Shampoo Making:

25 Natural Hair Care

Recipes for Healthy
Hair for your Hobby or
Business

A Thermal Mermaid Guide

 Copyright 2016 © Jennifer Tynan

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Other Books in the Thermal Mermaid
Collection

90 Soapmaking Recipes: A Soap Making Guide for

Hobby or Business (Book 1)

50 Spa & Treatment Recipes for your Home or

Store (Book 2)

50 Cosmetic Recipes for Skin & Make Up:

Cosmetics to Make for You or Your Store (Book 3)

Lotion Making: 25 Lotion Recipe Guide for Your

Hobby or Business (Book 4)

Body Butter: 25 Body Butter Recipes for Your

Lotion Making Collection (Book 5)

Salve Making: 25 Home Made Lotions for Natural

Healing (Book 6)

Shampoo Making: 25 Natural Hair Care Recipes for

Healthy Hair (Book 7)
 Table of Contents
Introduction

What to expect in this Book

Safety & Preparation

Items you will need

Recipes

10 Shampoo Recipes

• Roses and Tea Herbal Shampoo

• Coconut Milk Shampoo
• Aloe & Cucumber Shampoo
• Big Bloom Sea Salt Shampoo
• Herbal Shampoo for Thinning Hair
• Essential Oil Shampoo for Oily Hair
• Lavender Shampoo
• Oatmeal, Honey, & Goat’s Milk Shampoo
• Argon Shampoo for Dry Hair
• Sweet Cakes Shampoo

10 Conditioner Recipes
• Roses and Tea Herbal Conditioner
• Coconut Milk Shampoo Conditioner
• Aloe & Cucumber Conditioner
• Big Bloom Sea Salt Conditioner
 • Herbal Conditioner for Thinning Hair
• Essential Oil Conditioner for Oily Hair
• Lavender Conditioner
• Oatmeal, Honey, & Goat’s Milk Conditioner
• Argon Shampoo for Dry Hair
• Sweet Cakes Hair Conditioner
Additional Hair Care Products
• Curling Hair Gel
• Silkening Hair Gel
• Moisturizing Hair Gel
• Sea Salt Hair Spray
• Leave in Oil Moisturizer

Where to get the Ingredients

About the Author

Sneak Peak
Introduction:
Handmade chemical free shampoos,
conditioners, and hair care products can be a nice
addition to your already popular artisan soap stand.
Popular specialty cosmetic companies at the mall
have made blends of different hair care products
more realized than ever before and many of these
formulas have simple ingredients that you can add
to your cosmetic line when creating your products
in your soap studio or kitchen.

One of the most important factors in Thermal

Mermaid products is that all of our shampoos are
soaps and not detergents. Some commercially sold
over the counter store brand shampoos are so filled
with chemicals that they are not even allowed to be
labeled soap, but rather detergent. These will leave
chemical residue and build up in your hair over time
and will eventually begin to do damage.

The shampoo recipes found here are all soap.

That means they are made with oils and lye. All of
the additional ingredients are waxes, hardeners, and
preservatives, which we will discuss in later
chapters.

In this book you will find 10 shampoo

recipes, 10 conditioning recipes, and 5 additional
natural hair care products that you can add to your
cosmetic line.
What to expect in this Book?
In this book you can expect a total of 25 hair
care recipes. The first step to shampoo making is to
make a liquid soap base, so we will discuss lye, and
how to carefully use lye in the soap making process.
We briefly cover lye safety, please take this
seriously when setting up your space.

If you are a reader of Thermal Mermaid

books, then you will know that we are careful not to
repeat our recipes. In the case of shampoos, most of
them have the same liquid soap base and then we
add different oils and combinations for fragrances
or grooming.

Some people have expectations that each and

every recipe will be wildly different and exotic, and
find that they were expecting a wide variety of
ingredients. Our goal when we offer our recipes is
not to see how we can work that grape jelly into
your raspberry conditioner. Our goal is to offer you
the recipes that sell the best at our market tables.
Sometimes, small variations between oils, or clays,
or herbs can create a big difference in a product.
You can always experiment with these recipes to get
something that is unique to you. Our recipes are
meant to be fun for the DIY user, but also helpful to
other artisans who want to sell their products.
Safety & Preparation
Lye:
The first topic of safety is dealing with lye
when making your soap base. Lye is a caustic
chemical and can cause some serious deep tissue
burns if not used with proper care. If you are already
familiar with soap making and have read the
beginners guide in our first book, then you already
know the ins and outs of lye and what it can do to
you if not used correctly. If you are new to soap
making, we recommend that you get our beginner’s
guide to soap making in Book 1 of the Thermal
Mermaid series. If this is the first Thermal Mermaid
book you have read, then we will still discuss lye
and the safety procedures.

