DIYs recipes for a full wash day

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DIYs recipes for a full wash day

In this article, I present some very useful DIYs recipes for a full wash day : pre-poo, cleanser mask, shampoo, deep treatment, leave-in, whipped butter, pomade, gel, lotion spray bottle. 

Those recipes can be used to alternate or mix with store-bought products. Those recipes are also useful when you ran out of your favorite products. Moreover, DIYs are in general cleaner than strore-bought products. Hence, we should use as much as organic and pure natural ingredients as possible.

Below are my favorite DIYs.

Notes : tbsp (table spoon or 15ml), tsp (tea spoon or 5ml).

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Pre-poo - Hot (tepid) oil treatment

6 tbsp of 1 oil (olive oil, avocado oil)
or
3 tbsp of 2 different oils (olive oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, castor oil)
or
2 tbsp of 3 different oils  (olive oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, castor oil)

Note : Preservation for as long as you want in a place away from heat. 

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Clay wash mask (water, clay, tea tree essential oil)

3 to 6 tbsp of clay (bentonite, rhassoul, kaolin)
200ml of hot (not boiling) water
10 drops of vitamin E 

10 drops of tea tree essential oil

Note 1 : Preservation for 1 week in a place away from heat. 
 

Note 2 : Use non-metallic utensils 

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Shampoo (water, soap, tea tree essential oil)

20g black african soap / alep soap
100ml of hot (not boiling) water
Let the soap dissolve completely
10 drops of vitamin E 

10 drops of tea tree essential oil

Note : Preservation for 1 week in a place away from heat.  

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Deep Treatment (avocado/banana/yoghurt/conditioner/mask, egg, honey, oils, essential oils)

4 tbsp of oils/butters (olive oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, castor oil, shea butter, mango butter)
1 egg 
1 tbsp of honey
4 tbsp of yoghurt or of grinded and strainered/filtered avocado/banana or conditioner 

10 drops of vitamin E 

10 drops of essential oil of peppermint/tea-tree/ylang-ylang  

Note : Preservation for 1 week in a place away from heat. 
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Leave-in (aloe vera gel, olive oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, castor oil, vitamin E) 

8 tbsp of aloe vera gel
1 tbsp of olive oil (or avocado oil)
1 tbsp of grapeseed oil (or castor oil)  
10 drops of vitamin E 

or

8 tbsp of aloe vera gel
1/2 tbsp of olive oil
1/2 tbsp of avocado oil 
1/2 tbsp of grapeseed oil 
1/2 tbsp of castor oil 
10 drops of vitamin E 

Notes :
1. Store-bought aloe vera gel contains already glycerin and preservatives.
2. Preservation for 1 week in a place away from heat if the gel has been made directly from the plant by oneself.
3. Preservation according to the store-bought gel. 
4. aloe vera = 4 * oils

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Whipped butter (shea butter, olive oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, castor oil, vitamin E)

4 tbsp of shea butter 
2 tbsp of grapeseed oil  
2 tbsp of castor oil
10 drops of vitamin E

or

4 tbsp of shea butter 
1 tbsp of olive oil
1 tbsp of avocado oil
1 tbsp of grapeseed oil 
1 tbsp of castor oil 
10 drops of vitamin E

Note 1 : Preservation for as long as you want in a place away from heat.

Note 2 : shea butter = oils 

Note 3 : Whipped shea butter can be used also on the skin, especially on lips, hands, feet, elbows and knees. 
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Pomade = thick whipped butter (shea butter, olive oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, castor oil, vitamin E) 

4 tbsp of shea butter 
1 tbsp of grapeseed oil  
1 tbsp of castor oil
10 drops of vitamin E

or 

4 tbsp of shea butter 
1/2 tbsp of olive oil
1/2 tbsp of avocado oil
1/2 tbsp of grapeseed oil 
1/2 tbsp of castor oil 
10 drops of vitamin E 

Note 1 : Preservation for as long as you want in a place away from heat.

Note 2 : shea butter = 2 * oils 

Note 3 : Shea butter pomade can be used also on the skin, especially on lips, hands, feet, elbows and knees. 
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Gel (water, flaxseed, tea tree essential oil)

1/3 cup of flaxseed
3 cups of water
Boil until it starts tickening and foaming and you can still filter it with a strainer
which means for about 10 minutes after starting boiling at medium heat  
Filter with a fine strainer 

10 drops of vitamin E
10 drops of tea tree essential oil per 100ml of gel

Note : Preservation for 1 week in the fridge preferably or in a place away from heat.
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Lotion spray or watery leave-in (water, aloe vera gel, glycerin) 

100 ml of water
2 tbsp (30ml) of aloe vera gel or 1 tsp (5ml) of glycerin 

10 drops of vitamin E

Note : Preservation for 1 week in a place away from heat.
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Scrub (Gommage)

8 tbsp of fine Salt 

1 tbsp of Castor oil

1 tbsp of Grapeseed oil

10 drops of vitamin E  

 

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