DIY Foaming Hand Soap

I LOVE my new DIY foaming hand soap! It's super-versatile, as it's easy to customize for whichever scents are preferred, and can be made in a jiffy!

Ingredients:

1 foaming hand soap dispenser
distilled water
2T liquid castile soap (any flavor)
15-20 drops of essential oils of choice (my favorites for hand soap are: Thieves, Lemon, Orange, and Lavender)

Directions:

Add 2T of liquid castile soap and 15-20 drops of preferred essential oils (I usually do 10 of Thieves and 5-10 of lemon or lavender) to dispenser. Fill the rest of the dispenser until 1" under the top with distilled water, to make sure there's room for the pump lid. Shake before each use.

Now you've got super-clean hands with super-fun foaming soap! :-)

Thanks for reading!
- Angela

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Angela's Hippie Essential Oil Shampoo and Conditioner Recipe

In light of my recent quest to eliminate unnecessary toxins from my home, I have recently given up traditional shampoo. Not only is it full of additives, it strips the hair of natural oils, causing the hair to then over-produce oils, and then requiring a hair-washing every couple of days.

Since I am converting to homemade beauty and household cleaning products made with natural ingredients, a few months ago, I decided to give this new hair-washing method a go.

WARNING! It will take several weeks for your hair to adjust to this new method, as it will still be in oil-over-production mode, and will seem extremely greasy for about 3 weeks, but I promise, it will get better!

I started doing this method every 3-4 days, at first, and now I pretty much just wash my hair once a week, yet I still get compliments on it!!

Baking Soda Shampoo:

Ingredients:
(in a small bowl, combine the following)
- roughly 1/2 cup of baking soda (or more depending on amount needed for length and thickness of hair)
- 1 drop of some or all of the following essential oils: Lavender, Tea Tree (Melaleuca Alternifolia), Rosemary, Cedarwood, Ylang Ylang (Or whichever oils you prefer)
- Enough water to make a paste

Directions:
- Wet hair in shower
- Separate hair into sections, I personally start from the underside and work my way up, and scrub in baking soda to roots of hair.
- Let sit for a few minutes, I wash my face at this point while I'm waiting, and then rinse my hair completely.

I make sure I get the roots really well to clean the scalp, but I don't worry too much if I don't get every inch of the hair.

Apple Cider Vinegar Conditioner:

Ingredients:
(in a 2 oz plastic travel-size squeeze bottle)
- 1/2 oz organic, unfiltered apple cider vinegar
- 1 drop of some or all of the following essential oils: Lavender, Tea Tree (Melaleuca Alternifolia), Rosemary, Cedarwood, Ylang Ylang (or whichever oils you prefer)
- Fill remainder of bottle with water and shake to mix

Directions:
- Separate hair into sections, I usually separate into 4 sections, as if I was going to make a braid with all of my hair, but with 4 pieces
- Squirt a small amount into the bowl you used for the shampoo (after rinsing the bowl all out)
- Dip ends of hair of one of the sections into bowl and then dump the rest onto the hair
- Repeat for each section of hair
- Let sit for a few minutes; at this point I bathe with my homemade body wash
- Rinse completely with COOL water, as that is supposed to help lock in moisture

I make sure I get the ends really well to add moisture back to the hair, as the baking soda can dry out the hair.

I hope you are inspired to try this natural method of cleaning your hair! It's been about 3-4 months for me, and, aside from the initial 3 weeks of greasy overload from my hair adjusting, so far, so good! :-)

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Thanks for reading!
-Angela