The lye we will be using is KOH, or

Potassium Hydroxide. If you are used to making
bars of soap and this isn’t the first time working
with lye, you will want to take notice that this is not
the same lye formula that you are used to. In your
regular bar soap, you are used to using NaOH,
Sodium Hydroxide. KOH, Potassium Hydroxide is
the lye you will use for this soap.

Safety for Lye: Lye can burn you if it comes

in contact with your skin once it has been activated.
Lye is activated by coming in contact with water or
moisture. So, your dry lye crystals won’t hurt you,
but your lye water solution can burn you.

Lye is also a respiratory irritant. Once you

make your solution, the lye will give off gaseous
fumes. You must wear a mask and protect yourself
from the chemicals. The gas only lasts for a few
moments, but it only takes one breath of lye gas to
know that it can potentially hurt you.

Preservatives:

One of the reasons that someone will want to

buy your shampoo is because they are looking for
an alternative to detergents, chemicals, and
preservatives. In our products we will be using a
safe preservative. Do not forgo this step if you
intend to sell your product or gift it to someone.
Once water has been introduced into your product it
may grow mold or bacteria. Your preservative will
prevent this. It is fine for you to leave a preservative
out if the product is for your own personal use. Just
treat your shampoo as if it is a perishable. You can
even keep it in the fridge to last longer if you want
to.

Some preservatives are chemicals and not so

friendly to sensitive skin. Those are parabens,
formaldehyde and SLS (not SLSa, that is different).
The two preservatives we use are liquid Garmin
plus, and Optiphen. These are sold at your local
soap supplier. You can easily get them online. They
are a safe alternative to the other harsher chemicals.
Items You Will Need
Bowls and Utensils – You will need a collection of
bowls and whisks and spoons. You can expect that
some recipes will call for mixing liquid, or dry
materials, or setting one thing aside to cool while
you work on something else. Just make sure you
have a collection of bowls at hand.

Gloves & Masks– Don’t ever make soap without

wearing gloves. Soap batter may not look like it gets
everywhere, but it only takes a little spot to come in
contact with your skin to burn you. It’s a silly thing
to not get some gloves because a box of 100 gloves
is sitting at your grocery store waiting for you for 5
dollars. A mask will protect you from harmful gas
during the lye solution process.

A spray bottle with rubbing alcohol – You need

to spray and wipe your jars and lids. I completely
trust you that your kitchen is well kept and sterile,
but hey, it doesn’t hurt to give your table top a once
over.
Bottles and Pump Tops – You can use as many
types of plastic jars and lids as you can find online
to package. We recommend you buy this online
because you will get the best prices. For the recipes
in this book you don’t really need the large mouth
jars because the recipes are light and runny. You
will either need pump bottles or squeeze bottles.
One note: the containers and lids are often sold
separately. Just pay attention when you are buying
whether or not you have to put the matching lid to
any jar in your shopping cart.

A stick blender – This will help emulsify your oils

and waters together. It makes a big difference
compared to a whisk.

Piping Bags – Plastic Piping bags that are meant for

cake icing will be used to make some of the lotions
with layered colors. Piping bags can be useful if
your shampoo becomes to thick to pour easily. You
can control the product when you fill the bottles by
snipping a hole in the corner of a piping bag.
A Food Processor – When adding herbal leaves and
plants to your products, you will need to chop them
into a fine dust or powder. They will be mixed
directly into your shampoo base and work best
when in the smallest particles.
Liquid Soap Base for Shampoo
There are two ways to start off making your
shampoos. The first way is to buy a shampoo base
from your soap supplier. You can find these online
in large quantities. If you buy shampoo base this
way most of the hard work has already been done.
Then you can add your oils and fragrances in the
combinations that you like to make your recipes
your own. You can use our 10 recipes with a pre
made liquid soap base to create the Thermal
Mermaid shampoos.

