HOW TO MAKE BABY HAIR GROWTH OIL

As we have established in our earlier post, babies have sensitive skin and scalp and therefore, care must be taken when preparing products to enhance their hair growth and also nourish their skin. In this recipe, we outline some ingredients and some steps to produce hair growth oil for babies. If you follow the steps as outlined, you should be able to produce this hair oil without any problem. Let's get into it.

 

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Ingredients

1. Coconut oil                     15 ml
   
2. Olive oil                         15 ml
   
3. Tea tree oil                     0.75 ml (15 drops)  
4. Lavender oil                   0.75 ml (15 drops) 
   
5. Almond oil                     0.75 ml (15 drops) 
   
6. Orange oil                      0.75 ml (15 drops)  

 

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Process

1. Measure your carrier oils (Coconut and Olive oil) into your bottle or container
2. Add your essential oils and shake the bottle well
3. You are done with your oil.

 

HOW TO MAKE BABY CONDITIONER

 

As we have established in our baby shampoo recipe post, babies have sensitive skin and scalp and therefore some harsh chemicals used in adults product must not be used in the formulation of product for children. This recipe provides you with the chemicals needed to produce a conditioner for children. Adults can equally used this product but not on a dyed hair. As we have always been saying, if you follow our recipes carefully, you should be able to produce this product without any problem.

 

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Ingredients

1. Cetyl Alcohol                   50 grams
   
2. Stearic Acid                     50 grams
   
3. E-wax                               30 grams
   
4. Glycerin                           30 grams
   
5. Honey                               15 grams
   
6. Egg                                    1
   
7. Sodium Bensoate               5 grams
   
8. Argan oil                            3 ml
   
9. Almond oil                        3 ml
   
10. Jojoba oil                           3 ml
    
11. Citric acid                         3 grams
    
12. Shea butter                        120 grams
    
13. Water                                 2 liters
    

 

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Process

1. Put your water on fire and add your shea butter, stearic acid, e-wax and cetyl alcohol. Allow it to melt and bring it down from the fire.
2. Add some cold water to it and stir for it to become thick.
3. Add your sodium benzoate (preservative) and citric acid to and stir
   
4. Add your glycerin and honey and stir very well
5. Add egg and stir very well
6. Add your essential oils and stir very well
7. You are done!

HOW TO MAKE BABY SHAMPOO

 

Babies have more sensitive skin than adults and therefore it is important to prepared a much focused product for babies only. Somehow, these products can be used by adults on some conditions. In the case of shampoo, adults with colored cannot use baby shampoo because of the pH of the product. Some chemicals used in preparing adults' products are much more harsh on the skin and on the scalp of the hair and therefore not good for children. This recipe provides you with the means to using black soap to prepare shampoo for babies. If you follow the recipe accordingly, you should be able to prepare the shampoo without a problem.

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Ingredients

1. Black soap                        150 grams
2. Thickener powder              70 grams
3. Glycerin                              100 grams
4. Citric Acid                           5 grams    
5. Vitamin E                             3 ml  
6. Jojoba Oil                             3 ml   
7. Argan oil                               3 ml
8. Lavender oil                          3 ml
   
9. Sweet Almond oil                 3 ml
   
10. Preservative                           15 grams
    
11. Water                                     3 liters
    

 

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Process

1. Mix your black soap with water. You can soak it overnight to allow the soap to melt. If you have an electric hand mixer, you can use it to marsh the soap.
2. Now add your thickener powder to water and stir for it to become very thick. 
3. Add your preservative and citric acid to the thickener powder mixture and stir very well.
4. Now add the black soap mixture to the thickener mixture and stir very well.
5. After getting the thickness you want,
6. You can add your glycerin, vitamin E and essential oils to the mixture and stir.
7. Allow the mixture to settle then bottle
8. You're done!
   

DIY - HOW TO MAKE OBOLO SOAP

Obolo Soap is one of the popular soap in Ghana. Many people have requested for the recipe to making this product. We must that, soap making follows the same process or method and so therefore, it is important to note when you know how to do this soap, you should be able to make any other soap. Practice our recipe and let us have your feedback.  Ingredients 

1. Caustic Soda                1kg
2. Palm kernel oil.           6 liters
3. Fragrance                    500ml
Glycerin.                     1 liters
4. Silicate.                       1 liters
5. Oil color yellow          20g
6. Water.                         3 liters
7. Ash Soda.                   1 kg
8. Water for Ash.           2 liters

