J.R.LIGGETT'S All-Natural Shampoo Bar, Supports Strong & Healthy Hair (3.5 oz (1-pack), Moisturizing)

The only reason I'm giving this product a 5-star rating, is because that is the unfortunate limit Amazon has set for me as my maximum rating. Would that it were possible to rate higher, I would. As it is, bear with me for just a few minutes as I wax rhapsodic. I'm a guy with medium-long, curly, coarse, dry hair that flakes like a blizzard if I wash it with shampoo, and greases up like oil flowing over the beard of Aaron if I condition it, including "conditioning" with natural oils. I have tried everything. I have tried minimal washing (produces greasy hair with dandruff [how is that even possible?]). I have tried aggressive "softening" lotions, which smelled like silicone caulking. Probably because they were. I have done "no-poo" for months, only to finally break down under the buildup of dirt and grease, because my hair is completely unresponsive to brushing, and turns into a frizzy poodle-do. Baking soda and vinegar? Tried it, wanted SO BADLY to love it, but with a combination of hard water and substantial sebum production, it just fell flat, much like my hair beneath it. Enter J.R. Liggett. I do not exaggerate when I say this product is an epiphany. Yes, an epiphany. Two days ago I stepped into the shower, depressed about med school, depressed because I missed my fiancee, depressed because my hair looked like crap, but I wasn't willing to cut it. I stepped out of that shower a new man. I admit I had a momentary panic attack when I first began to lather. After about four swipes of the bar across my hair, I began the usual fingernail-against-scalp routine, and this soap literally ERUPTED into suds. It produced enough lather for me to wash my face, my beard, and a good portion of my body. (Side note, the mild peppermint tingle produces a particularly enjoyable experience.) Inside my head and perhaps to the empty bathroom, I screamed, "NOOO!!!" Lather is bad, lather like that means my hair is DESTROYED for the next two weeks. Every microgram of oil is now gone, excoriated from my rough, coarse tresses.... I swallowed my sob and rinsed. And then something magical happened. As I rinsed my hair, it felt lighter, freer, the strands gliding easily through my fingers. There was none of that squeaky, waxy, plastic-y friction, so familiar to me after shampooing. It just felt... Clean. As an insurance option, I had prepared about a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in about 12 oz water, and I used about half of this as a "conditioning" rinse. As I rinsed this final concoction from my hair, all my doubts, all my worries, all my depression were washed away with it. Because DAMN my hair felt fine! I dried that glorious mane of thick, chestnut curls and I won't deny that I may have shaken them from side to side, just to revel in the sheer pleasure of MOVEMENT in my hair. Today is now D+2. Some of the afterglow has subsided. Life outside my apartment, outside my Grecian curls, has intruded into my mind. But guess what? I haven't had to shampoo my hair yet. I rinsed it with water twice (when I showered yesterday and today), and used a slight dab of coconut oil (just because), and it STILL feels great! It's still light, it's still curly, it still has movement and body. It still hasn't frizzed up, it still hasn't greased up, and it still hasn't produced the Himalayan snow cap of flakes about my shoulders that has plagued me since high school. And when the inevitable happens, and I do need to use this shampoo again (probably tomorrow), I won't be dreading it. For the first time in my life, I will WELCOME it! Deus laudetur! So that's it, that is my review. Just buy it, people. Yeah, the bar is small. But guess what: You use a tiny bit once to twice a week; it'll last you months. Yeah, it's $7, which is like $2/oz. But did you not read what I wrote above?!?! It's magic, people! For the cost of a "Vente" specialty coffee drink (probably pumpkin, because "It's Fall!"), you can Change. Your. Life. Do it. Just do it. Adieu.