The second way to make your home made

shampoo is to make a liquid soap base from scratch.
Once you have your soap base made you can then
apply the ten recipes to make the thermal mermaid
shampoos. Making liquid soap requires cooking it
in your crock pot through the hot process method.

The following is how to make a liquid

shampoo base:
Before you begin makes sure you have your gloves
and safety glasses. The recipe here will make 3 lbs.
of soap. You will need to prepare this process over
two – three days.

What you will need:

• 18.24 oz. of water

• 9.22 oz. of lye
• 8 oz. of castor oil
• 4.8 oz. of jojoba oil
• 10 oz. of coconut oil
• 28 oz. of olive oil
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall plus

Step 1: Melt your oils down into your crock pot on

low heat. Give the oils just enough heat to melt into
the glass. Once they are melted, turn the crock pot
off. You will need to bring the temperature down to
below 120 degrees to mix your lye solution.

Step 2: Create your lye solution. I make my lye

solution in the bottom of my clean kitchen sink to
prevent the chance of tipping the bowl and spilling
the lye. With your mask on, put cold water in the
bowl and slowly sprinkle your lye crystals into the
water. Stir until this is dissolved. The water will
heat and even boil. Allow this to cool.

Step 3: Add the lye solution to the oils in the pot

once the solution and the oils are at a similar
temperature below 120 degrees. Mix well with your
stick blender. You will need to mix this until it
thickens. If you are familiar with making soap with
sodium hydroxide you will notice that this process
takes longer. Liquid soap is using potassium
hydroxide and it takes longer than your bar soap to
combine. The soap comes to trace when you can no
longer see the separation between the water and the
oils. This will look like a yellow pudding.

Step 4: Continue Mixing. Once you have reached

the pudding stage you need to keep mixing until it
becomes even thicker. Now you can turn your crock
pot back on to get the soap cooking.
Step 5: Allow your soap to cook in the crock pot for
an hour. Give it intermittent stirs every twenty
minutes or so. Make sure you scrape the thicker
soap from the sides and mix it in well. Continue
cooking for another 5 to six hours.

Step 6: Now it’s time to test your soap for clarity.

Get a bowl of warm distilled water and put a little
bit of soap paste into the water. Wisk it until it
dissolves. If the water is clear or a little bit cloudy
then your soap is cooked. If your water is milky or
white it means that the lye in the soap is still active
and your soap needs to cook longer. If your soap is
milky then cook for another hour. If your soap is
clear continue to the next step.

Step 7: Now it is time to turn the crock pot off.

Cover the top of the paste with water and let it sit
overnight.

Step 8: Now comes the dilution process. Your paste

will be hard and you want to break up the paste as
much as you can and mix the water and paste
together. Mix this as well as you can. Once you get
the paste loosened up and water into the mixture add
more water over the top. You will continue to mix
again. If the product is hard and difficult to mix you
can allow it to sit for a while to soften up. You will
continue to add water and mix your soap until it is
diluted to the consistency that you want. Start off
with a dilution ratio of 1 to 1 and then continue to
add more water until you get the consistency that
you want.

In the case of shampoo, you will want to

dilute your soap to a thicker liquid consistency. This
is your shampoo base. It should be stored in an air
tight container. Unlike regular soap bars it will spoil
over time if left in contact with the open air, so seal
your liquid soap base tightly.

So, to recap, you can either get your shampoo

base from an online soap supply store. This is a
basic liquid soap that has been premade without all
of the wonderful additives that will make your
shampoo your recipe, or you can make your
shampoo base from scratch using our liquid soap
recipe.
Recipes

10 Shampoo Recipes

1. Roses and Tea Herbal Shampoo

This shampoo recipe will give the very light scent
of rose flower to your shampoo base. The fragrance
will come from the tea that has been steeped into
olive oil. This recipe will make on 16 oz. bottle of
shampoo, so adjust accordingly.

What you will need:

• 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base

• 2 oz. of light virgin olive oil
• 6 rose hip tea bags
• 1 gram of pink mica
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus

In order to make this herbal rose shampoo it will be

necessary to first make a rose oil tincture. Take the
entire contents of your 6 rose hip tea bags and cut
them open. Empty the tea into 2 ounces of olive oil
into a glass mason jar. Stir the tea so that all of the
dry herbs are covered in oil. Cover the top of the tea
remains with oil. Screw the top on tightly and let
this sit in the fridge for at least three days. The
longer the better.

