Spa-At-Home: Easy Home Recipes for Natural Shampoo
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Avoid the harsh chemicals and unnecessary fillers that commercial shampoos so often contain. Mix your own effective hair care products at home, for better results at a lower price! Whatever your hair type-dry, damaged, oily, or dandruff-prone-find the recipe you need for salon-quality shampoo below. Plus: natural highlights with a special gentle lightening formula, below!
My recipes include vegetable oil for natural moisture that stimulates hair growth without clogging the skin, and liquid Castile soap for convenience. Where each recipe calls for a light vegetable oil, use your favorite: jojoba, sweet almond, avocado, apricot kernal, or coconut oil!
Basic Shampoo for Normal Hair
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup liquid Castile Soap
- 1/2 tsp light vegetable oil
Instructions
Mix all ingredients until well combined. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Massage through wet hair and into scalp. Rinse well.
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Dr. Bronner's Pure Castile Soap - Peppermint (32 oz.)
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Dr. Bronner - Organic Unscented Baby-Mild Pure Castile Soap., 8 fl oz liquid
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Dr. Bronner - Org Castile Soap Eucalyptus Liquid, 32 fl oz liquid
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Shadow Lake Castile Soap Liquid, Peppermint, 16-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 6)
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Scalp-Soothing Shampoo
Ingredients
- 3 bags chamomile tea
- 3 bags peppermint tea
- 1 cup water
- 2 Tbsp liquid Castile soap
- 1 tsp light vegetable oil
Instructions
Bring water to a boil. Steep all six tea bags for 20 minutes. Let cool to room temperature. Remove tea bags and add liquid soap and vegetable oil to brewed tea and stir until well blended. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Massage generously into hair and scalp. Rinse well.
Moisturizing Shampoo for Dry or Damaged Hair
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup liquid Castile Soap
- 1/4 cup aloe vera gel
- 1 tsp glycerin
- 1/4 tsp light vegetable oil
Instructions
Mix all ingredients until well combined. Store in an airtight container at room temperature, and shake before every use. Apply liberally to wet hair and let sit a few minutes before rinsing well with cool water.
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Lightening Shampoo for Natural Highlights (Blondes Only)
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup liquid Castile Soap
- 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tsp lemon zest
Instructions
Mix all ingredients in saucepan over medium heat 1-2 minutes until heated through but not boiling. Cool to room temperature and strain out lemon zest. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Shampoo hair as usual, rinse well.
Herbal Shampoo for Dandruff Relief
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp fresh rosemary
- 2 Tbsp fresh thyme
- 2 Tbsp coconut flakes
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 2 Tbsp of liquid Castile soap
- 1 tsp light vegetable oil
Instructions
Bring water to a boil. Steep herbs and coconut flakes in boiling water for 20 minutes. Let cool to room temperature and strain solids from water. Add other ingredients and mix until well combined. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Apply amply to wet hair and massage into scalp before rinsing well with cool water.
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Comments
These recipies sound wonderful and I would love to try them. Could you please tell me what liquid Castile soap is? Is it just ordinary liquid soap that you buy at the supermarket or is it a special type of soap. Many thanks!
Belinda:
Castile soap is a general name for soap made with vegetable oils instead of animal fats. If you cannot find it at your local supermarket, try a health food store or buy online (click one of the ebay items shown above and do your own search for "liquid castile soap").
Good luck. Thanks for reading!
Great recipes! I found liquid castille soap at Trader Joe's.
Please, please, please! remove the bit about the lemon juice! or atleast add that it's great for natural blondes to gently lighten... You put lemon juice on a brunette, and you get orange!
Otherwise, your recipes look great, and I am all for natural hair products (that's why I use and roccomend Pureology, but it's spendy).
Vaniteux:
I apologize if it wasn't clear. I would never recommend a lightening shampoo to anyone but a blonde, so it never occurred to me that a brunette would put lemon juice on her hair! I'll revise to make this clearer.
Thanks for reading!
Maddie
Thanks for the hub, I'm going to make one today! I work at Trader Joe's so I already love our liquid Castile soap. The links are helpful too, I've used one of those hair masque recipes in the past and I'm a big fan. Very informative!
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I LOVED YOUR RECIPES BUT THE UNFORTNATE PART IS THAT I STA Y IN ZIMBABWE AND CAN NOT AFFORD THOSE INGREDIENTS AND BESIDES I DONT THINK SOME OF THEM EVEN EXIST IN THIS COUNTRY BUT I WILL TRY TO APPY THOSE THAT I CAN AFFORD
Whoa! I am bookmarking this. I did not know I could make shampoo from castile soap! I'm trying this out. I worry a lot about those scary chemicals in our soaps, shampoos, etc.
omg.. these sound so gross! arent u supposed to keep oils OUT of your hair?? haelp me out and explain things about to miss kellie over here!! thxx!! xoxoxo
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Kellie:
Mineral oils you should never use on your hair or skin, but vegetable oils without additives actually serve to balance out your body's natural oils. It may seem counterintuitive, but applying an oil treatment will moisturize your hair and reduce the amount of oil your body thinks it needs to produce, resulting in LESS oily hair in the long run.
Hope that helps.
Thanx For Nice Information
You have inspired me so much i created a buisness, made from my own recipes and some of yours. i'll update yous when i can.
Hi I loved this hub and I have a question... does the Scalp-Soothing Shampoo
smell like pepper mint because of the 3 bags of peppermint tea ? I know a shampoo made by a spanish company that you can feel the mint in your hair... it's like your hair is on fire lol it's so relaxing...
