Make Your Own Shampoo & Conditioner

This is a recipe/how to for baking soda shampoo & apple cider vinegar conditioner. This is a super cheap & easy way to "poo-free" your hair.

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Step 1: Shampoo Step 1

Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda to an 8oz bottle or spray bottle.

merfinz says: Feb 20, 2012. 8:30 PM

So it's really 1 cup water to 16 tblspoons?

Do I have to use it every other day or so?, I usually wash my hair every day, especially when I've been working outside. Will it go wrong to use it daily?

iamkeebler (author) in reply to merfinzFeb 22, 2012. 8:06 PM

Holy crap no! If you use that much baking soda you could dry out your hair. Granted everyone's hair works a bit different. I've actually stop using this in my hair as for me it made my hair terrible. Mainly because I have hard water. But if you really want to try it out, check out this website: http://no-poo.livejournal.com/

There are hundreds of people on that site that use this method to wash their hair and they can answer any question you have. That's how I found out that my hair wasn't reacting the way it should to washing your hair this way. Hope this helps!

merfinz in reply to iamkeeblerFeb 28, 2012. 7:38 AM

thanks, that's a really responsive reply. I was just wandering, my hair is oily (hate it but it's true) and I'm outside a lot (gardening/tinkering/mowing/woodworking) so I get dust and dirt and stuff from the wind. I'll check out the site. Thanks again. :O) LOL on me. I was looking for a natural/cheap way to keep from having to buy so much shampoo for the family.

iamkeebler (author) in reply to merfinzFeb 28, 2012. 6:03 PM

Who knows, maybe this method is the one for you! Good luck with it!