Another week, another random DIY household item project. This time I ran out of shampoo. So, instead of going out and buying some filled with chemicals and who knows what carcinogens, I made my own. All I needed was one of the basic few household items I now buy in bulk for cleaning and other purposes: castille soap, baking soda, borax, washing soda and vinegar.
All I needed for shampoo was a few tablespoons of castille soap. The kind we have is tea tree scented.
There are a variety of herbs you can add to shampoos for scent and also for help with oiliness, dryness, volume, etc. Today I just added rosemary, since we have a rosemary bush. Come summer, though, I'll be adding lavender from our lavender bushes and hopefully grow some sage and add that as well. I put the rosemary leaves in a tea strainer.
I boiled some water and let the rosemary steep for 10-15 minutes.
Then I added the rosemary water to the castille soap (I just reused my old shampoo bottle).
Voila - Homemade tea tree-rosemary shampoo! Total cost of replacement shampoo: $.28 - Frugal Win!
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