My parents always made sure we had the all natural hippy dippy shampoo in the house. My hair always looked good but when I moved out on my own I realized how expensive it was and started buying the crap shampoo. My hair started to suffer. I started getting split ends and it started looking like hay. It was gross and I was sad.
Fast forward a few years and I tried shampoo soap bars, no poo, plain castille soap like Dr. Bronners. My hair started to look better but those agents do tend to be a bit drying. I found some recipes on Pinterest and experimented with a fair amount before deciding to just try my own recipe. Ladies and Gentlemen (if this is the sort of blog gentleman read) I have finally found my perfect homemade shampoo formula. Better yet, I have discovered a way to make it most cost effective as well.
Here is what you will need
* Castille liquid soap like Dr. Bronners
* Coconut Milk (the kind you cook with NOT Coconut milk beverage)
* Vitamin E oil (I bought mine at Trader Joes)
* Baking Soda
* Essential Oils (this is optional)
* Bottle (I used the now empty Dr. Bronners bottle)
* Silicone Molds or Ice Trays
Heres the thing. With all the recipes I tried, my shampoo would start smelling funky in a few weeks because the coconut milk would turn. Also most of the recipes only called for 1/2 a can so the other half got wasted. Between the coconut milk and the castille liquid soap this venture became expensive, especially considering I kept having to throw it out. I was talking to my sister in law about this the other day and she said she read somewhere on a blog that they would freeze their homemade shampoo in ice trays so it wouldn't go bad. Suddenly it all came together for me. I could make an extra large batch and have it not go bad. Victory!
Here is how you make it:
1 can coconut milk
1 16oz bottle of Liquid Castille Soap (again, I used Dr. Bronners Almond)
8 tsps Vitamin E oil
1/3 cup Baking Soda (I used a pretty heaping 1/3 cup)
****Essential Oils all depends on you. I actually experimented by putting a few drops in each old of different kinds to determine my favorite. I used Peppermint, Lavender, and Orange. I think my favorite is the almond soap and peppermint oil combo.
Combine everything together and stir. Portion into your molds and save about 1 cup worth for the bottle to put in your shower. How much you decide to put in your shower bottle is up to you and depends on how often you wash your hair. The solution will separate so you need to shake the bottle before each use.
Put the filled molds or ice trays in the freezer and let freeze over night. When frozen put in a bag and leave in freezer. When you are getting low on shampoo in your shower, pop in the fridge one of the frozen molds (or two or three however much you think you will need), when defrosted transfer to shower bottle and you are ready to go.
Id say the shower life of the shampoo is around 2 or 3 weeks before it gets funky.
Just as a side note, if you have used conventional non natural shampoos for awhile this shampoo will cause your hair to detox. That will make it look pretty nasty and dreadlock-y for a while till it purges all the nasty build up that your hair has accumulated over the years. Once you go through that detox time (takes a few weeks) your hair will start looking better than it ever has.
Good luck!
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