Healthy(ish!) – eco shampoo

looking at a sea of plastic-packaged products. ‘Katy and I set out on a mission to get everyone using plastic-free haircare,’ she says. The Nut & Noggin shampoo bar comes in a stylish, printed cylindrical cardboard pot, which is obviously recyclable, but looks so good it doubles up as a pen/general tat holder afterwards.

Rachel and Katy knew that people wouldn’t make the switch to a shampoo bar if it didn’t work as well as their normal product. Plant-based and using UK ingredients where possible, such as flaxseed oil from Yorkshire and beer from Wiltshire, it leaves my hair silkier, softer and more manageable than anything I’ve ever tried. Honest. ‘Rinsing your hair with beer isn’t such an old wives’ tale,’ says Rachel. ‘The amino acids make hair really shine.’ And at £15 a bar including p&p, they estimate it lasts for about 60-80 washes, which is double the amount of a standard shampoo bottle, depending on hair length, how dirty it is and your water softness. It’s therefore also a more sensible buy in the current climate. Is there a downside, you ask? Well, you have to keep the packaging out of the shower, or else it would go mushy, but that’s a small price I feel for helping save the planet. Despite the current woes of the world, the future of shampoo looks solid.

Here are some other shampoo bar brands worth looking out for:

Ethique uses sustainable vegan ingredients in its shampoo and conditioner bars, £12, and you can buy an in-shower compostable container to keep them in for £11,

ethique.co.uk.

The Shine Shampoo bar, £9.50, smells of fresh lemons and comes in a nice tin. It’s made using 99% natural ingredients,

shinehairgroup.com.

Lore Original’s version, created by top London salon Taylor Taylor, is plant-based and has an incredible unisex scent, £15,

loreoriginals.com. @susannahtaylor_