Kitsch Rice Water Shampoo & Conditioner Set - Solid Shampoo & Conditioner Bar with Protein for Strengthening Hair & Damage Repair - Paraben, Sulfate and Silicone Free - Nourishing Hair Care - 2 packCompact by Design (Amazon-developed Certification)

I’ve been using these Kitsch rice protein shampoo and conditioner bars for a year, and let me tell you — my hair has gone from “meh” to “main character energy.” I swear these bars are sprinkled with some kind of magic because not only is my hair softer and shinier, but I’ve also noticed way more growth. I’ve got baby hairs popping up like they’re auditioning for a boy band.They lather like a dream, smell like a spa day, and last forever. Plus, no plastic bottles trying to escape in my shower. Eco-friendly and fabulous? Yes, please. I’d fight a dragon for these bars… but thankfully, I don’t have to. Just click “Buy Now.” 🛒

Hair: Knee length, best guess without an expert appraisal is 1b with some a and c mixed in. Dark brown with red highlights and now lots of white strands. Never dyed or treated. Only recently began minimal blow drying with a Dyson. Washed twice a week; used Kitsch for six weeks before reviewing. Previously primarily used Pantene Smooth and Sleek for many decades.Pros:Tangle-free (almost as much as Pantene, at least once I added hair serum after towel drying). The brush catches a little bit, more than with Pantene, but there aren't knots and snarls. Once dry my hair is soft to the touch, more so than with Pantene in fact. All my life if my hair has lain on my bare arm or back it's been itchy, but with the Kitsch it feels quite nice. I have a number of shorter hairs mixed in and those no longer stand straight out from my head. I haven't noticeably lost any volume but my 1c hairs are behaving better.No constant throwing out of plastic bottles. I did get plastic ramen-noodle-looking pads to rest the bars on for drainage, but those are corn starch based and will last a long time. Also no wrestling to pop open a plastic lid with my failing hands.The clean feel lasts longer. I wash every three or four days. By the fourth day I'm used to my hair feeling itchy and greasy, but with the Kitsch I haven't felt the frantic need to wash it.Neutral:Meh scent. I was expecting something like my Ecos Shower Spray tea leaf scent, light and refreshing; the Kitsch is a bit sour. My cats get very snuggly after a Pantene wash but they don't react at all when I smell of Kitsch. On the other hand, the scent isn't very strong, and as I'd rather have minimal boring scent than intense smells, I'm ok with it.Unknown duration. The bars are holding up pretty well, except my husband tested the conditioner without asking for instructions and scrubbed the dry bar onto his head until it was deformed and enough conditioner had come off to make the shower a skating rink >< So I can't say if they would have diminished at an even rate. They likely won't last as long for me thanks to my having three times as much hair as most.Cons:Takes longer to use. I have to lather my hands up three or four times and finish with some "painting" to coat all my hair instead of just pouring one palm full of Pantene. (One lathering is likely enough for shoulder length hair). The conditioner is even harder to get enough. I'm lucky enough to have essentially unlimited hot water and a lot of leisure time in my retirement, but if you need to wash inside of ten minutes this may slow you down.The "painting" can end up with loose hairs stuck to the bar, which icks me something fierce.Doesn't stop scalp itch. I have two spots that itch a lot of the time, possibly where I don't rinse and dry as thoroughly. After the first wash, my scalp felt fantastic, but all subsequent washes have left me with the itch.Doesn't turn hair into a salon commercial. I was hoping to end up with one sleek yet voluminous mass. I do get volume, but the top layer of the hair is all individual strands, if that makes sense. Kitsch hasn't turned my hair into a silky sheet. But it has made it a soft cloud, so it's not a huge con.

I shop on Amazon very frequently and never write reviews, however this product DESERVES PRAISE !I got into watching that “blow out professor” on YouTube a couple years ago because he does have some great tips, but he convinced me that my drug store shampoo/conditioners were trash and to switch to Redken Volume Injection. Not only is it very expensive, but I didn’t realize for way too long the damage that it was doing to my scalp. Burning, itching, flaking, ect. He also convinced me to wet brush my hair which I wasnt doing before, so I wasn’t sure if the shedding was from product or wet brushing. When I finally realized the burning of my scalp wasn’t normal I made the switch to Prose because of all their “healthy Ingredients” and “customized for you” promotions. I was desperate for a healthy feeling scalp so I bought into it. My hair starting FALLING OUT IN CLUMPS and my scalp didn’t feel any better. The moment I switched back to what redken I had left the shedding severely slowed down but I still needed to get off of that stuff.THEN I FOUND KITSCH <3Immediately the hair shedding went down SO MUCH! Like to 2-3 hairs in a shower, my scalp is feeling good again! I forgot the feeling of a healthy scalp until a few uses after this amazing bar shampoo/ conditioner. My hair feels soft and light again. Not loaded down with a waxy heavy feeling that the redken left. I adore the smell too, it doesn’t smell like some artificial additive like sooo many other shampoos do. Thanks for existing Kitsch. My husband and I are hooked.