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| Lauram |
Posted - Feb 22 2006 : 05:01:41 AM
First of all, I am not endorsing this recipe because I haven't tried it yet. What do all of you think of this, and what is MSM? I would love to make my own shampoo.
4 oz of castile soap with any scent is that available – plain, peppermint, eucalyptus.
½ oz of rosemary - stimulates the hair follicles and helps to prevent premature baldness
½ oz of sage – has antioxidants and keeps things from spoiling and is antibacterial
½ oz of nettles – acts as a blood purifier, blood stimulator, contains a large source of nutrients for hair growth
½ of lavender – controls the production of sebaceous gland oil and reduces itchy and flaky scalp conditions
2000 mg of MSM – provides organic sulfur to your scalp, which improves the health and strength of your hair. It also helps to drive herbal nutrient into the skin and follicles where they can do the most good.
one empty 8 oz plastic bottle, or any other empty shampoo or soap bottle.
Mix the herbs in a mason jar, which has a lid. Boil 2 cups of distilled water. Add 3 heaping tablespoons of the mixed herbs into the boiling water. Pull the boiling water and herbs off the stove. Let the herb mixture sit for 30 – 40 minutes. Put the 2000mg of MSM into the herb mixture after 30 minutes of cooling. After 40 minutes and the MSM is melted, strain the herbal mixture into a bowl.
Pour 2 to 2 1/2 oz of strained herbal tea into the 8 oz plastic bottle. Now, pour the 4 oz of castile soap into the 8 oz plastic bottle. Cap the bottle and shake to mix the ingredients.
The shampoo is now finished and ready for use. Use this as a base for all of the 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 has no additives that can harm you.
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| Annab |
Posted - Feb 23 2006 : 10:45:20 AM
This isn't homemade, and please don't laugh, but I sometimes use my dog's all natural shampoo. It comes from a company called Cloud Star, and if you like light, clean smelling hair, I would recommend it.
My husband liked the smell too, but nearly jumped out of the water one day when I told him his bubble bath was dog shampoo!
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| Jana |
Posted - Feb 23 2006 : 08:46:45 AM
Methylsulfonymethane is MSM. It is used as an arthritis treatment from what I've read. It comes in pills, powers, ointments, etc.
The shampoo recipe sounds interesting, but I'd be VERY careful with the nettles, especially if doing this recipe inside. Nettles sting and burn! And in order to be able to use them on the skin (or eaten--some people eat them) they must be BOILED and the steam should NOT be inhaled or you will get the sting on the inside! I don't know if the "steeping" method you described would work for making the nettles safe for skin contact. I'd do more research.
Take care!
Jana |
| Libbie |
Posted - Feb 23 2006 : 08:19:06 AM
This looks really interesting - I've used plain castile soap as a shampoo, and I'm not entirely convinced that I like it, but I might try this one. I'm not sure what MSM is - anybody else know?
XOXO, Libbie
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