The Tidy blog

Reaching innovators and early adopters is the focus for a small company like Tidy. We can generate, and then supply, the initial demand for mens solid shampoo from those trailblazers willing to try something new and different to their normal liquid shampoo.

But...

We use organic coconut oil in our shampoo bars to enhance their lathering properties. And to add to their mild conditioning capability too.

Coconut oil can help protect your hair from damage too, so we get a three benefits for the price of one ingredient by adding it to our men's shampoo.

To summarise; the concept is to focus on making small, incremental improvements on a regular basis, rather than trying to make single big leap advances less frequently.

If you improve by just 1% per day, every day for a year you will have a compound improvement of 37 times by the end of the year!

Using a men's solid shampoo is a great way to lower your personal impact on the environment.

If you've already made the switch, maybe now would be a good time to try another small change to your lifestyle to further reduce your environmental impact...

Here are 10 ways you could to do just that in your kitchen...

Men across the UK need to be convinced to lose their bottle and embrace using solid shampoo.

To increase the chances of that happening the world's big shampoo makers need to be convinced to stop making, promoting and selling liquid shampoos. Or to at least offer their version of solid shampoos as alternatives in the men’s market.

That's a big ask for an industry that's making an estimated £144,000,000+ a year...

Both the powdered sodium hydroxide and the lye are highly reactive at room temperature and can cause serious chemical burns if they come into contact with skin or your eyes.

While handling both the powder and solution we wear protective gloves, face mask, goggles and a heavy apron.

It does look a bit Breaking Bad!

Even if we at Tidy could convince every bloke in the UK to lose their bottle and switch to a solid shampoo, we couldn't (currently) make enough shampoo for everyone!

Thankfully, we don't have to... there are others championing the cause too 💪 Read on to see who they are.

We launched Tidy to help convince more of us reduce our use of single use plastics.

To those who have made the switch to solid shampoo, we applaud you 👏.

Here are 12 more ideas for things you can do in the bathroom to further reduce your impact on the environment