Do you want to avoid the harmful products present in industrial shampoos, while maintaining your washing habits with liquid shampoo? It's possible! And the best solution for this is to turn yourself into a Sunday chemist and make yourself your liquid shampoo recipe. And rest assured, you don't need great skills to get there. You just need to follow one of the 3 DIY liquid shampoo recipes that we will see in the first part. Or, to understand how to make liquid shampoo with our complete guide presented in a second part.
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3 liquid shampoo recipes
To make an effective homemade liquid shampoo, it must be suitable for your hair. Indeed, each hair will have different needs. So find among our 3 liquid shampoo recipes, the ones that suit you best!
DIY liquid shampoo for oily hair
This liquid shampoo recipe is indicated for scalps which grease quickly. Indeed, thanks to its many natural active ingredients with regulatory properties, you will find the natural balance of your scalp.
DIY liquid shampoo for scalp that greases quicklyStorage: 3 monthsFrequent use Level of achievement: Easy Capacity: 250mlContraindication : Not recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under 8 years old because it contains essential oils. However, being optional, you can remove them from the recipe.
Ingredients for a homemade liquid shampoo - oily hair:
- 25ml lavender hydrosol
- 70ml sterilized water
- 40 drops of rosemary cineol essential oil (optional)
- 40 drops of lemon essential oil (optional)
- 45 drops of Isocide
- 3ml rice protein
- 5gr of green clay
- 50ml of vegetable foam base
- 90ml of consistent washing base
- 2.5ml of Cetiol
- 8ml of Phytokeratin
Preparation of homemade liquid shampoo - oily hair:
- Add the consistent washing base to a container. Put this bowl in a bain-marie to melt the washing base. Stir lightly as it melts.
- When it is melted and it is homogeneous and transparent, remove the container from the water bath. Then add the still lukewarm sterilized water. Again, mix gently to homogenize everything.
- Add to the preparation the green clay and the vegetable foaming base. Mix again and wait about ten minutes for the mixture to cool.
- Finally, add lavender hydrosol, cetiol, rice protein, phytokeratin, and isocide. Mix together. Then add the drops of essential oil last if you have decided to use some. Mix again. The preparation must be very homogeneous.
- Finally, transfer the preparation to a 250 ml bottle. Your liquid shampoo is ready!
source: MyCosmetik
Liquid shampoo recipe for dry hair
This liquid shampoo recipe is indicated for genetically dry, curly, thick and frizzy hair. Indeed, it intentionally contains few ingredients so that they are very concentrated and transmit all their virtues to the hair. Therefore, they intensely hydrate your lengths but also your dehydrated scalp.
DIY liquid shampoo suitable for very dry, frizzy and frizzy hair. Storage: 2 monthsFrequent useLevel of achievement: Very easy Capacity: 1 literContraindication : If you have thin or greasy hair, this recipe is not recommended.
Ingredients for a homemade liquid shampoo - dry hair:
- 25cl of Castile soap or Marseille soap
- 25cl of Aloe Vera
- 30cl of lavender hydrosol
- 20cl of coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon of vegetable glycerin
Preparation of homemade liquid shampoo - dry hair:
- If your coconut oil is solid, melt it first in a saucepan over very low heat. Likewise for Marseille soap, melt it in a bain-marie.
- Then pour all the ingredients into a closing container (a bottle or jar).
- Close the container and mix everything while shaking gently until you get a relatively thick and homogeneous liquid. Your liquid shampoo for dry hair is already ready!
Liquid shampoo recipe for normal hair
Normal hair does not have any particular problems. But like all hair, it still needs to be taken care of by moisturizing and nourishing it. This recipe will give them shine and strength so that they maintain their health and beauty.
DIY liquid shampoo for normal hairStorage: 3 monthsFrequent useLevel of achievement: EasyCapacity: 250ml Contraindication : Not recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under 8 years old because it contains essential oils. However, being optional, you can remove them from the recipe.
Ingredients for a homemade liquid shampoo - normal hair:
- 25ml of orange blossom hydrosol
- 70ml sterilized water
- 10ml avocado vegetable oil
- 45 drops of isocide
- 3ml rice protein
- 50ml of vegetable foam base
- 90ml of consistent washing base
- 3ml of Cetiol
- 8 ml of phytokeratin
- 60 drops of lemon essential oils (optional)
Preparation of homemade liquid shampoo - normal hair:
- Add the consistent washing base to a container. Put this bowl in a bain-marie to melt the washing base. Stir lightly as it melts.
- When the small white beads have melted and the consistency is homogeneous and transparent, remove the container from the water bath. Then immediately add the still lukewarm sterilized water.
- Mix everything gently to obtain a homogeneous texture and then add the vegetable foam base. Mix well again. Wait between 5 and 10 minutes for the mixture to cool.
- Then insert the orange blossom hydrosol, cetiol, rice protein, phytokeratin, and isocide into the preparation. Mix everything.
- Finally, add avocado oil. If you have decided to put it insert the essential oil drops. Mix to obtain a completely homogeneous texture.
