Shampoo Making: 25 Natural Hair Care Recipes for Healthy Hair for your Hobby or Business. A Thermal Mermaid Guide

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2 Shampoo Making: 25 Natural Hair Care Recipes for Healthy Hair for your Hobby or Business A Thermal Mermaid Guide

3 Copyright 2016 Jennifer Tynan All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. Unauthorized reproduction of this work is illegal. No part of this book may be scanned, uploaded, or posted on the internet without the author's permission. This book is not meant to take the place of medicine or medical advice from a professional. The contents in this book do not make guarantees in anyway and have not been reviewed or approved by the FDA like the commercial chemical products. As always nursing, pregnant women, and children should consult with your trusted doctor before consuming. There are always cautions and warnings about using essential oils when pregnant or nursing. Not all essential oils are suitable for babies and children.

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5 Other Books in the Thermal Mermaid Collection 90 Soapmaking Recipes: A Soap Making Guide for Hobby or Business (Book 1) 50 Spa & Treatment Recipes for your Home or Store (Book 2) 50 Cosmetic Recipes for Skin & Make Up: Cosmetics to Make for You or Your Store (Book 3) Lotion Making: 25 Lotion Recipe Guide for Your Hobby or Business (Book 4) Body Butter: 25 Body Butter Recipes for Your Lotion Making Collection (Book 5) Salve Making: 25 Home Made Lotions for Natural Healing (Book 6) Shampoo Making: 25 Natural Hair Care Recipes for Healthy Hair (Book 7)

6 Introduction Table of Contents What to expect in this Book Safety & Preparation Items you will need Recipes 10 Shampoo Recipes Roses and Tea Herbal Shampoo Coconut Milk Shampoo Aloe & Cucumber Shampoo Big Bloom Sea Salt Shampoo Herbal Shampoo for Thinning Hair Essential Oil Shampoo for Oily Hair Lavender Shampoo Oatmeal, Honey, & Goat s Milk Shampoo Argon Shampoo for Dry Hair Sweet Cakes Shampoo 10 Conditioner Recipes Roses and Tea Herbal Conditioner Coconut Milk Shampoo Conditioner Aloe & Cucumber Conditioner Big Bloom Sea Salt Conditioner

7 Herbal Conditioner for Thinning Hair Essential Oil Conditioner for Oily Hair Lavender Conditioner Oatmeal, Honey, & Goat s Milk Conditioner Argon Shampoo for Dry Hair Sweet Cakes Hair Conditioner Additional Hair Care Products Curling Hair Gel Silkening Hair Gel Moisturizing Hair Gel Sea Salt Hair Spray Leave in Oil Moisturizer Where to get the Ingredients About the Author Sneak Peak

8 Introduction: Handmade chemical free shampoos, conditioners, and hair care products can be a nice addition to your already popular artisan soap stand. Popular specialty cosmetic companies at the mall have made blends of different hair care products more realized than ever before and many of these formulas have simple ingredients that you can add to your cosmetic line when creating your products in your soap studio or kitchen. One of the most important factors in Thermal Mermaid products is that all of our shampoos are soaps and not detergents. Some commercially sold over the counter store brand shampoos are so filled with chemicals that they are not even allowed to be labeled soap, but rather detergent. These will leave chemical residue and build up in your hair over time and will eventually begin to do damage. The shampoo recipes found here are all soap. That means they are made with oils and lye. All of

9 the additional ingredients are waxes, hardeners, and preservatives, which we will discuss in later chapters. In this book you will find 10 shampoo recipes, 10 conditioning recipes, and 5 additional natural hair care products that you can add to your cosmetic line.

10 What to expect in this Book? In this book you can expect a total of 25 hair care recipes. The first step to shampoo making is to make a liquid soap base, so we will discuss lye, and how to carefully use lye in the soap making process. We briefly cover lye safety, please take this seriously when setting up your space. If you are a reader of Thermal Mermaid books, then you will know that we are careful not to repeat our recipes. In the case of shampoos, most of them have the same liquid soap base and then we add different oils and combinations for fragrances or grooming. Some people have expectations that each and every recipe will be wildly different and exotic, and find that they were expecting a wide variety of ingredients. Our goal when we offer our recipes is not to see how we can work that grape jelly into your raspberry conditioner. Our goal is to offer you the recipes that sell the best at our market tables.

11 Sometimes, small variations between oils, or clays, or herbs can create a big difference in a product. You can always experiment with these recipes to get something that is unique to you. Our recipes are meant to be fun for the DIY user, but also helpful to other artisans who want to sell their products.