Process/Method

1.  Soak your caustic soda in water (1 liters) and leave it for 2 days to ferment
2. Soak your ash or Sal Soda in 2 liters of water
3. Making ratio
4. 6 liters of oil : 3 liters of caustic soda (and 1 liters of ash soda solution)
Pour your oil in a bowl
5. Mix your oil with the color to the taste you want.
6. Add the caustic soda solution (lye) to it and stir for it to mix well
7. Add your Sal soda solution to it and stir very well
8. Add your glycerin (500ml) and stir
9. Add your fragrance (500ml) to the mix and stir very well.
10. Pour the soap solution or mixture into your mold to get the desired shape

HOW TO MAKE CASTILE LIQUID SOAP

 

Castile soap has increasingly become one of the best liquid soap for shampoo and bathing gel. Even though it is alkaline with a pH of 8.9 on the pH scale. It is mild on the skin and hair and it lathers very well more than some sulfates. The soap was named after the olive oil-based soaps originating in Castile, Spain, The soap is primarily made of coconut, olive, and hemp oils, but other oils like avocado, almond, and walnut can also be used. In this recipe, we are going to teach you how to use coconut oil to do your Castile liquid soap.

 

Ingredients

1. Potassium hydroxide              60 grams
2. Coconut oil                             250 ml
3. Glycerin                                  30 ml
4. Water                                      400 ml

 

Process/Method

1. Measure your ingredients and set them aside
2. Put your saucepan on the fire and add your oil
3. Add 200 ml of water to it and allow it to boil
4. Use the rest of the water to mix the potassium hydroxide as you wait for the water to boil
5. When the water boil, lower the heat
6. Begin to add the potassium hydroxide solution in bits and stir
7. Stir well to turn the mixture into getting
8. When you get the gel, add your glycerin to it and stir
9. Bring it down from the fire and allow it to cool down
10. Pour into your container.
11. You are done!

 

Take-Home

Like we have always said in our videos, you can watch our video here. If you want to use it for business, kindly contact us for an in-depth training. Castile liquid soap for shampoo and bathing gel is now the order of the day because it is believed to be mild on the skin and the hair even though it is an alkaline product.

HOW TO MAKE WHITE VINEGAR

 

Vinegar is used for many purposes in the home and the catering industry. In the home, vinegar is used to wash vegetables and other leafy vegetables like cabbage and lettuce. Preparing vinegar will not take you 10 minutes if you have the ingredients available to you.

 

Ingredients

1. Acetic acid                              100
2. Water                                      1.5 liters
3. Citric acid (optional)               20 grams

 

Process

1. Clean your saucepan or bowl and also wash your bottles for packaging.
2. Put your water on the fire and allow it to boil for about 5 minutes
3. Bring it down from the fire and allow it to cool down a bit
4. Add your acetic acid to it and stir very well
5. Now add your citric acid to balance the pH of your vinegar
6. Stir and let it cool down before you bottle
7. You are done!

 

Take-Home

This recipe can be used for business purposes because vinegar is widely used in the home, catering, and also in the detergent and cosmetic industry to adjust the pH of products and also as a safety precaution tool, especially in the detergent and soap making industry.

How to make HAIR RELAXER - (LYE-FREE CONDITIONER)

Retouching of hair by women and some men has been with us for many years. It is recorded that in Ghana, our grandmothers were using shea butter and hot metal to retouch or straighten their hair. Later lye concentrated retouching cream or conditioner was introduced to make the retouching of hair simple and fast but these creams have their disadvantages just like the shea butter and hot metal process. Our recipe provides you with an alternative to the lye concentrated conditioner which gives you the same results and far better straightening hair with no implications.

Enjoy our lye-free recipe and share your feedback with us in the comment section. You can watch the video tutorial HERE

 

 INGREDIENTS

1. Cetyl Alcohol                          50 grams
2. Cetrimonium chloride             30 ml
3. Cocoa Butter                           50 grams
4. Shea butter                              50 grams
5. Coconut Milk                        700 ml
6. Glycerin                                  60 ml
7. Cornstarch                               30 grams
8. Lemon Juice                            20 ml or one ball
9. Olive oil                                  15 ml
10. Sodium Benzoate                    15 grams
11. Water                                      300 ml

 

It must be noted that you can add any other ingredients that you think will be good to moisturize the hair and also enhance straightening.

PROCESS/METHOD

1. Put your saucepan on the fire and pour  in the coconut milk
2. Add your shea butter, cocoa butter, cetyl alcohol, and cornstarch to it and allow it to melt
3. After melting allow it to boil for about 2-3 minutes and bring it down from the fire
4. Add your lemon juice and stir very well
5. Allow it to cool down and add your cetrimonium chloride to it and stir with an electric hand mixer
6. Add your glycerin and olive oil to it and stir very well.
7. You are done!

TAKE HOME

You should be able to produce this relaxing cream if you follow the process duly. This product is free from any corrosive chemical so it will work perfectly for your hair. Ensure to leave the cream in the hair for as long as you want when using it before you wash it out.