A new Life: SLS free!

Lately I've realized that all, absolutely all of my shampoos and soaps have this ingredient in common: Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, or similar ones, like Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate or Sodium Laureth Sulfate. Anyways, I'm not such a chemistry geek, but this SLS (ALS or SLES) is the worst thing that can happen to hair and skin! It's even proven that it's irritant AND cancerigenous if used for long periods of time!!
And why do most firms still use this ultra-dangerous thing on people's shampoos and soap? Because it is cheap. That's it, our health and protection doesn't matter against a cheaper ingredient.
What should we do?
First, start making your own shampoo! and if you're not that crafty or think that's too much work, buy baby shampoo, or check the at  Organic shops to see if there's a bio-shampoo that doesn't contain SLS.
Me? I prefer homemade shampoo. I still don't know how to prepare it, but my boyfriend's mum makes one out of Aloe! You can't imagine how my hair is looking lately! Since the very first day it felt smoother, moisturized and soft! I was like: Oh my! I need to do this often!
In case you feel like making you very own organic shampoo, I'm sharing many recipes I found in Buzzle.com



Organic Shampoo Recipe # 1
Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
• 1 cup distilled water
• 2 teaspoons of organic coconut oil
• 2 tablespoons of Castile soap
• 10 drops of lavender oil

Procedure
Combine eggs, lemon juice, distilled water, coconut oil, lavender oil and Castile soap in a blender. Blend all the products into a smooth and uniform solution. This shampoo is protein rich and is really effective for damaged hair and those with split ends.

Organic Shampoo Recipe # 2
Ingredients

• 1 cup hot water
• ½ cup coconut milk
• ½ cup organic rose petals
• 2 tablespoons of organic coconut oil
• 6 drops rose otto essential oil
• 6 tablespoons grated Castile soap

Procedure
First of all, steep the organic rose petals in hot water for half an hour. Then strain water and add the remaining ingredients in it. Whisk the solution well and your organic shampoo with mild rose flavor is ready. You can use it as the best shampoo for dry hair as well as frizzy hair.

Organic Shampoo Recipe # 3
Ingredients

• 1 cups strong chamomile tea
• ½ tablespoon glycerin
• 1 ½ tablespoons grated Castile soap
• 2 ½ drops of chamomile essential oil

Procedure
Take grated Castile soap in a bowl and pour hot chamomile tea on it. Once the soap gets soft, add glycerin and essential hair oil in it. Mix well and store in cool and dry place. You can shuffle chamomile tea with rosemary/sage (for brunettes), calendula (for redheads) and betony for gray hair! This organic shampoo is used as the best shampoo for curly hair as well.

Organic Shampoo Recipe # 4
Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons of light vegetable oil
• 4 tablespoons of liquid Castile soap
• 4 tablespoons of fresh rosemary
• 4 tablespoons of coconut flakes
• 4 tablespoons of fresh thyme
• 2 cups of distilled water

Procedure
Boil distilled water and add rosemary, thyme and coconut flakes in it. Boil the water further for about half an hour more and strain it into a bowl. Then add Castile soap and oil in it. Mix the solution well and store in dry and cool place. This is an easy recipe to make one of the best natural dandruff shampoo at home!

Organic Shampoo Recipe # 5
Ingredients

• ½ cup distilled water
• ½ cup liquid Castile soap
• 1 tablespoon jojoba or grape seed oil
• 6 tablespoons rosemary herb
• 2 tablespoons lemon grass
• 4 tablespoons tea tree oil
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

Procedure
Boil distilled water. As soon as it starts to boil, add lemon grass and rosemary to it to steep. Steep it for about half an hour and then strain it. Allow the solution to cool. Then add the rest of the ingredients like vanilla, tea tree oil and Castile soap to it and mix them well. Now store this shampoo in an airtight container, in a cool and dry place. This can be used as the best shampoo for oily hair, which is organic and homemade!

(Full Article here.)

Also, you can create your very own recipe, using the base shampoo base and adding ingredients according  to your hair type!


Organic Shampoo Base Recipe

• Once you prepare a basic shampoo base, you can add other organic ingredients to it.
• In a medium bowl, mix equal parts of castile soap and distilled water.
• This quantity depends on how much or little you wish to prepare.
• You can either take liquid castile soap or grate a bar.
• Mix properly and store in a clean plastic bottle.

Once you have the base ready, depending on what your hair texture and requirements are, you can add the dried herbs and essential oils. Below is a table which gives you an idea as to which hair type needs which extra organic ingredients.

Hair Type/Texture	Organic Ingredients
Dry/Coarse Hair	Eggs & Honey Coconut or Avocado Oil Orange & Lavender Flower Jojoba Oil Bananas
Oily Hair	Peppermint Leaves Tea Tree Leaves Chamomile Juice Cucumber Juice
Normal Hair	Rosemary Tea Tree Oil Ginger Juice Lemongrass Sage Leaves

Now apart from these dried herbs and essential oils, you can also add fragrances in your organic shampoo base. Include lemon, almond, or vanilla extract to the base so that after shampooing, your hair has the beautiful fragrance. Make sure you add only few drops of these extracts as you don't want the fragrance to be very dominating.

(Full Article here.)