As shown in the pictures, I purchased the coconut and argan oil one. Mostly since I was hoping it would smell like coconut, which sadly it did not although it didn't have much scent at all so at least it didn't smell bad. My hair is currently not colored and not treated so just normal hair. It's long roughly waist length and is "fine" (the polite way of saying spider web thickness). My hair is decently healthy and same with my scalp. I wash my hair every other day to avoid overly stripping the natural oils but sometimes I end up having oily hair. I occasionally get dandruff, but not severe. Ironically I think this bar shampoo has actually improved my dandruff as it seems even less common now and my hair never gets oily feeling. It's easier than I expected to use. I soak my hair in water then stroke the bar down my hair. The bar rubs off onto my hair and I can get a really nice lather going. Seems harder if I try to just rub the bar with my hands so don't try to treat it like a body bar, doesn't seem to lather very well if you do. The bar is smaller than a normal body bar (see the pic with a normal bar of Dial for comparison), but one bar lasted me a little over a month. Remember I only wash my hair every other day, but my hair is also very long and frankly I don't go easy on shampoo as I like plenty of suds. The bar itself is packed in a paper wrapper so I really liked that, but it was sad the three pack was wrapped in plastic. Were they really that afraid someone couldn't count to 3? Three bars thrown into the package loose would've been fine. My hair also has been pretty good overall. I do use conditioner, but I kept with the same kind between the bottle and bar so it acted as a control group. One warning I can add is that since this is a bar, it can sort of melt on the shower wall similar to how most bars break down. It hasn't been an issue to me, but just something to keep in mind. Overall I really like the bar and might try other scents or versions of this brand when I run out.

Okay, so I have to say upfront that I can't use this shampoo bar anymore, and that makes me SO sad, because it really is an awesome product! The reason I can't use it anymore is because one of the ingredients is castor oil, and I am one of those rare, unfortunate cases where castor oil actually CAUSES my hair to shed...like...a LOT. No good. However, before I realized that castor oil and I are not friends (at least in the hair growth department), I used this shampoo bar faithfully. The best method I found was to completely wet my hair - like, soaking wet, then wet the shampoo bar and lather between both hands. Work the lather in beginning at your scalp/roots of the hair. It won't lather too much in your hands, but for some reason, once you work it into your roots - it lathers like crazy! It has no noticeable scent, despite having coconut and argan oils. The bar is off-white. The first three or four times I used it, I felt like I was doing something wrong because it felt like there was still product in my hair - not like it was still 'dirty', just like there was...oil or something in my hair. But amazingly, when my hair would dry (I experimented without using any leave-in products after washing it with the shampoo bar - I also experimented without conditioner), it was so incredibly shiny, soft, and did not feel like there was any residue - it felt very clean. I was hooked! I loved the bounce it gave my normally finicky, sometimes lifeless hair (I am mixed and have fine hair, but lots of it, and it's wavy/curly - it does what it wants!) Eventually though - the shedding...oh, the shedding. I knew it was the castor oil by process of elimination (over two years) - I was hoping maybe the castor oil in this shampoo bar wouldn't affect me, but it still did. If you don't have issues with castor oil like I do - you need this shampoo bar! It will change your hair for the better! **Disclaimer: Your results may be different than mine. ALWAYS consult your primary care physician before using products that may contain ingredients you are sensitive/allergic to. I claim NO responsibility for your use or results!

There weren't very many reviews on this when I was searching so I thought I'd come back and write my piece to better help someone else who might be interested in trying it. I am a licensed hair stylist so I know a lot about hair. I have been trying to get away from conventional shampoo because I was not happy with how it was leaving my hair-- even the expensive stuff like Aveda, which happens to be a company I have worked for, was leaving my hair limp and greasy after just a day. I was also struggling with dandruff. Anyways, I started off just trying baking soda and apple cider vinegar, or "no poo" as it is called by all natural community. It took about 2 weeks for my hair to "transition" but eventually I was only washing with the baking soda twice a week without experiencing too much oiliness. Overall I wasn't happy with the bs because I was constantly having to reformulate my bs to water ratio and I didn't LOVE the way my hair felt. The dandruff was gone but it would either be too greasy or too frizzy/dry for my liking. I also read where the PH of bs isn't good for your hair over the long term and can really ruin your hair. So, I started making my own shampoos, but wasn't happy with those results either. I read about this shampoo bar after some google searching and decided to give it a try. I was leary because it is basically all essential oils and water, that my hair would be greasy, but that hasnt been the case! My hair is clean, shiny, and wonderful after each wash! I absolutely love this bar. It lathers like normal shampoo and the smell is very light. I do an ACV rinse after washing just because that is what works for my hair type (I have fine to normal hair-- not too oily but not dry either. I am prone to fly aways also). I apply argan oil to my hair before blow drying and the combination is amazing! I can't say enough good things about this shampoo bar. I am washing about 2-3 times per week right now with it, but only because I work out at the gym 6 times per week. If I weren't constantly getting my head soaked with sweat I could probably go much longer without washing. If you are looking for a natural cleansing option with few ingredients that won't strip your hair of its natural oils-- this is it!

