Diy natural shampoo Videos

+Malgorzata P :) You're very welcome.

+Carla Doty Excellent! :)

+Amy Hennings A teaspoon each of the dried herb steeped in a cup of water will do :)

+Lulastic Hippyshake Yea! Hehe, I haven't tried soap nuts yet, do you have a good recipe?

+Colorful Canary I appreciate your advice. Do you think the extract form of nettle leaf would work just as well as the powder form? I would rather use the extract being easier to use.

+Chris D nettle leaf would be better, you may need a very fine sieve with the powder, if it don't all dissolve you will have some solid matter in your shampoo, it won't hurt but you may not like the texture.

+Colorful Canary I just found out I already have nettle leaf in powder form and in extract form without alcohol. Would the powder still work if left to sit in the hot water and would the extract still work in the shampoo? My previous comment regarding the alcohol being very drying was wrong and it is true only concerning the extract that has more that trace amounts of alcohol in it which is not what I have.

+Chris D I would not cook the herbs, the best way to extract the benefits is simply steeping them in boiled water :)

+Colorful Canary I have had people suggest to me to use a tea pot if I cook the powder to preserve more of the herbs benefits when cooking them. Do you know if that is true or would it make much of a difference?

+Chris D Just get the dried herbs and make a tea, pour 1 cup of boiling water over 2 tbs of herb, let it sit until it's room temperature, strain and use. :)

+Colorful Canary if i use all the ingredient from the video ,how long it sty ?i mean is there limited time i have to finish the shampoo? thanks

+Colorful CanaryHi thanks for your time. yes.. i try about 2 week but i give up,i don't fell so well,my hair looks so ugly n to oily .I he'd to cut my hair very short for good,,since 3 week i try backing soda n apple vinegar ,is looking good until now but i am not sure if that work for ling time is start already 2 pimple comes , i am home now ,the recepy produce from the video just drive from amazon ,i am going to try tomorrow ,,so exciting hehe,, hope it will work for me, i have pimple every where with normal shampoo ,when i use normal shampoo in the very next day my head is full of nob pimple ,so much pain n ichi .wish me luck for next try ,have great day and talk to you soon

+komang beth I too have terrible reactions to commercial shampoo...Have you tried the no-poo method? I've been doing that lately and my hair has been great :)

You're just fun to watch!! Happy! I do love the videos, I'm going for an Afro, and curly hair. You got some good tips that I'm going to apply

I just found your videos and it looks like you have so much fun making them. Instant subscriber!

What would you suggest besides apple cider vinegar if someone is allergic to apple?

I find your videos so helpful can you make more please

girl your hair is ridiculously the BOMB

I love your personality very refreshing

your laugh is the cutest thing XD

Love your personality

Definitely just use the castile soap by itself then. It comes in a few other scents/oils and it's found in a few drugstores and specialty stores but Amazon has everything lol

+The Curly Scientist yeah it's to heavy for my hair :(

+Suzanne John-George It shouldn't be if you add less coconut milk than I did. You can try using the castile soap as shampoo as an alternative I use it by itself on my hair and it's definitely one you only need a nickel size for.

+M CJ Thanks and it's worth a try!

+sunshine.janice walker Thank you so much!!

+Dulce Maria Solis Thank you & thanks for watching!!

Thank you & let me know how you like the shampoo!!

before your normal wash (baking soda, water... etc) use a infusion of rosemary with mint or salve  it will solve everything about your scalp problems, you can ad a pinch of vinegar. try and tell me how it goes! ;) 

+MsFlamingFlamer That GREAT! I always love when one of my tips help someone...the essential oils are a great ideal to add on extra goodness to your hair :) and freezing it is a great ideal for later usage.. Thanks for watching always :)

+Alyssa Cubas Good luck Alyssa. Share your thoughts if you can :-)

+Dalma Perkins I have a list of vendors but they are always in rotation to ensure quality control. If you tell me what which ingredients you are looking for I might be able to give some suggestions.

