Make your own herbal hair shampoo

Make your own herbal hair shampoo

In 1990, I decided to stop using commercially produced shampoos after reading Aubrey Hampton's book, Natural Organic Hair and Skin Care. In this book, Aubrey tells you how to read the label on any product you apply to your skin or hair.

Manufacturers constantly use toxic chemicals in their skin and hair products and ignore their toxic effects on your body. This can be easily seen in the list of chemicals used. Here are some of these chemicals found in many product labels:

* Propylene glycol or glycol – a petrochemical used because it is cheap

* Cetearyl alcohol – emulsifier that can be synthetic or natural

* Methylparaben or propylparaben – typical synthetic preservatives

* Distearate – this is polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol, which are petrochemicals

* Isopropyl alcohol – used as a cheap solvent to transport synthetic oils.

Here is a natural shampoo you can make. I have been using this formulation for many years. First collect the following items:

4 ounces of castile soap with any scent is available – plain, peppermint, eucalyptus.

½ oz Rosemary – stimulates hair follicles and prevents premature baldness

½ oz Sage – has antioxidants and prevents things from spoiling and is antibacterial

½ oz Nettles – acts as a blood purifier, blood stimulator, contains a great source of nutrients for hair growth

½ Lavender – controls the production of sebaceous oil and reduces itchy and flaky scalp conditions

2000 mg MSM – provides your scalp with organic sulfur, which improves the health and strength of your hair. It also helps deliver plant nutrients to the skin and follicles where they can work best.

An empty 8-ounce plastic bottle or other empty shampoo or soap bottle.

Mix the herbs in a mason jar that has a lid. Boil 2 cups of distilled water. Add 3 heaped tablespoons of the mixed herbs to the boiling water. Remove the boiling water and herbs from the heat. Let the herbal mixture rest for 30 – 40 minutes. After 30 minutes of cooling, add the 2000 mg MSM to the herbal mixture. After 40 minutes and the MSM has melted, strain the herbal mixture into a bowl.

Pour 2 to 2 1/2 ounces of strained herbal tea into the 8-ounce plastic bottle. Now pour the 4 ounces of castile soap into the 8 ounce plastic bottle. Cap the bottle and shake to mix the ingredients.

The shampoo is now finished and ready to use. Use this as a base for any shampoos you make. You can add different herbs as you learn what these herbs do and how they help your hair. You can vary the ingredients according to your taste. But now you have a shampoo that does not contain additives that can harm you.