DIY Shampoo

 

I ditched poisonous shampoo! Most commercial shampoos contain SLS (Sodium Laurel,-eth Sulphate) or Parabens and formaldehyde agents, even so called organic shampoos contain betaine and decyl glucoside. Are these things really necessary? No, they are not. 

After doing a lot of research into how to wash my hair without shampoo, I tried baking soda scalp scrub and it worked well but I soon switched to using my own handmade herbal soaps. I picked one made with natural rosemary and chamomile, used with very diluted apple cider leave-in rinse. It worked well! The vinegar rinse is 1 tablelspoon of vinegar in a cup of water. Rinse the soap very thoroughly then pour the vinegar rinse over your scalp and hair, coating all the strands of your hair. You can use 2  tablespoons of vinegar in 2 cups of water if your hair is very long. Don't rinse again, just leave the vinegar rinse in your hair.I did find that a more diluted amount works better for me. Too much vinegar leaves my hair limp, so I switched to 1 teaspoon in a cup of water and was happier with that, after the first time. 

The vinegar smell is not there when it is dry. Wrap in a towel to wring out the water, then style as usual. The vinegar smell will disappear when it dries. My hair is clean, not the least bit oily. It's soft without that straw feel it would have if I washed it with my handmade soap bars. Soap is too alkaline for human hair, as is baking soda, so the vinegar rinse, left in, is necessary to fix that. If you don't use the vinegar rinse, your hair may feel like straw. I have thick, dry, coarse and gray hair and I'm completely happy with this. My hair is even better, it's straighter, calmer, not so flyaway, and no conditioner needed either! If nothing else, it's certainly cheaper! I like it and I'm sticking with it. One more chemical laden poison gone from my house!!