Neem Tea Tree Shampoo Bar — Clarifying Shampoo for Dry Scalp

The Neem Tea Tree Shampoo Bar is a sulfate-free, COCONUT-OIL-FREE tea tree shampoo bar for a dry, buildup-prone scalp. It clarifies with neem, tea tree and rosemary essential oils and cleans with saponified avocado and castor oils.

It's the clarifying shampoo of our two bars — and a dry scalp shampoo that doesn't strip. Use it when styling products start sitting on your hair instead of sinking in.

Who it's for

Scalps that feel dry, tight or itchy, and hair carrying buildup from gels, butters and oils. It's the coconut-avoidant pick, and it's the shampoo in our Protein-Free, Coconut-Oil-Free Hair Bundle.

What's inside this tea tree shampoo bar

• Neem + tea tree essential oils — natural astringents, meaning they tighten and help lift away oil and residue. They leave the scalp feeling fresh and cool.
• Rosemary essential oil — rounds out the clean, herbal scent.
• Saponified avocado + castor bean oils — "saponified" means the oils themselves became the cleanser. No sulfates, and no coconut.
• Vegetable glycerin + sorbitol — humectants that hold water, so a clarifying wash doesn't leave hair feeling parched.

How often to clarify

Let your hair tell you, not the calendar. Reach for this bar when leave-ins stop absorbing, curls feel coated or your scalp feels heavy. Use the Coconut Shea bar on the washes in between.

How to use

1. Wet your hair thoroughly.
2. Glide the bar along your scalp, or lather it between your palms.
3. Massage your scalp with your fingertips for a minute, then rinse well with cool water.
4. Follow with the protein-free, coconut-oil-free Babassu Detangling Conditioner.
5. Store the bar somewhere cool and dry between washes.

What to expect

A scalp that feels fresh and clean from the first wash. Hair can feel a touch more squeaky-clean than with Coconut Shea — that's the clarifying at work, and your conditioner brings the softness back. One bar runs up to 80 washes. NaturallyCurly readers voted OBIA's shampoo bars Favorite Shampoo Bar in their Best of the Best awards, 2015–2018.

Size: 4 oz / 113 g.

FREE FROM: mineral oil, petroleum, sulfates, parabens. Vegan and cruelty-free.

Full ingredients

Saponified Oils of Avocado, Palm, Castor bean; Vegetable Glycerin, Purified Water, Essential Oils: Neem, Tea Tree, Rosemary; Sorbitol, Phthalate-Free Fragrance (Parfum).