So easy to make a shampoo bar yourself

You're tired of hair shampoo from the bottle? Then try it with shampoo bar make yourself! Goes very quickly and succeeds even beginners!

Shampoo Bar? What is this again? It is nothing more than solid hair shampoo. You can wash your hair with the bar and avoid a lot of plastic waste. I get by with one piece for about 4 months.

Who has a Shampoo bar make yourself the first thing you have to do is decide whether you want to SLSA Surfactant* takes, or a bar From soap manufactures.

How to make a hair soap from SLSA Surfactant*, we have already told you in a separate article.

Today stands Shampoo bar make yourself without SLSA* with soap on the plan. This, too, is anything but witchcraft and you will certainly succeed.

If you want perfect Natural cosmetics beginner then we recommend you to start with the Surfactant variant to start. This is a little easier and faster.

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Let's get right to it. Find out which essential oils are best for your solid shampoo below the post.

Because depending on whether you tend to oily, dry or flaky hair, you need to use a different oil. But more about that later.

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How to make a shampoo bar yourself

For shiny and supple soft hair, this tutorial is intended. You can replace the essential oils to your liking and adapt them to your hair type. I have chosen lavender.

Because we work with lye, you must absolutely Protective equipment wear. This means a long-sleeved shirt and long pants. Also very important are rubber gloves, safety glasses and a mouth guard when you start working with sodium hydroxide.

Tip: In the book, The Glow - Naturkosmetik selber machen, you will find many great instructions for DIY cosmetic projects. From creams, shampoos, scrubs, oils, you will find many step by step instructions with photos.

When I started to deal with the topic, I stumbled across the book. It offers a lot of great instructions for beginners and also advanced. And for every skin and hair type. I can highly recommend it to you and regularly prepare natural cosmetics with the book.

Be careful not to get the sodium in your eyes, on unprotected skin, or inhale it.

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• Coconut oil*
• Castor oil
• Honey
• essential oils

The soap making process must go very quickly. That's why you weigh all the ingredients beforehand and fill them into small bowls.

When you make shampoo bar yourself for the first time want, then take a lot of timeto study the instructions carefully.

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1. mixing the oils

Bring Coconut oilMelt the castor oil * and lanolin in a bain-marie. Remove the pan from the heat and add castor oil and olive oil.

Stir until the ingredients are well combined. Then let the mix to 30 to 40° Celsius. cool down.

While this mixture cools down, prepare the lye. Attention: Put on protective goggles and gloves!

2. the preparation of the lye

If you have a garden or a balcony: Best off into the open air with you! Otherwise: Put all unpacked food far away and best open the window. Check again whether you have thought of gloves, eye protection and long sleeves.

For the lye add the Sodium hydroxide cautious and slowly into the cold water.

Stir the sodium hydroxide into the water very slowly so that it does not dust. When it has completely dissolved, you can continue.

The Lye is now Very warm become. If your water is at room temperature, the lye will quickly reach 80°. That is why I put the distilled Water before always in the Refrigerator.

Very important: Allow the NaOH to trickle into the water. Not vice versa! This produces vapors that you must not inhale under any circumstances!

Let the lye cool down. For this you can put the bowl in a cold water bath or just wait.

When the lye is at the same temperature as the oil mix, then proceed.

3. mixing oil and lye

It is important that lye and grease over 40° so that they are still really liquid. Now pour the lye through a hair sieve to the melted fats.

The sieve is important because it causes undissolved pieces of the sodium hydroxide to stick.

With a Blender* Bring this mixture to thicken. Stir until the mixture is about looks like pudding.

Now add honey and essential oils. Stir well again and then pour the soap glue into the Soap mold* fill.

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Congratulations, you just made your first shampoo bar yourself! :)

Now you have to clean the kitchen thoroughly. Because all NaOH residues really have to disappear. I use a cleaner and a fresh sponge, which I then wash in the washing machine.

It's really mega important that you're aware that you can Sodium hydroxide must not be taken lightly. In its pure state, it can affect the Cauterize skin and mucous membranes.

Once you've spruced up the kitchen, you'll need patience until you can use your hair soap.

6 weeks it takes until your soap is ready for use. During this time, the soap matures and becomes harder.

After a day's rest, remove the soap from the mold. Now place it covered for about 4 weeks in a cool and shady place. I always put the soaps on a plastic board or plate and cover them with a kitchen towel. This works wonderfully.

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What essential oils you need to make your own shampoo bar

Lavender, rosemary, chamomile or eucalyptus? Make your own solid shampoo has the great advantage that you can decide for yourself.

With essential oils you have the opportunity not only to bring fragrance into the hair shampoo, but also from the many positive properties to profit.

But very important is that you do not overdo it. Essential oils are very highly concentrated. They can irritate the skin!

You can combine several scents or choose a single scent. Important: With the above amount you must never exceed the number of 25 - maximum 30 drops exceed!

• Eucalyptus stimulates the scalp and hair growth
• Chamomile soothes irritated and itchy scalp
• Lavender works wonders for dry hair
• Rosemary nourishes irritated scalp and helps with oily hair
• Tea tree oil* combats dandruff and quickly greasy hair
• Cedar helps against hair loss and with oily roots

These are the effects that essential oils have on us!

How to properly wash your hair with solid shampoo

Oh, how beautiful. Your first hair soap is ready. Congratulations! After about 6 weeks, it's time to wash your hair for the first time.

The bottom line is that it works just like normal shampoo. First, dampen your hair and then grab the soap. Lather it up a little in your hands and then rub it directly into your hair.

Put the shampoo bar aside and massage the shampoo well. Rinse thoroughly.

Be careful not to get the foam in your eyes. The essential oils can sting quite a bit. If it does happen: Wash your hands thoroughly and rinse your eyes with water at the sink.

Our conclusion

Making shampoo bar yourself with lye is not for natural cosmetics beginners. You have to be very precise and work quickly. And very important: Protect yourself from sodium hydroxide!

But once you get the hang of it, it just works wonderfully and you can stir in and mix scents as you please.

Have fun making them!

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