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[QUOTE="Moorwalker, post: 947558, member: 86230"] Soap is highly alkaline and it opens up the tiny scales on the surface of your hair. That makes it rough and vulnerable to damage. If you are using hard water (ie there are a lot of minerals in the water) it will also then deposit scum under the scales that makes the hair dull and slightly sticky and tangly. You sometimes see "shampoo bars" that claim they are not really soap because they are made with particular oils but that doesn't change the fact that chemically they are still soap. You can tell by the labels, soap will have ingredients that look like sodium olivate, or sodium cocoate. I make soap, I've done so for 50 years starting out from first principals of chemistry, well before it became a fashionable hobby. I've written control and calculation systems for a couple of people who make soap commercially and I wrote a spreadsheet for hobbyists that I give away freely. Man made detergents are usually neutral or very slightly acidic so they don't lift the scales on the hair surface and they don't produce scum. Lush's shampoo bars are a bit harsher than some, they are based on sodium laureth sulphate, but unless you have very dry or curly hair it works fine. Many good shampoo bars are based on a couple of detergents, sodium cocoyl isethionate and disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate, both of which are very mild. There are several other detergents but those are very common and pretty good. If you need a conditioner you might try a tiny bit of plain oil. Olive oil is great and easy to get in Spain, often in little sachets in cafes. Or I like cocnut oil, a friend who was a chemist for l'Oreal reckoned that it worked as well as most of the things they sold in their conditioners. Just rub a few drops on your hands and then rub your hands through your hair, damp or dry. [/QUOTE]
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