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54. Shampoo update.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Finally used up the last of my giant bottle of shampoo last week. Time to try baking soda! I've read several different baking soda shampoo recipes -- from very basic (rub baking soda into wet hair) to elaborate preparations including oils, soaps, herbs, and fragrances.

My own concoction is quite simple. You'll need
(1) A suitable plastic bottle. Recommend an empty dish detergent bottle with a push-stop dispenser cap (i.e., Palmolive Dish Liquid) in a size comfortable to hold in one wet hand.
(2) Baking soda.
(3) Water.
(4) Dr. Bronner's Liquid Castile Soap in your choice of fragrance.

Blend baking soda and water into a thick but pourable consistency, and fill the bottle about 3/4 full with that. Then fill the bottle the rest of the way with the Dr. Bronner's liquid soap. Close and turn the bottle several times to blend the solution well.

Squirt some of your new shampoo on wet hair and massage in as usual. Rinse well, and finish off with a diluted apple cider vinegar rinse. Hair will dry clean and silky soft.

Dr. Bronner's now has a conditioning hair rinse made with organic South Asian shikakai that I'd love to try, but I haven't found it locally yet. Meanwhile, the apple cider vinegar rinse is doing a perfectly fine (and cheaper) job.

Inexpensive, natural, eco-friendly, and very, very effective!