There are many reasons for which you would want to make your own shampoo from scratch. There are two main reasons: first you probably want to avoid the nasty chemicals in the widely available shampoos, and secondly it's actually great chemistry fun.
Shampoos are just like soaps but they have a special property: they protect your natural oils from your scalp and hair. Most soaps use animal fat. But a truly healthy shampoo is based on vegetable fat. Most used one is the coconut oil. Coconut oil shampoos have easy to follow recipes and their results are healthy and lovely to use.
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To prepare a shampoo you first of all need a well ventilated room or just prepare it outdoors.
Here are the ingredients necessary for a coconut oil shampoo recipe. They are easy to find and also very cheap. You will need:
-- coconut oil
- -water
-- lye
-- glycerol
-- alcohol (vodka)
-- some essential oils for the fragrance
Here are the easy steps of one of the recipes for making a great coconut oil shampoo:
1. Pour the oils in a large pan and mix them together.
2. Wearing protection glasses and gloves, mix the lye and the water. This reaction will produce heat so be cautious.
3. Warm the oils and cool the lye until they reach the same temperature. You will have to do this without mixing them. To do this you should place both containers in the same tray filled with warm water. And allow them to equilibrate their temperatures.
4. Mix the two components together. The result will have a dark color.
5. Stir in the glycerol and the alcohol.
6. Add water.
This is one of the simplest of the many coconut oil shampoo recipes available out there. There are many variations. And you should definitely try them. The coconut oil shampoo is healthy, easy to prepare and very cheap. This way you can avoid all chemicals and other rather toxic products.
Coconut Oil Shampoo Recipe
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