Rosemary Shampoo Bar Recipe With SCI

A wonderful solid shampoo bar recipe, enriched with rosemary.

Rosemary is well known in natural haircare for its hair growth properties. It is also a good hair conditioner. It gives shine and health to your hair. Argan oil is a very mild oil, with a fatty acid profile similar to human sebum. It's very light and conditioning for hair. But you can also use coconut oil, a very good and cheaper replacement.

This recipe uses rosemary in the infused water, infused oils and as an essential oil. Try this solid shampoo bar, good for all hair types.

Dificulty: Easy

Weight: 100g

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 30

Method: Syndet Bar

Cosmetic: Syndet Bar

Servings: shampoo bar (100g)

Cost: $2,15 / 2€

Equipment

Ingredients

Solid Phase

55 g SCI (sodium cocoyl isethionate)
0.5 tsp french green clay (optional)

Liquid Phase

25 g rosemary-infused water rosemary-infused water
15 g argan oil rosemary-infused argan oil or jojoba oil

Cooling Phase

1,5 ml essential oil rosemary
0,5 ml essential oil peppermint (optional)
0,5 g Liquid Germall Plus check quantities as per manufacturer instructions

Instructions

Preparations and Good Practices

Learn how to make a syndet bar in How Do You Make a Syndet Bar? or watch the video above. They don't have a recipe but explain in general the steps and ingredients to produce a syndet bar.
Disinfect all your equipment before starting. You can boil some of your equipment (like the double boiler, glass cups, spoons), and use a solution of 1 liter of water with 1/2 cup of bleach, for items that are not heat-resistant (like the milk frother, plastic cups or the lotion containers)
Check out the post What Is a Syndet Bar or the tutorial videos above. They don't have a recipe but explain in general the steps and ingredients to produce a syndet bar.
Measure all ingredients and prepare your workstation. Wear a mask as the SCI releases an irritant dust cloud
Make the rosemary-infused water in advance. Use 2/3 of a cup of rosemary with 1 cup of water.
Make the rosemary-infused oil with jojoba oil or coconut oil in advance. Learn how to make infused oil in How to Make Infused Oil

Liquid Phase

Put a pan with water into the stove (any water as this is for bagne-marie)
Add the liquid ingredients into the double boiler or a metal jug. Let it heat in low heat, up to 50ºC.

Solid Phase

Add the solid phase ingredients (SCI with clay) and mix well with a spoon. I prefer to use a fork as it works as half spoon, half whisker. Preferably, add SCI 1/3 at a time, and mix gently but thoroughly before pouring more. Let it melt and incorporate well in the mixture.
Mix and heat the mixture in low heat until it has the consistency of homogeneous mush or porridge.
Remove the double boiler or jug from heat. Mix a bit to cool down the mixture.

Make Your Bars

At around 50ºC or lower, add the cooling phase ingredients: essential oils and the preservative. Mix well.
Take 1/4 tsp of the mixture and dilute it in 1 tsp of warm water. Dissolve it well and use a pH strap to measure pH. Should be 5-6.
If pH is too high add a bit of lemon juice or citric acid, or baking soda if it's too low. Mix very well and measure the pH again.
Pour the mixture into a soap mold. Let it harden completely (24 hours). After unmolding let it dry for 2 or 3 days.
Your shampoo bar is ready to use!

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