If you have very oily, coarse, or short hair this shampoo bar might work well for you. For my medium length, straight, fine hair it caused an alarming amount of damage. I used it every other day or so, for several weeks, to give it a fair shot. I've been using shampoo bars for over 5 years so there shouldn't be any kind of adjustment period here. I'm using it as a body soap now and have no complaints. Pros: Pleasant, not too heavy scent. Solid little bar shape- does not seem like it will crumble, melt away, or break like many other shampoo bars. Lathers very nicely. Cons: I immediately noticed that the product felt more difficult to fully rinse out, and my hair felt very sticky while wet- like the strands were clinging to each other. I did not dislike this feeling, but lots more hair than usual was falling out with each wash and on my comb and brush, so much so that I noticed thinning down near my scalp when looking up close in a mirror to do makeup. Yikes! My hair did feel very clean after drying, but probably too clean- stripped, actually. I usually wash every other day but with this product my hair felt great for about half a day but oily and flat by nighttime- the scalp's way of trying to replenish stripped hair, I guess. I might consider using this followed by a deep conditioner after a long camping trip going a week or more without hair washing, otherwise it's not the right formula for me. Info: The first ingredient is oil so this shampoo bar is a true soap; since purchasing I've done some reading up and learned that the high pH and stripping capabilities of soaps can be destructive to hair unless followed by an acidic rinse to neutralize the pH.

Finally, a product that actually does the job. PRO: -moisturizes my dry scalp -no scent -not sticky, slimy or grimy -lathers better than expected without much needed each time -arrived in a package of 3 small bars. first bar lasted 3.5 months. fyi, i have ALOT of thick, coarse, asian hair. just use conservatively in the beginning to get used to it. -daily washing has not dried out my scalp with this shampoo bar! this is huge for me. CON: -dissolves too easily if under direct water flow. this is why having the bars small is so helpful. also, you need to be extra careful not to keep the bar moist. VERDICT: i'm sold! LONG STORY: the shampoo bar feels different that liquid shampoo such that: -the bar doesn't lather AS MUCH. it still lathers, but not like a bubbly mess on your head -the bar dissolves quickly in the presence of water, so i swipe the bar a few times on my head and then place the bar in a tupperware container away from any water spray. i have sensitive, dry skin. eczema and i have been lifelong enemies. i rash up to most main stream makeup brands, including organic ones. i have thick, coarse, asian hair. i live in an area that has 0-10% humidity, forever drying the skin on my body, face, scalp. the dryness in the air is pretty torturous for me. i admit that i haven't tried "every moisturizing shampoo" that exists, but i had been on-and-off using generic and famous brands, such as head and shoulders, biolage, etc. one time, i even needed to use a special shampoo for seborrheic dermatitis during a time period of extreme stress. it didn't matter if i washed my hair everyday (which i've done for decades and destroyed my scalp in the process) or every other day (which i've done for the past few years with mediocre success). its been a lifelong struggle. because i work in the healthcare field now with the whole COVID-19 nightmare, i have to return to washing my hair everyday. i finally tried this shampoo bar for 3months straight. amazingly, it really did moisturize my scalp! it lathers, just not as frothy as typical generic shampoo, but the lather is unrelated to the effectiveness of this shampoo bar. i wipe the bar around my hairline and then a couple times along the line where i part my hair. my dry, flaky scalp has actually improved about 95% from before. still some flakes, but significantly diminished. the improvement has been dramatic. currently, i still use a generic costco liquid conditioner (bite me! lol), because i wanted to confirm that the shampoo bar actually made improvements. i am so grateful that i gave this a chance! 10/19/2020 update: my scalp feels great! no itchiness, little-to-no flakes. so wonderful. one bar lasts approx 3 months, depending on: -how good you are with keeping the bar dry -the length and thickness of your hair. as in, more hair or thicker hair = more swipes needed to lather.

