Hibiscus Shampoo

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No need to spent money for shampoo

Believe me, there is no need to spent for a shampoo. Do you have a hibiscus plant in your courtyard? Then you can save money. Just like every others I also tried so many brands of shampoos. Nothing seems suitable for my hair type. Some shampoos makes my hair too dry. The conditioner makes my hair too stiff. Conditioner gives a thick sticky and stiff coating over the hair which I don't like. Herbal shampoo also I am not satisfied with.

Because of all these matters I finally decided to keep away from shampoos and conditioners. If I want to wash my hair I use shampoo just like a soap liquid. Then I deeply put oil and get moisturized. But still my hair look not very healthy. Just like every others because of busy schedule I did not bother about this.

Few weeks back one of my client called and asked for any shampoo that she can use. She won't use any shampoo and prefer some natural homemade shampoo. I prescribed to use hibiscus leaves as shampoo. Let me tell you the next day morning she called me again to say thanks. She used the hibiscus shampoo and the result was amazing.

How to prepare hibiscus shampoo
So I thought this time let me start using hibiscus shampoo. I prepared just a simple shampoo with hibiscus leaves. I took 10 leaves of hibiscus and one hibiscus flower. Then I made a loose paste by adding a little water. You know it will be a green sticky liquid.

How to use hibiscus shampoo
Apply a little oil before bathing is fine. After wetting hair apply hibiscus shampoo. If you have dry hair certainly apply some oil. Otherwise it may make it more dry latter. Do smart rubbing on scalp and hair with this shampoo. Do this for five min. Then rinse
hair normally. Here you can see and feel the difference. I really felt ashamed for running after store bought shampoos. Use this hibiscus shampoo at least once in a week.

Homemade Shampoo Hibiscus

Homemade Hibiscus Shampoo

Hibiscus leaves were used not only as homemade shampoo; it acts as a good hair conditioner also. Hibiscus flowers also can be used. In India there will be at least one hibiscus plant in the garden as it is a flowering plant. There are so many types of plants with different colored flowers. Anything can be used as a homemade shampoo + conditioner. It is an instant product to be used immediately.

Here is a typical recipe to make homemade shampoo.
Ingredients:
Hibiscus leaves – 5 to 10
Hibiscus flowers – 1 or 2
Green gram flour – 3 tsp.
Coconut oil – 1 or 2 tsp.

How to prepare the homemade shampoo
If hibiscus leaves are not available buy Hibiscus powder. Get few leaves and flowers of hibiscus and add green gram flour. Crush it by adding one cup water. Crush it till you get a loose viscous liquid. You can feel the sudiness of it. Sieve it and get the liquid in a bowl. Now you can add coconut oil or olive oil as your choice.

You have to use this homemade hibiscus shampoo now. Bath in normal water. Apply the homemade shampoo all over hair and scalp. Finger through out hair and rub gently on the scalp. After this rinse hair well. Then blot hair with a towel, do not rub vigorously. Or allow to air dry.

Those who have sinus or cold, please avoid using this at that time. You can use it after few days.

See your hair silky shiny with a great fall. You can try this homemade shampoo once in a week minimum to get good result.

Homemade Shampoo

Home-made shampoo

Homemade shampoo can be made easily. This way you can avoid adding chemicals to scalp. And if you want, all the hair care can be done naturally. Thus can go all natural. This site helps to find your needs naturally. The homemade shampoo will be helpful for those who don't want to use chemicals, those with sensitive scalp or with extreme dry or oily scalp and hair.

ingredients for natural homemade shampoo:
50 grams soap nut (Aretha/Reetha)
50 gm dried amla
50 gm shikakai

(To buy shikakai , amla and reetha)

Grind all the above ingredients. (Or these ingredients available as powder) Boil them in two liters of clean water. When the mixture gets cold filter it and can be used.

How to apply this homemade shampoo
If you have very dry scalp and hair or you used shampoo recently, before applying this homemade shampoo, apply some oil on hair and scalp. Generally if you apply a little oil is adviceable. One more thing to remember- those who have rough or thick hair strands, reducing the quantity of amla powder to 25 gm is good. For the first time when apply this homemade shampoo, you may feel thick hair strands, so remember to dilute the shampoo.
While using this homemade shampoo please avoid using other shampoos or dyes.