DIY Shampoo Homemade Shampoo
How to make it
You will only need 2 ingredients and one of them is free. Never mistake simplicity for ineffectiveness. I double dog dare you to make, use, and compare this shampoo. After you’re convinced I want you to share the information with every one you know. That is what diyNatural.com is all about!- 1 Tbsp baking soda – We buy baking soda in bulk because we use a ton and it saves even more money. (Baking soda is also referred to as sodium bicarbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate.)
- 1 cup water – Like I said, one of the ingredients is free. Use whatever kind of water you wish – we use tap which is English for “out of the sink.”
This shampoo is completely safe for all hair types and will not strip your hair of it’s natural oils, unlike most commercial shampoo. But if you color your hair it may strip the dyes out.
Tips for thickening shampoo
- Blend up some whole oats in a GOOD blender (Vitamix) then mix with baking soda and water. Different people like different consistencies so add oat flour slowly until desired thickness is reached.
- Mix corn starch with the baking soda and water (add enough for desired thickness).
- Use both oats and corn starch, try this mixture: 1 c. warm water, 1 Tbsp. baking soda, and equal parts cornstarch & oatmeal flour to thicken (approx. 3/4 Tbsp each).
Make Your Own Leave-In Hair
Conditioner http://www.ehow.com/how_2304860_make-own-hair-conditioner-.html
Mix 1 oz. of commercial hair
conditioner
5 oz. of purified water. Pour the
components of the mixture into the spray bottle.
Natural Hair Conditioner http://www.readymade.com/blog/fashion/2011/02/25/make_your_own_hair_conditioner/P2/
· 2/3 cup water
· ¼ teaspoon guar gum
· ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum
· 1 tsp organic oil, such as olive, canola, almond, or sunflower
· 5 drops rosemary oil
1. Put all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until emulsified.
2. Transfer the conditioner to an old plastic lotion tube or pump bottle that’s been thoroughly cleaned. Use within a month or store in the refrigerator between uses.
Body Wash Recipe
Ultra Ivory Pure dishwashing soap
Mineral water
Epsom Salts
The simplest recipe involves Ultra Ivory Pure dishwashing soap (the clear kind, and the only affordable liquid soap available in stores with no coloring, dyes, fragrance or surfactants).
Diluted about four to one with mineral water (depending on your preference and the amount of dirt and body oils you want to remove), it makes a remarkably effective body wash that leaves skin feeling both clean and soft, but you can add more softening properties by dissolving one-quarter cup of Epsom Salts in the mineral water and adding this to one gallon of the soap mixture.
If you must, you can also add fragrance, but please do not use essential oils. Instead, go to your nearest whole foods or herbal store and buy dried leaves, of lavender, bergamot, geranium, rosemary or mint, or grow you own and dry over winter. You can also use pure extracts, of vanilla or almond, for example (though just a few drops, because the alcohol-based carrier is very dry), or you can save orange or lemon peels, or rose petals from your favorite, fragrant roses.
Some people pulverize the herbs in a coffee grinder and add them to the soap mix. I prefer to steep them, over low heat and with very little distilled water, for 24 hours, and then drain them through cheesecloth or an old t-shirt. Add one teaspoon of rubbing alcohol for a carrier, and add the result to the soap mix. Because the fragrances are water-based and toxin-free, you can use as much or as little as you want.
Make up removal
I just use baby oil!
Natural Hair Conditioner http://www.readymade.com/blog/fashion/2011/02/25/make_your_own_hair_conditioner/P2/
· 2/3 cup water
· ¼ teaspoon guar gum
· ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum
· 1 tsp organic oil, such as olive, canola, almond, or sunflower
· 5 drops rosemary oil
1. Put all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until emulsified.
2. Transfer the conditioner to an old plastic lotion tube or pump bottle that’s been thoroughly cleaned. Use within a month or store in the refrigerator between uses.
Body Wash Recipe
Ultra Ivory Pure dishwashing soap
Mineral water
Epsom Salts
The simplest recipe involves Ultra Ivory Pure dishwashing soap (the clear kind, and the only affordable liquid soap available in stores with no coloring, dyes, fragrance or surfactants).
Diluted about four to one with mineral water (depending on your preference and the amount of dirt and body oils you want to remove), it makes a remarkably effective body wash that leaves skin feeling both clean and soft, but you can add more softening properties by dissolving one-quarter cup of Epsom Salts in the mineral water and adding this to one gallon of the soap mixture.
If you must, you can also add fragrance, but please do not use essential oils. Instead, go to your nearest whole foods or herbal store and buy dried leaves, of lavender, bergamot, geranium, rosemary or mint, or grow you own and dry over winter. You can also use pure extracts, of vanilla or almond, for example (though just a few drops, because the alcohol-based carrier is very dry), or you can save orange or lemon peels, or rose petals from your favorite, fragrant roses.
Some people pulverize the herbs in a coffee grinder and add them to the soap mix. I prefer to steep them, over low heat and with very little distilled water, for 24 hours, and then drain them through cheesecloth or an old t-shirt. Add one teaspoon of rubbing alcohol for a carrier, and add the result to the soap mix. Because the fragrances are water-based and toxin-free, you can use as much or as little as you want.
Make up removal
I just use baby oil!
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