Re: [Homesteadingfamily] Re: Laundry Soap

I know that many of my friends have issues with their kids wasting ANY type
of shampoo~

Sounds like Eunice has the right idea by putting it into a spray bottle.
Then you can just spray it onto the hair! No waste that way for SURE!!!

Eunice, I dont know Janice Cox~ I'll have to look up her stuff.

Angelia in OR

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 8:26 AM, <revatibalarama@hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Thank you
> This sounds very much like the one i use and it works great but I find the
> kids go through it like water as it is thinner than the store shampoo. I
> want to thicken it a bit to more of a cream that will still wash out of the
> hair easily. Sounds like i am asking a lot here but with kids i hate to
> waste and there are alot of them (I have 8 at home right now)
> thanks
> Nancy in Fl
> --- In Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com, ERWachter@... wrote:
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> > Hi Nancy,
> > Here is the recipe I use. It was in the Fall 2011 issue of The Herb
> Quarterly. This is the basic shampoo. There were several others, also
> recipes for Herbal Dry Shampoo, Conditioners and Rinses, even a Citrus Hair
> Spray. These recipes are from Janice Cox, author of Natural Beauty at Home.
> Her website is JaniceCox.com. She is from Oregon. Angelia, do you know
> her? She has other books, also.
> >
> > Basic Shampoo
> >
> > 1/2 cup water
> > 1/2 cup liquid soap (such as castile). I used Dr. Bronner's Peppermint
> Magic Soap
> > 1/2 tsp light vegetable oil (optional). Not recommended if you have oily
> hair
> >
> > Gently stire all the ingredients together, being careful not to beat the
> mixture, as this will cause it to foam up. Pour the shampoo into a clean
> plastic container. (I use a 12-oz spray bottle I bought at Walmart).
> > To Use: Shampoo as you normally would, then rise well with cool water
> >
> > Eunice
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> > Could you please share your shampoo recipe? I am looking for one that is
> not
> > unny. Mine works well for me but it is more difficult for the kids not to
> waste
> > t. Any ideas on thickening it would be helpful. I use a castile soap
> base.
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