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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Non Food Recipes => Topic started by: stacelee on July 24, 2009, 02:24:59 am
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If anyone is interested I have found a recipe for shampoo that is in a "Natural Beauty" book that I bought years ago. I would be happy to convert try to convert it. It uses a herbal infusion, glyerine and saponified coconut oil.
I gave using bicarb to wash my hair this morning a try and was surprised at how well it works.
Take care
Stacey
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That would be a great addition stacelee -ta :-* :-*
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i use bicarb to wash my hair most of the time (i only use shampoo when the bicarb is really not working anymore) it's brilliant! i also use it to brush my teeth and scrub my face, and clean the shower lol
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I use bicarb a lot for cleaning....actually buy a bulk bag of it from Campbells Cash & Carry but have never used it for personal hygiene before. I swear by it for getting gunk off of pretty much anything. Unfortunately it didn't work fast enough to get some burnt bits off of my brand new tawa frypan the other day. My very helpful husband decided to use some commercial oven cleaner to help it along. He didn't realise that it was an anodised surface and my beautiful smooth tawa has now gone into the rubbish bin as a pitted no longer smooth mess. Next time he might let the bicarb do the job. (I HOPE!!!).
I'm out for the day tomorrow but will try to get some coconut oil on Sunday and give the recipe a whirl. I've actually found a couple of books that I used to use when I was at uni to make my own cosmetics.....I used to make a great cold cream recipe if anyone is interested in that as well.
Have a great day
Stacey
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OK girls, whats the go with bicarb for washing your hair. How much do you use and does it lather up?
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no it doesn't lather. i use a decent amount, maybe 3 tablespoons? i went my hair and rub it through then leave it in while i wash etc. it basiclaly absorbs the oil and you just rinse it out really well.
gotta run, more later!
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Sounds like it would be great for smelly dogs too ;D ;D (not that I am suggesting our heads are smelly ??? ???)
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would be brilliant for smelly dogs! bicarb is great for absorbing smells in any case. also much gentler on his skin :)
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oh i meant to say before that you can use diluted apple cider vinegar as a conditioner, but tbh these days i don't bother.
jsut so you know, bicarb doesn't leave your hair feeling squeaky clean, it does take a bit of getting used to the feeling of it. but your hair will still be clean even if it feels the way you're used to "dirty" hair feeling.
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DH would love that - he can't do anything with his hair when just washed but it behaves itself just before it is due to be washed again. Must try it on him.
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that's exactly what it's like! i have short hair (the pic in my avatar is about 4yo lol) and i don't need styling stuff when i use the bicarb to wash with, it's great! it has so much more body i guess
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For those who are interested the recipe is:
1 cup very strong herbal infusion (I've used rosemary and mint)
2 tsp saponified coconut oil
1 tsp glycerine.
No instructions as to how to use it.
My experiments so far:
I haven't been able to use saponified coconut oil so I tried avocado oil. This turned out to be a fantastic conditioning treatment but a shocking shampoo. The oil didn't wash out of my hair but has left my hair looking very soft and smelling good (once I used bicarb to get the worst of the oil out).
I have now bought coconut oil (not saponified) which is rock solid....managed to melt it by putting it through the microwave but has solidified in the shampoo over night...so probably won't use this until summer.
I have bought some liquid castile soap from the health food shop and was going to try mixing the first concoction with it to see what happens. I'm going to try to get to Mrs Flannery's in the next few days and see if they have the saponified coconut oil.
Will let you know how I go.
Have a great day
Stacey
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what a saga lol
have you looked at the aussie soapmaking supplies website? they may have it?
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Thanks stacelee for being a willing guinea pig. :-*
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Finally had a chance this morning to play with the recipe again. I've bought a bottle of liquid castille Dr Bonner soap from the health food store....went to Mrs Flannery and no joy with the saponified coconut oil but I think from reading it is similar to the Dr Bonner. The recipe I used was 2 cups rosemary & mint tea (very very strong), 1 tablespoon of avocado oil, 1 tablespoon of liquid castille soap. I washed my hair with it and my body :). I used probably about 2 tablespoons of the mixture on wet hair. It lathered well and my hair feels clean and soft....but a bit heavier than it normally feels after using commercial shampoo. I normally have quite fluffy hair after using commercial shampoo.....it doesn't look oily this morning but definately feels heavier. The test will come as to how it looks tomorrow.
Anyway...just an update....may try adding a little more soap next time...the avocado oil might be a little rich but I can't use the coconut oil as it goes solid overnight in the cold...will have to wait to use that in summer.
Take care
Stacey
(resisting the urge to go play farmville on facebook....need to get work done...damn 14 year old son for getting me started on it)
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haha come and play farmtown with me instead ;)
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I've tried upping the castille soap to more to give a better result. My formula is now 2 tablespoons castille liquid soap, 1 cup strong herbal tea, 1/2 tablespoon avocado oil and 1/2 tablespoon glycerine. Seems to give a better result and can also be used as a body wash. Still experimenting tho.
