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You too can easily, in the comfort of your home, make a homemade shampoo for fine hair. The production is not complicated at all and is suitable even for beginners. Besides gaining a precise overview of the raw materials in your cosmetic product, you can adapt your homemade shampoo according to your needs.
The simple homemade shampoo, thanks to the content of the surfactant coco glucoside, gently degreases, therefore you will use it especially when washing hair that does not have a strong tendency to oiliness. For oilier hair it is necessary to use two doses when washing. The homemade shampoo is intended for beginners, therefore you will find in it only the essential raw materials, but you can make it more special by adding active substances suitable for shampoos.
Despite the fact that the recipe for homemade shampoo for hair includes a preservative, the product will of course not last forever. If over time you notice changes in colour, texture or smell, do not continue using the product.
The individual components contained in the homemade shampoo have their characteristic properties and also a reason why they are included in the recipe. Thanks to knowing their purpose, you will know how it is possible to modify them or adjust their dosage.
These two raw materials appear together in the recipe for the homemade shampoo, because together they help to thicken the final product. Xanthan gum is a thickener that needs to be partially hydrated in glycerin before adding water, so that lumps do not form in your final product. However, if this does happen, do not despair, there is still a chance that over time the xanthan gum will dissolve (after it has bound water), especially if you have used it in a smaller amount.
By means of the content of xanthan gum you can regulate the fluidity of the final product. If your homemade shampoo seems too thin, increase the content of xanthan gum (ideally up to 2 %). Alternatively, if you want a more fluid homemade shampoo, change the content of xanthan gum to 0.75 % to 0.5 %.
Coco glucoside is the basic cleansing and foaming substance in the recipe for the homemade shampoo. It is a surfactant that also has partially emulsifying abilities, which is why oil is also present in the recipe for the homemade shampoo without the use of another emulsifier.
Coco glucoside is a mildly degreasing surfactant, therefore the homemade shampoo may not be suitable for people with oilier hair. On the other hand, if you feel that the shampoo degreases too much, reduce the content of coco glucoside, but do not forget to also reduce the content of citric acid so that the final product is not too acidic.
Since coco glucoside has an alkaline pH, citric acid is also part of the formulation for the homemade shampoo, which reduces the pH. Alkaline pH could irritate the skin. For this reason it is good to check the pH of the final product at least using pH strips, to make sure that your product is not too alkaline.
By pressing the seeds of the cotton plant, which are a by-product during cotton production, cottonseed oil is obtained. It is suitable for dry and damaged hair, mainly due to its moisturizing effects, which is why it is a suitable raw material for a homemade shampoo.
As we mentioned, the recipe for the homemade shampoo is suitable for beginners, because you do not need many complex raw materials for its production. However, if you want to make your shampoo more special or adapt it to your hair type, it is possible to change or add some raw materials.
As a substitute for distilled water, which the homemade shampoo contains, floral hydrolats serve precisely this purpose. Each hydrolat has its specific properties and effects on the hair depending on which plant it was obtained from. You can thus easily adapt the homemade shampoo according to your needs.
Your shampoo does not have to contain only one type of vegetable oil. You can use various blends of cold-pressed or refined vegetable oils. Again, you can match the choice of oil for the homemade shampooto your hair type.
You can slow down the oxidation process of the oils, and thus extend their shelf life, by adding vitamin E. Given that the homemade shampoo does not contain a large amount of oil, this is not necessary unless you have vitamin E at hand.
If you want your homemade shampoo to smell pleasant, you can use essential oils. For them it is important to follow the recommended dosage for the specific type of oil, in order to avoid unnecessary irritation.
An alternative to essential oils is represented by fragrance oils. These synthetically prepared oils can scent your homemade shampoo with various exotic or fruity fragrances.
If you do not happen to have Euxyl PE 9010 at hand, you can also choose another preservative suitable for homemade cosmetics. However, you must be careful whether the preservative will be effective at the specific pH of the product. For this reason it is good to check your homemade shampoo, for example using pH strips, so that you can be surethat the chosen preservative will be effective.
Another possibility to adapt the homemade shampoo is to add active substances. Choose substances that are suitable for use in hair cosmetics, and also make sure that they will be effective at the given pH of the product, or that they do not have other specific properties that need to be taken into account. A popular additive is keratin, which is also a natural component of hair and helps to restore it.
As mentioned, you can experiment with homemade recipes to achieve the desired properties. However, the final result can be influenced by many factors, such as humidity, temperature, quality of the raw materials or their storage.
Before you use any raw material to produce a cosmetic product, become familiar with its properties, recommended dosage, storage conditions and safe handling. Each raw material may have the potential to trigger an allergic reaction in sensitive individuals, therefore before using the product we recommend finding out whether you are not allergic to any of the raw materials or to the overall product, for example by a skin test.
If you have very sensitive or very acne-prone skin, or you have other skin and health problems, we recommend that you consult a medical professional before applying a new product to the skin, whether it is a homemade cosmetic product, a pure raw material or a commercially available product.
Did this homemade shampoo turn your fine hair into long curls like Goldilocks? Let us know in the comments what you like about this homemade natural shampoo for hair.
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Until saponification, friends.
