DIY Shampoo Bar
In this post I am going to go way in depth about how to make and use your own shampoo bar. The thing that I love about the syndet shampoo bars are how long they last in the shower. Well, that and the ridiculous amount of bubbles!
Servings: 100 grams
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Scale
- Heat sage containers
- Double boiler
- Ph meter
- Silicone mold
Ingredients
Heat Phase 2
- 2 grams | 2% Cocoa butter
- 2 grams | 2% Cetyl alcohol
After Heat Phase
- 3.5 grams | 3.5% Sodium lactate
- Citric acid
Cool Down Phase
- 1 gram | 1% Pro Vitamin B5
- 1 gram | 1% Vegekeratin
- 2 grams | 2% Bergamot & Mandarin Fragrance Oil
- Orange mica powder
Instructions
- Weigh out your ingredients. Do not weigh vegekeratin, provitamin b5 or the mica powder.
- Place the SCI,SLSA, and CAPB in a double boiler. (It has to be a double boiler).
- Pop it on the stove. Stir regularly, but it will take a while to melt.
- While the surfactants are heating, make your citric acid mixture. Use 50% water and 50% citric acid. I made 10 grams, but you will not need that much. A little bit goes a long way.
- In a separate heat safe container, add your cocoa butter and cetyl alcohol.
- Pop it on the double boiler.
- When the surfactants have fully melted, pull both containers off the double boiler.
- Place the surfactant mix into a heat safe mixing bowl.
- Add the cocoa butter and cetyl alcohol to the surfactants and mix.
- Add the sodium lactate and mix.
- Check and adjust the Ph level with citric acid mixture.
- Add fragrance oil and mica powder.
- Add the remaining cool down ingredients while on the scale.
- Give the shampoo bar a good mix.
- Firmly press the mixture into your mold. I press the mix to the sides of the mold to make sure there are no gaps.
- Allow to fully cool before removing from the mold.
- Be sure to allow the shampoo bar to dry out for a few days to a week before using.