12 Safety & Preparation Lye: The first topic of safety is dealing with lye when making your soap base. Lye is a caustic chemical and can cause some serious deep tissue burns if not used with proper care. If you are already familiar with soap making and have read the beginners guide in our first book, then you already know the ins and outs of lye and what it can do to you if not used correctly. If you are new to soap making, we recommend that you get our beginner s guide to soap making in Book 1 of the Thermal Mermaid series. If this is the first Thermal Mermaid book you have read, then we will still discuss lye and the safety procedures. The lye we will be using is KOH, or Potassium Hydroxide. If you are used to making bars of soap and this isn t the first time working with lye, you will want to take notice that this is not the same lye formula that you are used to. In your

13 regular bar soap, you are used to using NaOH, Sodium Hydroxide. KOH, Potassium Hydroxide is the lye you will use for this soap. Safety for Lye: Lye can burn you if it comes in contact with your skin once it has been activated. Lye is activated by coming in contact with water or moisture. So, your dry lye crystals won t hurt you, but your lye water solution can burn you. Lye is also a respiratory irritant. Once you make your solution, the lye will give off gaseous fumes. You must wear a mask and protect yourself from the chemicals. The gas only lasts for a few moments, but it only takes one breath of lye gas to know that it can potentially hurt you. Preservatives: One of the reasons that someone will want to buy your shampoo is because they are looking for an alternative to detergents, chemicals, and preservatives. In our products we will be using a

14 safe preservative. Do not forgo this step if you intend to sell your product or gift it to someone. Once water has been introduced into your product it may grow mold or bacteria. Your preservative will prevent this. It is fine for you to leave a preservative out if the product is for your own personal use. Just treat your shampoo as if it is a perishable. You can even keep it in the fridge to last longer if you want to. Some preservatives are chemicals and not so friendly to sensitive skin. Those are parabens, formaldehyde and SLS (not SLSa, that is different). The two preservatives we use are liquid Garmin plus, and Optiphen. These are sold at your local soap supplier. You can easily get them online. They are a safe alternative to the other harsher chemicals.

15 Items You Will Need Bowls and Utensils You will need a collection of bowls and whisks and spoons. You can expect that some recipes will call for mixing liquid, or dry materials, or setting one thing aside to cool while you work on something else. Just make sure you have a collection of bowls at hand. Gloves & Masks Don t ever make soap without wearing gloves. Soap batter may not look like it gets everywhere, but it only takes a little spot to come in contact with your skin to burn you. It s a silly thing to not get some gloves because a box of 100 gloves is sitting at your grocery store waiting for you for 5 dollars. A mask will protect you from harmful gas during the lye solution process. A spray bottle with rubbing alcohol You need to spray and wipe your jars and lids. I completely trust you that your kitchen is well kept and sterile, but hey, it doesn t hurt to give your table top a once over.

16 Bottles and Pump Tops You can use as many types of plastic jars and lids as you can find online to package. We recommend you buy this online because you will get the best prices. For the recipes in this book you don t really need the large mouth jars because the recipes are light and runny. You will either need pump bottles or squeeze bottles. One note: the containers and lids are often sold separately. Just pay attention when you are buying whether or not you have to put the matching lid to any jar in your shopping cart. A stick blender This will help emulsify your oils and waters together. It makes a big difference compared to a whisk. Piping Bags Plastic Piping bags that are meant for cake icing will be used to make some of the lotions with layered colors. Piping bags can be useful if your shampoo becomes to thick to pour easily. You can control the product when you fill the bottles by snipping a hole in the corner of a piping bag.

17 A Food Processor When adding herbal leaves and plants to your products, you will need to chop them into a fine dust or powder. They will be mixed directly into your shampoo base and work best when in the smallest particles.

18 Liquid Soap Base for Shampoo There are two ways to start off making your shampoos. The first way is to buy a shampoo base from your soap supplier. You can find these online in large quantities. If you buy shampoo base this way most of the hard work has already been done. Then you can add your oils and fragrances in the combinations that you like to make your recipes your own. You can use our 10 recipes with a pre made liquid soap base to create the Thermal Mermaid shampoos. The second way to make your home made shampoo is to make a liquid soap base from scratch. Once you have your soap base made you can then apply the ten recipes to make the thermal mermaid shampoos. Making liquid soap requires cooking it in your crock pot through the hot process method. The following is how to make a liquid shampoo base:

19 Before you begin makes sure you have your gloves and safety glasses. The recipe here will make 3 lbs. of soap. You will need to prepare this process over two three days. What you will need: oz. of water 9.22 oz. of lye 8 oz. of castor oil 4.8 oz. of jojoba oil 10 oz. of coconut oil 28 oz. of olive oil.5 oz. of Liquid Germall plus Step 1: Melt your oils down into your crock pot on low heat. Give the oils just enough heat to melt into the glass. Once they are melted, turn the crock pot off. You will need to bring the temperature down to below 120 degrees to mix your lye solution. Step 2: Create your lye solution. I make my lye solution in the bottom of my clean kitchen sink to

