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If you are suffering from really bad dandruff and are already using a natural shampoo bar, you do not have to give in, and use a chemically infested product to deal with this problem. there are many natural remedies available and here is one that worked great for me.
Herbal Vinegar Rinse
2cups Apple Cider Vinegar
1/4 cup Rosemary (or) your choice.( I use fresh herbs )
Place the herb in a glass jar with the vinegar, and let it sit for a week.
Strain threw a cheesecloth.
Add 1 Tablespoon of the strained oil to 8ozs. of water
Use as a hair rinse after shampooing.
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Rosemary officinalis is native to the Mediterranean regions which would limit our growing season here in the Northeast, unless we invited this wonderful plant into our homes for the winter. Rosemary is famous for its many uses in the kitchen, but also has gained great recognition in the skin care industry as well. These are the two biggest reasons we wanted to have this herb easily available to us all year round. We can cut fresh rosemary in the middle of February for spicing up a delicious meal, and also have available for making new batches of soap, such as our shampoo bar, in which one of the ingredients is rosemary, for it stimulates circulation and increases the blood supply to the skin, which is why it is commonly found in shampoos.
Rosemary is one among many herbs such as basil, oregano, sage, lavender and many others that do well in containers placed in windows, that receive plenty of sun; typically a window that receives southern exposure. Be sure to have your plant in a container that has drainage, and minimally in a 4-6 inch pot using potting soil, rather that soil from your garden. Potting soil will have fertilizer and all the nutrients the plant should need to get through the winter. If however your plant looks pale you should fertilize with a diluted house plant fertilizer once every two weeks. Also make sure not to over water, letting the plant dry out between watering.
Natural shampoo bars! Great for traveling and less clutter in the shower.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
posted by Barbara 6:00 AM
Ever since I have made the switch from my old shampoos and conditioners to a single shampoo bar; my hair has not only benefited from the rosemary and lavender as it sooths and refreshes, and the castor and jojoba oil as it moisturizes my scalp, but I have also realized that there is a lot less clutter in the shower. I no longer have several different shampoo and conditioner bottles lined up along the shower wall. Which brings me to my next great observation of now being a satisfied user of a natural shampoo soap bars, is that they are great for traveling! Ever notice how much space those shampoo and conditioner bottles take up? With a shampoo bar you have your shampoo and conditioner all in one. So not only do you get a much healthier product with no harmful ingredient like Formaldehyde, but on a practical side, they conveniently take up less space.
Shampoo soap bars; what are you washing your hair with?
Friday, October 9, 2009
posted by Barbara 7:00 AM
When thinking about making the switch from commercial bought soap to handmade soaps, often overlooked is the hair. What a refreshing treat it is to wash and cleanse your skin with a natural homemade soap bar such as goat milk soaps. However if you are still washing your hair with the newest and latest commercial shampoo that is promising to give you thicker, fuller hair, you may want to read what is on the ingredients. Most shampoos and when I use the word most I am talking about over 95% of commercial bought shampoos contain harmful chemicals such as Formaldehyde and Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. Recent studies are revealing that these harmful chemicals are actually contributing to baldness among many other health problems. If you think about it; do you really want to be scrubbing your head with what is actually used to clean garage floors and engines?
When I learned of this I immediately started to do my research and began to make my own shampoo bar. I read that herbs such as Lavender and Rosemary help soothe and stimulate the scalp, oils like Jojoba oil will moisturize and the different herbs selected and aloe will aid in conditioning the hair. We were all a little skeptical at first, not wanting to give up our loyalty to those favorite shampoos and conditioners, but now the whole family is using natural shampoo bars, and we all can testify that it works great and would never go back to using commercial bought shampoo and conditioners.