We've been using this shampoo bar for only about a month, and we love it! With every other shampoo I've tried, over years of searching, I couldn't find a product that would stop the itching, itching that would start sometimes as soon as a few hours after shampooing. My hair type is thin (from menopause and stress), very fine, and long-ish (about to my shoulder blades). The first time I used it, I thoroughly wet my hair, then simply rubbed my hair from the forehead to the back of my head, then stroked it down the remaining length of hair. I added a little bit more water, then shampooed as normal, and my hair was covered in rich, thick lather and suds!! I rinsed thoroughly, and my hair seemed "clumpy". Fearing the shampoo didn't rinse out well, I ran my hand over a portion of it checking for shampoo residue; then I heard a funny sound: as I ran my fingers down a lock of my hair, it squeaked! It was so clean, it actually squeaked! As per some of the other reviewers, I let my hair dry some before I tried to comb it out, and as it dried it softened. As always in the past I use a wide-toothed comb and start at the bottom of the length of hair, and comb it over the sink to catch all the hair that typically fell out. I was very pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to comb...and at how little hair fell into the sink! After it dried, I styled it as usual, and my hair had a bounce that it hadn't had in years! Now I use the shampoo every 2-3 days, using a tiny bit of conditioner (about the size of my little fingernail) on the ends, then use 2-3 sprays of a light mist of hydrating coconut oil. The scalp itch has stopped! The amount of hair loss while combing over the sink is all but nil, my hair is fuller, feels thicker, and has a bounce and shine that reminds me of the hair of my youth! My boyfriend uses this shampoo also. His hair is long and tends to be oily even the day after shampooing; he had dandruff and itchy red bumps on his scalp. After using this shampoo bar, he has no trouble combing his hair out, and it dries much more quickly. His hair is fuller and feels thicker, and the oiliness is diminishing as he continues to use it. His dandruff is gone and the itchy red bumps, after a month's use, are clearing up and mostly gone. He loves this shampoo and won't use anything else. Indeed, keep it away from the water spray in the shower. We've both been using the same first bar for a little over a month now, and still have about 1/3 of a bar remaining. We also travel a great deal by motorcycle, and are looking forward to taking this shampoo bar on the road with us. For one reason, a simple bar saves very valuable space (as opposed to multiple containers for shampoo, conditioner, etc.) when packing a motorcycle for a 2 or 3 week road trip. Now we're looking for an appropriate soap bar travel container to take this product with us on our next road trip. Long story short....we both are extremely pleased with the results of this shampoo and very highly recommend it! Give it a try-what have you got to lose?!?!?!? M. Lauder Concord, Va Concord,

I started investigating more natural shampoos that don't have detergents or sulfates when almost out of the blue, my scalp starting getting really itchy. Like I sat at my desk at work one day thinking 'I must have picked up a lice infestation'-itchy. I have pretty sensitive skin to begin with, and I suspected that all the years of using chemicals on my poor scalp was the root of my head irritation (and not lice, thank goodness). At first I tried completely natural/home remedies for my scalp (coconut milk/tea tree oil) and I was a greasy mess (although the itching did mercifully stop, I didn't fancy walking around like a living oil slick). I was researching various sulfate/paraben-free shampoos and there were so many options at all different price points - it was a bit overwhelming. I ended up Googling 'natural hair care' and JR Liggett's popped up as an interesting option - I'd never tried a shampoo bar before and I was intrigued. I decided to order a couple (the jojoba/peppermint and the original formula) to give it a shot. The bars are actually a lot smaller than I had anticipated (silly me for not reading the description all that carefully) - but they have REALLY lasted. I ordered the two bars back in August (one for my place, one for manfriend's place) and even the one at my place (that I use much more often) has at least a quarter of the bar left - this is after more than three months of using them! It is also probably partly because I wash my hair less than I used to - I typically wash my hair every other day (or occasionally every third day) now, versus every day like when I used 'standard' shampoo. I feel like my hair gets less greasy with these shampoo bars, the itch is gone, and the transient dandruff I used to get is also gone for the most part (maybe because I'm not scratching the heck out of my scalp anymore). I will say that I've noticed a bit of a build-up in my hair since using the JR Liggets bar (I've noticed it when using fine-toothed combs), but strange as it sounds, I don't really mind it. It's not visible and as my hair is normally SUPER silky and soft, it almost gives my hair a little better texture. I will probably try to clarify it (maybe once a month) with a baking soda/ACV rinse eventually, but for now it's going great. Also, I typically wash my hair before bed and go to sleep on it wet, I DO comb my hair out while it is still wet, as if I wait till the morning when it's dry, my hair is pretty tangled.