20 prevent the chance of tipping the bowl and spilling the lye. With your mask on, put cold water in the bowl and slowly sprinkle your lye crystals into the water. Stir until this is dissolved. The water will heat and even boil. Allow this to cool. Step 3: Add the lye solution to the oils in the pot once the solution and the oils are at a similar temperature below 120 degrees. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this until it thickens. If you are familiar with making soap with sodium hydroxide you will notice that this process takes longer. Liquid soap is using potassium hydroxide and it takes longer than your bar soap to combine. The soap comes to trace when you can no longer see the separation between the water and the oils. This will look like a yellow pudding. Step 4: Continue Mixing. Once you have reached the pudding stage you need to keep mixing until it becomes even thicker. Now you can turn your crock pot back on to get the soap cooking.

21 Step 5: Allow your soap to cook in the crock pot for an hour. Give it intermittent stirs every twenty minutes or so. Make sure you scrape the thicker soap from the sides and mix it in well. Continue cooking for another 5 to six hours. Step 6: Now it s time to test your soap for clarity. Get a bowl of warm distilled water and put a little bit of soap paste into the water. Wisk it until it dissolves. If the water is clear or a little bit cloudy then your soap is cooked. If your water is milky or white it means that the lye in the soap is still active and your soap needs to cook longer. If your soap is milky then cook for another hour. If your soap is clear continue to the next step. Step 7: Now it is time to turn the crock pot off. Cover the top of the paste with water and let it sit overnight. Step 8: Now comes the dilution process. Your paste will be hard and you want to break up the paste as much as you can and mix the water and paste

22 together. Mix this as well as you can. Once you get the paste loosened up and water into the mixture add more water over the top. You will continue to mix again. If the product is hard and difficult to mix you can allow it to sit for a while to soften up. You will continue to add water and mix your soap until it is diluted to the consistency that you want. Start off with a dilution ratio of 1 to 1 and then continue to add more water until you get the consistency that you want. In the case of shampoo, you will want to dilute your soap to a thicker liquid consistency. This is your shampoo base. It should be stored in an air tight container. Unlike regular soap bars it will spoil over time if left in contact with the open air, so seal your liquid soap base tightly. So, to recap, you can either get your shampoo base from an online soap supply store. This is a basic liquid soap that has been premade without all of the wonderful additives that will make your

23 shampoo your recipe, or you can make your shampoo base from scratch using our liquid soap recipe.

24 Recipes 10 Shampoo Recipes 1. Roses and Tea Herbal Shampoo This shampoo recipe will give the very light scent of rose flower to your shampoo base. The fragrance will come from the tea that has been steeped into olive oil. This recipe will make on 16 oz. bottle of shampoo, so adjust accordingly. What you will need: 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 2 oz. of light virgin olive oil 6 rose hip tea bags 1 gram of pink mica.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus In order to make this herbal rose shampoo it will be necessary to first make a rose oil tincture. Take the entire contents of your 6 rose hip tea bags and cut them open. Empty the tea into 2 ounces of olive oil

25 into a glass mason jar. Stir the tea so that all of the dry herbs are covered in oil. Cover the top of the tea remains with oil. Screw the top on tightly and let this sit in the fridge for at least three days. The longer the better. Add the entire contents of the glass jar into 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base or your home made liquid soap. Add your preservative. Finally, add one gram of mica to give the shampoo a slight tint of pink. Blend this well. Use your stick blender to mix the shampoo. 2. Coconut Milk Shampoo This shampoo will offer the light scent of coconut while giving the silky feel of coconut and argon oil. Coconut milk is very nourishing for hair and will make dry hair softer without the oily residue. What you will need:

26 15 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 8 oz., of white coconut milk.3 oz. of argon oil.5 oz. of olive oil.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus.5 oz. of coconut fragrance oil When you open the can of coconut milk you may find that the light watery liquid has separated from a thick solid fat. Blend these back together before adding this to your soap base. The consistency will be a white creamy coconut milk. Blend the coconut milk, your shampoo base, and the oils together. Add the preservative and blend together with you stick blender. Add the fragrance oil and blend again. This recipe will make 24 oz. of shampoo.

