are used to using because their hair is not getting stripped anymore since using our shampoo soaps, few users may not need any conditioner at all after a while of using our shampoo soaps – yet another reason Why You Should Use Our Shampoo Soap Bars.

Dry Shampoos

Conditioning Leave-In Spray

Foaming Mousse

Hair Gel Pump

Styling Spray

Texturizing Salt Spray

Hair Growth Serum

Hair & Beard Oil

Herbal Hair Tea

Herbal ACV Hair Rinse

If your hair stylist insists on using their products on YOUR body before a cut, style, or treatment – we recommend to first explain the benefits of using our products and what they have done for you. Offer to wash your hair right before a cut or style. Even better, bring in the products for them to use and try on you – show ’em how it’s done! We offer wholesale opportunities too if they fall in love!

Remember that it is YOUR body, YOU have the power to decide what goes on it!

If you just can’t change your stylist’s routine, we recommend at least one month (30 days or longer) of using our products exclusively before attempting to use anything else again. A once-per-month chemical application might only result in a mini-adjustment period again, where adjustment symptoms may only last for 1-2 washes afterward.

Our shampoo soaps are SAFE to use with hair treatments (colors, bleaches, perms, keratin treatments, etc.)

After using our shampoo soaps, your hair may develop a more natural body and texture, which detergent shampoos prevent. Your hair may also hold styles (such as curls) much easier for longer periods of time. This can take a few washes to start to see the difference, but it is a common report among new users! Some of the many reasons Why You Should Use Shampoo Soap Bars.

Semi-permanent hair dyes are not recommended – due to the vigorous hair-washing needed to achieve sufficient lather with shampoo soap bars, this extra massaging during the wash will rub off the surface-based hair dyes faster than with detergent shampoos made with quick foaming agents. We ask those with semi-permanent coloring to weigh the benefits of healthier hair to their semi-permanent colors, or consider high-quality permanent hair dyes.

Our shampoo soap bars have been shown to extend the color life of permanent dyes (which are infused with the hair shaft instead of sitting on top of it) when compared to detergent shampoos – also extending the life of other permanent hair treatments. Since our natural shampoo soap bars do not strip and weaken the hair like detergents do – they gently cleanse while nourishing and strengthening the hair! However, due to the faster rate of hair growth often reported when using our shampoo soaps, you may have to treat the roots more often to keep your permanent dye color! One of the many reasons Why You Should Use Shampoo Soap Bars

So there is no confusion, we ask you to refrain from first-time use of our shampoo soaps immediately after any potentially damaging chemical treatments so you don’t associate the damage with our products. If you acknowledge and understand that our natural soap products cannot cause damage when used correctly, then proceed. For instance, if you bleached your hair, and then used our shampoo soaps for the first time afterward and your hair was damaged – was it the soap or the bleach? (It wasn’t the soap) It would be awful to think our natural and nourishing shampoos caused damage to your hair, when it was actually the chemical treatment. Something to keep in mind – remember that over-bleaching and other harsh chemical hair treatments can damage hair permanently. There is no going back… time to regrow that hair!

Store all soap bars in a dry, room-temperature spot that’s out of direct sunlight, water, and humidity until you are ready to use it again.

Try rotating our wooden soap dishes or purchase a stainless steel shower caddy.

Elimination or reduction of the need to use styling products is common when our customers achieve a good washing technique. Your prior shampoos and conditioners may have caused more problems than they solved.

See our more natural and nourishing haircare products that are fully compatible below (click them for links).

Dry Shampoos
Conditioning Leave-In Spray
Foaming Mousse
Hair Gel Pump
Styling Spray
Texturizing Salt Spray
Hair Growth Serum
Hair & Beard Oil
Herbal Hair Tea
Herbal ACV Hair Rinse

Check out our compatible hair styling products HERE, but most new users reduce or eliminate their need to use many styling products after adjusting to our shampoo soap and conditioner. Read Our Article Here which explains in more detail about how using our nourishing products that don’t strip your hair can make all the difference!

If you still want to use styling products after achieving a good wash, you may use them. HOWEVER, the more product you add to your hair, the more your hair will need to be washed out. If your washing technique isn’t fully developed, this will make it more difficult on you. Until you have perfected your technique, it may be wise to skip the aftercare hair products until you get good washing results!

After you have achieved success in hair washing results with our products, you may not need to use the same styling products you did before or maybe not as much. If you still want to use styling products after the adjustment period, you may do so.

