How to Make Handmade Shampoo Bars
By Lisa Maliga
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Learn how easy it is to make natural handmade shampoo bars. This innovative eBook includes 25+ recipes for shampoo bars, hair rinses, and hair masques. Contains more than 50 color photos, step-by-step instructions, and a chapter on natural additives. You get fragrance and essential oils information, and the creative labeling and packaging ideas chapter includes several photos. There is lots of information for both melt and pour and rebatch/hand-milled soap bases and how to craft fine bases into wonderful shampoo bars for all hair types. How to Make Handmade Shampoo Bars is written and photographed by the author of THE JOY OF MELT AND POUR SOAP CRAFTING.
Lisa Maliga
Lisa Maliga is an American author of contemporary fiction, psychological thrillers and cozy mysteries. Her nonfiction titles consist of how to make bath and body products with an emphasis on melt and pour soap crafting. When researching her latest cozy mystery, she discovered the art of baking French macarons. She continues to bake macarons, always trying new flavor combinations. When not writing, Lisa reads, watches movies, and is a huge fan of "The Walking Dead." Links: http://www.lisamaliga.com https://twitter.com/#!/lisamaliga https://twitter.com/#!/everythingshea http://pinterest.com/lisamaliga https://www.youtube.com/user/LisaMaliga
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How to Make Handmade Shampoo Bars - Lisa Maliga
Introduction
We are fortunate to be able to have access to an array of natural bath & body ingredients. Nut oils and butters from India, Africa, North and South America, and Europe can be delivered to our home within days. Fresh and dried botanicals from all over the world over can be found in our local health food store. Pure essential oils are far easier to obtain than they were twenty years ago.
Only since the 1930s have people been using liquid shampoos. Before that, they used either powdered herbs or soap. I’m one of the former liquid shampoo users who first tried a shampoo bar several years ago, liked it, and began creating my own.
For many years, I’ve successfully used shampoo bars. I formulate my own unique blends using hair-loving additives like jojoba oil, moringa seed oil, shea butter, goat’s milk, green tea, and Indian herbs such as amla, shikakai, and aritha. I’m not a cosmetologist. I don’t have a PhD in chemistry. I didn’t attend soapcrafting school. Everything I’ve learned has been done the old-fashioned way: by reading and by doing. I’ve invested loads of time and effort into learning all I can about crafting soap, whether it is glycerin melt and pour, or rebatching. When I first began working with rebatch soap, sometimes referred to as hand-milled soap, I wasn’t aware of the difference. I found out after waiting and waiting and waiting for it to melt in a one setting, one-quart crock-pot. Talk about slow! But that was how I began learning.
Creating your own hair and scalp friendly blends is simple to do and finding the ingredients will be a breeze with the handy Resources section. You probably have several of the ingredients in your kitchen. Best of all, none of these recipes require the use of lye, nor do you need to wear protective goggles or gloves. They’re simple enough for children to do, especially with adult supervision.
Before my business, Everything Shea, closed in 2009, I had been selling shampoo bars on my website for almost a year. I remember how happy I was the day I uploaded the photos and wrote an accompanying article so that people could learn more about the beauty of natural handmade shampoo bars. I had moved to another state and could no longer make and sell my shampoo bars, soap, whipped shea butter or lip balms. Living with my diabetic mother, I had limited kitchen access, as she had to be able to make herself a snack whenever her blood sugar got low. She didn’t want to walk in and see double boilers on the stove or soap molds standing on the counter.
After I moved out of my mother’s home, I again had full use of a kitchen. I was writing full time and when I finally got around to updating my website, I saw yet another order for a shampoo bar. I thought to myself; why not write a book about making shampoo bars? It would be fun and productive to show just how easy they are to make. And I still had all my original recipes that I’d written down by hand when I had planned to expand my line of shampoo bars. There were times when I saw ingredients like herbs, oils, different types of nut butters, and I’d think—now that might be an interesting addition. Here, for the first time, I’m revealing my Balancing Blend of essential oils that I used in the California Goat’s Milk and Honey Shampoo Bar—but is suitable for any shampoo bar.
I’ve enjoyed making all the shampoo bars that are included in this book and am proud to share them with you. I’ve made sure to include a step-by-step pictorial guide so that you can see how it’s done. To ensure that your shampoo bar works for you, an extra step has been taken by offering optional ingredients to most of the recipes. Now you can formulate your own bars of any shape and size for yourself, your family, friends, and customers.
Whether you’re new to soaping or an expert, I’m pleased that you’ve chosen to read this book. I know what it’s like to buy a log of soap and wonder—what next? You’ll receive detailed information, including fragrance and additive variations, within the pages of How to Make Handmade Shampoo Bars.
CHAPTER 1 ~
Why Make Your Own Shampoo Bars?
Shampoo bars are versatile enough for most hair types. They are fun and easy to make and you can create them to suit your needs. Not only are shampoo bars beneficial for your hair, they are also beneficial for the environment. They can be as natural and organic as you choose, using only the finest plant, fruit, nut and vegetable oils. If you sell, or are thinking about selling soap and/or other bath and body products, they can enhance your inventory.
Shampoo Bar Benefits:
They don’t spill!
Minimal packaging.
Excellent for travel/camping/the gym.
Custom made to suit YOUR hair type.
Unisex.
Easy to use.
No color needed.
Generally, they are preservative-free.
Scented or unscented.
Shampoo bars are versatile. Use as a facial soap and/or body soap.
Economical and earth-friendly
Good for people and dogs!
Shampoo bars can be made in various shapes and sizes.
DID YOU KNOW?
Many commercial soaps contain tallow, listed as sodium tallowate. This comes from rendered cow or pig fat—and sometimes bones. NOT recommended for vegetarians or vegans!
CHAPTER 2 ~
Equipment
What equipment is needed to create your own shampoo bars? The answer is usually this: you may have a lot of the equipment already. If you have an oven, crock-pot or double boiler you have the main piece of equipment that is needed to melt the cubes or shreds of soap. You can even use rice cookers and roasting ovens.
Here is a list of the items:
Kitchen scale
Cutting board
Wooden spoons or chopsticks
Silicone spatula [for rebatch/hand-milled soap]
Molds/flexible plastic containers
Glass measuring cup
Measuring spoons
Big knife
Paring knife
Wax paper
Plastic wrap
Paper towels
Plastic storage containers
Rubbing Alcohol [70% Isopropyl] OR witch hazel in a spritzer bottle
If possible, keep your soap supplies in a separate section of your kitchen. Or you may want to label your items, such as the wooden spoon. Even if you make soap occasionally, you should purchase separate measuring cups, spoons, knives, etc. The reason for this is that soap scents can linger. If you’ll be crafting a lot of soap, or plan to, it’s a good idea to purchase the above-listed items and store them in a soap drawer
or soap cabinet/cupboard.
Many of these items can be found at discount stores for just a few dollars.
WARNING: Please don’t melt your soap base in a plastic cup if using the double boiler method.
The same items are needed for your rebatch/hand-milled soaps. However, I strongly recommend a heavy-duty wooden spoon for stirring the soap. Also, you may need a spatula or a smaller wooden spoon when pouring or scooping melted soap base into molds.
In addition, if you make several bars of rebatch soap, you’ll need a flat well-ventilated area where they can be cured such as a bookcase or storage rack. This area should be away from harsh light/sunlight.
CHAPTER 3 ~
Storing