27 3. Aloe & Cucumber Shampoo The Aloe and Cucumber fragrance comes from the fragrance oil by this name. It is a fresh clean light smell, and works well with the summer combination. Aloe juice is another way to soften hair without leaving the oily build up. Notice that in the shampoo we are using aloe juice, while in the matching conditioner we use aloe oil. These are two different products. What you will need: 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 1/5 pureed peeled cucumber 2 oz. of aloe juice.5 oz. of Aloe & Cucumber Fragrance Oil.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus First, puree your cucumber down to a mushy pulp. Make sure to remove the skin completely. Add the puree to your liquid soap base along with the aloe juice. Mix well with your stick blender. Add your

28 fragrance oil and preservative and mix with your stick blender until it is completely smooth. This will make 2 eight ounce bottles. Adjust your recipe depending on how many bottles you want to fill. 4. Big Bloom Sea Salt Shampoo Shampoo that gives hair big volume has been a popular choice at some of the brand name cosmetic stores in the past few years. Although the product seems new, the combination is an old favorite in natural DIY home made products. Salt will give your hair a thick full feel. This is a quick fix for hair styles that need a natural looking pick up. There are a lot of beautiful sea salts out there that will make your labels look exotic, but the salt that works the best in shampoo is good old fashioned baking soda. Sodium bicarbonate is an ingredient that will give your hair that full beachy look. This is a great day time look when you won t be layering to many sprays and chemicals on top of your hair.

29 What you will need: 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 2 oz. of light virgin olive oil 2 oz. of baking soda 1 oz. of Sun and Sand Fragrance Oil.25 oz. of spirulina powder.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus The first step in this shampoo is mix your dry ingredients of baking soda and spirulina powder. Doing this will keep the spirulina from clumping up. Add the olive oil to the dry ingredients and mix until it is completely dissolved. Add this to your liquid shampoo base. Mix with your stick blender. Add your preservative and fragrance oil. This will make 2 eight ounce bottles. Adjust your recipe depending on how many bottles you want to fill. 5. Herbal Shampoo for Thinning Hair

30 Some herbs have been known to strengthen hair at the root and provide anti-oxidants and nourishment for thinning hair. This isn t a shampoo for hair loss. This one is for those who have thin hair as it grows from the root. The ingredients in this recipe can be massaged into the scalp as a rejuvenating therapy to strengthen those follicles. This is an old fashioned herbal recipe used for hundreds of years. What you will need: 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 2 oz. of light virgin olive oil 1 oz. of dried nettle 1 oz. of dried peppermint leaves 1 oz. of dried sage leaves 10 drops of rosemary essential oil 10 drops of peppermint essential oil.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus

31 The first step in this recipe is to put all of your herbs into your food processor and blend until they are a fine dust powder. Give it a good amount of time to process and get the herbs broken down as finely as possible. Next, mix your herb dust into a glass jar with your olive oil. Put the top on tightly and set it in your fridge for at least three days. You can leave this longer if you like. The longer you let this sit the stronger the tincture will be. Add the herbal tincture to your liquid soap base or your pre made shampoo base. Add your preservative. Mix well with your stick blender. Add 10 drops of rosemary essential oil. Now, you can fill your bottles. This recipe will fill 2 eight ounce bottles. You can adjust the recipe for the amount you would like to make. 6. Essential Oil Shampoo for Oily Hair When making shampoos specifically for hair that is naturally oily you will typically remove the

32 carrier oils. There are some essential oils that are known to bring balance to oily hair. We will add those, but it is a delicate balance. Not all essential oils are pleasing to the smell, so we will stick with the citrus and floral oils. If you do a little digging you will find that there are others out there, but if you have any experience with essential oils they can be a bit strong. Jojoba wax is also known for being a similar consistency with the skins natural oils and so this is often added to replace other more moisturizing oils What you will need: 15 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 1 oz. of jojoba oil 5 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil 5 drops of grapefruit essential oil.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus Mix your ingredients completely with a stick blender and fill your bottles. When adding essential oils instead of fragrance oils go sparingly. The

33 essential oils are far stronger and the smell can be more potent that a regular fragrance oil. Also, be aware that you should take the proper warning precautions when adding essential oils. Some oils come with cautions when nursing or pregnant. Essential oils can spoil like food so it is good to keep them stored properly in a jar that is tinted to protect it from the light. This recipe will make 2 eight ounce bottles of shampoo. You can adjust your recipe depending on how many bottles you want to fill. 7. Lavender Shampoo Lavender Shampoo is a nice addition to your cosmetic line. Most of your product that have the highest sales will be lavender fragranced. Making this shampoo as basic straight formula will appeal to the widest variety of people. Typically, they will buy this bottle to match the beautiful soaps that go along with it. For that reason, we recommend using

34 the fragrance oil Lavender Flowers, as opposed to an essential oil. This is a soft smelling fragrance that is always popular. What you will need: 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 2 tbsp. of coconut oil 1 oz. of Lavender Fragrance Oil 1 gram of blue mica.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus Mix the liquid shampoo base with the preservative and coconut oil with your stick blender. Dissolve the blue mica completely into the fragrance oil and add to the shampoo. This simple combination will make 2 eight ounce bottles. Adjust your recipe for the amount of shampoo you want to make. 8. Oatmeal, Honey, and Goat s Milk Shampoo