For the best results, we recommend only using our products during the adjustment period. This will start you off with a clean slate and you will be better able to determine what/if any other products you want to add back into your haircare routine.

You may use a natural dry shampoo (usually in powder form) between washes – like our organic dry shampoos here. We do have customers who use chemical dry shampoos between washes, but we don’t recommend them for best results.

Please be aware that any use of applied heat or strong chemical treatments can cause irreversible, long-term hair damage. Other factors include: diet, exercise, stress, environmental exposures, and lifestyle choices.

For the best results, we recommend only using our products during the adjustment period. This will start you off with a clean slate and you will be better able to determine what/if any other products you need to add back into your haircare routine.

See below for our more natural and nourishing haircare products that are fully compatible (click them for link)

Dry Shampoos
Conditioning Leave-In Spray
Foaming Mousse
Hair Gel Pump
Styling Spray
Texturizing Salt Spray
Hair Growth Serum
Hair & Beard Oil
Herbal Hair Tea
Herbal ACV Hair Rinse

Most people have an adjustment period because they don’t know how to wash their hair with real soap (not detergents or surfactants) OR are experiencing a short cleanse of all of the prior gunk build up (silicones, waxes, esters, detergents, etc.) from their head and hair.

The adjustment period is from a lifetime of chemical product use that has shaped your hair and scalp microbiome (the living environment on your skin and hair). The chemical detergents have also weakened your hair and your expectations of what it is like to achieve a real soap wash. Let’s try not to return to the reason why you are looking for something different!

Most people have used chemical treatments/products before using our products and some still use them while using ours and therefore: this is why the adjustment period is so hard for them. Using chemical treatments/shampoos/conditioners right before or while using our natural shampoos and conditioners for the first time will prolong the adjustment period and will frustrate you with the yo-yo effects of switching back and forth. This is a common issue since chemical treatments and products are what most are familiar and comfortable with.

Learn about why you should try to only use our haircare products here.

You may use our shampoo soap bars with any clean water – tap water, soft water, hard water – we have found that any of these can be used to cleanse with our shampoo soaps, although your washing technique may need to be in tip-top shape to avoid soap residue when using hard water.

Hard water is tap water with a build up of minerals and metals from water pipes and water processing plants. Hard water is not ideal for your hair or your health, but our shampoo soaps will still work with this type of water! Consider purchasing a showerhead filter and water softener to reduce hard water (creating soft water).

We have had customers with the hardest water use our shampoo soap bars with ease once they have mastered the washing process, but it does help the washing process and your hair health to have a water softener/filter.
For areas with hard water, you may find you have to apply and lather more than with soft water, but our shampoo soap bars will still work if you have mastered your washing technique.

Water softeners and filters are a healthy addition not only for your hair washing, but your body washing as well. Remember that your skin and scalp absorb what you wash and rinse with! The cleaner and softer the water, the healthier and easier your washing experience will be with any products.

A 3 oz soap bar is comparable to a 12 oz concentrated bottle of liquid shampoo – both may last anywhere between 8-30 shampoo washes, depending on your washing technique, hair length, and hair thickness.

For instance; a thin, mid-shoulder length hair type may only use a shampoo soap bar about once every other day (give or take) as to not to strip the hair’s natural oils. This may last about 12-15 hair washes, or 3-4 weeks.

But for those extra sweaty or dirty days, an extra wash may be needed. Just like everyone is different and unique, more or less often washes may be best for them. Some customers like to wash every day, and others only wash their hair once a week – it’s totally up to what your individual hair needs are!

When you first start using shampoo soaps you will use up a soap bar a lot faster than after you adjust – this is due to the adjustment period for most beginners. Not properly washing (not applying and lathering enough) causes soap residue in certain places and feels much like the detox symptoms. We recommend washing 2 times per day (morning and evening, or twice in a row) in the beginning (first time users) until you have no adjustment symptoms. If you don’t have any adjustment symptoms, that’s great: wash only as-needed (once per day, once per week, or any pattern between)!

It can take 8-30 hair washes to go through 1 full size (3.0-3.5 ounce) shampoo soap, depending upon hair length and thickness (while NOT using it on your body). Therefore, once a user has become experienced and comfortable with properly using shampoo soap bars, 1 shampoo soap bar can last anywhere between 1 week – 3 months of hair washes for the individual.

