How To Make Natural Homemade Shampoo
Hair fall, lifeless hair and chemical reactions due to high concentration of chemicals in shampoos.
these are some of the major concerns one has to go through these days.
Mine is frizzy hair and hence I have always been researching on home made shampoo that can promise me of shiny , smooth, anti frizz hair. I want to reduce hair fall and also give good hair growth.
Well, for all those who have been wanting to go traditional, this is your chance to do so – try out this home made shampoo to get best results of removing oil and dead cells from you scalp and also nourishing it.
Ingredients
- Reetha (whole seeds) – 250 gms
- Shikakai (pod) – 200 gms (These two are the basic cleansers)
- Amla (ppowder/dry) – 100 grams
- Brahmi (fresh or dried) – 100 gms
- Bringraj – 100 gms
- henna (fresh or dry leaves) -100 gms
- Indigo(if colouring your hair is required) – 100 gms
- Hibiscus (dry flowers) – 50 gms
- Neem leaves (avoids dandruff) – 50 gms
- Tulsi Leaves ( avoids other microbial infections) – 50 gms
- Curry Leaves – 50 gms
- Guava leaves – 50 gms
- Methi seeds – 25 gms
- Onion Seeds – 25 gms
- Black Sesame seeds – 25 gms
- Aloe Vera gel – 2 scoops
- Tea Dust – 2 teaspoons
Method Of Preparation of Home Made Shampoo
- Boil 2 litres of water and add tea dust to it, let it boil for 15 minutes – take care not to reduce the amount of water.
- Strain and cool the water till it is just above warm or 40 degrees celcius
- Soak all the ingredients overnight – I prefer doing it in a iron wok or utensil
- In the morning remove the seeds of Reetha and Shikakai
- Place the vessel on stove and boil the ingredients for 10 minutes using a spoon to slightly crush the ingredients
- Strain well and store in a bottle.
- You can store it in refrigerator for 3 to 6 months and this comes for 12 to 15 washes depending on the length of your hair
How To Use
- For shoulder length hair – take 100 ml of the home made natural shampoo
- message on wet scalp and hair thoroughly
- Then work on the length of your hair and massage for a few minutes.
- You will not get lather as in chemical shampoos but this natural shampoo will cleanse your hair thoroughly and give shine to your hair
Expert Tips
- Use the homemade shampoo after bringing it to room temperature if you are refrigerating. You can easily store upto 2 months without refrigeration but I prefer to refrigerate so as not to attract any harmful microbes.
- All the left over ingredients after straining can be used ground to make a fine paste and used as hair pack before washing your hair
How To Make Natural Homemade Shampoo
Menaka Bharathi is a Mindful Parenting Consultant and an Organic food Producer. She markets Indian Superfoods throug SIM Organics which taken in small quantities would help to maintain the health of the family and boost resistance against diseases.
