Teach Soap

I recently saw a bar that was listed as solid shampoo. What oils are good for a shampoo bar and which are not?

It really depends upon what type of hair you are making it for. But any oil that you use in B & B products can be utilized in a shampoo bar. I like to use a light oil, such as sunflower, sweet almond, or apricot seed, along with a suds oil, and the an exotic/conditioning oil, such as jojoba, yucca or wheat germ for hair health. Really you work it a lot like your lotions, look at the properties of the oils and decide based upon your needs. There are also some additives that help with shaft penetration and the like, that you could use if you dont mind using a synthetic in your recipe.
There are some prepared recipes that you can look at and put thru the calculator so you can see the range for the numbers before choosing your ingredients. Just search for shampoo bar and I am sure you can find several. Much luck!

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Tammy

Was it CP soap or a syndet bar? Some people can't use handmade soap in their hair. With that said, larger % of castor oil in CP soap works for some people. Would you be formulating for people with dry hair? oily hair? chemically damaged hair? That all makes a difference.

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Irena
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I am not sure what type of bar it was. I got it on amail from The Soap Bar. It was just a picture along with some CP and M&P soap from a soap maker in Germany. I have never done anything other than CP. No lotions, so I am not familiar with the ingredients used in them. I guess I will just google 'bar shampoo' and take it from there.

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Remember, it's not just that we weather the storm, but how we dance in the rain.

Tammy