Herbal Shampoo Recipe

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Herbal Shampoo Recipe

author/source: lee de la Foret

Caring for your hair, inside and out.

One of my favorite aspects of being an herbalist is to incorporate herbs

into every facet of my life. Besides using herbs for our health we can use herbs to clean our kitchens, to cook nutritious foods, and to decorate our homes.

This article looks at another aspect of incorporating herbs into our lives – washing our hair.

Walking down the personal hygiene aisle of a grocery store you can easily get overwhelmed at the amazing amount of choices. You can also easily get overwhelmed at the amazingly high prices!

Besides being pricy, conventional shampoos contain many harmful chemicals.

One example is parabens. These chemicals are a common ingredient in hair

care products and have been linked to cancer. Surprisingly, shampoos claiming to be more “natural†can also contain harmful ingredients.

In today’s recipe we’ll make affordable organic shampoo with herbs!

But first a word about healthy hair.

Our hair (like our skin and nails) is a reflection of what is going on inside our bodies. Healthy hair comes from within. A diet rich in nutrients will do more for keeping your hair healthy than any fancy shampoo.

Many of us wash our hair daily but this can actually dry out and further

damage hair. I have gone through periods of my life when I never washed

my hair. Instead I rinsed it vigorously with water while bathing. You might think that I had oily unhealthy looking hair, but I frequently got

compliments on my curly locks.

Now that I live in a drier climate I’ve found that I need to wash my hair, but no more than a couple of times a week. If you currently wash your hair daily and would like to experience the benefits of fewer washings I recommend slowly cutting back to every other day, then every two days, etc. You might find your hair to be oily during these transition periods, but once your hair regains its natural balance you’ll notice this less and less.

Another thing to take note of is that the squeaky clean feeling we are used to experiencing with conventional shampoos is actually signaling that we are stripping the hair of its natural and beneficial oils.

The following recipe works well for people with more oily hair. Please see below for variations for different hair types.

To make this shampoo recipe you’ll need:

8 oz distilled water

2 teaspoons of dried rosemary

2 teaspoons of dried rose petals

3 ounces liquid castile soap

3 Tablespoon aloe vera gel

¼ teaspoon of jojoba oil

30 drops of pure rosemary essential oil

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Blessings, Meo