How to Make Homemade Shampoo (Recipes)

There are many reasons why you may choose to ditch that store-bought shampoo. Maybe you're trying to save some money. Perhaps you're concerned about all those chemicals on the ingredients label of your shampoo and you're looking for an alternative. It's possible you heard about the 'No Poo' movement and want to jump on that bandwagon. Or you might be just plain curious as to what results DIY shampoos would have on your hair (like I was). Whatever the reason, I have two natural shampoo recipes you need to try out!

Both of these shampoos are free of any harsh chemicals and smell fantastic!

Here's a recipe for shampoo you can make with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry. This is a very mild shampoo and can be used daily but after some time, you won't need to because your hair will become less oily from using natural shampoo.

Plus, did you know that chamomile tea is used for naturally lightening your hair? It's true, use chamomile regularly in your shampoo and your hair will gradually become lighter!

Here's a recipe for shampoo that will not only make your hair less oily, it will also make your dark tresses more vibrant. Sage is used as a natural remedy to cover greys.

Store-bought shampoos have ingredients like Sodium Laurel Sulfate, which is a detergent! Detergents are used to get rid of oil and grease particles and that's what it does to the oil that your scalp produces naturally.

Have you heard about the 'No Poo' movement? It's a movement based on the idea that the shampoos we buy in stores have so many chemicals in them that they strip our hair of oil that's produced naturally and our scalps compensate by producing more oil.

When you use homemade shampoo, your hair looks and feels less greasy. It's true! My hair usually looks disgustingly oily the day after washing it so I'm stuck washing my hair every morning (or using dry shampoo) but by using homemade shampoo, my hair looks so much better the next day that I'm gradually starting to wash my hair every other day!

Home made shampoos gets our scalps back in balance, and they naturally become less greasy.

• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup fresh or 1/4 cup dried rosemary or sage
• 3 tablespoons Castile soap (infused with the essential oil of your choice)
• 1 teaspoon Sesame oil

Prep time: 5 min

Cook time: 20 min

Ready in: 25 min

Yields: Can be used daily by anyone with dark hair

1. Put the rosemary (or sage) in a pot or jar that has a tight lid. Pour the boiling water over the contents. Cover with lid.
2. After 20 minutes, strain, leaving the liquid and discarding the hard contents.
3. Add Castile soap (you can get it at health food stores - I got my bottle of Dr. Bronner's with lavender essential oil at Whole Foods) and sesame oil to the liquid and stir well.
4. Pour your shampoo concoction into a squirt plastic bottle or maybe even an old shampoo bottle (which is what I did) and you're done. Congrats, you've made your own shampoo!
   Optional: If you have a dry scalp (dry, flaky skin), add 3 drops of tea tree essential oil to the shampoo. Tea tree oil has many healing properties and will cure it.
5. Apply this shampoo as you would with any regular store-bought shampoo, rinse and condition as usual.