Lush Conditioner Bar Review 2020 | Zero-Waste Conditioner Bar in Sugar Daddy-O
The Top Line:
BUY. The Lush Conditioner Bar is a great addition to your shower if zero-waste, plastic-free, or cruelty-free is your goal. We love that it has argan oil. Plus, on a cost basis, it is in line with both other conditioner bars on the market as well as conditioner bottles. The only issue we see here is if fragrance-free or 100% natural is your goal, then we would recommend another, more natural option — as Lush does have some fragrance in it.
Check out our Big Zero Waste Shampoo and Conditioner Bar Roundup on The Reduce Report.
The Breakdown:
Cost & Products: $13.95 for 2.2oz conditioner in Daddy-O (designed for blonde hair, which we do not have, but we were sold on the argan oil in the ingredients)
How ‘Clean’ Is This? There are quite a few synthetic and chemical ingredients, including fragrance. No animal testing for both the product and ingredients.
Packaging: We actually bought ours in an actual store with Lush Shampoo! So it just came in a compostable paper bag.
Purchasing & Shipping: Going through the motions on the website, it seems pretty straightforward since Lush has been in the business a while. Shipping is free after $40 purchased until September 17th.
Coupons: None that we know of but Lush is in the business of offering up samples with purchases.
What’s Your Impact? Pretty dramatic reduction in plastic. One bar replaces two to three 16oz bottles of conditioner. If there are half as many users of conditioner as there are of shampoo, then the US consumes 225 million bottles of conditioner per year. Wild.
The Experience
Context: For context, we wash and condition every other day (or longer, if we can get away with it). Conditioners currently on the bathroom shelf are natural and attempt to be ‘cone'-free. Long length hair that is straight-ish and conditioned with every wash. We used Lush Conditioner bar with the Lush Shampoo Bar that we reviewed here.
Much like the shampoo bar, the Lush conditioner bar has that bath-like soft scent
Also like the shampoo bar, only the tiniest amounts are needed to get hair silky feeling
We let our conditioner sit in our hair (always) for a few minutes
Living in SoCal, we only have air-dried over the past several months, and the Lush Conditioner leaves our hair feeling weightless, smooth, and tangle-free, thanks to the argan oil (which you can smell a little of!)
The Cost
We assume you use between 2 to 3 16oz conditioner bottles per year and that each ounce of bar conditioner was created equal. This obviously depends on how long and thick your hair is. We compared other solids, like byHumankind, Zero Waste, and Unwrapped Life in addition to traditional conditioners like Pantene, Olaplex, and L’Oreal.
Money Report: Lush Conditioner is in line with other conditioner bars as well as drugstore brands like Pantene or L’Oreal.
The Good:
✔ We loved the addition of argan oil
✔ Left our hair super smooth and tangle-free
✔ Scent is pleasant
✔ Obviously, zero-waste conditioner bar with no packaging
✔ No dimethicone or other silicones
✔ No animal testing for both the product and ingredients.
The Bad:
✗ There is a list of synthetic ingredients as well as fragrance
Our Recommendation:
BUY. The Lush Conditioner Bar is a great addition to your shower if zero-waste or plastic-free is your goal. We love that it has argan oil. Plus, on a cost basis, it is in line with both other conditioner bars on the market as well as conditioner bottles. The only issue we see here is if fragrance-free or 100% natural is your goal, then we would recommend a more natural option.
We're on a mission to reduce our personal carbon footprint with small, hopefully easy, changes in our home to fight against climate change. This means we're looking for products that may be all natural, ideally zero waste, reusable or compostable -- while still being affordable!
