Herban Lifestyle Orange Ginger Beer Shampoo Bar Review

OK. I love this stuff.
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First off it meets my basic standard- any body care product I use has to get a Skin Deep's rating of no to low hazard (zero to two).

Second, it works. As in delivers the goods. Does what it says it's going to do.

Orange Ginger Beer Shampoo Bar does meet- and surpass my standards. In fact it raises the bar for other shampoos... Yes, I said it.

So here are the ingredients as listed on the company's website:
Olea europaea (Olive) Oil*, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil**, Ricinus communis (Castor) Oil*, Irish Stout from Mad Fox Brewing Company, Sodium Hydroxide, Essential Oils of Orange and Ginger*, Rosemary Extract / *USDA Certified Organic

**Fair Trade and organic

Here's the hazard score it received after all those ingredients were plugged into Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep database:

Herban Lifestyle Orange Ginger Beer Shampoo Bar

Score	Data: Limited
Health Concern	LOW
Product Type	shampoo
Made by	Herban Lifestyle
Data last updated	May 2011
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The bar has a lovely, slightly spicy orange aroma. A very natural smell, fresh and sweet. And I couldn't detect even a trace scent of the beer (from Mad Fox Brewery a Falls Church, Virginia company local to Herban Lifestyle.

Made from pure organic vegetable oils, it's reported to nourish, not strip the natural oils from your hair. The company claims the oils also preclude the need for conditioner.


And just as claimed my hair felt soft and was bouncy and smooth. Encouraged by this success I tried for the first time in my adult life to forgo conditioner. But that part just didn't work for me. More from my thick, dry, wild and crazy hair than any fault of the shampoo I'm sure. I've always needed something extra to keep my dry waves from boing-ing into the stratosphere. On the positive side once dry my hair was definitely shinier than usual, so I attribute that to the shampoo.

Did I mention I love this stuff?

Just a word about using a shampoo bar...

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