Add the entire contents of the glass jar into 14 oz.

of your pre made shampoo base or your home made
liquid soap. Add your preservative. Finally, add one
gram of mica to give the shampoo a slight tint of
pink. Blend this well. Use your stick blender to mix
the shampoo.

2. Coconut Milk Shampoo

This shampoo will offer the light scent of
coconut while giving the silky feel of coconut and
argon oil. Coconut milk is very nourishing for hair
and will make dry hair softer without the oily
residue.

What you will need:

 • 15 oz. of your pre made shampoo base
• 8 oz., of white coconut milk
• .3 oz. of argon oil
• .5 oz. of olive oil
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus
• .5 oz. of coconut fragrance oil

When you open the can of coconut milk you may

find that the light watery liquid has separated from
a thick solid fat. Blend these back together before
adding this to your soap base. The consistency will
be a white creamy coconut milk.

Blend the coconut milk, your shampoo base, and

the oils together. Add the preservative and blend
together with you stick blender. Add the fragrance
oil and blend again. This recipe will make 24 oz. of
shampoo.
 3. Aloe & Cucumber Shampoo
The Aloe and Cucumber fragrance comes from
the fragrance oil by this name. It is a fresh clean
light smell, and works well with the summer
combination. Aloe juice is another way to soften
hair without leaving the oily build up. Notice that in
the shampoo we are using aloe juice, while in the
matching conditioner we use aloe oil. These are two
different products.

What you will need:

• 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base

• 1/5 pureed peeled cucumber
• 2 oz. of aloe juice
• .5 oz. of Aloe & Cucumber Fragrance Oil
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus

First, puree your cucumber down to a mushy pulp.

Make sure to remove the skin completely. Add the
puree to your liquid soap base along with the aloe
juice. Mix well with your stick blender. Add your
fragrance oil and preservative and mix with your
stick blender until it is completely smooth. This will
make 2 eight ounce bottles. Adjust your recipe
depending on how many bottles you want to fill.

4. Big Bloom Sea Salt Shampoo

Shampoo that gives hair big volume has been a
popular choice at some of the brand name cosmetic
stores in the past few years. Although the product
seems new, the combination is an old favorite in
natural DIY home made products. Salt will give
your hair a thick full feel. This is a quick fix for hair
styles that need a natural looking pick up. There are
a lot of beautiful sea salts out there that will make
your labels look exotic, but the salt that works the
best in shampoo is good old fashioned baking soda.
Sodium bicarbonate is an ingredient that will give
your hair that full beachy look. This is a great day
time look when you won’t be layering to many
sprays and chemicals on top of your hair.
What you will need:

• 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base

• 2 oz. of light virgin olive oil
• 2 oz. of baking soda
• 1 oz. of Sun and Sand Fragrance Oil
• .25 oz. of spirulina powder
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus

The first step in this shampoo is mix your dry

ingredients of baking soda and spirulina powder.
Doing this will keep the spirulina from clumping
up. Add the olive oil to the dry ingredients and mix
until it is completely dissolved. Add this to your
liquid shampoo base. Mix with your stick blender.
Add your preservative and fragrance oil. This will
make 2 eight ounce bottles. Adjust your recipe
depending on how many bottles you want to fill.

5. Herbal Shampoo for Thinning Hair

 Some herbs have been known to strengthen hair
at the root and provide anti-oxidants and
nourishment for thinning hair. This isn’t a shampoo
for hair loss. This one is for those who have thin hair
as it grows from the root. The ingredients in this
recipe can be massaged into the scalp as a
rejuvenating therapy to strengthen those follicles.
This is an old fashioned herbal recipe used for
hundreds of years.

What you will need:

• 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base

• 2 oz. of light virgin olive oil
• 1 oz. of dried nettle
• 1 oz. of dried peppermint leaves
• 1 oz. of dried sage leaves
• 10 drops of rosemary essential oil
• 10 drops of peppermint essential oil
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus
 The first step in this recipe is to put all of your
herbs into your food processor and blend until they
are a fine dust powder. Give it a good amount of
time to process and get the herbs broken down as
finely as possible.

Next, mix your herb dust into a glass jar with

your olive oil. Put the top on tightly and set it in your
fridge for at least three days. You can leave this
longer if you like. The longer you let this sit the
stronger the tincture will be.