35 This is a luxurious rich shampoo that matches our oatmeal, honey, and milk soap. The combination is a fragrance oil that is the bestselling soap at our market tables. The shampoo is easy to make and the number one selling shampoo of all the types we make. What you will need: 19.5 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 2.5 oz. of avocado oil 1 tbsp. of honey 1 oz. of colloidal oatmeal.5 oz. of powdered goat s milk.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus 1 oz. of Oatmeal, Honey, and Milk Fragrance Oil Add your honey and olive oil to your dry ingredients, goat s milk and colloidal oatmeal until a thick paste is made. With your stick blender add this to the shampoo base and mix thoroughly. After

36 you have given this time to be completely blended add your preservative and fragrance oil. Mix well. The recipe will make 24 oz. of shampoo. Adjust your recipe depending on how much you wish to make. 9. Argon Shampoo for Dry Hair Argon oil is a popular choice in recent years. The argon oil is like jojoba, in that it is close to the consistency of the natural oils of the skin. It is a moisturizing oil that will absorb into the hair very well and is known to repair damaged ends. Argon is a rich and expensive oil. A little bit goes a long way. What you will need: 21 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 1 oz. of avocado oil 1 oz. of argon oil 1 oz. of almond fragrance oil.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus

37 This is a very heavy shampoo and works well with very dry damaged hair. Combine the shampoo base with the oils and preservative. Mix well with a stick blender to ensure that the preservative is completely dispersed through the shampoo. This recipe will make 24 oz. of product. Adjust your recipe depending on home much of this recipe you want to make. 10. Sweet Cakes Shampoo Sweet Cakes is our pretty sugar scented shampoo that the kids love. This is scented with Tahitian vanilla which has a sweet sugar small that is also light and clean. The formula is basic and simple making it easy to make. It is for all hair types and will match any Tahitian vanilla soap that you ve produced on your line. With sweet cakes the sweet vanilla scent sells very well with a creative colorful label. What you will need:

38 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base 2 oz. of light virgin olive oil 1 oz. of Tahitian vanilla 1 gram of pink mica.5 oz. of liquid Germall plus Combine the shampoo base with the preservative. Blend the pink mica into the olive oil completely before adding it to the shampoo base. This will blend out the clumps and allow for the color tint to spread smoothly. Add the fragrance oil and mix well.

39 10 Conditioner Recipes The conditioner recipes are the matching counter parts to the first ten shampoo recipes. These conditioners are simple basic recipes that are tweaked mildly to match the treated hair type and fragrances. In conditioner you will see an ingredient labeled BTMS. This is a wax that you cannot leave out of your conditioners. It is an emulsifier that will keep your water and oils mixed in the bottle and look like the commercial products that you recognize. 1. Roses and Tea Herbal Conditioner This is the matching conditioner to shampoo number one. In this conditioner you will make an oil tincture in the same way you made it for the shampoo. This is the only fragrance in this product, so the longer you let the oil steep into the oil the more fragrant it will become. What you will need:

40 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of BTMS z. of Sweet Almond Oil.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 1 oz. of shea butter.5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil 6 rose hip herbal tea bags 1 gram of pink mica Before you begin making your conditioner you must first make your herbal tincture. Empty the contents of the 6 tea bags into the almond oil. Allow the tea to absorb the oil and make an herb past out of the tea leaves. Put this in the fridge with a tight cover. Let this soak for three days. The longer you let the herbs soak the stronger the fragrance will become. Now you are ready to start making your conditioner. Before you begin make sure your bottles are

41 sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to prevent any impurities from entering our products. First melt your hard oils and wax over a low heat on the stove top. Add your water and soft oils. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this for about three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. Next add your herbal tincture and mica. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add you preservative and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle. Note: The outcome of your herbal fragrance will vary depending on the brand of tea leaves you buy. If the fragrance is too light for your liking add.25 ounces of geranium fragrance oil and this will give it a soft background smell that will complement the roses.

42 2. Coconut Milk Conditioner This beautiful conditioner will compliment shampoo number two. The What you will need: 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of BTMS z. of Coconut Oil.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 1 oz. of shea butter.5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil 4 oz of coconut milk 1 oz. of coconut fragrance oil Before you begin make sure your bottles are sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to prevent any impurities from entering our products.

43 First melt your hard oils and wax over a low heat on the stove top. Make sure to blend the coconut milk if it has separated in the can. You want to make sure to get the water and the fat from the can. Add your water and soft oils. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this for about three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. If you see any separation continue to blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add you preservative and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle. 3. Aloe & Cucumber Conditioner This is the matching conditioner to shampoo number three. This fragrance is a light clean smell, and we use lighter oils in this recipe. The

44 Vitamin E offers nourishment, while the light almond oil won t weigh down and keeps healthy hair feeling bouncy. 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of BTMS 25 2 oz. of Sweet Almond Oil.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 1 oz. Cucumber and Almond Fragrance Oil.5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil Before you begin make sure your bottles are sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to prevent any impurities from entering our products. First melt your wax over a low heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and almond oil. Add the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this for about three minutes.

