Shimmer and Shine: Herbal Shampoo

Give your hair the love it deserves with natural shampoos, conditioners and rinses.

December/January 2005
By Janice Cox  
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Yield: 8 ounces

Certain herbs added to your favorite shampoo can bring out your hair’s natural highlights. Chamomile makes a mild shampoo that is perfect for fine, light-colored hair; the flowers have a mild bleaching effect. If you have dark hair, use rosemary or lavender to enhance your own natural color.

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• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons dried or 1/3 cup fresh chamomile, lavender or rosemary
• 1/2 cup Basic Shampoo or mild commercial shampoo
• 2 tablespoons glycerin

1. Mix together the water and herbs and heat gently to make a strong tea. Let the mixture steep for at least 20 minutes. Add shampoo and glycerin to the herbal water mixture and stir well.

2. Pour shampoo into a clean squeeze bottle or empty shampoo bottle. Let the mixture sit overnight to thicken.

3. Shampoo and rinse well.

Janice Cox is the author of Natural Beauty at Home (Henry Holt and Company, 2002).

Click here for the original article, Shimmer and Shine: Making Homemade Shampoo & Conditioner. 

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