Homemade NATURAL SHAMPOO - pH BALANCED!

Easy DIY Moisturizing Shampoo with Natural African Black Soap & Apple Cider Vinegar. pH Balanced to leave your hair dandruff free & ultra shiny!

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The only way to be 100% sure what’s in your shampoo… is to make it yourself! Make your own Homemade Natural Hair Shampoo The Right Way using natural cleansing agents like AFRICAN BLACK SOAP, along with moisturizing ALOE VERA, GLYCERINE & JOJOBA Oil to protect each curl on your head, without relying on synthetic or harsh chemicals and sulfates!

In this Natural Shampoo DIY I’ll take you through how to make a simple, natural shampoo recipe, including what each ingredient does, how to make a pH balanced formula, and how to preserve your shampoo so that it can completely substitute any store bought curly hair shampoos!

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Makes 200ml of African Black Soap Shampoo:
• 100ml Black Soap Dilute
• 35ml Aloe Vera Juice
• 30ml Apple Cider Vinegar
• 15ml Jojoba Oil
• 10ml Castor Oil
• 10ml Glycerine
• 20 drops Essential Oil: Peppermint, Lavender & Bergamot
Preservatives & Antioxidant (Work out how much by finding the percentage of the total shampoo amount above i.e. 200 x 5% = Preservative amount)
• 2% Vitamin E Oil
• 2 – 5% Preservative (depending on the type)

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Natural Cleanser
The purpose of a shampoo is to cleanse your scalp from excess oils, product build up and dead skin cells. So you do need to have a cleansing agent!
African Black Soap is an all natural soap made from locally harvested plants native to Africa such as plantain, cocoa pods & palm tree leaves. They’re sun-dried and roasted which gives the soap its rich colour. Water & oils like shea butter and coconut oil are added and the soap is left to cure. And that’s all that’s in it!

Pure Black Soap is made mostly in West Africa. It’s has a deep brown colour, with a marbling effect – and is soft and crumbly, not like regular commercial soap.
It’s known for having healing benefits and has been used to relieve many skin conditions including eczema, psoriasis & acne. Traditional black soap doesn’t contain any chemicals and is usually made from only a couple ingredients.

Try to buy authentic black soap from sites that source from local communities and are fair trade! It’s a natural produce of West African countries and it’s important to support the communities where possible!

pH Balance
The pH level of your shampoo is very important when it comes to the health of your hair.
pH is a scale of how acidic something is. When it comes to skin care, products that are too acidic or too alkaline can be extremely irritating to the skin and can even cause a burning sensation. Whilst your skin is a living organ so it can balance itself back to a healthier pH over time – your hair cannot. Hair can’t repair itself or heal from damage resulting from products that are too acidic or too alkaline. So it is extremely important to make sure the pH is correct in the products you use.

Your scalp’s pH is around 5.5 (acidic), so using products with a pH between 5 – 7 is best for most people.

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[WholeElise]

A Sulfate Free, Chemical Free, Paraben Free, Problematic Free... ALL NATURAL SHAMPOO 😘💚

[LunaLaLove]

I AM SO HAPPY I FOUND YOU You seem legit AF, gorgeous and you just got "it"!!!! New sub!!! Love and Light to You and

[lealily]

This is the only properly informative video I’ve seen on this! Love it! will deffo try. thank you, you seem like you know exactly what you’re talking about :) subbed

[mangolotus]

You are amazing! This is the first black soap shampoo DIY that is made with the right ph. Thanks for this excellent Tutorial.💙

[tintbrail]

Must be a bitter ex that thumb you down 😂😂😂😂😂 or jus some hater, the video was great

[hizzgurrl]

This is a damn good channel girl! New subscriber here ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[tirapatstew]

I have been told so many times that African black soap shampoo does not need a preservative because of the alkaline. It won’t allow anything to grow in it. mold etc. cant live it. However Listening to this, it’s been to be safe than sorry. Plus there are natural preservatives we can use. Thank you for being so Informative. I love watching and learning from your videos

[dajee]

Love love love!!! How much xanthan gum would you add to thicken the ratio you’ve provided?

[opheliawilson]

Hi Elise, would you able to put this black soap shampoo in the formulation section of your website? It would be so helpful because I want to add other ingredients and having it all in grams would be great. Thanks in advance.

[elisal]

Hi, thank you for the recipe! I am a bit confused about pH balancing soap - soap is alkaline and mixing it with acids would only cancel out the saponifying properties of soap? Or is that the goal? What would be the cleaning agent in that case?

[mahlyhiggins]

For some reason I had tried the ph and it is at 7

[sorayataleb]

Girl this video was soo well put together and I love the content!! I'm going to make this recipe ASAP, instant subscribe!!!!

[Beautylove]

You are so beautiful! I've been looking for a channel like this for so long!! thank you so much I subscribed off the first video I watched. I love the videos you have, but I would also love to see a video about your natural hair care regimen. I've been trying to figure out how often I should wash my hair and different ways to keep it moisturized. You're curls are so pretty and your hair looks so healthy. I need some tips and I would love to have the hair products I use to be completely natural.

[Raquel-fl]

It left my hair so oily I had to wash it with normal shampoo. I'm sorry, but I think there's too much oil in the recipe

[foxshear]

Is 5.5 too acidic for the shampoo?
I ended up having to add more apple cider vinegar to adjust the ph is that pretty normal?
Thanks so much I love your channel

[carfroify]

Um help please, it won't foam up and it leaves hair oily

[blosstalks]

This is so helpful thank you so much. ive just binged watched much of your content and its so informative! wish i found you earlier

[sharondanjack]

I was so happy when you mentioned Nigeria 🇳🇬 ❤️

[IrenicCryogenic]

Wait, I thought black soap couldn't be pH balanced because making a soap (which is alkaline by definition) acidic remove the soap properties and just turns it into a non cleansing fatty acid. Can you show a video of you actually using this shampoo to show that it works?

[KerrosyG]

Wow! you're very knowledgeable about these ingredients. Your content is very informative! and I love it!