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Soapwart Shampoo
Soapwart Shampoo
Ingredients:
2 cups water
1 1/2 tablespoons dried soapwart root (chopped) (most health food stores would carry
this)
2 teaspoons Lemon Verbena or 2 teaspoons Catnip
Directions:
Bring water to a boil add soapwart and simmer, cover for about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, add herb then
allow mixture to cool. Strain the mixture keeping the liquid. Pour into a bottle. Makes enough for 6-7 shampoos.
Must be used within 8-10 days. Store in a cool dark place.
Dry Shampoo
Ingredients
1/2 cup Cornstarch
Directions
Sprinkle the cornstarch in your hair, let it absorb for a few minutes, brush it out. This is great if you are in a pinch.
All Natural Yucca Shampoo
The Yucca plant a member of the Lily family has sword shaped leaves with large panicles of white flowers. Known
as "Adam's Needle or " Soapweed" is often grown as decorative border plants. Many Natives have used the
Yucca plant to make baskets, rope and sandals as well soap and shampoo.
Radiant shiny hair is easy to have when you follow the Navajos way. Its been said some natives have used Yucca
Shampoo to prevent hair loss and dandruff.
The Yucca plant contains a substance called saponin which is a natural detergent. It is the saponin found in the
Yucca Plant that creates foamy suds when agitated in water. Yucca are commonly found in the U.S. Southwest or
Mexico.
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To make your own version of Yucca Shampoo:
Look for fresh young Yucca plants. Cut off a piece of the root and peel the brown off of the root until you have
exposed the white root inside. Once clean take a hammer, smash the Yucca root until it breaks in pieces. Wet the
Yucca root, while holding the root over a basin of warm water, rub the root like a bar of soap to get mounds of
lather from it. Wash your hair with the lather for a few minutes, gently massaging the scalp. Rinse very well in
warm water making sure that no Yucca pieces remain in your hair.
Deep Conditioner
Ingredients:
2 cups water
1 1/2 tablespoons dried soapwart root (chopped) (most health food stores would carry
this)
2 teaspoons Lemon Verbena or 2 teaspoons Catnip
Directions:
Bring water to a boil add soapwart and simmer, cover for about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, add herb then
allow mixture to cool. Strain the mixture keeping the liquid. Pour into a bottle. Makes enough for 6-7 shampoos.
Must be used within 8-10 days. Store in a cool dark place.
Dry Shampoo
Ingredients
1/2 cup Cornstarch
Directions
Sprinkle the cornstarch in your hair, let it absorb for a few minutes, brush it out. This is great if you are in a pinch.
All Natural Yucca Shampoo
The Yucca plant a member of the Lily family has sword shaped leaves with large panicles of white flowers. Known
as "Adam's Needle or " Soapweed" is often grown as decorative border plants. Many Natives have used the
Yucca plant to make baskets, rope and sandals as well soap and shampoo.
Radiant shiny hair is easy to have when you follow the Navajos way. Its been said some natives have used Yucca
Shampoo to prevent hair loss and dandruff.
The Yucca plant contains a substance called saponin which is a natural detergent. It is the saponin found in the
Yucca Plant that creates foamy suds when agitated in water. Yucca are commonly found in the U.S. Southwest or
Mexico.
e-book://Pages/bath__body_recipes.htm 2/15/2003
Bath & Body Recipes of 75
To make your own version of Yucca Shampoo:
Look for fresh young Yucca plants. Cut off a piece of the root and peel the brown off of the root until you have
exposed the white root inside. Once clean take a hammer, smash the Yucca root until it breaks in pieces. Wet the
Yucca root, while holding the root over a basin of warm water, rub the root like a bar of soap to get mounds of
lather from it. Wash your hair with the lather for a few minutes, gently massaging the scalp. Rinse very well in
warm water making sure that no Yucca pieces remain in your hair.
Deep Conditioner
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