Hi guys, my name's Megan with the blog westlandhumson.com. This is my sentimi. He is going to be helping me with this video today. But today I wanted to share with you guys my hair care routine. I have had so many requests for this video. I actually haven't shared food or condition in my hair with a straw bat, anything for about three years, a little over three years. So I have been making my own homemade shampoo and conditioner since then. And I have been so thrilled with the results. And I just went to... Maybe inspired you guys to do the same and share with you guys my system so that you guys can feel it's not that hard to do. But I'm just so excited to be away from all the toxins and bad stuff that is in straw bat, shampoo, and conditioners. There was just a lot of stuff in there that is bad for your hair, bad for your skin. And just definitely something that I don't want to have in my household. So let's get right into this video. So when I started out washing my hair with home-made soap, I was using my homemade coconut oil bar soap. I was making these shampoo bars and I really did like it. But then since then I have switched to castles soap. I used diluted castles soap to wash my hair. Castles soap is strong enough to cleanse your hair and your scalp and any product buildup. But gentle enough to not leave the hair stripped and dry. So it's really a great alternative to conventional shampoo. So I really, really like the Dr. Bronner's brand of castles soap. This is the one that I like to use with the most part. I also buy a bolt castles soap from Amazon that I'll also show you guys. So this one I get from Amazon and it is really, really affordable. It's a lot cheaper than the Dr. Bronner's castles soap. So I really like both of them but if you're trying to do this to really save money if you can't really forward store-bought shampoos, then I definitely recommend the bulk option because that is a lot cheaper. So to make my shampoo, I actually use this little picture. My friend Liz made this for me. She does her own homemade pottery which is just the coolest. I actually pour this about a quarter full of castles soap and then I fill all the way the rest of the way up with water. And this will last me for a few times. Then when I go on the shower to wash my hair, I'll just pour that over my head and use my other hand to kind of rub it into my hair. And then when I have enough in there that it feels like it's going to lather really nicely and get every area of my scalp lathered up, then I'll just put it down and use both hands to really scrub it in really well. So castles soap can really, really clean your hair really well. But it also can leave your hair feeling kind of like tangly and matted a little bit which I have definitely found. So I find that it's really, really important to always use a conditioner after you use a homemade soap like this. So this is because the outside of your hair is actually made up of cuticles. Layers and layers of cells that kind of layer over each other like roof shingles. So when you wash it with soap like this, disturbs these all these cuticles. So it can kind of make your hair kind of feel like kind of matted like where it can feel like kind of hard to comb through. Like it's not smooth and soky like you want it to be. But using a really, really easy conditioning solution that I make out of apple cider vinegar fixes this instantly. It damps the all these cuticles back down that I've gotten disturbed from washing the soap and it just gives your hair this wonderful, silky smooth feeling. I use this little squirt bottle here that has the top that folds up and down and you can spray it in your hair really easily. So I'll generally fill it about like a third of the way up with raw apple cider vinegar that still has the mother and then I fill the rest of the way up with water. But then I'll also add a rosemary and lavender essential oil and these are both just really, really great for your health. And this is the vinegar that I use. This is raw apple cider vinegar from Azure Standard. I will link where I get this down below. I will link all of the things that I get for my hair down below if I get them somewhere online. I will definitely link it in the description box. So this is raw apple cider vinegar that still has the mother which I really like and I buy that in bulk just because I use it for like everything. So I actually bought a five-kilne bucket last time I ordered it so I'm going to go for a while. Apple cider vinegar is a very popular home remedy for things like dry scalp. It can bounce out your scalp's pH levels. It also works as a really great detangular and revitalizes your hair. I noticed this so much after I use this conditioner, it is so easy to comb through my hair. It is just an awesome detangular. So even if you just use this as like a detangular spray, you can mix a little bit of apple cider vinegar and water and spray it in your hair when you need to comb it out. And man, this that works so well. Apple cider vinegar softens and cleanses your hair without stripping it of its natural oils. So especially since I have switched to using a homemade shampoo and conditioner after my hair kind of adjusted to it, I only have to wash my hair once a week. But it's actually so much better for your hair if you can only wash it once a week because then it doesn't keep stripping it of those oils that it naturally has. And so people with really greasy hair might find that this really helps their hair kind of level out because if you just keep stripping the oils out by washing it with bad shampoos, the more you strip it out, the more your hair just produces and produces and produces grease because it's trying to keep up with how much this thing's stripped out. So if you can just put up a greasy hair for a little while, who will actually make your hair less greasy in general, which seems kind of counterproductive, but it actually really works. So now while it's generally true that you have to use a really acidic conditioner after you wash your hair with soap like this, it's not really true for everyone. So you really just have to see what works for you personally. Some people will be able to wash their hair with a shampoo bar or a castles soap and not to use any conditioner at all and their hair will feel just fine. Some people can actually use a castles soap and coconut milk mix and then that will work really well for their hair and they won't need to rinse with apple cider vinegar either. But you really just need to just play around with your recipe and see what works. I know that for a while I was using a recipe with castles soap in a little bit of olive oil or coconut oil in water and did not work for a wealth of hair at all. I was, I had such greasy hair even though I was using just like a teaspoon of olive oil. Like it wasn't very much, but for some people their hair really can't handle that. Conventional shepherds like conditioners, even ones that claim to be natural, botanical, et cetera, usually contain silicones and waxes that coat your hair and give it that smooth feeling. It's not actually cleaning your hair like you think it is. It's just coating it with something that makes it feel like it's actually clean when it's not. It's kind of like chemicals and nasty stuff. So we want this, we want to get our hair to do this naturally without me to be coated with wax. So when you stop using the store bot conventional shepherds and conditioners, it will very likely take your hair some time to adjust. It kind of goes through the space where it is a little bit weird. Most transitions usually last from like two to four weeks, but some can last months. Like it really just depends on on your hair and how much it's just gotten used to have a conventional cleaners puttin it. Eventually your hair might feel like really greasy and may feel like heavy. I know my hair personally, it felt like it was greasy and sticky and dry at the same time. It was so weird. I don't even know how to explain it, but it was like a beast to comb through. But thankfully it only lasted about a month. But you just need to hold out for a few weeks and just hold out. It will be worth it. I promise, but you just got it settled for having a weird hair for a little while. But I promise you, once you get to the end goal, you will be so glad that you went through that. So I will link the blog post down below where I talk about all this stuff. I will have all of these recipes actually written out, so they're really easy to get to. I will put a couple printable recipe cards for the shampoo recipe and the conditioner recipe so you can really easily print them out. And then have them just ready to go for whatever you need to make this. But I hope this video is helpful for you guys and I will see you in the next one. Bye. Bye, give me. Bye. Bye. Bye.