Natural Shampoo Alternatives

[Fethenwen]

Wow, this thread is the thing! I really love experimenting with natural solution for my skin and hair. Hopefully I will find something that works the best.

[Milui Elenath]

Answering this late as I have only just read this thread but I got some online and have only just used them on my hair today.
I got them from this place :

http://www.soapinanutshell.com.au/http://

You can get soapnuts in a sample size and powder. I might try some powder too.
Not sure what I think yet , they did clean my hair though.

I just bought some from this site also. They were extremely fast in delivering I got them the next day! I haven't used them yet.

[Nizhoni]

Finoriels egg shampoo works very well, my hair and scalp is better than ever. Thank you so much Finoriel for posting that recipe!
All I need now is egg shampoo, acidic rinse, some of my shea/coconut/aloe-mix (in damp hair) and my hair is happy for almost a week!

I did always forget the cocoa and now I don't need it, the smell of wet dog went away after a few washes. At the most it can smell just a little like eggs at times, but I can live with that!

[hmmm]

I have a question... recently I bought a shampoo that claimed to have soapnut in it and no detergents, chemical ingredients, or 'non biodegradable' ingredients. It lathered decently though, and I read that natural shampoos aren't supposed to lather. Does soapnut lather? Could it be that this brand (Biotique) doesn't really use all-natural ingredients?

[florenonite]

I have a question... recently I bought a shampoo that claimed to have soapnut in it and no detergents, chemical ingredients, or 'non biodegradable' ingredients. It lathered decently though, and I read that natural shampoos aren't supposed to lather. Does soapnut lather? Could it be that this brand (Biotique) doesn't really use all-natural ingredients?

I don't know whether or not soapnuts lather, but I use a natural shampoo bar and it produces a lather comparable to a commercial brand. Its ingredients are:

Sodium Olivate/Saponified Olive Oil, Sodium Palmate/Saponified Palm Oil, Sodium Cocoate/Saponified Coconut Oil, Sodium Cocoa Butterate/Saponified Cocoa Butter, Olea Europaea Oil/Olive Oil, Rosemary Essential Oil, Lavender Essential Oil, Tea Tree Essential Oil, Sage Powder, Rosemary Powder (from the website whence I bought it).

I think it's the saponified oils that produce the lather, so if your product contains such a thing that might explain it.

[hmmm]

It doesn't say so on the bottle. It's got Walnut Bark Extract, Ritha Extract, Amla Extract and a herb called Jatamansi. Apart from those it says 'Purified Water'. Aisha told me that the product is completely natural, so is it the soapnut that is causing the lather? I have to use slightly more than with ordinary shampoo though. My hair seems to like it very much

[Gulbahar]

Soapnuts can lather. Yes.

[hmmm]

Thanks for clearing that up

[Henna Sooq]

It can lather but some natural shampoos won't lather as much as others.

[indigonight]

for those using the egg shampoo... does it remove the oils from heavily oiled hair?