45 This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. If you see any separation continue to blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Add the Vitamin E Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add you preservative and fragrance oil and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle. 4. Big Bloom Sea Salt Conditioner This is the counterpart to shampoo number four. Unlike in the shampoo we will not need to add the salt to the conditioner part of the duo. We will match the fragrance and give this an extra moisturizing carrier oil to compensate for any drying effect the baking soda might have. Between the two it will give a nice balance while

46 allowing the shampoo to give its desired full volume effect. What you will need: 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of BTMS 25 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 1 oz. Sun and Sand Fragrance Oil.5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil.25 oz. of spirulina powder Before you begin make sure your bottles are sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to prevent any impurities from entering our products. First melt your wax over a low heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and olive oil. Add the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You

47 will need to mix this for about three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. If you see any separation continue to blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Add the Vitamin E and spirulina powder. Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add you preservative and fragrance oil and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle. 5. Herbal Conditioner for Thinning Hair This counterpart to the herbal shampoo for thinning hair is a tingling reviving product that leaves the skin feeling stimulated. You might want to consider a warning on the label to keep out of eyes. Although most people don t seem to have any issues with small amounts of essential

48 peppermint oil, some people report that it stings the eyes. Peppermint oil is known for giving a breeze tingle to the skin so you may want to try this product on yourself first so you get an idea of how to describe it to your customers. It will depend on how many drops of essential oils you use in your products. What you will need: 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of BTMS 25 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 10 drops of rosemary essential oil 10 drops of peppermint essential oil.5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil Before you begin make sure your bottles are sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled

49 water to prevent any impurities from entering our products. First melt your wax over a low heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and olive oil. Add the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this for about three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. If you see any separation continue to blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Add the Vitamin E. Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add the preservative and essential oils now and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle. 6. Essential Oil Conditioner for Oily Hair

50 Here we have the matching conditioner for shampoo number six. Some essential oils are known for aiding hair that is too oily. These usually tend to be the citrus oils. Out of all the soaps we have made grapefruit is the most popular choice from the customers. Here we have made it a citrus and floral smell with the combination of two essential oils. Jojoba is a rich wax that is consistent with the oils of the skin, so it will not over moisturize. What you will need: 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of Sweet Almond Oil 2 oz. of BTMS 25.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 10 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil 10 drops of grapefruit essential oil.5 oz. of jojoba E Oil

51 Before you begin make sure your bottles are sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to prevent any impurities from entering our products. First melt your wax over a low heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and sweet almond oil. Add the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this for about three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. If you see any separation continue to blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Add the Jojoba Oil. Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add the preservative and essential oils now and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle.

52 7. Lavender Conditioner The lavender conditioner is for all hair types. It is a simple basic recipe without the bells and whistles. This product is made with the Lavender Flowers Fragrance oil and it is a popular scent that is commonly requested. French Lavender and Flowers are a softer fragrance than plain lavender when choosing fragrances. We use the oil Lavender Flowers to match our hot process soap at the market tables. This is a very easy recipe that always sells out. What you will need: 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 oz. of BTMS 25.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 1 oz. of Lavender Flower Fragrance Oil

53 Before you begin make sure your bottles are sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to prevent any impurities from entering our products. First melt your wax over a low heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and extra virgin olive oil. Add the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this for about three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. If you see any separation continue to blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add the preservative and fragrance oil now and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle.

54 8. Oatmeal, Honey, and Goat s Milk Conditioner The oatmeal, honey, and goats milk conditioner won t have exactly the same ingredients as the shampoo, but we will give it the same rich moisturizing feel. This is a heavier formula than the other products and meant for a really luxurious treatment that you won t necessarily use every day. What you will need: 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 oz. of shea butter 2 oz. of BTMS 25.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 1 tbsp. of honey 1 oz. of Oatmeal, Honey, and Milk Fragrance Oil

55 Before you begin make sure your bottles are sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to prevent any impurities from entering our products. First melt your wax and shea butter over a low heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and extra virgin olive oil. Add the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this for about three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. If you see any separation continue to blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add the preservative and fragrance oil now, and honey, and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle.

