Shampoo….a necessity of life. But store bought can be expensive and have all kinds of unnecessary stuff in it. Not only is homemade shampoo really inexpensive and easy to make, now you’ll know what you’re putting on your hair.
You do need a few ingredients that you may not have in your cabinets as a regular basis, but once you buy the few ingredients you need, you can make so many batches the cost really is minimal.
What do you Need
Here’s a list of the things I use in my shampoo. You can find many different recipes with different ingredients. Be sure to look at several of them to find what works best for you.
My hair and scalp is naturally dry. So this shampoo leans toward dry skin.
- Organic liquid soap. I use Dr. Bonner unscented. You may have something different you like better, and that’s fine.
- Fractionated coconut oil
- Aloa vera gel. You can also use vegetable glycerine if you’d like.
- Essential oil. Whatever you like best will work.
- An empty bottle. I used an empty 8 oz Witch Hazel bottle.
Putting It All Together
I’ll tell you up-front, I’m horrible with using actual measurements. It’s a rare occasion that I actually measure the ingredients when I make shampoo (or pretty much everything else), but I worked hard at using measurements for this post. Your welcome.
- First, you need to know that the container I’m using is about an 8 oz container. So I first filled the container about a 1/4 of the way full with the liquid soap.
- Next add about 3/4 to 1 tablespoon of both fractionated coconut oil and aloa vera gel (or vegetable glycerine).
- Add about 1/4 teaspoon of vitamin E oil.
- And finally add about 30 drops of essential oils. I used grapefruit just because I love the smell of it the first thing in the morning. (Interestingly enough, I can’t stand the taste of grapefruit though).
- To finish up just add water to fill your container.
- Shake your shampoo a couple shakes before each use.
Please know this recipe is a basic recipe. These measurements are approximates depending on what you want or need. You can adjust the ingredients to make it your own, to fit your hair and scalp type.
I find this mixture works for me, but you may want to try a different type of oil or you may not want to use the vitamin E oil or use a different type of essential oil. The beauty is you can make it your own.
So, as you can see, this is just a basic starting point. This recipe pretty much gives you a place to start or to work from and then customize for your hair and scalp type and your individual taste.
You can always make a bigger batch, but I’ve just not seen the need. It’s so easy to make, I just don’t feel the need to make large batches.
Now if I could only find a recipe I like for conditioner. Let me know if you have an idea. I’d lover to hear.
Let me know how you used this recipe and how you changed it. If you have a different recipe, feel free to share.
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Until next time – Health, Wealth & Blessings ~ Tracey