Coconut Shea Shampoo Bar — Sulfate-Free Shampoo for Curly Hair

The Coconut Shea Shampoo Bar is a sulfate-free shampoo bar for curly and coily hair. It cleans with saponified coconut, castor and shea oils, and vegetable glycerin helps curls rinse out soft rather than stripped.

Are shampoo bars good for curly hair? This one is built as a curly hair shampoo — the moisturizing cleanse of our two bars, and a sulfate-free shampoo in solid form.

Who it's for

Normal-to-dry hair and scalp, from waves to 4C coils, on a regular wash day. It contains coconut oil. If you avoid coconut oil, the Neem Tea Tree Shampoo Bar is the coconut-oil-free option.

What's inside this shampoo bar

• Saponified coconut oil — "saponified" is the soap-making term, meaning the oil itself has become the cleanser. Coconut gives the bar its quick, bubbly lather, with no sulfate detergent involved.
• Saponified castor bean oil — makes the lather creamier and steadier.
• Saponified shea butter — adds the soft, cushioned feel as you wash.
• Vegetable glycerin + sorbitol — humectants, meaning they hold water, so hair doesn't feel parched after rinsing.
• Rosemary essential oil — a fresh, herbal note.

How to use

1. Wet your hair thoroughly.
2. Glide the bar along your scalp in a few strokes, or work up a lather between your palms.
3. Massage your scalp with your fingertips and let the lather run through your lengths.
4. Rinse well with cool water. A thorough rinse is what prevents residue, especially if you have hard water.
5. Follow with Babassu Detangling Conditioner or Babassu Deep Conditioner. Let the bar air-dry on a draining dish.

What to expect

A clean scalp and curls that feel soft, not squeaky. One bar runs up to 80 washes, about three bottles' worth. NaturallyCurly readers voted OBIA's shampoo bars Favorite Shampoo Bar in their Best of the Best awards, 2015–2018.

Size: 4 oz / 113 g.

FREE FROM: mineral oil, petroleum, sulfates, parabens. Vegan and cruelty-free.

Full ingredients

Saponified Oils of Coconut, Palm, Castor bean, Shea Butter, Vegetable Glycerin, Purified Water, Rosemary Essential Oil, Sorbitol, Phthalate-Free Fragrance (Parfum).