shampoo

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Chamomile shampoo

1 handful fresh or dried chamomile flowers

1 3/4 cup boiling water

3 tablespoons pure soap flake, OR save

leftover pieces of

soap.

1 tablespoon glycerin

5 drops yellow food coloring (optional)

 

 

You also will need:

2 heat proof bowls

a sieve

a wooden spoon

a clean 14 ounce bottle with tight fitting

cover

 

 

1. Place the flowers in a bowl and cover

with the boiling

water. Let stand for 15 minutes, then

strain into the other

bowl.

 

2. Clean the first bowl. Combine the soap

and hot infusion

in it. Let stand until the soap softens - a

few minutes. Beat

in the glycerin and food coloring until

well blended.

 

3. Pour the mixture into the bottle. Keep

in a cool dark

place.

 

 

 

Dandruff Treatment

 

 

2 teaspoons dried rosemary

2 teaspoons dried thyme

2/3 cup boiling water

2/3 cup cider vinegar

 

You will also need:

a heatproof ceramic bowl

a fine sieve

a clean 10 ounce plastic bottle with a

tight fitting cover

 

1. Place the herbs in the bowl. Pour in the

boiling water.

Cover and allow to steep for 20 minutes.

 

2. Strain into the bottle, add the vinegar,

and shake. Store in

a cool dry place.

 

Shampoo and rinse the hair thoroughly;

massage a small

amount into the scalp. Between shampoos,

massage in a

small amount before going to bed. This can

help eliminate

dandruff.

 

 

 

Pre wash honey treatment

 

 

Before a shampoo, use this special

treatment to condition

the scalp and repair damaged hair. Use

regularly if your

hair is dry or ends are split.

 

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 teaspoons honey

5 drops rosemary, lavender or geranium

essential oil

 

You will also need:>br> a small cup

a ceramic or glass bowl

a small stainless steel spoon

a plastic shower cap

and a comfortably hot towel

 

1. In a cup sitting in hot water, warm the

olive oil and the

honey ( or you can use the microwave for

heating - be

careful) Stir in your choice of essential

oil and mix well.

 

2. While the mixture is still warm, apply

it all over your

hair, massaging well into the scalp. Cover

your hair with

the shower cap (or large plastic bag) wrap

the towel around

your head and leave on for 10-15 minutes.

For severely

damaged hair, leave on up to 30 minutes.

 

3. Remove the towel and shower cap, and

wash your hair

with a mild shampoo or baby shampoo.

 

Makes enough for one application.

[Guest guest]

Hi Suzie! Here are the recipes for the shampoo. I don't use either of the essential oils though, we like peppermint--You can use any essential oil you like. Patty

 

Herbal Shampoo for Dry to Normal hair:

10 ounces coconut oil

6 ounces tallow

4 ounces castor oil

34 ounces olive oil

7 ounces lye

20 1/2 ounces water

3-6 drops rosemary oil (for dark hair) OR chamomile oil (for light hair)

several drops of pine fragrance

 

If you are familiar with making soap, mix the lye and water in your container. Mix the fats/oils in your other pan, bring both to a temp. of 95 degrees. After trace, add the essential oils and pour it into the molds. To make shampoo bars,allow it to set up and slice it into hefty bars. Let dry completely.

Herbal Essence Shampoo for Oily hair

16 ounces coconut oil

4 ounces castor oil

34 ounces olive oil

7 ounces lye

20 1/2 ounces water

3-6 drops cinnamon leaf oil

several drops of pine fragrance.

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To make a smooth squeezable shampoo: mix together in a saucepan: 5 ounces of the grated block of basic soap, 30 ounces of water, and 1/2 tsp. of powdered pectin. (Omitting the pectin will cause the shampoo to separate in the bottle, leaving big chunks of floating soap). Heat the mixture until it is smooth and liquid. Then add the essential oils you want-3-6 drops. Too much of any oil can irritate the skin so be careful. You will need to shake this mixture quite a bit while it is cooling or you will get lumps. This makes quite a bit so have several containers handy. Be sure to shake the bottle before using to disperse the essential oils.

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Tallow IS fat, rendered fat. If you don't put in the lye you have a greasy mess. The water has to be mixed with the lye and added to the fats to get the chemical reaction called 'saponification' . Don't make this if you haven't ever read up on making soaps. The lye can cause serious damage to your skin and eyes, as well as lungs if you don't know what you are doing. My friend that I taught to make soap didn't put on her goggles only ONE TIME and got lye in her eye. She is lucky she has full eyesight! There are precautions you must use, gloves, and goggles for instance. And NEVER mix the lye into the water, it must be the water into the lye, it reaches a boiling point immediately and will splash if not done correctly.

Patty

Isn't tallow fat? Didn't they used to use it to make candles? Also, if you don't put in the lye will you just end up with a liquid shampoo?

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there should be recipes either in the files or in the messages.

there was discussion back awhile.

Suzi

Ilana Grostern <ilana wrote:

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I have been using a product called Daily Replenishing Shampoo made by Desert Essence. It has tea tree oil and lavender oil and no sulphates. Whenever I have had to use anything else, I really can't wait to get back to my own shampoo. I do want to try some of those recipes, though.

Chris