For a while now I've been swapping products around the home for those in plastic free packaging.

One of the swaps I made was my shampoo. I'd been using a solid shampoo bar from Lush but I found it tangled my hair and sometimes left it feeling weird. The conditioner bar from Lush didn't work well for me either, I found that it was difficult to use and added tangles rather than helping to eliminate them.

My search for an alternative offered up Beauty Kubes. I chose it as it claimed conditioner wasn't needed. Having taken two bottles in to the shower for years I had my doubts but the only way to know for sure is to try it, right?

They're easy to use, you just crumble the cube in your hand and add water to make a paste. You use the paste just as you would shampoo. I leave it in while I get on with the rest of my shower, then rinse it out. I find this gives the best results. I never thought I'd be able to go without conditioner but I don't need it after using this. My ancient Tangle Teezer takes care of any tangles with ease and my hair dries soft and smooth, and feels really clean.

The box contains 27 cubes and is £9.50. I don't wash my hair everyday so these will last me a few months and when you consider that I used to spend more than that on bottles of shampoo and conditioner I think these are reasonably priced.

I purchased mine from Peace With The Wild, but Beauty Kubes have a website of their own, and I noticed they're available in Selfridges as well so there are plenty of places to buy, just pop in into Google.

To keep them dry I store them in a glass jar in my bathroom. When I travel I take a few cubes in a small tin, which is so much easier than bottles.

I'm really pleased with this product and highly recommend it.