Classic Herbal Essence Shampoo Recipe

flowerpower *

Herbal Essence shampoo used to have a green color and have a strong herbal scent. I would like to make a shampoo that smells like that, but has quality customized ingredients and no chemicals, of course. Anyone know what botanicals were used (or simulated) in that shampoo?

Tave

@flowerpower * According to their website, the herbs include: rosemary, eucalyptus, mint, hemp, green tea, aloe, birch bark, bamboo, cucumber, passion flower, blue ginger (galangal), rose essence, and fruits and oils. Sounds like it would smell awesome.

https://herbalessences.com/en-us/our-ingredients/

tilathehunn

What a wonderful idea! I too remember how much i loved herbal essence shampoo. I think using aromatic herbs like rosemary, rose...maybe thyme, etc

flowerpower *

@Tave @Tilathehunn I thought I could smell Yarrow in it. @Tave I love the list of botanicals you found. I think they mean that those are used in all of their different shampoos.

Also, reading the "fine print" shows that there are lots of chemicals in the shampoos: https://herbalessences.com/en-us/whats-in-your-bottle-and-why/ . I want to avoid those, but my main reason for seeking this recipe is that the classic herbal shampoo is not available to me. I can't see it in the product line: https://herbalessences.com/en-us/our-products/shampoo/ .

Tave

@flowerpower * You may have smelled yarrow. Have you tried Dr. Bronner's pure castile liquid soap? It would be interesting to add your favorite essential oils and see what happens.

I found a reference to the original shampoo. It said it had juniper, birch leaves, cinchona, melissa, and mountain gentian. Of course, they're not going to reveal all their secrets, but it gives you something to play with.

annbeck62

This will be fun to experiment and see what I can come up with

Melissa Burford

I used to love herbal essence shampoo. I remember the one I used had a strong rosemary smell.

karenjanicki

I would like to learn how to make my own shampoo as well. Soapwort is used and I think would make a good base.

flowerpower *

@karenjanicki Me too. I used to think my desire to make all my own items from scratch was impractical but it is looking very practical right now. At least made locally and with high quality ingredients, anyway.

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Shampoo

karenjanicki

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/883354#Comment_883354

There are so many things that I think would be amazing to make from scratch. I would like to learn how to make my own soap but the use of lye makes me nervous.