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Jojoba Shampoo Bar Recipe With Chamomile

A very mild solid shampoo bar recipe, with jojoba oil and chamomile infused water.
Chamomile is well known in haircare for being able to lighten your hair color. It also helps promote hair strength, prevent split ends, restore vibrancy and free your hair of lackluster appearances. Jojoba oil is a very mild oil, with a fatty acid profile very similar to human sebum.
These two main ingredients, along with a mild surfactant, contribute to a very mild shampoo, good for all hair types.
Dificulty: Easy
Weight: 100g
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Method: Syndet Bar
Cosmetic: Syndet Bar
Servings: 1 shampoo bar (100g)
Cost: $2,15 / 2€

Ingredients

Liquid Phase

Cooling Phase

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.
    How Do You Make 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)
    Disinfect-equipment
  • Measure all ingredients and prepare your workstation. Wear a mask as the SCI releases an irritant dust cloud
  • Make the chamomile-infused water in advance. Use 2/3 of a cup of chamomile with 1 cup of water.

Liquid Phase

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

Solid Phase

  • Add the solid phase ingredient (SCI) 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.
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  • Mix and heat the mixture in low heat until it has the consistency of homogeneous mush or porridge.
    mixing sci and liquids
  • Remove the double boiler or jug from heat. Mix a bit to cool down the mixture.
    cooling mixture

Make Your Bars

  • At around 50ºC or lower, add the cooling phase ingredients: essential oils and the preservative. Mix well.
    adding-cooling-phase-ingredients
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Pour the mixture into a soap mold. After unmolding let it dry for 2 or 3 days.
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  • Your shampoo bar is ready to use!

Video

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