Find out how to make all bath and shampoo products from the comfort of your own home! A complete guidebook on offer that will show you step by step how to make your own products, saving you more money.
What’s Wrong With Shampoo From The Shops?
If you read the back of your shampoo bottle you will be horrified. All of these ingredients that the manufactures are putting in these shampoos that they are calling good for you. Even the ones that say are all natural still have ingredients in them that can hurt your hair and can potentially hurt you. So what is the alternative the shampoos that are made specifically all natural that don’t have any harmful chemicals all cost too much and I can think of other things that I need when I go to the grocery store that special shampoos. The alternative is learn how to make homemade shampoos. I know what you are thinking how do I do that? In this article I will give you some recipes to make your own homemade shampoo.
The Secret To Healthy Hair
For a base shampoo that you can use you need:
4 oz. of castle soap any scent that is available
About half an ounce of rosemary
About half an ounce of lavender
About half an ounce of sage
About half an ounce of nettles
2000 mg of what is known as Organic sulphur or MSM
An empty plastic bottle of around 8 ounces
Put all the herbs in a jar which has a lid. In the mean time take around 2 cups of distilled water and bring it to a boil. Add around 3 heaped tablespoons of the mixture of herbs into the boiling water. Let it rest for around half an hour or more. Add the organic sulphur to this mixture, after it has cooled down. When the orgnaic sulphur has melted, which should be around 30 to 40 minutes later, use a strainer and strain the herb mixture. Put this into a bowl and add around two to two and a half cups of herb tea that has been strained. Add this into the plastic bottle. The 4 ounce of castle soap needs to be added into this bottle as well. Put the cap on and shake well. And Voila your shampoo is ready to be used.
Chamomile Shampoo
For homemade shampoo made from chamomile, here’s what you’ll need
Around 4 chamomile tea bags
Pure soap flakes around 4 tablespoons
around one and a half tablespoon of glycerin
Take around one and a half cups of boiled water, and add the tea bags here. Keep this for around 10 minutes. Thereafter take off the tea bags and the soap flakes need to be added in. Keep this until the soap gets soft. Next add the glycerin and mix well. Pour this mixture in an empty bottle. Keep this aside in a cool dark place.
Soapwart Shampoo
For soapwart shampoo, you’ll need
around 2 cups of distilled water
one and a half teaspoons of soapwart root – you can get this at any health food store
around 2 tablespoons of catnip or lemon verbena
Boil the distilled water and add the soapwart to it. Simmer this mixture with a cover on, for around 20 minutes or so. Take the pot off from the heat and add the herb. Keep aside and allow this to cool. Next strain the mixture and pour the liquid left over into a bottle. Just make sure you store this shampoo mixture in a cool dry and dark place. Also, it needs to be used within a week to ten days maximum.
Homemade Forever
With these simple recipes you will not have to worry about buying shampoo from the store anymore. If you are concerned about the way the chemicals are treating your hair then you may consider learning how to make homemade shampoo. This way you don’t have to pay all kind of money you don’t have to get a specialty shampoo.
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October 24th, 2008 at 6:17 am
Hi. Or…you could purchase all natural shampoo bars with most of your ingredients in the bars. I make 5 different shampoo bars with different ingredients added to the base shampoo recipe for each bar. I am in the process of curing a 6th. I love them. They are completely natural and quite effective, and lot less time consuming than making your own, and cost effective because they last a longer time than a bottle of shampoo. Thanks…kathleen
October 28th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Comment: I was just wondering how long this homemade shampoo would keep? Does it’s effectiveness last a long time if properly bottled?
Thanks,
Austin
October 28th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Hi Kathleen – could you please tell me where you purchase these bars from? Thank you.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Comment:Hi andy here from malaysia!can i know where should i get the vegetable glcerin?
November 9th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
absolutely fabulous, i only buy my shampoos from a special shop. I did not realise it would that easy to make my own
In terms og how long we can keep them i see no problem in keeping them for a month or two, after all none of the ingredients are perishable in the short term.
November 15th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Comment:Seems like an interesting article, but I had a hard time taking it seriously after I saw the term ‘post-pardon’ used instead of ‘post-partum’. Unless ‘post-pardon’ is some new-age treatment that I’ve never heard of………………….
November 18th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Abot how much will i spend to make one bottle of shampoo using these ingrediants For a base shampoo that you can use you need:
4 oz. of castle soap any scent that is available
About half an ounce of rosemary
About half an ounce of lavender
About half an ounce of sage
About half an ounce of nettles
2000 mg of what is known as Organic sulphur or MSM
An empty plastic bottle of around 8 ounces
November 20th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Leanne S if you click with your mouse on Kathleen Baldwin’s name it will take you to her online shopping website. Just hoover over the name
February 24th, 2009 at 8:32 am
I tried using only soapwort in the shampoo because I am allergic to scents. When I used it my hair would have a funny smell and after a couple of days it started to burn my skin.
February 25th, 2009 at 6:49 am
I think it’s actually Castile soap (named after a place in Spain).
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:12 am
I am trying to make shampoo for my product line. How do I get a thicker shampoo. It always seems to get so runny after I add the essential oils. What Am I doing wrong.
March 16th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Are you actually using essential oils or are you using dried/fresh herbs? Maybe I just got a little confused about the last part. You said that we should strain the herb mixture then add the mixture to a diff. strained herbal tea? Where did the tea come from? Help?
September 16th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Let it rest for around half an hour or more. Add the organic sulphur to this mixture, after it has cooled down. When the orgnaic sulphur has melted, which should be around 30 to 40 minutes later, use a strainer and strain the herb mixture. (WHAT AM I PUTTING INTO A BOWL, THE STRAINED HERBS OR THE TEA)Put this into a bowl and add around two to two and a half cups of herb tea that has been strained.(I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS, IF I AM STRAINING THE TEA FROM THE HERBS WHY AM I PUT PUTTING THE TEA BACK INTO THE BOWL OF HERBS? PLEASE CLARIFY AS I HAVE THE TEA ON THE STOVE. Also how long does the shampoo last for? Will it go bad? Thank you so much.
November 10th, 2010 at 9:58 am
i think the tea being referenced it the herb mixture after it’s been strained.
November 15th, 2010 at 1:25 am
Why do you add MSM to the first recipe? I’m personally not too convinced about this ingredient, so I need someone who can tell me why or why not to add it.