So, thanks to Lili :-p , I have no more shampoo. She used the rest without telling me, so I ended up washing my really dirty hair the other night with body wash. Not the best wash, but at least it left my head feeling clean.
Then I started thinking, why not go ahead and make my own shampoo. I'm currently waiting to run out of deodorant to make my own version of that as well. So, I started looking up recipes for homemade shampoo. At first everything I found was using castile soap, which I do not have and cannot purchase right now.
So, after looking and reading all kinds of herbal recipes, I am going to start with the basic baking soda and hot water shampoo and see how that works before venturing further. 1tbsp baking soda to 8oz of hot water. Wash as normal, then adjust as your head feels- still too oily add more baking soda, too dry or has a whitish residue, less baking soda.
I don't typically use conditioner, but I do have some leave in spray that I'll finish using before trying the many recipes I found for conditioners.
I'm really excited about this. We just made some more laundry detergent and dishwasher powder last week, so I want to start slowly with the rest of the house on homemade products. It feels so much better knowing what's going in stuff we are using. And the dishwasher powder works awesome!!! Sean will have to post the recipe. The laundry detergent, I'm not overly happy with yet, the clothes are clean but I miss a scent to them, so I want to add something light but not sure what yet.
Overall, I'm loving changing our lifestyle! And it's not as hard as I thought it would be if we do it in stages.
Then I started thinking, why not go ahead and make my own shampoo. I'm currently waiting to run out of deodorant to make my own version of that as well. So, I started looking up recipes for homemade shampoo. At first everything I found was using castile soap, which I do not have and cannot purchase right now.
So, after looking and reading all kinds of herbal recipes, I am going to start with the basic baking soda and hot water shampoo and see how that works before venturing further. 1tbsp baking soda to 8oz of hot water. Wash as normal, then adjust as your head feels- still too oily add more baking soda, too dry or has a whitish residue, less baking soda.
I don't typically use conditioner, but I do have some leave in spray that I'll finish using before trying the many recipes I found for conditioners.
I'm really excited about this. We just made some more laundry detergent and dishwasher powder last week, so I want to start slowly with the rest of the house on homemade products. It feels so much better knowing what's going in stuff we are using. And the dishwasher powder works awesome!!! Sean will have to post the recipe. The laundry detergent, I'm not overly happy with yet, the clothes are clean but I miss a scent to them, so I want to add something light but not sure what yet.
Overall, I'm loving changing our lifestyle! And it's not as hard as I thought it would be if we do it in stages.
