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If you've tried other shampoo bars and been disappointed, please give these a try. Read more about our shampoo bars, below, or download this .pdf information sheet.
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Shampoo
Bars
Karla Moore of Heart of Iowa Soapworks handmakes these FABULOUS shampoo bars for us! They leave our hair soft, shiny, and with far more body that commercial shampoos, and we never ever need conditioner. $6.50 per 4 oz. bar, or buy 3 or more and get $.50 off each bar! Ingredients |
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Available in 3 varieties - Chamomile and Citrus (great for blondes), Rosemary and Lavender (good for everyone, but especially brunettes), and Red Rose and Lemon Balm (for redheads or people with slightly oily scalp). 8 fl. oz. |
Vinegar
Rinses
These vinegar based rinses will add shine and body to your hair while restoring the pH of your scalp and hair. These are especially helpful for people with dandruff, dry scalp, or itchy scalp, but are good for anyone. Recommended especially during the first week for newbie shampoo bar users to help with "funky hair syndrome"! :) $12.00 for 8 oz, $36.00 for 32 oz. Ingredients |
 To use, massage and comb onto your dry hair and scalp (have a friend help you - it feels so good!) and leave on for at least a half an hour. Shampoo as normal (it usually takes me 2 shampoos to get all the oil out) Here's also a fun recipe using these oils. |
Conditioning
Hair Oil This rich conditioning hair oil is perfect for a once-a-week intensive hair treatment. Ingredients |
 A great way to gently condition, especially if you - like me - find that those creamy conditioners just make your hair limp. (ugh) Just add 1/3 to 1/2 cup herbs to 2 cups water, bring to a boil, cool, and strain. Add a bit of apple cider vinegar if you have oily hair. Apply after shampooing - do not rinse out. 2 generous cups herbs (enough for about 6 rinses, depending on hair length). |
Herbal
Hair Rinses
Herbal hair rinses are a natural way to add color, shine and fragrance to your hair. No dramatic color changes, just shiny natural hair. $8.00 for 2 oz, $24.00 for 8 oz. Ingredients |
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Flowing Tresses Gift Set |
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Chamomile Aloe
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A combo of two old favorites, Aloe Fresh and Chamomile Citrus. All the goodness of both! Excellent for blondes, excellent for normal to slightly oily hair, infused with chamomile and with aloe to smooth, condition, and add shine. COCONUT-Oil FREE! Delicious! Scented only with essential oils.
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Fragrant Tresses
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Karla's delightful basic shampoo
base with a super clean, fresh, slightly sweet scent. Perfect for
any hair type. Temporarily out of stock
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Just Plain Shampoo
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An unscented shampoo bar. No
bells, whistles, or foo-foo stuff. Just makes your hair squeaky-clean,
naturally.
Great for kiddos. |
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Happy Hippie (Patchouli) Head to Toe Shampoo & Soap
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After many requests, finally!
A patchouli shampoo bar. The earthy, sensual fragrance will linger
in your hair.....aaaah, delightful. Excellent for dry hair and scalp,
but beneficial to any hair type. Please note, this is the SAME as the bar listed in the "soaps" page. Scented only with essential oils.
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Peppermint & Tea Tree
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This is a delightfully tingly,
fresh-smelling bar loaded with pure essential oils of tea tree and
peppermint. Great for your scalp circulation, this one is also recommended
for anyone with oily hair and especially for anyone with dandruff
and scalp problems - the tea tree should whip it into shape in no
time. Scented only with essential oils.
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Rosemary Nettle |
A real delight! Contains vegetable
oils infused with nettle, rosemary & nettle herbal tea, and essential
oils of rosemary, clary sage and ylang-ylang, this shampoo bar literally
smells good enough to eat. It's fabulous for dark hair (rosemary is
beloved by brunettes!) but great for any hair. Nettle is nature's
conditioner. Donna has a serious addiction to this shampoo bar. Scented
only with essential oils. |
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Sage, Cedar & Sweetgrass Head to Toe Shampoo & Soap |
This scent is a cult favorite
- could it be because it is so clean, fresh, and woodsy, without being
sweet or artificial-smelling? We think so. This unisex scent is not
only great to smell, but the cedarwood oil is great for your scalp
too. It's a great astringent, anti-fungal agent - good for oily, damaged,
or dandruff-prone scalps. Bonus! Please note, this is the SAME as the bar listed in the "soaps" page. |
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Wild Man |
We've been trying to add to
our "guy line" for ages, and are finally doing it! We created
this blend around Christmas, and gave it away to all our male friends
and relatives. Around February, they all came flocking back for more
- it was a hit! So now you too can enjoy the woodsy, crisp scent of
this fabulous, manly "head to toe" bar. Deep patchouli is
balanced out by crisp frankincense, and rounded out with rich, woodsy
cedarwood and fir. I know this bar is for the guys but....we PLH girls
love it too! Scented only with essential oils. |
Rose Geranium
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Created by customer demand! Rose Geranium is a wonderful essential oil - it's delightfully floral with a hint of herbs and greens. It's delightfully balancing for hair and scalp, and works well on all skin types. But...best of all...this essential oil helps repel ticks! This shampoo is beloved by country-dwellers, farm folk, hikers, outdoorsmen and women, and anyone who likes to keep bug-free...naturally. And yes..you can use this as a canine shampoo too. :) Scented only with essential oils. Out of Stock until Summer 2013 |
Shampoo Bar FAQ
Do they lather?
