Begin by melting the scs with the water in a double boiler au bain marie.
Making shampoo bars with sodium coco sulfate.
Our sodium coco sulfate comes in easy to disperse into water noodle form.
1 ozs jojoba oil.
Great for shampoo bars body wash liquid shampoo shaving cream and more.
It can also be added to the powder phase of bath bombs and other bath products.
You can make a shampoo bar using just one surfactant this is what lush typically does.
It ll be quite thick rather than a liquid.
Duplication of the lush jumping juniper shampoo bar july 21 2018 june 18 2018 by swiftcraftymonkey i m sharing this with everyone as i m finding it very strange that everyone wants to use sodium coco sulfate as the base of a shampoo bar when the ph is far too high over ph 9 which is.
Once phase a is soft and homogenous add phase b into phase a and stir using a spoon or a stirring rod.
It seems to take a really long time sometimes up to 30 minutes so be patient.
Sodium coco sulfate shampoo bars are made from the whole coconut oil better balanced longer fatty acid chains that have a larger particle size so it doesn t get into your skin and cause.
2 ozs propylene glycol.
See list above cup lye also called 100 sodium hydroxide find it here 2 tablespoons essential oils optional find pure essential oils.
Leave in a dry place and turn once a week or so which is not necessary if using a baking rack.
I usually use a glass container it could be the empty glass jar of your spaghetti sauce for instance and put it in a small pan filled with a little bit of water.
Makes 4 4 oz tablet shampoo bars.
Making shampoo bars with sodium coco sulfate.
Their bars are almost entirely sodium lauryl sulfate held together with a small amount of glycerin or some sort of watery infusion but blending surfactants with varying charges makes for a gentler blend.
Your homemade shampoo bars can be used after curing for 4 weeks.
All ingredients are weighed.
Cup coconut oil.
Add phase c ingredients and stir.
Mix phase b ingredients in a separate container and melt in a water bath or double boiler and stir occasionally.
The wholesale solid shampoo bars that we make are made with sodium coco sulfate scs a gentler a more whole food coconut version option that is sls free.
3 ozs distilled water.
Pinches of fd c or d c powdered colorants.
2 ozs fragrance of essential oil.
That s the sodium coco sulfate sodium lauryl sulfoacetate cocamidopropyl betaine and decyl glucoside.
15 ozs of sodium coco sulphate needles.
Cool the mixture to approximately 45 c making sure it s still soft.
Sodium coco sulfate is a non irritating gentle surfactant that is derived from natural coconut oil giving it natural conditioning properties.