Over the last couple of weeks I’ve tried to be more conscious of things that I buy on a regular basis — all the packaging, the hard-to-pronounce ingredients, and I’ve been surprised by how much stuff enters my body and home that doesn’t need to be there.
Last night I decided to try DIY shampoo with ingredients that I’m comfortable with and less single use plastic involved. I found a recipe here and got mixin’!
Following the recipe, I simply mixed about 1/4 C coconut milk, 1/3 C liquid castile soap & a spoonful of almond oil (mine was not true almond oil, but it’s all I had!).
This recipe came together in about 2 minutes! I poured the mixture into an old soap container with a pump dispenser.
It is thinner that typical shampoo, but it lathers pretty well and smells great! Have you made your own shampoo? Please share!
Ahhh Jess you are a life saver! I’m about out of shampoo and I’m not ready to try no-poo again but this I can do! Thanks!
Yay! Let me know what you think!
Yay! Thanks so much for sharing this! Will you follow up and let us know how it makes your hair feel?
I will! So far so good. It definitely feels different from regular shampoo (while using & after), but I like the smell a lot and the fact that it lathers is nice. I’m thinking it might just take a couple of days/weeks for my hair to adjust to less chemicals etc. I’ll keep you posted.
Jess – do you still use conditioner after this? I can’t wait to make it!
I do a vinegar rinse with tea tree oil. My hair is… adjusting! I’ll keep you posted.
I bought my coconut milk from the refrigerated section; would I need to refrigerate this shampoo mixture?
Thanks!
Hi Sandra,
The recipe I followed suggested coconut milk, not coconut ‘drink.’ Because of this, I used canned coconut milk. Mine was ok in the shower for about a month, which is what the recipe mentioned. If you use the milk that you purchased, maybe keep it in the frige?! Let me know how it goes! My hair had a hard time transitioning to this type of shampoo… some days it looked great, some days it was too greasy. I guess everyone is different!