Yep! And we're talking BIG lather.(Karla's a lather freak...she won't sell
it unless it lathers like crazy!) Karla's bars have lots of lather, more
so than commercial liquid shampoos, in our experience.
How do you use them?
Couldn't be simpler - just rub the bar on your scalp in several places to
disperse some of the shampoo, then set the bar down and just begin scrubbing
with your fingertips. If you have thinner hair (like my husband, shhhhh
don't tell him I said that) you can just rub the bar between your hands
to work up some lather, then rub your hands directly you your head. That
doesn't work for me, though, I have too much hair.
Why would I want a shampoo bar?
Well first of all, it's an all-natural product. Commercial liquid shampoos
are NOT. Here's the complete ingredient list on Kara's rosemary shampoo
bar: saponified oils of olive, castor, coconut, palm kernel, jojoba, rosemary
tea, pure essential oils . Now, go to your shower and read the label on
your shampoo. UGH. Tons of stuff you can't even pronounce, let alone identify.
The "natural" ones generally add in herbal extracts, and that's
all - they rarely leave out the icky stuff in lieu of the natural goodies.
Karla says:
"Commercial soaps contain "conditioners"
which also
coat the hair weighing it down. When that coating
is removed you get more body in your hair"
And I certainly agree! Commercial shampoos also contain (very often) petrochemical/petroleum products which are 1) a non-renewable resource, and 2) cause allergic reactions in may people, and 3) are actually drying to your hair, skin and scalp.
As if that isn't enough: the shampoo bars are minimal packaging (only a kraft paper box that is recyclable) and is also a "head to toe" bar - meaning it is just fine as an all-over body bar too. It's great for travelling, no need to tote tons of little bottles of soap, shampoo and conditioner, just one bar will do it all.
What else do you I need to know?
Karla says that the shampoo bars do not lather as well in hard water, so
keep that in
mind. She also has this warning and advice for shampoo bar newbies:
"Tell people that they need to give the shampoo
bars
about a week to get the old residues
[from commericial shampoos] off. In
that week, they could have some pretty funky looking
hair until the gunk gets removed. Try and encourage them
to use a vinegar rinse that first
week.
Let it remain on the hair a while then rinse thoroughly."
(You can use regular old vinegar or check out our herbally infused hair vinegars above.) For more info about FUNKY HAIR SYNDROME, read this article by Donna. You may or may not get funky hair...but if you do, don't worry, it won't last!
Can I use them if I have color-treated hair?
You'll want to use your own judgement on this, but we have never had a problem with using shampoo bars on color-treated hair (and Maggie's hair color changes roughly bi-weekly, usually from brown to blonde to purple and pink and back again....). We've never had a customer report problems using a shampoo bar with their color treated hair. We do recommend the Rosemary Nettle to repair any damage that the color treatment may have done, or the Chamomile Citrus to help keep the color if you're an "unnatural" blonde!
A few customer comments:
i bought your patchouli bar shampoo
on ebay some time ago, it is not
only the best bar i've ever used,
but the best shampoo period. i'm
grateful to you for selling and
heart of iowa for making!! thanks. - h.a.
I'd like to order 3 of the Lavender shampoo bars. I got the sample you sent me with my last order and I love it. I use it on my 2 month old baby boy. It's so easy to lather it up and wash his hair quickly. And at his age time is of the essence before he gets cold and starts to wail! Plus, it has eliminated his dry scalp. - b.b.
The shampoo bar is the most AWESOME thing I've ever used. I absolutely love it and may never use commercial shampoo again (yes, you can quote me on that). I got the patchouli one and I use it on my face now too. - L.L.
Download a .pdf information sheet about our shampoo bars
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