Lady Di Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I read a lot about how sea salt gives hair body, so I wanted to make a sort of salt scrub shampoo. I did this and added coarse sea salt to it. But I hardly get any lather at all. Is it the salt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiet girl Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I have not yet ventured into shampoo.... but I know that with large amounts of salt in soap.... like salt bars, the lather is WAY less. Perhaps you could decrease the amount of salt you're adding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Lush has a wonderful shampoo with TONS of sea salt in it. The lather is quite low to begin with but suddenly POW I have plenty.Not sure how they do it - http://usa.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/2000?expand=Haircare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Di Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Carebear, the BIG product is what I was trying to duplicate. I have used Lush's BIG, and the lather is a little slow to come on. But with my experimental batch, you have to REALLY work hard to get a lather going.I used sea water, sodium lauryl sulfoacetate, cocoa. betaine, a little jojoba oil, a little panthenol, a little wheat protein and a large quantity of coarse salt (like you would for a scrub). I then thickened it up with some liquid crothix. Out of frustration, I even added some conditioning shampoo base I had on hand. There's no shortage of surfactants in my batch. I don't get what else I need to add to pump up the volume of suds. :undecided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trishsmecca Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Hey Di,My first thought would be to replace the jojoba with coconut and add lemon juice to your salt water.....I just read on another list about using real lemon in a hair formula and for the life of me I need to find it again...:rolleyes2 Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamperme Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Wouldn't lemon juice lighten your hair in the sun though? or would it be such a small amount that it would not make a difference. Salt shampoo sounds interesting. I have yet to try a Lush product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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