Herbal shampoo recipe turned solid?
M.M. from Toronto, Ontario writes:
I’ve made a batch of Lindsay’s herbal tea shampoo recipe and I noticed that the castile soap turned into a solid once mixed with the rest of the ingredients. I bought a liquid version of an unscented baby-mild, hemp pure-castile soap of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap brand at a health food store. Is that the wrong kind? Should this soap be reacting this way? Would vegetable glycerin have been better?
Lindsay responds:
I haven’t ever had the problem you described. It sounds like you got the liquid castile soap which is great, because they do make a bar version. My batches have always remained liquid but perhaps did yours get exposed to cold? I can imagine it might harden if the solution became too cold. Did you make sure the tea cooled before you added the soap? I’ve only found that adding hot tea to the soap can turn it green, the shampoo that is, not your hair. Finally, were your proportions right? It’s a 1/4 cup liquid castile soap to 3/4 cup distilled water (maybe your water had impurities).
Tags: castile soup, distilled water, herbal, Lindsay, recipes, shampoo
December 9th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
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