Have a good day
Stacey
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oops....make that 1/2 tablespoon avocado oil....it has been a long morning
Done - Thermomixer :)
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I'll give this a go. I keep meaning to switch to bicarb, with occasional shampoos. I think you're brave to use it for your teeth, Brazen. I keep thinking about that too, but the idea of the flavour puts me off. I'm convinced it'll taste horrible.
Does anyone have a recipe for a moisturiser? Perhaps in one of your books, Stacey? At the moment I use a bought herbal type job, interspersed by avocado oil, whenever I'm going to be washing my hair the next day (it ALWAYS finds its way into my hair overnight, despite my best efforts. Pity, 'cos it's brilliant).
Body lotion would be good too, come to think of it.
Also, I used to have a recipe for making shaving oil, which my husband loved. He said it was better than any foam or gel he could buy. Then he changed to a razor that didn't work so well with shaving oils, so I stopped making it and lost the recipe. His latest razor, however, works well with it (he found a bit left in an old travel bottle - goodness knows how large the bacteria population in it was after so many years!!!). So now he wants it again. I got the original recipe by reading the ingredients on the back of a little bottle of travel shaving oil that I found in Australia, and experimented with the quantities. So if you don't have a recipe, but do see a bottle of the shaving oil - could you read the ingredients list for me, please?n ;D :-* :-* :-*
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yes, the bicarb isn't a great taste, but much the same as minty toothpaste for me (bleh) lol
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I used bicarb to brush my teeth over a week ago (as a whitening agent) and for the next week, it was so painful to use a toothbrush with very sore gums. Didn't mind the taste of the bicarb but painful, sensitive gums - ouch! Worked as a whitener though but 5 minutes of brushing was probably a tad too long. Used DH as a guinea pig with the bicarb shampoo trick but he wasn't that happy with it so back to the old shampoo.
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hehe 5 minutes of brushing would be too much with any toothpaste! (i've always had sensitive gums & teeth) re the bicarb as shampoo, it does take a bit to get used to, your hair will feel VERY different, kind of heavy and feels greasy on your scalp even while it looks perfectly clean and feels it to touch. it's just very very different. lots of people don't like it either!
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I use 'Tasmanian Beer Shampoo Bar' from beauty and the bee > http://www.beebeauty.com/12-shampoobar.html
Available from moobles and Anslie Pharmacy for those in Canberra. I find it really good and economical.
Then I make a vinegar rinse and put in a 300ml spray bottle.
40mL apple cider vinegar
10-20 drops rosemary essential oil
10-20 drops lavender essential oil
(try adding 10 drops of lemon or eucalyptus essential oil for dandruff relief)
fill the rest of the bottle up with distilled water
To use the rinse: At the end of your shower (after you have washed your hair) once you have turned the water off, use the spray bottle to soak your hair with the vinegar solution, do not rinse out with water and dry as normal. This balances the pH of you skin/hair.
In the past I have also just used unscented liquid castille soap as shampoo, with rosemary and lavender oil added. It takes about a month to get used to, my hair went very oily when I first started using it, but I just persisted with it and now it is fine.
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8) All this is right up my alley girls and boys!!
I have a business where I make and sell skin and hair care products. I haven't been onhere since April, but have just bought the new TM31, so am all excited about my timmy again! :D
If you're using any soap (or bi-carb) on your hair, make sure you do a vinegar rinse. If you don't like the smell of vinegar, use a solution of citric acid - 1/2 a tsp in a litre of water.
Soap and bi-carb are alkaline. Our hair needs acidity to make the cuticle sit down.
Saponified oil is oil which has been made into soap using either potassium hydroxide for liquid soap or sodium hydroxide NaoH for solid soap bars. NaOH is simply caustic soda. None of this is left in the finished soap if it's made properly, but the soap will be alkaline.
I'll post some recipes for various skin care treatments if you're all nice to me! :-* :D
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Congratulations on the new arrival - look forward to more soaps.
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8) All this is right up my alley girls and boys!!
I have a business where I make and sell skin and hair care products. I haven't been onhere since April, but have just bought the new TM31, so am all excited about my timmy again! :D
If you're using any soap (or bi-carb) on your hair, make sure you do a vinegar rinse. If you don't like the smell of vinegar, use a solution of citric acid - 1/2 a tsp in a litre of water.
Soap and bi-carb are alkaline. Our hair needs acidity to make the cuticle sit down.
Saponified oil is oil which has been made into soap using either potassium hydroxide for liquid soap or sodium hydroxide NaoH for solid soap bars. NaOH is simply caustic soda. None of this is left in the finished soap if it's made properly, but the soap will be alkaline.
I'll post some recipes for various skin care treatments if you're all nice to me! :-* :D
Oooh, we'll be very nice to you :-* :-* :D
Great tips, thank you.