Shampoo (+/- once a week)

• soapberries/soapnuts
• grinded/colloidal oatmeal
• grinded green tea / matcha tea powder
• fenugreek seeds
• amla powder (Indian gooseberry)
  • Boil water, add 10-15 nuts & 4-5 tbs of fenugreek. Turn heat down to low, add amla powder and simmer for 30-45 mins.
  • As it cools down, add oat powder and stir.
  • 20 mins later, sift in matcha and stir/whisk.
  • 20+ mins later, hand blend, strain and freeze in cube racks.
• Thaw 3 shampoo cubes in squeeze bottle before use.

Mask (once a month max, before shampoo. Approx. 45 mins)

• Coconut oil
• Ripe avocado
• Ripe banana
• Shea butter
• Non-alcoolic flat beer
• Lemon juice
• Rose water
• Fresh Aloe gel
• Honey
• Olive oil
• Essential oils: rosemary, lavender, tea tree, orange, peppermint
  • Choose some/all ingredients, mix to make a paste.
  • Apply to hair in sections and leave in for approx. 45mins
  • Rinse throughly before washing hair with shampoo.

Rinse Tea (whenever)

• Green tea
• Peppermint
• Chamomile
• Basil
• Rosemary
• Lavender
• Parsley
• Thyme
• Catnip
• Flaxseed
• Cinnamon bark
• Apple cider vinegar
  • Choose some/all dry ingredient.
  • Boil water, wait 5 mins, pour on dry ingredients.
  • Let steap for approx. 30 mins.
  • Apple cider vinegar opt. If so, measure must be = or - than tea
  • Pour on hair over a bowl, over and over until satisfied.
  • Rinse with water is optional

Leave-In

• Coconut oil
  • After shampoo, after tea rinse, whevener
  • Rub small amount on hands, avoid scalp.

Reality:

• 8 cups water
• 15 nuts
• 2 tbs fenugreek
• 2 tbs amla
• Cover while simmer
• Stir every 10mins while it simmers (40 mins total)
• simmer time up-> close heat, uncover + wait 20mins
• Sift in matcha+oatmeal powder and stir (ecraser les mottons pr les dilués)
• 30mins au repos avant de verser, handblend et tamisée dans ice cube racks

After first wash, suggested modifications:

• More soapberry/amla water in the recipe to be more than the fenugreek
• Thaw more than 3 cubes to allow at least 3 washings instead of just 2 with the shampoo
• Add ghassoul clay to mix

After first tea rince, suggested modifications:

• To not omit appele cider vinegar to counter hard water damages
  • Chosen ingredients were: 1 teabag of peppermint, 1 teabag of green tea, 1 tsp of rosemary, 1 tsp of basil and 1 tsp of thyme