56 9. Argon Conditioner for Dry Hair Of all the oils in soap making the most moisturizing carrier oil is olive oil. It soaks right into the skin and is chock full of antioxidants. 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 oz. of shea butter 2 oz. of BTMS 25.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 1 oz. of Argon Oil 1 oz. of Almond Fragrance Oil Before you begin make sure your bottles are sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to prevent any impurities from entering our products. First melt your wax and shea butter over a low heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and extra

57 virgin olive oil. Add the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this for about three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. If you see any separation continue to blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add the preservative and fragrance oil now, and argon oil, and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle. 10. Sweet Cakes Conditioner This is the matching conditioner to shampoo number ten. This shampoo is geared toward the younger customer who is looking for the pretty candy like product. We often make some of our matching soap cupcakes in the matching fragrance oil to go along with this shampoo and conditioner

58 combination. (See the soap cupcake recipe in book 1) This is a very basic recipe that is for all hair types. What you will need: 30 oz. of Distilled Water 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 oz. of shea butter 2 oz. of BTMS 25.5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus 1 gram of pink mica 1 oz. of Tahitian Vanilla Fragrance Oil Before you begin make sure your bottles are sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to prevent any impurities from entering our products. First melt your wax and shea butter over a low heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and extra virgin olive oil. Add the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You will need to mix this for about

59 three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil together. If you see any separation continue to blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender. Remove the heat from your conditioner and continue mixing as the product cools. Once the conditioner has cooled add the preservative and fragrance oil now, and mica, and mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle.

60 5 Additional Hair Care Products These additional hair care products are supplements to the shampoo and conditioner. They can be fragranced in any way you choose. We find that they sell the fastest at the market when you match them to brightly colored or popular smelling artisan soaps. 1. Curling Hair Gel 17 ounces of Distilled Water.25 ounces of Flax Seed Whole.1 ounce of Pink Himalayan Salt.1 ounce of Winter Spice Fragrance Oil (optional) 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus First add your distilled water and flax seeds. Simmer this over the stove top on low heat for 10 minutes. Remove the water from the heat and pour it into a glass jar and allow it to set in the fridge overnight. The next day place the seeds and water back on the stove top. Add your pink salt and allow

61 this to simmer down again. Strain the seeds out of the mixture. Allow this to cool. Once this mixture has reached a temperature below 120 degrees add your fragrance oil and preservative. Now you are ready to spoon your curling gel into your pump bottles. This recipe will make 2 eight ounce bottles. 2. Silkening Hair Gel This recipe is similar to the curling gel without the salt. This recipe has only minor changes but it will give a slightly different effect. What you will need: 17 ounces of Distilled Water.25 ounces of Flax Seed Whole.25 oz. of slippery elm powder.1 ounce of Winter Spice Fragrance Oil (optional) 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus

62 First add your distilled water and flax seeds. Simmer this over the stove top on low heat for 10 minutes. Remove the water from the heat and pour it into a glass jar and allow it to set in the fridge overnight. The next day place the seeds and water back on the stove top. Strain the seeds out of the mixture. Add your slippery elm powder and blend once again. Allow this to cool. Once this mixture has reached a temperature below 120 degrees add your fragrance oil and preservative. Now you are ready to spoon your curling gel into your pump bottles. This recipe will make 2 eight ounce bottles. 3. Moisturizing Hair Gel This is another flaxseed based hair gel which works wonderfully as a natural hair product. This combination offers an additional moisturizer along with the gel product. What you will need:

63 17 ounces of Distilled Water.25 ounces of Flax Seed Whole.5 oz. of shea butter 1 ounce of Aloe and Cucumber Fragrance Oil (optional) 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus First add your distilled water and flax seeds. Simmer this over the stove top on low heat for 10 minutes. Remove the water from the heat and pour it into a glass jar and allow it to set in the fridge overnight. The next day place the seeds and water back on the stove top. Strain the seeds out of the mixture. Melt your shea butter into a liquid and blend into the mixture. Allow this to cool. Once this mixture has reached a temperature below 120 degrees add your fragrance oil and preservative. Now you are ready to spoon your curling gel into your pump bottles. This recipe will make 2 eight ounce bottles.

64 4. Sea Salt Hair Spray This is an alternate product to the big bloom sea salt shampoo. You can still get a tussled beachy look after you shower with your normal shampoo and conditioner with this lighter spray. What you will need: 17 ounces of Distilled Water 2 ounces of sea salt 1 oz. of BTMS 25.5 oz. of shea butter 1 ounce of Sun and Sand Fragrance Oil (optional) 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus Melt the emulsifying wax and shea butter together. Add your distilled water over a low heat and melt the salt into the water slowly. Blend well for three full minutes with your stick blender. Remove your spray from the heat and allow to cool. Add the fragrance and preservative after the temperature has

65 fallen below 120 degrees. Blend well and pour into 4-ounce pump bottles. 5. Leave in Oil Moisturizer This is a simple leave in conditioner. Pour this into a 4 ounce pump spray bottle and fragrance as desired. What you will need: 17 ounces of Distilled Water.5 oz. of jojoba oil 1 oz. of extra virgin olive oil 1 oz. of BTMS 25 E-wax 1 ounce of Coconut Fragrance Oil (optional) 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus Melt the e-wax into the virgin olive oil over low heat on the stove top. Add distilled water and jojoba. Blend well with a stick blender and continue to blend until the water and oils appear smooth. Remove this from the heat and allow it to cool. Add

66 the fragrance and the preservative and blend with the stick blender again. Pour this conditioner into 4 ounce spray pump bottles.

