Shampoo with Lemon Zinger

Ingredients needed:
Daily Shampoo Base
Fragrance Oil ~ Lemon Zinger
Water based colorant - Lemon Yellow (optional)

Equipment needed:
16 oz Pyrex cup
Long, stiff Spatula
Pipette
Funnel
Container for Shampoo (16 oz)

Formula in GRAMS:
495 Daily Shampoo Base
5 Fragrance Oil ~ Lemon Zinger
1 drop Water-based colorant - Lemon Yellow

Steps:
Weigh out Daily Shampoo Base into a Pyrex cup.  Weigh out the fragrance oil and add it to the Pyrex cup.  Add 1 drop of Yellow water-based colorant to Pyrex.  Using a stiff spatula or SS spoon, stir the ingredients together until the color is evenly distributed.  Pour into container using a funnel.  This can be capped immediately since I did not heat the base ;o)

Enjoy!!

Here are the pics to show how easy this is to make!



Pyrex with all of the ingredients added

 Daily Shampoo ~ ready to pour

Now I have a matching Hair Conditioner & Shampoo with
Lemon Zinger fragrance!  The middle bottle is the Shampoo.

Specials

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Hair Conditioner using Conditioning Emulsifier

Ingredients needed:
Distilled Water
Conditioning Emulsifier
Rice Bran Oil
Clear Jojoba Oil (or Golden)
Dimethicone
Liquid Silk
Liquid Germall Plus
Fragrance Oil ~ Lemon Zinger
Water based colorant - yellow (optional)


Equipment needed:
Tea Kettle (to sterilize distilled water)
16 oz Pyrex Cup
9 oz clear SOLO cup
3 oz clear SOLO cup
2 oz Glass shotglass
Spatula
Electric hand mixer w/wire whisk attachment
Thermometer
Funnel or Sandwich size Ziploc bag
Small size SS pot (to melt Phase B)
Small glass mixing bowl (I didn't use this!)
Scale
Pipette
Vinyl gloves
Container(s) for Hair Conditioner

Formula in GRAMS:

Phase A:
413 Distilled Water

Phase B:
30 Conditioning Emulsifier
10 Rice Bran Oil
10 Clear Jojoba Oil
(Use 9 oz SOLO cup to weigh out ingredients - melt in small SS pot)

Phase C:
25 Dimethicone
5 Liquid Silk
(Use 3 oz SOLO cup to weigh out & store ingredients)

Phase D:
2 Liquid Germall Plus (preservative)
5 Lemon Zinger Fragrance Oil
1 drop Lemon Yellow
(Use 2 oz GLASS shotglass to weigh out & store ingredients)

Steps:
Boil distilled water for 10 minutes to sterilize distilled water.
Pour and weigh hot water into the Pyrex cup.
Using the small SS pot, melt Phase B gently.
Pour Phase A to Phase B in SS pot. (I opted not to use the glass bowl since this was such a small batch - too many dishes!  What can I say?!)  Stir together, then use the electric hand mixer w/wire whisk until fluffy.
Wait until temperature is below 122*, then add Phase C ingredients to bowl. Use electric hand mixer again. Make sure you use your spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl while mixing.
When you are sure the temperature is 100* or below, then add Phase D ingredients. Use the electric hand mixer again until you see the color evenly distributed. Use your spatula again to scrape the sides of the pot. Pour the Hair Conditioner into your container using a funnel. Or pour the Hair Conditioner into a sandwich size Ziploc, snip a tiny corner from the bottom of the Ziploc and squeeze the Hair Conditioner into your container. Do not cap until Hair Conditioner is cool.This Formula makes approximately 500 grams (17.64 oz). Since this Hair Conditioner is for me, I used an empty (and clean!) 16 oz oil bottle with a flip-top cap.  I poured the remaining Hair Conditioner into a 4 oz bottle with a disc cap.

Here are the percentages for this formula, in case you want to make a smaller or larger batch:
82.60% Distilled Water
6.00% Conditioning Emulsifier
2.00% Rice Bran Oil
2.00% Clear Jojoba Oil
5.00% Dimethicone
1.00% Liquid Silk
.40% Liquid Germall Plus
1.00% Fragrance Oil
___drop(s) water based liquid colorant (optional)

Let me know if you like this Hair Conditioner! I have extremely long hair (and color treated) which is very hard to comb out with just shampoo. I believe the Conditioning Emulsifier and Dimethicone account for the easy comb out, shine and managability!

Enjoy ;o)

Here are some pics to show the process:
 (Use SS Tea Kettle and boil water to 170* for 10 minutes)

Equipment & Ingredients needed





Conditioning Emulsifier, Scale & SS Pot




Close up of Conditioning Emulsifier ~ looks like beeswax pellets!



Phase B ~ before melting

All Phases ready to create a wonderful Hair Contioner!

Phase A, B & C in SS Pot ~ see how fluffy it is?

Phase D added to pot - make sure you check the temp before
adding this phase - VERY important!

Hair Conditioner - ready to pour!

Empty bottle & funnel

Hair Conditioner in bottles, waiting for cool down before capping