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How to Make Shampoo Soap Step by Step Video

Posted by Kelly Hair, Handmade Soap, Natural Beauty, Soap Instructions and Ideas 14 comments
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I’m excited to be able to bring you a Video Tutorial: Shampoo Soap Step by Step.  In this video I will walk you through how to make shampoo bar soap.  Really, this can be watched to get an idea of how to make any hot processed lye soap, as the directions are the same.  Only the ingredients are different for shampoo bars.

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Regular shampoos are jam packed full of ingredients that are not good for your skin, brain, organs, etc.  I had an odd experience the other day.  I was out without my shampoo bars and had to use a shampoo product that was “clean and clear”.  Even looking at the ingredients I decided it was better than most.  After I washed my hair there was this plastic like slimy substance in the mesh shower drain.  It wasn’t just soap bubbles, it was really odd.  Just another convincing incident to make me love using my own.

You can spend a lot of money of organic shampoos, or you can simply make your own shampoo bars.  The difference between these bars and other soap bar recipes is that they are made with a number of more expensive oils (though a batch is still cheaper than what you would spend on organic shampoo) that are very nourishing and healing to your hair.  You can use these on your entire body if you wish.  They are all around great bars.

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For shampoo bar recipes, go to 7 Shampoo Bar Recipes.

For those of you who have never used shampoo bars, you need to know that it will not feel like your usual shampoo when you use it.  Your hair is used to being over-stripped of it’s natural oils and then piled high with -usually- not so healthy oils.  It takes a week or two for your hair to break this cycle.  Once it does, your scalp will produce enough oils to create a beautiful shine, without you having those oily problems like you used to.

To use, just lather in your hands or on a washcloth like you would a soap bar and massage through your hair.


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About Kelly

Kelly is the author of number one best seller The Natural Soap Making Book for Beginners and Easy Soap Making. She's also written multiple ebooks on herbal remedies and natural bath and body DIYs. Her journey toward better health has inspired her to make things in and around the home from scratch, start a homestead, and become more resourceful when it comes to health and home. She shares her recipes and DIYs here on Simple Life Mom and has a shop where she sells products for those who would rather buy than make (SimpleLifeMom.com/shop).

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  • Holly Giles
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    July 25, 2014 at 7:12 AM

    Thanks for the great recipe. I love making soap too. I will give yours a try! Holly

  • Rebecca
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    July 25, 2014 at 11:35 AM

    Hi Kelly. Thank you very much for this informative information on making homemade soap and shampoo bars. I’ve been really interested in trying this out, so I think that I’ll just have to be brave and go for it. This and many other processes are things that our ancestors knew how to do, but we have forgotten them thanks to our industrialized culture. It is so important to learn these types of skills.

    Saying hello from the HomeAcre Blog Hop #80 :).

  • Raia
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    July 31, 2014 at 2:59 PM

    Great video, Kelly! I had no idea lye would heat up water so quickly – amazing! Thanks for sharing this at Savoring Saturdays!

  • Grace
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    August 9, 2014 at 6:37 PM

    Glad I found your site! I’m really liking what I see and plan on visiting again 🙂

    • Kelly
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      August 9, 2014 at 6:43 PM

      Thank you 🙂

  • Christina
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    July 30, 2015 at 9:34 PM

    Thanks making your shampoo bars tomorrow and this helped me feel better about doing it. With four other people and we have never made soap before this will be an experience.!

    • Kelly
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      July 30, 2015 at 9:43 PM

      Sounds like fun!!! I’ll check my email tomorrow. Let me know if you all have any questions. 🙂

  • Karyn
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    January 4, 2016 at 11:06 AM

    This is the year! I bought my lye over the holidays and as soon as I’m running low on my shampoo bars (5 for the price of 4 :-), I’m going to do it. My husband said he would helped as he remembered helping his grandmother make soap when he was very young. Thanks for sharing your recipes!

  • Jean
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    September 20, 2016 at 4:15 PM

    In some area, you asked if anyone wanted to share their recipe or something along those lines, now I can’t find it but I want to share one that I made recently that I really like.
    I have a giant catnip plant and my cat hates it so I decided to find a use for it besides catnip tea. I gathered a pile of catnip, leaves and buds. I didn’t dry it (didn’t wash it either) and had no idea if this would work but I poured melted coconut oil over it in a jar and put it in the crock pot on warm for 24 hours. Took it out and left it in the cabinet for a couple of weeks. When I strained it, the oil was really green. Here’s my hot processed recipe:
    10 ounces catnip infused coconut oil
    7.6 ounces regular coconut oil
    6.4 ounces olive oil
    4.8 ounces canola oil
    3.2 ounces caster oil
    12.16 ounces water
    4.88 ounces Lye
    Two Tablespoons finely chopped fresh catnip leaves, not packed.
    All the oils go in the crock pot on low.
    Pour lye into water, mix and wait until it’s clear then pour that slowly into the oils.
    Stick blend until it reaches trace.
    Put the lid on and cook it until it doesn’t zap you. I cooked mine for 45 minutes and stirred it a couple of times.
    Just before I poured it in to a mold, I quickly stirred in the fresh catnip. This gives the already green soap some dark green bits and it’s really beautiful. I use it as shampoo and body bar. It’s my new favorite and I couldn’t have done it without your information, Kelly. Thanks!

    • Kelly
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      September 20, 2016 at 10:42 PM

      That’s wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!! 🙂

  • Lisa
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    September 16, 2018 at 10:31 PM

    Hi! This looks amazing- do you list the recipe? Would love to try this, but it doesn’t match up with the 7 shampoo soap bar recipes.

    • Kelly
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      September 17, 2018 at 11:32 AM

      It’s a method video showing you the step by step process. Most recipes are very similar. You can use any other shampoo recipes here: https://simplelifemom.com/2018/07/22/5-herbal-shampoo-bar-recipes/
      or here: https://simplelifemom.com/2013/11/19/7-homemade-shampoo-bar-recipes/

  • Alexa Chase
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    April 19, 2020 at 7:20 AM

    Hi Kelly,
    I’m about to be a first time soap maker. I bought one of your books. It is wonderful (Sadly, my dog thought so as well & chewed a few pgs including the cover. Pg 1 says “Your Soap making Primer”) anyway here’s my problem: almost all of the recipes have olive oil in them. I am horribly allergic to olives. On pg 18 you mentioned using the SAP calculation. I just want to make sure that I can substitute other oils in your recipes where there’s olive oil or will it throw the whole thing off? Thank you!!

    • Kelly
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      April 21, 2020 at 3:47 PM

      It will definitely change the recipe. I would choose a recipe that has a smaller amount of olive oil (not a recipe where it’s almost one third of the oils) and change it to another or combination of other oils that you’re not allergic to (sweet almond, avocado, organic canola, etc). Run it through a lye calculator (try soapcalc.net – make sure the lye discount is set correctly) and make sure it still has the properties and calculations that you need. adjust as needed. Let me know if you have questions.

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