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Beauty CareThe Shampoo BarA traditional way to saveyour hairWashing our hair has becomea science in itself. There aretoo many products for alltypes of different hair; longlists of chemical ingredientsto which some people areallergic. So we try somehome-made treatments, theywork for while, but are tootime-consuming, and whenwe finally think we havefound the perfect treatmentfor our hair, then the skin onour head starts troubling us.In amongst all this complexity a productwith a long tradition finds its way backto into the shops: the shampoo bar.“A shampoo bar! What is that?” This ismost people’s reaction when introducingthem to a solid soap bar for regular hairwashing. We are all used to soap bars forour bodies or laundry, but the idea of usingone for our hair seems a little bit strange.But this concept is not new. In the worldbefore plastic bottles were filled withartificial, manufactured liquid shampoo,people used soap bars to clean their hair too.Of course the ingredients of the soapthat we use for our body and those ofthe soap we use for our hair differ. Ourhair is in need of more nurturing care.Shampoo bars are a natural productwithout chemical substances added. Hencethey are free from sulfates and silicones.Now, why is thatimportant?Silicone and sulfates do stuff to our hair thatseems good at first but has undesired effectsin the long run. Sulfates strip the hair of itsnatural oils. They are found in dish washingupliquid and laundry soaps. I doubt that youwould consider putting these on your hair.With silicones it is not as simple. There is a