I'm trying the dandruff recipe now with the following changes: a few drops of peppermint oil to mask the smell of the thyme as well as to freshen the scalp, a few shavings (~1 tsp) of goatmilk-shea butter bar soap (from http://www.soapsandsundries.com; ingredients: saponified oils of coconut & soybean, water, goat milk, shea butter) instead of liquid castile soap, omitted the vinagre because I have never been able to get the smell out of my hair, and the remaining teaspoon of weleda calendula baby oil I have on hand (ingredients: Sweet almond oil, marigold, chamomile flower extract, essential oil fragrance blend, limonene, linalool, geraniol) instead of the vegetable oil since I have long hair that has a tendency towards dryness.
This is the easiest ingredient list I have found so far!
Is there any substitute for the castille soap? Would i be able to use other liquid soap that is easier to find?
Thanks!
Wow! Very interesting. I want to try this. I'm telling a friend. Good thing vegetable oil is a good oil to our skin.
Do you have a shampoo for greasy hair?
I have dreads, and need to use a residue free shampoo, because it gets stuck in my dreads... But I live in South Africa & here aren't many shop I can buy "fancy" shampoos from,, are these recipes residue free... And can I use something else than the castile soap, because I can't find it here... PLZ PLZ HELP...
Pure castille soap by definition is soap made using only olive oil, not just any vegetable oil. So maybe you can find some olive oil soap. Or, if you have access to olive oil and sodium hydroxide (lye) you can make your own. The only other ingredient needed is water. But please research how to use lye safely before attempting to make soap. It's easy as long as you follow simple precautions.
VERY VERY VERY USEFULL RECIPES... I m very happy to read all these.
I have a question to make. I ve already made some olive oil soaps with the cold process, adding oat , honey, mastich from Chios, and essential oils, I ve waited for the curing time to pass and the soaps are just fantastic. Since here in Greece I haven't found anywhere selling castille soap, COULD I MELT SOME OF THE OLIVE OIL SOAP IN A MIXTURE OF HERB WATER INSTEAD OF USING CASTILLE SOAP?
THANK U VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPLY
Great recipes! Thanks for such a great info.
i dont have castile soap is there any way without it
Has anyone tried using green tea in place of chamomile/peppermint tea, for the scalp soothing recipe? I was just wondering because I already have green tea (quite a bit of it actually) and wondered it it might help the condition of my hair as well. Thanks in advance for any tips.
my name is kayla and im 11 and i want to start a beauty line as soon as possible and these recipes have got me on my way to stardome
Where the recipes call for light vegetable oil, could olive oil be used? Thanks
where can i purchase glycerin?
Your recipes sound great. Can't wait to try them!!
I tend to have oily hair and I've tried washing with baking soda, which sometimes works well, and after a few days of continued washing begins to look greasy. For the last couple of days I've tried washing solely with organic lemon juice slightly diluted with water and my hair feels good and looks it too. Does anyone know if it's damaging over the long haul? Any input would be great. Thanks!
i love using shampoos and soaps that i made myself. however, since i still used some chemicals on my hair, i have acquired a weekly rinse habit. a mixture of 1/4 cup apple cider and 1 cup water could act as an effective build-up remover. since my hair tend to smell like pickles, i do the rinse routine every saturday night. this way, i could keep my hair wrapped overnight. thank you very much for the recipes. i love the clean smell and fresh feel of the tea shampoo. :)
I must have been doing something wrong. I have adamantly tried for almost two weeks to use my home made shampoo, with Dr Bronners liquid castile, baby formula unscented. I have tried it several ways: a few drops straight, mixed with herbal tea, and diluted with plain water. I also have used leave in and rinse out rinses with vinegar, herbal tea mixed with vinegar and essential oils, and finally no rinse at all.
I absolutely love the way my hair feels when its first washed and wet, the rinses help with detangling. I knew that I had years of build up so I expected several days of not liking my hair. But it still has not gotten better. As soon as it dries it is stringy and looks greasy and feels very nasty, sticky almost. I have been very stubborn and have washed daily for nearly two weeks, with no changes. I had to break down this morning and use my commercial shampoo and conditioner, simply because I could no longer stand my hair feeling horribly greasy and looking terrible, my scalp felt dirty and itchy.
I have very fine thin hair, that tends to weight down with most any treatments that are leave in, thats why I tried rinses both ways. my hair is not greasy nor dry, very normal.
I really do not want to keep using commercial shampoos and conditioners. But I also cannot stand my hair to not feel clean and look clean.
HELP!!! Any suggestions???
i have white spots on my face.My skin is bit oily and bit fair but still i have problem.Can u suggest me a home remedy to remove these white spots?
Hi, is there a way to remove residue buildup without using lemon or vinegar? I have marble tiles, and acid is, well, bad for them. Are there any other tips that you guys have?
Thanks!
Castile soap has too high a pH for hair, the lemon juice or vinegar is meant to pH balance the soap, if I understand correctly.
I am about to give one of the recipes a try with a little vinegar. My hair is already kind of dry so I'm not sure if this is going to work out well (as I've heard true soaps tend to dry out hair). Hopefully the oil and balanced pH help.
Kyle is correct: The unfortunate thing about Castille Soap (such as Dr. Bronner's, online) is that it is very alkaline (9.0-9.5 pH!). This high alkalinity will break the sulfur bonds of your hair shaft, damaging your hair. Also, skin requires "Acidic" soaps; people who use alkaline soaps on their armpits, for example, dissolve the natural "acid mantle" of the skin, ending up with problems controlling body odor - same with scalp on head, no odor, but the acid mantle destruction damages hair follicles all the same. Add a little vinegar to castille soaps to get shampoo in range of 5.0-7.0 acidity (ideal pH)...use pH strips to test if trying to arrive at preferred pH. Good luck.
Robin
Dermatologist
safia says:
2 years ago
your recipes sound great and i am going to try it. could you please tell me which local stores will carry the liquid castile soap?
thanx