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THE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF HAIR CARE By Kerry-Ann Scrace
Rising awareness regarding plastic waste and more environmentally friendly packaging has led to the creation of and a growing popularity for shampoo and conditioning bars. Consumer preferences are also leaning towards the use of natural ingredient products for dandruff protection and hair fall control. Over the past few years, plastic waste has become a major environmental concern owing to its harmful effects on marine life as well as human and other land animals. Product packaging is believed to be responsible for around 42% of the total global plastic waste. As a result, manufacturers, are looking to avoid plastic packaging, especially in cosmetics product packaging. This has created a growing market for packaging-free or reduced packaging shampoo bars. Whilst the concept may seem fairly novel, based on the fact that traditional shampoos and conditioners have dominated the market, shampoo and conditioning bars have always been popular with backpackers and minimalist travellers due to the fact that they are easy to use and take up much less space than bottles.
Various vegetable-based oils oil help control excess of sebum for oily hair and regulates that the condition of and brittle hair, whilst essential fatty acids nourish the hair fibre and help fight against hair loss. Clays can also be added to shampoo bars so that they can double up as hair masks. Clays also give shampoo bars some colour.
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Most shampoo bars contain vegetable oils to nourish the hair. Popular options, which include coconut and hemp oils nourish, protect and strengthen the hair while providing flexibility and shine.