67 Where to Get the Ingredients My daughter and I own the store ThermalMermaid.com which makes soaps and cosmetics. We are not suppliers and we do not own these stores that we recommend. This is the list of suppliers I use and trust based on my experience. I am not related to any of these store owners and have never met them, so I can not 100% guarantee your experience but I am happy to share my resources and information with you. TheSage.com Majestic Mountain Sage We buy dried flowers and herbs here. I have bought from other places online including overseas and the quality is always the best along with the price from this company. I have not bought anything other than dried roses, calendula, and chamomile flower buds, but I have watched many hours of videos from other craft makers online and I have only heard excellent recommendations from their products.

68 EssentialDepot.com Essential Depot is a great place to get items such as Essential Oils, Fragrances, Oils, Butters, Molds. Essential Depot offers some of the most competitive prices and best shipping offers. This is the first website we shop at before any others. The quality of their product has never disappointed. Essential depot is an excellent source for fragrance oils. BulkApothecary.com This website will provide you with mica, colorant, and jars with lids. Bottles with pumps can be found here in 8 oz. and 16 oz. sizes. Also fragrance oils are excellent from this resource.

69 About The Author Jennifer Tynan grew up on the New England seaboard. She spent 10 years sub-contracting as an archeological field tech for environmental companies throughout the United States. She received a bachelor in Anthropology from the University of Connecticut. With her daughter, Hannah, Jennifer spends some of her time making handmade artisan soap for her Bath and Body Company, Thermal Mermaid. Thermal Mermaid is an outdoor market found at summer vendors and renaissance fairs in New England. For those who are far away, products from Thermal Mermaid can be found on line. Many of the same recipes in this book are found on their product line. Hannah is co-owner of Thermal Mermaid. At sixteen years old she is active in preparing and creating new product as well as organizing and

70 developing her recipes. Hannah can often be found proudly sitting behind her market tables on the weekends while she studies her normal school work during the week. Hannah is a natural artist and is always working at designing creative packaging along with her soap recipes. Hannah Sits behind her market display on a cold New England morning in early April. Find us on Periscope and where we go live and make our soaps and cosmetics for everyone. During this time, we can interact live.

71 Or Look us up on Facebook under Thermal Mermaid also

72 Sneak Peak If you found the information in this book helpful, please explore a sneak peek at our first publication. This is a much longer book that goes into detail about safety and ingredients. You will find other lotion recipes in this book, but we do not repeat our recipes in the actual book itself. 90 Homemade Soap & Bath Recipes: Thermal Mermaid's Artisan Soap Makers Book The Artisan Soap Makers Book is more than just a how to on soap making for the beginner. It is a step by step introduction of creating an item that can be prepared, packaged, and sold for the purpose of building a small hobby business. The information in this book will provide hands on step by step instructions on how to make detergent free bath products at home, but the ultimate goal of this book is to provide the properly motivated type to have

73 access to ideas that will allow them to run a small business with a low barrier to entry and provide a potential income so that one can be a little more self-sufficient tomorrow than they are today. What you will find in this book: 1. A step by step guide on soaps and bath products made at a quality that one can sell in their community. 2. A description of the bare bones cheapest way to make the basics for the beginner. 3. Over 100 recipes that you can use and tweak to make your products 4. A breakdown of everything you will need to get started. 5. A dictionary and explanation of all the possible ingredients you can use and how to use them. 6. Where to sell your products and how to prepare yourself to run a business.

74 7. Thinking about your profit. How to price your items. This guide has an additional workbook available where you can write down your recipe pages and calculate costs. See the paper back copy version of this book to get the attached workbook. It will save you time and help you see the big picture in your business when you can see your calculations on pages side by side. How to Use this Book Soap making has become an increasingly popular hobby in the last few years, and one will find many great books on the shelves with hundreds of homemade recipes. This book is meant for the beginner who is looking for an affordable start up business and finds soap making in their realm of interest, and will hold your hand with explanations on how to create a product and how to start a business from almost nothing.

75 This book is meant to be a resource to be kept for easy access, but it will also go one step further than an average soap cookbook. This resource will show you how to break down and record your recipes so that you know exactly how much you are spending on each individual product you create so you know exactly how much you need to price each item at in order to run your business. This book is for the heart of the business man, not the at home mom looking for an afterschool activity with the kids. If you are the latter, simply go over to your local craft and hobby shop and find the one or two small shelves with melt and pour glycerin and plastic disposable molds and read the back of the package for instructions. You can make a few bars of soap with the kids for fun and be cleaned up in less than an hour. If you are interested in making this a small on the side business that could turn into something else, read on.

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