We were sooooo cynical about shampoo bars in the past. ‘Yeah, right!’ was about the extent of it. But like so many people we know, we’ve been converted.

And now, here’s a first (according to our research): a pair of shampoo bars from our friends at the brilliant Little Soap Company’s Eco Warrior range – and they sure do know their soap bars.

There’s one for blondes, one for brunettes, which offer the same sort of colour-protecting/preserving benefits as liquid shampoos.

Only… without the plastic packaging, the weight – which translates to the environmental cost of transporting lots of water, IN aforementioned plastic packaging, around the country (or even across the globe), when that water can easily be added at home to create suds. (That, in a nutshell, is where shampoo bars win out over liquid shampoos.)

Although purple in tone, the blonde one won’t turn your hair Dame Edna mauve – instead, it will subtly tone down brassiness and yellow tones, while gently cleansing hair. (It’s scented with chamomile and rose, BTW.)

The bergamot/lime-scented blue-coloured shampoo bar for brunettes, meanwhile, neutralises the orange-y/ginger shades that dyed brunette hair can acquire. Both bars feature conditioning ingredients, meanwhile – squalene, shea butter – to nourish as they clean. Expect a bit of an epiphany, if you’re a first-time shampoo bar user.

And though one may be purple and one blue, they’re both super-green.

Eco Warrior Blue Shampoo Bar/£6.50 ­– buy here

Eco Warrior Purple Shampoo Bar/£6.50 – buy here

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