Natural Shampoo Recipes

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These natural shampoo recipes are for regular use on normal hair. With wonderfully fragrant herbs like chamomile and rosemary and essential oils like almond, you can be sure that you are giving your hair and body the best you can offer.

Of course, you can always use the commercial shampoos that have ingredients like Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Parfum, Hydrochloric Acid, Hexyl Cinnamal, Paraffinum Liquidum, Tetrasodium EDTA and other laboratory produced chemicals.

Remember that many of these chemicals are new (and more are added all the time) and have no long term testing. You are the guinea pig.

However, ingredients like almond oil, chamomile and rosemary have been around for thousands of years and are still being used today.

These ingredients have certainly stood the test of time and would not be around if they were ineffective and you will find them in our natural shampoo recipes.

There is no doubt that many modern day chemicals offer substantially higher performance than their natural counterparts but the chemical processes involved to produce these higher performance ingredients come at a cost to our bodies and our world ... is it worth it?

What's the point have having beautiful hair but living in a polluted world?

Are the images below something to be proud of?

Is this what we call progress and civilisation?

It is time to move forward in equilibrium with our world if humans are going to have a planet to live on in the future. The destruction may not be obvious in our cluttered and busy lives but take some time to look around.

You will be saddened with what you will find.

Only your spending power and actions will make greedy corporates and sleepy Governments wake up and take more responsibility and action to protect this ONLY planet that we have to live on.

Any journey starts with the first step, no matter how small.

Here are some simple natural shampoo recipes that are easy to make, easy to use and provide effective performance without having to add synthetically made chemical ingredients.

Recipe 1 – Natural Lemon Fresh Shampoo

Ingredients :

• 175 ml. distilled water
• 50 ml. shampoo concentrate (or substitute with 125 ml unscented shampoo and increase salt to 1 tsp.)
• 0.5 tsp. table salt
• 30 g. dried chamomile
• 15 g. dried rosemary
• 10 ml. sweet almond oil
• 1 ml. lemon oil
• 1 drop yellow food colouring (optional)

Add the water to a saucepan and bring to the boil. 

Add dried chamomile and rosemary to the water and remove the pan from the heat. 

Let the herbs soak in the water for 20 minutes. 

Pour the water through a strainer and into a collecting bowl and discard the herbs. 

Add the shampoo concentrate to the water and stir until it has dissolved. 

Add the almond oil, lemon oil and food colouring and stir until blended. 

Add the salt and stir until the mixture thickens. 

Let the mixture cool to room temperature and add to your container ready to use.

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Recipe 2 – Natural Peppermint Tingle Shampoo

Ingredients :

• 175 ml. distilled water
• 50 ml. shampoo concentrate (or substitute with 125 ml unscented shampoo and increase salt to 1 tsp.)
• 0.5 tsp. table salt
• 2 tsp. jojoba oil
• 1 drop peppermint oil
  

This one, of the natural advantage shampoo recipes, leaves a tingling feeling on the scalp that feels like your head has been given a thorough wash - leaving the tingle of a job well done.

Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. 

Add the shampoo concentrate and stir until well blended. 

Add the remaining ingredients and stir until well blended. 

Pour into your container ready for use.

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Recipe 3 – Soapwort Shampoo

Ingredients :

• 250 ml. water
• 21 g. dried soapwort root (chopped)
• 10 ml. lemon verbena (for a citrus fragrance)

or

• 10 ml. catnip (also known as catswort or catmint)

Bring water to a boil. 

Add soapwort and let it simmer with the cover on for about 20 minutes. 

Remove from heat and add lemon verbena (or catnip) and allow mixture to cool. 

Strain the mixture, keeping the liquid. 

Pour into container ready for use and store in a cool, dark place. 

Important : Must be used within 8 to 10 days.

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Recipe 4 – Vanilla and Coconut Shampoo

Ingredients :

• 175 ml. distilled water
• 50 ml. shampoo concentrate (or substitute 125 ml unscented shampoo and increase salt to 1.5 tsp.)
• 1 tsp. table salt
• 15 ml. coconut oil
• 10 ml. jojoba oil
• 10 drops vanilla fragrance oil
• 10 drops coconut fragrance oil

If you enjoy the scent of vanilla, then this list from the natural advantage shampoo recipes is the one for you - fragrant and wonderfully scented.

Warm the water and pour into a ceramic bowl. 

Add the shampoo concentrate, stirring until well blended. 

Add the salt, coconut oil, jojoba oil, vanilla fragrance oil and coconut fragrance oil. Stir with a wire whisk until the mixture becomes a smooth, thick liquid. Pour into a bottle and close, ready for use.

This shampoo has a thick texture.

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Simplicity makes it fun to make and share

These natural shampoo recipes are simple to make and easy to use. Most ingredients are available from local health shops. Occasionally, you may have to buy some ingredients on the internet.

If the ingredients are not available in your country, always check your local laws to make sure that you can import cosmetics into your country - some countries restrict the import of cosmetic ingredients.

Our natural shampoo recipes are probably just the tip of the iceberg. There are probably many more favourites out there.

If you have one that you love and would like to share, we would all be very grateful and so would our community.

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