NaturOli Soap Nuts, 450 g

As described. Satisfied with the quality.

These soap nuts are great quality. Delivery was fast. I ordered 2 packs as they are a bit hard to find. Pamphlet enclosed itemized all the different uses for them. Bonus 18x included.

These were good. a little tacky. nice and in whole shells. the berries last a long time. i'm a first time buyer of soap nuts and they've treated me well so far. i've used them for shampooing, as a body wash, a face wash, laundry detergent, and dish detergent. i read that the liquid can sting your eyes. they make mine really itchy, but it's fine for me. these soap nuts are very good as laundry detergent. they don't leave a smell on my clothes. i am trying to avoid artificial scents in commercial laundry detergent. these soap nuts also work very well as dish detergent. i'm not sure if it's better than dish detergent, but it is just as good in my opinion. and as SHAMPOO, i have very, very fine, straight hair. i have had trouble with other natural shampoo recipes, trying to remove all excess oil from my hair so it doesn't look greasy all the time, which it does very easily, because my hair is really fine. I'm chinese, and my hair is so fine that if i don't at least partially blow dry it after shampooing, my hair dries like how it is as it's wet, and it looks greasy after, because it's clumpier. these soap nuts work very well for hair like that. i also like having to do fewer things in the shower, and though i don't plan on continuing my use of soap nuts as a facial cleanser for long (because my face needs more lovin than plain soap nut liquid), using this really shortens the amount of time i spend in the shower because i can just pour the liquid all over my hair and body. ALSO, my boyfriend (the account holder) has eczema and psoriasis. he's itchy all day every day. maybe not 24/7 though. anyways, he has a huge problem with shampoos and soaps drying out his scalp and skin, which makes him itch even more. he has dry, flaky skin in some areas, and other areas are just plain dry. he never uses soap or shampoo for this reason, and a regular rinse under the shower is enough for him to get clean or else he'd itch way too much from soaps and shampoos. these soap nuts work wonders for him. they don't magically vanish his dry, patchy spots, but they sure do help. his scalp is also less itchy after shampooing with this. his scalp starts getting very itchy every evening/night, because he's sensitive to having too much oil on his scalp. we found this out after i suggested he use soap nut liquid as a shampoo instead of simply rinsing with water. he has used this on his face as well. he has eczema on his face. he says it has made his skin softer. recently he did something stupid: he diluted 10% ACV with water, put it on his face, and left it on there for hours (reading miracle stories of other people leaving it on their face) and gave himself a chemical burn LOL. because he had such good results with soap nut liquid on his scalp, he decided to give it a try on his face, and it relieved him of a lot of itching and irritation. he hasn't used this for his body, yet, but i'm sure it will be great, since it was great on his scalp and face. BUT, my boyfriend always rubs on moisturizer in his scalp and his face after washing with the liquid, and paired together is how it works great on him. he does not use commercial, chemical-laden moisturizers. i make him 100% organic and natural moisturizer with high quality and nourishing ingredients. i've informed myself of how to tell higher quality ingredients from lower quality ingredients, or things to stay away from... like how most essential oils are bs, and filled with synthetics, etc. if you're interested in using essential oils in your homemade products, please research this, as it's very important. ^_^ sorry for maybe weird wording and stuff, i haven't slept in a while and thought i could write a very informative review to help anyone else with my or my boyfriend's problems.

I have been "no poo" for 1 month now and other "no poo" methods weren't cutting it for me. I decided to try these as I've heard soap nuts aka reetha is supposed to be really great for cleaning hair naturally and does not alter the pH of your scalp. I will first say, I have hard water at home. I made the mistake of using only 5 nuts in 1 cup of tap water in the little bag it comes with at first. I boiled them with some rosemary and the scent was alright. When I strained the water after and let it cool, I used it to wash. It left my hair feeling very waxy and unclean. I was grossed out. My hair felt better BEFORE I washed and I couldn't figure out what the heck I did wrong! A few days later, I tried it again the same way. I thought maybe my hair just needed to get used to it since I'm still in the transition phase of my "no poo" journey anyway. NOPE, it was still gross after that wash too. I reached out on an online forum to find out what I was doing wrong and I got the advice that since I have hard water, I should use 10 soap nuts per 500 ml (about 2 cups) of tap water. And instead of boiling them, I should put them in a jar and stick it in the fridge to cold brew it. People have sworn to me that this method for some reason has worked much better for cleaning their hair. I don't know if cold brewing allows for more saponins to be released into the water than it does when boiling, but I tried it, and it worked!!! The smell is... something to get used to for sure. Not horrible but not great. It's very earthy. But the good thing is that it does not last in my hair once rinsed out. I washed my hair with about 1/3 of the cold brew I made and then I followed that with an Apple Cider Vinegar rinse (this is used for conditioning - 1 tablespoon in 1 cup of water) and my hair has never felt lighter, cleaner, or silkier! All the dirt and grime that I had collecting on my scalp that I just could not get rid of with other "no poo" methods have just melted away with these soap nuts. I HIGHLY recommend. They are good quality and I am able to reuse the same nuts multiple times before they run out of potency. They really do work! I will definitely be buying these again, but this bag should last me quite a long time!!

Never received mine, but my previous package seemed to work fine, hence the choice to reorder. Seems the the most cost effective way to also be environmentally friendly.