J'avais des appréhensions mais j'ai été conquise dès la première utilisation et au bout de presque 3 mois mon opinion reste la même. Je craignais que ça ait du mal à mousser dans les cheveux mais ça se fait en fait beaucoup plus rapidement et facilement qu'avec un shampoing classique. Peut-être parce que ce sont des huiles, ça glisse tout seul sur le scalp une fois mouillé. Aussi, un seul moussage suffit, pas besoin de passer deux fois et ça se rince très vite. Je retrouvais bien un petit peu des résidus inexpliqués sur ma brosse après l'avoir passée dans me cheveux au début mais j'ai aussitôt pris l'habitude de suivre le rinçage du shampoing par un rinçage au vinaigre de cidre et ça a résolu le problème: il faut juste en mettre un peu dans une bouteille d'un litre, remplir le reste d'eau et verser sur les cheveux, puis laisser poser le temps de faire le reste de ce qu'on a à faire sous la douche, et rincer à la fin. Plus de résidus après ça: des cheveux propres, doux et souples qui se démmêlent facilement même sans l'utilisation du vinaigre, et qui ne regraissent pas entre 2 shampoings faits tous les 3 jours. Au 3ème jour, les cheveux sont encore plus beaux, surtout quand on les brosse bien, ils sont gonflants, soyeux, lustrés, comme après un bon brushing style années 80. Et parce que le shampoing et l'éventuel rinçage au vinaigre de cidre se posent et se rincent facilement, on passe beaucoup moins de temps sous la douche et on économise de l'eau et donc de l'argent ! Et utiliser moins d'eau est aussi bon pour l'environnement, en plus de ne pas utiliser de plastique pour l'emballage. Ce shampoing est juste vendu cher en Europe, à 10€ on est déjà au double de ce que ça coûte à la base et on commence même à les trouver au triple du prix pour certaines variantes. J'espère qu'Amazon va se mettre bientôt au shampoing en barre et le vendre directement sans l'intermédiare des tiers-vendeurs. Sinon, j'ai achetée mon 1er shampoing barre fin septembre et il en reste assez pour le mois décembre, donc il dure bien 3 mois, pour des cheveux mi-longs et très épais. Sinon, comme j'ai lu certains commentaires mentionner que ça pouvait être asséchant sur les pointes, je masse un peu d'huile d'argan dessus après chaque shampoing. Moi qui détestais la corvée du shampoing à cause des mes cheveux trop épais, je suis convertie au shampoing en barre à vie, de par sa facilité et rapidité d'utilisation (en ayant en plus éliminé la tâche supplémentaire de l'après-shampoing qui encrassait aussi la baignoire et les canalisations) .

Amazing product, small soap but very good and effective .

Bestes festes Shampoo, was ich bisher hatte. Macht wunderbar fluffige , glänzende Haare , mit leichtem, angenehmen Duft. Muss die Haare nicht mehr so oft waschen,"fliegen" nicht und sie liegen toll. Conditioner überflüssig

ich habe sehr sensible Kopfhaut und trockene Schüppchen. Habe das Shampoo mit Teebaumöl bestellt in der Hoffnung, meiner juckenden Kopfhaut entgegenzuwirken. Das Jucken wurde schlimmer, meine Kopfhaut war noch trockener und schuppiger und meine Haare glanzlos und ausgetrocknet (trotz saurer Rinse). Kann ich leider nicht weiterempfehlen, trotz ansprechender verpackung

L'ho acquistato per il suo inci, che è davvero buono. Ho i capelli lunghi, lisci e sottili e purtroppo questo shampoo me li lascia grassi e pesanti. Lo stesso per mia figlia. Forse è il mio tipo di capelli a essere inadatto, ma di sicuro non lo sceglierò in futuro.