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Paper Shampoo lets you travel with clean hair without being branded a terrorist
Between the Homeland Security restrictions on liquids, and the airline's new game of charging for each time you blink, going on a trip with an ample supply of grooming products has become almost impossible. Who wants to pay $25 to check a bag, just so you'll be sure to have enough shampoo? I've aquired the art of stretching my 2 ounce shampoo ration so it will last up to a week, but for plenty of people with longer hair that isn't going to work.
One possible solution is Paper Shampoo. The single-use sheets are designed to dissolve into a lather when you mix them with water, and they supposedly work even if you're using sea water. They also have a minty fragrance, which quite honestly doesn't help much in selling them to me. After all, who wants their hair to smell like a Thin Mint? Personally, I think I'll stick with motel brand shampoo on those bad hair days.
Paper Shampoo is available now in boxes of 30 sheets, which are sold in packs of two for $12.50
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By wingbatwu at 9:51 AM ON 06/30/08
Or you could just wash your hair with a soap bar.
By k-plan at 6:06 PM ON 07/01/08
Isn't it a simple soap?
By j_doh at 5:55 PM ON 07/02/08
just don't confuse it with your mouthwash papers, dude.
By hell-angel at 6:45 PM ON 07/02/08
Why pay $12.50 when a regular bottle of shampoo costs $2? Unless you are going to some god-forsaken place, just swing by the store and get regular shampoo.
By notyou at 6:46 PM ON 07/02/08
i have a DRASTIC solution for the writer. are you ready? are you?
pack TWO 2oz bottles in your carry on.
dumbass.
By SLam at 6:46 PM ON 07/02/08
Don't confuse a soap with a detergent, shampoo is a detergent.
Shampoo is a detergent. If you're traveling to a place where you have time to wash your hair, how hard is it just to buy a bottle when you arrive?
By greenleafhill at 3:26 AM ON 07/03/08
May I suggest the solid shampoo bars made by Lush (www.Lush.com) They are delightful and very long-lasting. I think there may be one made by Neutrogena, which is widely available in drugstores.
By stooptard at 9:18 AM ON 07/03/08
Um, if you can make shampoo into a sheet of 'paper,' why can't you make explosives into a sheet of 'paper?' Dumb rules, that mean and do nothing.
By taz at 9:43 AM ON 07/03/08
and for you travelers that love your bottled water! I have dehydrated water tablets. I'll give you the same deal, twin pack of 30 tablets for 12.50
By gugibufugi at 12:52 AM ON 07/04/08
Call me a freak, but my peppermint shampoo is my favorite. I condition with vanilla, and I smell like candy all day. I love it.
I think the product is clever and useful, but I just run to the drugstore and grab a couple $1 travel size products to supplement when I reach my destination.
By Hair Loss Man at 4:33 AM ON 09/17/08
Its kinda freaky that it looks like paper thin soap. As you can tell from my screen name I'm loosing hair and apparently one of the worst things you can do it to use harsh products such as soap to clean your scalp. It will eventually just dry it out and lead to your hair falling out.
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