Soak and Float Away Your Dry Scalp!!

*A little review #1*

Lush 'Soak and Float' Shampoo Bar

For over 3 years I have struggled with a very itchy scalp due to my dry skin. After a lot of research the one treatment that was spoken about most was Zinc, I decided it was probably best to try find some Zinc shampoo and give it a go! The only high-street Zinc shampoo I could find was Head&Shoulders and that turned into a 2 year battle of love and hate; some days the shampoo would be great but on some it would just dry my scalp even more and leave me fighting the urge to itch my scalp. Another issue I had with Head&Shoulders was the fact it left my hair feeling flat and rather tangled looking, I thought enough was enough and began my search for a better alternative!

Finally I came across the Lush Shampoo Bars, and the one which has benefitted me the most has been the 'Soak and Float'.

And I'm not saying this has been the complete solution, but it was a relief! My scalp is much much more hydrated and I rarely feel the need to itch, and no this shampoo does not contain Zinc but it has got an alternative: cade oil. Cade oil is an antiseptic and has anti-dandruff properties, however no matter how beneficial it is for your scalp it is also the one fault with this product; it has a terrible smell! Well I may be exaggerating with 'terrible', but it's very smokey and reminds me of smoked meat, which is not what you want your hair to be smelling off. The smell does stick to your hair while it's wet but luckily as it dries it does seem to fade away, another way to mask the smell is to use a lovely smelling conditioner, that seems to help greatly!

The shampoo bar is quite textured and does contain marigold and rose petals so it's not one I'd recommend to just wet and rub into your hair, it's probably best to damp the shampoo bar a little and lather in your hands, you need very little on your hands as it lathers up quite nicely; I'd recommend to start with little and then build up if you need more. 

All in all I really do think this a product worth a try if you do suffer from a dry scalp. As I said no high-street shampoo has really ever helped apart from Head&Shoulders and even then it was very hit and miss. So far this shampoo has been nothing but great in terms of helping the skin on my scalp. The smell however is a little off-putting so I was recommended by the Lush experts that Squeaky Green would do a similar job but it won't be quite as effective, however I do think it is a good compromise as it does smell of peppermint so a great improvement over the smoke!

If you can stomach the smell I would really recommend this, however I do suggest to get a good conditioner as it does wonders to the scalp but the hair does look a little dryer and frizzier than I'd like. 

*Just as a little side note my grandmother is a woman who takes herbal medicines and all that jazz very seriously and her main go to for clearing internal and external infections is marigold, you can make a tea and drink it or soak the petals in warm water, using a cotton pad to apply the affected area. This shampoo bar does contain marigold, which means it will act as an additional antiseptic to the cade oil relieving itchiness caused by infection or cleaning out any scabs you may have due to dryness. This just shows grandmas do know best!*
Hope this has been helpful, and please do feel free to leave a comment if you have found any other great remedies for a dry scalp as I'd love to give them a go!

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