Yes, something old IS new again! All 3 flavors of the new/old Shampoo Bar have been flying out the door since we re-introduced them. It was the most requested item on our customer ‘Wish List.’
At a Salt Spring Island Conservancy meeting last week, an old friend rushed up to tell me she’d just bought and used it…..and NO CONDTIONER! Her hair looked GREAT! of course…
Yesterday, Molly Phillips showed up….we knew Molly as a toddler when her family lived down the road….later, as a teen, she wrapped soap after school, and as a young lady in university, spent summers working in the shop. Here she was visiting from the city with a sweet little toddler of her own. Mollie needed some Baby Care for Charlie…..and asked about the Shampoo Bar! Heard about it it town…..so I gave her one I had curing on my windowsill for some reason! Oh yeah, it was from our test batch.
Lately, I’ve been using two different shampoos; one from the U.S., $22.00 per 8 oz bottle…and the most organic and natural product I’ve ever used. It smelled divine! But, I couldn’t get it to lather, and used it all up in a few shampoos by just pouring it on. But, even with their expensive conditioner, which I liked, my hair wasn’t great.
The other was a national brand, about $18.00 per bottle, and it was nice…lovely scent, lots of lather, but my hair felt like straw after, even with loads of their and/or our conditioner.
Sunday, we biked for 40km up the Galloping Goose! I was exhausted! But couldn’t show up anywhere with helmet hair…so, just after falling asleep in the tub, I grabbed a Shampoo Bar, the one for blondes, of course, lathered up in the tub..rinsed off, a quick dry and fell into bed.
Monday a.m., my hair was softer and more shiny than in ages! O.K. so now I know for sure who has the best shampoo…YES!!! IT’S SALTSPRING SOAPWORKS!!!
And no one can believe how long they last! And NO PLASTIC BOTTLE!
O.K. Back to work….working on the world’s most natural Home Remedy and first aid products! Coming Soon!!! (I hope!)
Linda Quiring
Founder Saltspring Soapworks
Recently, we reintroduced a product we made 25 years ago: Our Handmade Natural SHAMPOO BAR!
We began making it in the mid-80′s. Several older people had bought my pure white simple soap to use as a shampoo. When I inquired, they all said the same thing: In their younger days, there was no such thing as shampoo in a bottle.
I found an old recipe for a shampoo bar, made up a batch and began selling it. Over time, it’s fame grew, and it became a best-selling product. Then, I began having trouble with the formula. This bar is notoriously difficult to make
It seems my supplier had changed the source of my secret ingredient….not only did the bar get really expensive, I lost several batches. By now, we were also making shampoo in a bottle, with naturally-sourced ingredients, not petro-chemicals. It became so popular, I scrapped the shampoo bar.
But now, 15 years later, people are still asking for it! What’s going on??!!
I feel it’s the green thing, and our new Shampoo Bar was recently featured in the Green Section of our local paper. Hey! No plastic bottle , non-detergent, all-natural, no conditioners needed, and best of all, lasts forever ! We’ve been giving them to staff and regular fans to use for months while we developed the new formulas….and people have said: “30 or 40 shampoos and still going strong!”
Maybe it’s the secret ingredient! But, we’re listing our ingredients so I guess it’s no longer a secret! Yes, CASTOR OIL! Used for decades as a hair treatment. Ladies apparently groomed their hair, eyebrows and lashes with it for a glossy, shiny, healthy look. It was in all kinds of soaps and shampoos in ‘the olden days.’
Comes in three types:
JOJOBA with extra superfatting for fine, dry or treated hair.
CALENDULA & CHAMOMILE for light hair.
ROSEMARY MINT for normal to oily, and dark hair.
Wow! ARE WE GETTING RAVE REVIEWS!
We’ll be introducing more of our original old hippy herbal products in the near future, like herbal first aid and home therapy. Keep in touch to see some things old become new again.
Linda Quiring
Founder,
Saltspring Soapworks
Sometimes, we just have to pat ourselves on the back! Like when we get rave reviews like this one….from Kira in Vancouver who emailed us….Subject: Kudos
“Hello Linda & Family,
I just had to pass along a quick “WOW” to you folks after using your Vanilla Body Gelato. I am not a “lotions & potions” kind of person (honestly my boyfriend has more hair and skin care products than me) but the Body Gelato was given to me as a gift and so I figured I’d try it out.
WOW – I don’t ever remember my skin feeling so smooth & soft! I actually feel CLEAN after that shower!
I should also mention that I’m not the “email strangers with WOW comments” kind of person either, but I felt compelled. I found your site and read through your history and I totally admire your family & business.
Thanks for the great product (I’ll be looking for more…) and best of luck for many more successful years of business.”
WOW! Now, that’s the kind of feedback that’s kept us going for over 30 years! After that, what more can I say, except:
Thanks to you, too, Kira! WOW! What a great customer!
Linda