No. And the lye is undergoing a chemical process with the oils to create a salt which is what soap is. If it is soap, it is created with lye, but as long as an appropriate formula was correctly followed there will be no lye in the remaining soap. Superfating is important for this reason as it ensures that calculation errors don't result in leftover lye. Superfating is basically purposefully having extra oil/fat in your soap recipe (more than needed to reach with the lye). Even authentic African black soap which is made with ashes and other natural ingredients involves a process (using those ashes and water) that creates lye (potassium chloride I think) naturally. Using pure lye only eliminates those extra steps. The chemical process is the still the same and unless you're trained in making African soap by the women in Africa who've perfected it, you'll find using a soaping calculator gives you more safety and control while making your homemade soap. Read up on and follow safety precautions and do your research. Please don't be afraid of soap making, it is a process of turning "evil" dangerous chemicals into ones we can use and benefit from and eliminates other synthetic chemicals often found in soaps and shampoos. You'll know exactly what's going onto your body (and being absorbed by your skin) and I think it's worth a try.

Oh OK, thx

It's not, but since it won't be part of the final product, it's okay to use a soap/shampoo bar like this.

+bkeressW Final PH was about 8. It's still high but with a quick ACV spray I can counter that. The batch made with just water (not herbal tea) ended up at PH 7. I'm sticking with that formula for now. 

+DuchessGabrielle I've never heard of that being true unless you make hot process soap. I agree with zitoonaful... leave it to cure for 4-6 weeks.

DuchessGabrielle thank you for your reply , tell me do you super fat with 5% ,and at what temp do you mix ur lye with your oils ?

+zitoonaful It can only burn your skin if you have left over sodium hydroxide which is extremely corrosive. But if super fatted correctly and making sure all the hydroxide reacts with the fat, the reaction fully eliminates the corrosive hydroxide. Curing time lowers PH and eliminates excess moisture in the soap, which makes the soap last longer and not dissolve in large amounts when it is used. If your fresh soap (24hrs after it has set) is burning you then something is definitely not right with the formula. 

+Paris Kmetko I switch between vendors for quality control but I have purchased on Amazon Soap Goods, From Nature With Love and Bramble Berry. If you tell me which oil you are interested in, I might be able to point you to a vendor I like.

It goes bad then gets better... After the first week or two your hair gets used to it then it starts becoming healthier and thicker. An alternative is to use shampoo without SLS :)

+Pippetandpossum so what should I use then? Just water doesn't do the job.

Are you using oil treatments for moisture? Bc if you remove the excess with regular shampoo, your stripping your hair and thus wasting your money

+Darsh's Bites Okay, thanks :)

+Michaela Chnurikova not completely unfortunately. in the case where you do an oil mask, its better to use a good shampoo with a lot of foam to take out all the oil. else you will have a lot of grease remaining in your hair. Baking soda is good to take out small amounts of naturally produced hair oil from day to day, rather than oil treatment masks.

okay will do...thank you...

+Beaut QT try yves rocher vinegar rinse I saw it recommended and Im giving it a try. its like 98% natural ingredients it seems good! I bought 2 bottles for only 24 bucks and they gave me a $48 perfume (full size) as gift. :P so far so good

Thanks @obstinacy

+Erlinda Diaz you could practically eat the stuff if you wanted to. baking soda not just to clean dishes etc etc you can use it to wash your hair, soak in it kills bacteria and makes skin super soft its prob less harmful than 99% of all soaps/shampoos

+Selena Wangsom The company of ArganRain is too fast and reliable.

I tried the " ArganLife shampoo"  and after just one wash my hair is soft to the touch with some body and shine. My hair also tangles easily, especially at the roots and ends, and after using the arganlife shampoo I can actually run my fingers right through my hair from roots to tips. The smell is also very light and pleasant. I work out everyday and while I don't sweat a river, I need to wash my hair with something that won't dry it out and this shampoo will be perfect for that