In a bid to find an escape from bad skincare and hair products, you can choose to make your own. There are good natural product brands now in the market that are affordable but some days you might just feel like inventing products in your "small home factory". The advantage is that you are in full control of what ingredients you use and they do not really cost much. Plus you will do your health and body good since your concerns are that the product are natural as possible, free from parabens, sulphates, artificial additives and what nots, that endanger health and the environment.
Much said, I will like to show you how you can make your own Body wash and Natural hair shampoo.
This DIY product has its major cleansing agent as the raw african black soap. Raw African black soap is made from plantain ash, cocoa pods and palm kernel oil/coconut oil - all natural. To make this suitable for hair, the pH of the soap needs to be adjusted to that of the hair. This is done by superfattening with oils and/or juices to reduce the alkanity to appropriate level suitable for hair. Hence, prevent loss of hair protein and moisture.
Here is the process of preparation
Use
1 cup of Warm/Cool water (choice)
African black soap
4 tbsp Olive oil
5 tbsp Honey
5 tbsp Coconut oil
4 tbsp Castor oil
2 tbsp Aloe vera juice/lemon juice
Learn to make your own Aloe vera gel/juice here
This DIY body wash doubles as a natural hair shampoo. It has been my body wash for the past four months before I gave a break to try out Coily crown Baobab softening shampoo for a body wash.
Procedure
*First wash your hands and any tools you will be using like the spoon and containers.
*Break the black soap into pieces as much as could fill 1 cup and place it in the warm/cool water inside a bowl.
*Add the other ingredients.
*Stir gently. Don't bother over stirring to dissolve the soap. Just leave to rest for some time it will dissolve completely. Then stir a bit. You can dilute it more with about half to 1 cup of water if you want a more watery solution for bath.
*Pour it into a clean empty plastic container with applicator tip.( You can as well get an empty container of a bad shampoo, wash it and refill it with your own).
*It separates and settles after sitting for hours. So shake a bit to mix content before use.
How to use on hair
Pour a sizeable amount into your palm
Rub palm over hair gently and massage shampoo into scalp to get a good clean.
Rinse your hair well with enough cool water .You can condition your hair, if necessary and/or you do a final rinse ( I will write about some final rinse options in subsequent post).
Then wrap up your hair with cloth to dry excess water.
Follow up with a leave-in conditioner and then style.
There are different hair types, so it might work differently on different hair types.
Try it out on your skin. It lathers so well and deep cleanses, clearing blemishes gives you an even skin tone and more of the benefits of raw african black soap. You will be glad you did.
What natural skincare and hair products do you make yourself?
You might also like
* RAW AFRICAN BLACK SOAP REVIEW
* MY OVERNIGHT HEATLESS CURLS
* FAUX LOCS - A FAB PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE
*DIY - HAIR MASKS THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR HAIR.
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