Comments on: Ask Dethroner: Why Isn’t Shampoo Soap?

By: alpacadon

alpacadon — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:31:43 +0000

Can you use shea butter as a shampoo

By: fabiospawn

fabiospawn — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:55:25 +0000

I’m currently experimenting and haven’t put any product (soap, shampoo, conditioner or style product) in my hair for over two months now, just a lukewarm water wash every day. I’ve usually got thin, dark, curly hair which tends to frizz. So far it looks and feels better than it ever used to (surprisingly un-greasy) and, while it don’t smell as perfumed as in days of yore, it smells fine too.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:31:40 +0000

I use crazy ol’ Doc Bronner’s peppermint for everything. My hair is thick and wavy and goes absolutely crazy frizzy when I wash it with “real” shampoo. Dr. Bronner’s seems to have less or less harsh detergent. But I also got in the habit of washing 2-3 time a week to reduce the cycle of adding tons of product to control frizz which requires daily washing to remove product buildup with produces frizz…you see where this is going.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:29:42 +0000

Yeah, good point. Using shampoo as soap, while expensive (relatively), should be just fine. (And an easy way to speed up your shower time by a whole 10-15 seconds!)

By: E Fin

E Fin — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:05:49 +0000

So, you haven’t said we shouldn’t wash our body with shampoo, just that we shouldn’t wash our hair with soap, correct?