- You just have to transfer everything into a 250 ml bottle. Your liquid shampoo is ready to use!
source: MyCosmetik
How to make a homemade liquid shampoo?
A liquid shampoo is a washing base and additions of active ingredients that take care of the hair. The important thing when making your homemade liquid shampoo is to follow a certain procedure, being careful:
- the essential ingredients to use to make a good shampoo
- the ingredients to put according to your hair type to take care of it
- and the dosages of each ingredient to have a good consistency
The basic principles for making liquid shampoo
To make liquid shampoo, some ingredients are essential. They will help to get a good consistency of your shampoo, while washing and taking care of your hair. You will therefore need to find in your homemade liquid shampoo:
- A washing base or otherwise called a surfactant. The washing base is essential. It helps wash your hair and it also acts as an emulsifier. It will therefore allow a homogeneous mixture between all the ingredients of the recipe. There are several types, but among the most common you will find: the consistent washing base, the neutral washing base, the foaming washing base, Marseille soap, and Castile soap. Choose the one that suits you according to the texture of the shampoo you want. The main thing is to select a natural one and to respect the dosages indicated on the products.
- An aqueous phase. Sterilized water and / or a hydrosol will make it possible to obtain the creamy and liquid texture of the shampoo. They also help to soften the shampoo and prevent it from being too concentrated. The advantage of hydrosol is that it has properties depending on its origin. Each hydrosol will therefore have virtues for a specific type of hair.
- A fatty substance. The fatty substances in liquid shampoos are vegetable oils. They each have specific virtues that give hair many benefits. Therefore, depending on your type of hair, the choice of vegetable oil used will differ.
- A natural preservative. Who says liquid shampoo, says aqueous phase and therefore risk of bacterial proliferation. Therefore, to avoid this, you will need to add a natural preservative for the aqueous phases to your preparation. One of the best preservatives you can find is isocide, since it is even compatible with the organic mention and it does not present any contraindication. Grapefruit seed extract is also an excellent preservative of the aqueous phases.
- Complementary ingredients to take care of the hair: essential oils, powders, phytokeratin, provitamin B5, cetiol, rice protein etc. These ingredients are adapted to your hair type. Check them out below.
The ingredients to make a liquid shampoo according to your hair type
After you have seen the basic principles of making a liquid shampoo, you will need to adapt it to match your hair type. So you can customize recipes previously seen by replacing certain ingredients with others that are suitable for you.
Ingredients for dry and curly hair
In homemade liquid shampoos for dry hair or curly hair, you can put the following ingredients:
- Hydrating vegetable oils: Argan, Avocado, Coconut, Olive, Jojoba, Castor, Grape seeds, Broccoli.
- Essential oils: Sweet orange, Lavender, Sandalwood, Rosemary with cineole, Ylang Ylang.
- Hydrosol for dry hair: Lavender, chamomile or witch hazel.
- Complementary ingredients for hair hydration: rice protein, phytokeratin, vegetable glycerin, aloe vera, cetiol
- Non-drying powders: Stinging Nettle, Neutral Henna, Orange, Clay, Shikakai and Rhassoul.Read also: How to make your conditioner for dry hair
Ingredients for oily and fine hair
In a homemade liquid shampoo for oily hair, you can insert the following ingredients:
- Regulating vegetable oils: Jojoba, Hazelnut, Sweet Almond, Macadamia.
- Purifying, purifying and balancing essential oils: Cypress, Lavender, Tea Tree, Clary sage, Rosemary with cineole, Bay Saint Thomas, Lemon, Geranium rose.
- Hydrosol for oily hair: Lavender or Rosemary.
- Complementary ingredients to coat the hair: rice protein, provitamin B5, phytokeratin.
- Purifying and regulating powders: Stinging Nettle, Neem, White or green clay, Rhassoul, Shikakai, and neutral Henna.
Ingredients for dandruff and sensitive scalps
In a liquid anti-dandruff shampoo or for sensitive scalps, you can find the following ingredients:
- Vegetable oils to soothe and hydrate your scalp: Sweet almond, Hazelnut, Argan, Jojoba, Camellia, Nigella, Castor oil.
- Anti-dandruff, purifying, cleansing and soothing essential oils: Palmarosa, Cedar, Lemon Eucalyptus, Rosemary, Bay Saint Thomas, Sandalwood, Lavender, Clary sage, Tea tree, Chamomile, Lemon and Ylang Ylang.
- Mild hydrosol: Lavender
- Purifying powders that wash gently and prevent itching : Clay, Neutral Henna, Rhassoul, Sidr, Brahmi, Neem, Shikakaï, Nettle, Nagarmotha and Reetha.
To conclude : To make your liquid shampoo, you can follow one of the three recipes presented in our first part. And if you want to personalize it for your hair, don't hesitate to keep the base of one of the recipes and adapt the ingredients according to your hair type. Thus, you will have an effective liquid shampoo. While also having a good shampoo consistency.
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