Project Sudz Organic Shampoo Medicated - Neem, Aloe & Niaouli (for itchy dogs & cats) 10oz
All our shampoos are made for itchy dogs, but for this one we added neem, niaouli, and aloe to help our friends who need some extra help with skin irritations. Use our hot spot balm or spray for targeted relief.
Our mission is to do this in sustainable packaging without costing you your whole paycheck and without using those “green-washed” plastic bottles you see in the mass market. It seems like a tall order, and it is. However, don’t worry--we have figured it out! To do this, we have to make everything from scratch. Luckily, we like making things. We also have to reduce the size of our packaging. To do this, we eliminate water from our Bar Shampoo, Home & Pet Sprays, Waterless Baths, and other concentrated sprays. We don’t want to ship water all around the world. We also don’t want you to keep throwing away all those single-use plastic bottles.
Now that we are saving itchy (and sometimes smelly) pets, keeping plastics out of our oceans and landfills, and reducing costs to save you money, we have one more thing on our agenda: helping our community. For every batch of bars we make, we take the ends and the not-so-pretty cuts (yes, it happens sometimes) and break them down into new molds to make fresh bars to distribute to our local food banks and homeless shelters.
We want to help make sustainability an easy option for you, even if that means we have to work harder!
Because it’s amazing! It really is. It has a multitude of benefits, but for now let’s just discuss the topical applications. The main reason we at Project Sudz love and use apple cider vinegar (ACV) in our shampoos is to help itchy pets. ACV has natural anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties, which help relieve "hot spots" and fungal infections. We use organic unfiltered ACV combined with a vinegar "mother," a substance which helps harness the beneficial and healthy bacteria. I know you may be thinking, "Bacteria?! Gross, that sounds like something I don't want on my skin?" Well, our skin and our pet's skin (and gut) are filled with bacteria, a microbiome or normal flora. It's like a community of good bacteria that works together to keep us safe and healthy. ACV helps us keep the good bacteria and prevent the bad bacteria, thereby decreasing itchiness and infections.
Ok, so you’ve heard why we love ACV for our itchy pets; now, what about our stinky ones? There is an old wives tale that when dogs get "skunked," you should use tomato juice to remove the smell. Where did that tale come from? To remove odors, the last thing that comes to mind is tomatoes. So why would one use them, and why should they work? After asking myself these questions, I decided to do some research. As it turns out, it’s actually the vinegar in the tomato juice that’s doing the work! Again, we come to the importance of ACV in our products and shampoos. Still looking for another reason to love it? ACV also softens the water and helps our soaps lather. Hard water will leave hair brittle and dry, and sometimes also leave a film. ACV breaks down hard water minerals leaving your pet clean and soft. Hence, we've removed the itch and now made our pet smell nice and feel soft, but these are just some of the great benefits of ACV. We also use many other natural and organic ingredients we would be happy to talk about.
Neem, Aloe, and Niaouli
Water, Organic Saponified Oils (Olive, Coconut, Neem and Castor), Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Niaouli Essential Oil, Benzyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin, sodium-chloride
10 fl oz