Hair length, thickness, texture, and level of oil/grease/dirt to cleanse will affect this number. The longer, thicker, dirtier, and more textured your hair is, the faster and more often you will need to use the shampoo soap bars. It is very important that you also need to store your soap properly in a dry area with good air flow (see storage tab above).

SOAP AGE COMPARISONS

An older soap bar that has cured for at least a year will be harder, lather easier, and last longer. Usually, a 2 year old soap or older is the best age to use it for the longest duration… However, the scent and other nutritional benefits fade significantly the more a soap ages. We have soap bars available to sell once it has cured for 4 weeks minimum. Younger soaps are softer, more difficult to lather, and are used up faster, but the nutritional benefits are higher and the scent is stronger. You can buy fresh soap bars as they are made for the strong smells and higher nutrient content, or you can stock up on soaps well in advance to enjoy the aged process – this is up to each individual!

We have a best by date on every product listing and on the physical containers of the products themselves.
We recommend using our soaps within 1 year of purchase since the scent can fade over time, but our soaps often last longer than 2-3 years. Rusty orange spots on soap bars are the oils/fats going rancid. Old soap should be discarded or composted when these dreaded age spots develop – we have never actually seen them on our shampoo soap bars, but it can happen to really old soaps (5 or more years old) or soaps with a higher unsaturated fat ratio (our recipes are higher in saturated fats so this is less of an issue for us).

SOAP AGE COMPARISONS

This is called soap residue and it is fixed with a good washing technique. APPLY MORE & LATHER MORE quickly, thoroughly, and with the right water-to-soap ratios in the areas you are experiencing these symptoms!

Make sure you are turning ALL the soap you have applied onto your hair into a lather. You CANNOT apply lather created from one area to cleanse a different area. ALL soap applied must be lathered well in those areas! If you are experiencing issues in your mid-sections and ends, then make sure you are actively lathering in those areas.

Soap residue is due to not applying and lathering enough soap in a timely fashion, or not with the right water amount. So keep on washing frequently to get your technique right: read the directions above (yes, read it again) and remember that your lather absolutely must be fantastically abundant, fluffy, and stable everywhere on every single wash… or else you will get soap residue.

Look at the pictures of the lather above and adjust your washing technique by applying more and lathering more, take some time and effort to perfect your technique. Practice is usually needed for attaining good results!

PLEASE DO NOT let soap residue stay in your hair for very long, or else it could cause breakage, damage, and excess shedding. Wash up to 2 times per day (morning and evening, or twice in a row) until you get good results. It usually takes new users anywhere between 1-10 washes to get it right. Following the directions closely and carefully really does increase your chances of quick success. Contact us if all else fails after 10 washes!

Make sure you are washing correctly according to directions and rinsing well with no soap residue left afterwards. It can take your hair and scalp a couple of weeks to adjust to real soap shampoo bars without the chemical foaming shampoos. This is part of the short adjustment period.

However, if you are still experiencing dryness issues after two weeks of good washes (no soap residue, heaviness, waxiness, greasy, or straw-like feelings), check out our benefits selection focused on moisturization and the scalp, and also our conditioners, hair oil, and herbal rinses as scalp treatments to rebalance your scalp and hair’s microbiome.

We have never seen true hair loss due to using our shampoo soaps correctly, just the opposite in fact, as our shampoo soaps promote more hair growth compared to the chemical poos. BUT that doesn’t mean that when using our bars you don’t lose any hair: you are working out those already dead hairs and setting your follicles up for wonderful hair growth. Also, more washing can mean more loss at first, or if washing once a week since you are not losing the hairs throughout the day, you may lose them in the shower instead due to more vigorous washing.

If you are not achieving a good wash and experiencing soap residue damage from long-term washing technique neglect, this is an issue with washing technique and not due to the shampoo soap bar’s potential performance capabilities.

Another consideration is the fact that a good washing technique with shampoo soap bars requires a more vigorous massage-type lather, which actually stimulates hair growth and nutrient circulation to the scalp – much more than with regular chemical shampoos which contain quick and convenient but stripping foaming agents.

Along with a more vigorous lather comes more loosening of hair from the follicles that would drop soon anyway – most humans lose an average of up to 100 hairs per day.

The best way to test this theory is to take a clear close-up photo of a section of your scalp where you think hair loss may be occurring, then after using our shampoo soap bars consistently and exclusively for another month, take another picture with the same lighting and angle to compare to the two photos. We think you will be pleasantly surprised! See our Testimonials