When I first started a lot were rare to me too. Great question! Sometimes people go through a transition time because they over wash their hair and have trained their scalp to put out a lot of oils. Would like to try #5 since you said it was so great. Also where I live there is hard water very high in limestone and full of minerals. . Thanks! Hi Kelly, Thank you so much for sharing. Just add the essential oils at the very end as you would cold processing. This recipe from Humble Bee and Me shows you how to make a solid conditioner bar using orange wax. Now it is in the mould. Thank you so much for your kind words. I have thick curly hair and can apply oil to my hands lightly and work through my hair and it does wonders. It’s not difficult, much like following a basic food recipe. It is not cleansing, doesn’t make bubbles, and doesn’t keep long. It sounds like the fat content was enough that it reacted with the lye in your lye mixture before you even got your lye to your fats. Try out these DIY shampoo bars if you want to get rid of unnecessary chemicals in your house or if you want to try a new beauty craft. Have you tried this and can I just substitute the water in your recipes with milk? } Many people use their cold process soap as a shampoo bar as well. Yes you can use the same recipes for cold or hot processing. I’m concerned about my skyn …. Sitemap. It may take a some hours before it all softens. Which bar would you recommend for thick curly hair? Oil palm plantations are destroying native forests in tropical climates. There are some body soap ingredients that you wouldn't want to use on your hair and vice versa. Most shampoos are alkaline as well, which is where conditioner comes in. A great place is bulkapothecary.com. Outside, wearing proper safety gear including gloves and a mask, pour lye crystals into milk/water and stir until dissolved. Also, I have lots of hand made soap at home that I’ve bought from various soap makers. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Best Shampoo Bar Recipe for Beginners. It is in weight. HI,I have just stumbled upon your blog,I would love to make these shampoo bars but before I do I just wondered if you have had any experience in using them on children. , hi i liked the soft shampoo bar recipe prior to you updating this post can you by any chance give me that recipe thank you, hello do you have the soft shampoo recipe from b4 you updated this post thank you. Then scoop into a mold and flatten. When both lye milk/water and oils are at the correct temperature, pour lye water into oils and mix with a hand or stick mixer until medium trace. Why is there transition? It looks like all the other ingredients can be the same. Can’t wait to pull it out of the mold and start the drying process. Thanks so much for the recipe’s above. When both lye water and oils are at the correct temperature, pour lye water into oils and mix with a hand or stick mixer until trace. Thanks! Do you have a recipe for oily hair? The oils were still above 100 degrees but there was a layer of wax floating on top. I would like to throw out there that it’s much more environmentally friendly if you use something other than palm oil, due to the destruction of rainforests to create palm plantations. I went ahead and put it in my mold but they have some lumps. The biggest difference is going to be whether you use palm oil or palm kernel oil. As long as there are no allergies (like to coconut) then all’s good. If you need to melt down any of your oils, be sure that the oils have cooled to about 75 degrees F and you have put them in the glass or stainless steel bowl before you complete Step 5. You may have to reheat and change things up, but maybe that’ll help with your experimenting Let us know how it goes!! Also, this weekend I am hoping to purchase a few more goodies from you. Hi Kelly, thanks for the answer. So you’ll have 5% more fats than lye. Really, any shampoo bar would be great for the entire body. Thanks, I enjoy your blog! Combining oil and lye causes a chemical reaction where very little oil is leftover, and no lye at all is leftover. If it gets too warm it could crack, which I don’t think would cause a problem but your soap won’t be as pretty. I have a natural blend that I use for scalp issues. I can’t wash with anything. I found where I can buy them! I work in a busy trauma hospital and long hours as well. I am not really interested in making soaps and wondered if you sell your soaps? Lemon and other citrus smells are always crisp and clean smelling, though they do not last very long in soaps I have found. You can use any of them on color treated hair. I have guestion about that resipe Numbers 6. And how long does one bar last typically? Can I have the recipe? Generally, bars with milk and/or honey are best for curly and thick hair, but all the recipes make bars for all hair types. I bought the three shampoo bar special from Etsy so if you could let me know, which one is the most cleansing I’d really appreciate it. I don’t have all of the ingredients that you are using in your recipe and want to make a couple small changes. it should turn out fine. Thanks again. Yes, just lather and rub into your hair and rinse. You can also make a basic bar and use it, depending on your hair. Did it dissolve thoroughly? It’s just processed in a different way. Great looking recipes! What can be substituted for the lard in bar #6? Thank you soo much for the recipes. It can become a little cloudy as oils cool and thicken, but as long as the wax is not just a layer on the top you should be fine. There’s nothing wrong with using a castille soap, you may want to deep condition occasionally with coconut oil to help your hair become stronger and more moisturized. I’ve washed my hair before with soaps and the texture of the hair feels weird, it wasn’t as silky as with a regular shampoo. That’s more akin to the potash my grandmother used to make from the ashes from the fire. The end result is a relaxing shampoo bar packed with organic oils that smell heavenly. I loved all the shampoo bar recipes, the look wonderful a but I have a very oily hair. I really like how well it lathered without drying my scalp. Natural Fragrance? I was wondering if certain bars are better/worse for certain types of hairs? All of these recipes sound great. Your hair may not be oily after adjusting to a natural shampoo. When cold processing, you really have to move fast when you see it start to thicken up like that. I was wondering, wouldn’t be wax in the shampoo bar coat and weigh down the hair making it appear greasy? I think it contains too much lye 44oz? You would need to use a stronger infusion of herbs. You could have hard water. Hope to hear from you, Kelly, I just read your Cocoa Shampoo Bar ingredients. It’s sitting on my worktable firming up. Yeah, that’s what I said about the fragrance too. There is 36 oz water and 15,8 oz lye. Heat very gently (sometimes heating too quickly can give you some drier slivers of soap around the outside, just don’t scrape them into your mixture if this happens). I really appreciate that you take the time to answer. Can you please let me know when your shampoo bar sampler is ready? That makes it very clear – looking forward to your milk post to delve deeper.. .
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