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The Green Parent Natural Beauty Awards 2021 The Solid Bar Company Set the Standard for Excellence with Multiple Natural Beauty Awards. We are so excited to announce our three award winning products in The Green Parent Natural Beauty Awards 2021 for the finest in everything from skincare to pregnancy products, children's shampoo to supplements. 1. GOLD AWARD WINNER- The Gold Award in the Haircare Category is our 2-in-1 Shampoo/Conditioner Bar with scented with natural frankincense. This is a simple to use, time-saving and cost effective Luxury 2 in 1 Shampoo and Conditioner Bar. It is suitable for all hair types,...

Time To Get Out The Diaper Cream? It is quite normal for babies and toddlers to experience and develop skin rashes in particular nappy rashes or diaper rashes. Whilst they aren’t normally seen on new-borns there is pretty much a 100% guarantee that all babies will get a diaper rash at some stage.  Up to a third of babies and toddlers in diapers have diaper rash at any one time. It doesn't usually develop in newborns, but all babies can get diaper rash. As a parent of course you want to find the best diaper/nappy rash cream for your newborn,...

 How To Effectively Repel Noseeums You may not be able to see no see ums, as this image below illustrates their actual size against a finger for scale, but you sure can feel no see ums!  Here at The Solid Bar Company we're going to show you how to identify no see ums and how to deal with no-see-ums. And you sure want to repel noseeums don't you?   Then read on for the best information. To give no see ums their proper name, Leptoconops torrens, these airborne 'warriors' are so small, less than a sixteenth of an inch in length,...

The Best Hair Conditioner We’ve taken a closer look at shampoo bars so now let’s look at The Solid Bar Company's amazing hair conditioner bars. To start with let's do a little background to inform you of what should be in a conditioner bar, why those ingredients are there and what it will do for your hair - and you!  Did you know that most well-known liquid conditioners on the market contain 80%+ water? Our conditioner bars are not bulked out with water to try and fool you into thinking that you are getting more conditioner for your money, in fact they...

What is SLS and why should we avoid it? The most common sulphate shampoo ingredient - Sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) - has been used in many commercial formulations for years because it is inexpensive, offers good lathering and can even be thickened easily with salt, which is also cheap and in abundance!  It is an ‘anionic’ surfactant, so it cleans dirt and grease from our hair and is very foaming; this last point is an important consideration as consumers generally associate foaming with cleaning (whether it be for your hair your hands or even your car!), due to its small...