Baking soda is a natural product and its properties are as numerous as they are surprising. Inexpensive, non-toxic and easy to use, baking soda is a multi-purpose product. To clean your home, relieve your heartburn, whiten your teeth, or replace your deodorant, it's an essential item you should always have at your fingertips. In this article, we will explain how to use it to make a homemade shampoo, which will work wonders for your hair!
Did you know that the shampoos you buy in stores - and that usually cost you the eyes of the head - are in fact very harmful for the health of your hair. Whatever brand you use (even the most prestigious), just flip your bottle and pay a little more attention to the components to discover incompressible names resonance somewhat barbaric. Sodium, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Diethonolamine, Parfum, Parabens ... Your shampoo contains over 4000 different chemicals. By dint of application, these substances can dry out your hair, weaken it, and in some cases, harm your health.
Awareness awakening more and more about this, the trend "No-poo" has appeared in 2015. It is a concept come from the United States that literally means "without shampoo". Thus, we swap his usual shampoo against a softer and less aggressive product for the scalp. In this sense, we advise you to make your shampoo at home, and guess what, there is nothing simpler! Based on baking soda, this shampoo is natural and biodegradable.
How to make your Baking Soda Shampoo
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 tablespoons baking soda (it all depends on the length of your hair)
- 3 volumes of water
- 10 drops of lavender essential oil
Preparation
- Mix in a bottle and shake vigorously.
Use
Apply the preparation in the shower as you would with your usual shampoo. Leave for 2 to 3 minutes then rinse with warm water. This will not lather like a traditional shampoo, but do not worry, your hair will be thoroughly cleansed.
To eliminate static and frizz, mix 1 part cider vinegar with 4 parts water, then apply to your hair and leave for a few minutes before rinsing with warm water. This will act as a conditioner and bring shine and suppleness to your hair.
The benefits of ingredients
Baking soda: it effectively eliminates the accumulation of sebum on your hair and purifies your scalp. Limits the appearance of dandruff and allows the roots to grease less quickly. It is therefore an incredibly effective natural cleanser.
Lavender essential oil: Lavender essential oil has recently attracted the attention of researchers as to its properties capable of generating hair growth. A study published in 2016 found that lavender oil helped stimulate hair growth, helped to reduce the problems of baldness and alopecia, and made the hair fiber thicker and more resistant.
Caution
Baking Soda is undeniably an ally for your mane, but be careful not to abuse it. By dint of applying, the scales of the hair open and your hair is weakened (so the opposite effect occurs). Therefore, it is best not to use your baking soda shampoo more than twice a week.
Baking soda is also not recommended for colored or highlighted hair, it is an abrasive product that will quickly disgorge your color.
Wheatgrass: A real treasure for your hair
Because of its high content of chlorophyll (70%), wheatgrass is an indubitable greening alkalizer. Due to the presence of vitamins B12 and C, iron and iodine, consumed regularly, wheatgrass juice will grow your hair much faster. It will strengthen your hair follicles, preventing the breakage and the fall of your hair. It will repair your damaged hair, treat itching, dander and scalp.
