Liquid
Shampoo Base
Use this base if required in a shampoo recipe on this page
Makes 8oz
Ingredients:
3/4 cup distilled water
1/4 cup shampoo concentrate or 1/2 cup unscented shampoo
1 teaspoon table salt
Mix
ingredients together well and use with various herbs and essential
oils to make your own special blends.
Cedarwood and Rosemary Shampoo
Ingredients:
Ingredients for Liquid Shampoo Base
1 tablespoon jojoba (optional, but can supply the hair with added
nutrition)
20 drops Patchouli
20 drops Sandalwood
5 drops Ylang Ylang
Directions:
Add the essential oils to the bottle of unscented shampoo (you may
wish to either use the unscented shampoo once to make more room in
the bottle for the oils or discard a little bit) and mix extremely
well. You do not want to have pockets in the shampoo where the oils
collect as the concentration of essential oils could cause scalp irritation
and also because your shampoo will not be fragranced thoroughly. Use
as you would your normal shampoo.
Refreshing Lemon Shampoo
Ingredients:
Makes 8 1/2 oz
Ingredients for Liquid Shampoo Base
2 tablespoons dried chamomile
1 tablespoon dried rosemary
2 teaspoons sweet almond oil
1/4 teaspoon lemon oil
1 drop yellow food coloring (optional)
Directions:
Heat the water in a saucepan, bring it to a boil. Add the dried herbs
to the water and remove the pan from heat. Let sit for twenty minutes.
Pour the water through a strainer and into a bowl. Discard the herbs.
Add the shampoo base to the water and stir it until it dissolves.
Add the almond oil, lemon oil, and food coloring and stir until blended.
Add the salt and stir until the mixture thickens. Let cool to room
temperature and then bottle.
Coconut Shampoo
Ingredients:
Makes 8 1/2 oz
Ingredients for Liquid Shampoo Base
1 tablespoon coconut oil
2 teaspoons jojoba oil
1/4 teaspoon lemon oil
15 drops coconut fragrance oil
Directions:
Warm the water and add the shampoo base, stirring until well blended.
Add the coconut oil, jojoba oil, salt, and coconut fragrance oil and
stir with a wire whisk until the mixture becomes a smooth, thick liquid.
Pour into a bottle and seal.
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