Add the herbal tincture to your liquid soap base

or your pre made shampoo base. Add your
preservative. Mix well with your stick blender. Add
10 drops of rosemary essential oil. Now, you can fill
your bottles. This recipe will fill 2 eight ounce
bottles. You can adjust the recipe for the amount
you would like to make.

6. Essential Oil Shampoo for Oily Hair

When making shampoos specifically for hair
that is naturally oily you will typically remove the
carrier oils. There are some essential oils that are
known to bring balance to oily hair. We will add
those, but it is a delicate balance. Not all essential
oils are pleasing to the smell, so we will stick with
the citrus and floral oils. If you do a little digging
you will find that there are others out there, but if
you have any experience with essential oils they can
be a bit strong. Jojoba wax is also known for being
a similar consistency with the skins natural oils and
so this is often added to replace other more
moisturizing oils

What you will need:

• 15 oz. of your pre made shampoo base

• 1 oz. of jojoba oil
• 5 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil
• 5 drops of grapefruit essential oil
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus

Mix your ingredients completely with a stick

blender and fill your bottles. When adding essential
oils instead of fragrance oils go sparingly. The
essential oils are far stronger and the smell can be
more potent that a regular fragrance oil. Also, be
aware that you should take the proper warning
precautions when adding essential oils. Some oils
come with cautions when nursing or pregnant.
Essential oils can spoil like food so it is good to keep
them stored properly in a jar that is tinted to protect
it from the light.

This recipe will make 2 eight ounce bottles of

shampoo. You can adjust your recipe depending on
how many bottles you want to fill.

7. Lavender Shampoo
Lavender Shampoo is a nice addition to your
cosmetic line. Most of your product that have the
highest sales will be lavender fragranced. Making
this shampoo as basic straight formula will appeal
to the widest variety of people. Typically, they will
buy this bottle to match the beautiful soaps that go
along with it. For that reason, we recommend using
the fragrance oil Lavender Flowers, as opposed to
an essential oil. This is a soft smelling fragrance that
is always popular.

What you will need:

• 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base

• 2 tbsp. of coconut oil
• 1 oz. of Lavender Fragrance Oil
• 1 gram of blue mica
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus

Mix the liquid shampoo base with the preservative

and coconut oil with your stick blender. Dissolve
the blue mica completely into the fragrance oil and
add to the shampoo. This simple combination will
make 2 eight ounce bottles. Adjust your recipe for
the amount of shampoo you want to make.

8. Oatmeal, Honey, and Goat’s Milk

Shampoo
 This is a luxurious rich shampoo that matches
our oatmeal, honey, and milk soap. The
combination is a fragrance oil that is the bestselling
soap at our market tables. The shampoo is easy to
make and the number one selling shampoo of all the
types we make.

What you will need:

• 19.5 oz. of your pre made shampoo base

• 2.5 oz. of avocado oil
• 1 tbsp. of honey
• 1 oz. of colloidal oatmeal
• .5 oz. of powdered goat’s milk
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus
• 1 oz. of Oatmeal, Honey, and Milk Fragrance
Oil

Add your honey and olive oil to your dry

ingredients, goat’s milk and colloidal oatmeal until
a thick paste is made. With your stick blender add
this to the shampoo base and mix thoroughly. After
you have given this time to be completely blended
add your preservative and fragrance oil. Mix well.
The recipe will make 24 oz. of shampoo. Adjust
your recipe depending on how much you wish to
make.

9. Argon Shampoo for Dry Hair

Argon oil is a popular choice in recent years. The
argon oil is like jojoba, in that it is close to the
consistency of the natural oils of the skin. It is a
moisturizing oil that will absorb into the hair very
well and is known to repair damaged ends. Argon is
a rich and expensive oil. A little bit goes a long way.

What you will need:

• 21 oz. of your pre made shampoo base

• 1 oz. of avocado oil
• 1 oz. of argon oil
• 1 oz. of almond fragrance oil
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus
This is a very heavy shampoo and works well with
very dry damaged hair. Combine the shampoo base
with the oils and preservative. Mix well with a stick
blender to ensure that the preservative is completely
dispersed through the shampoo. This recipe will
make 24 oz. of product. Adjust your recipe
depending on home much of this recipe you want to
make.

10. Sweet Cakes Shampoo

Sweet Cakes is our pretty sugar scented
shampoo that the kids love. This is scented with
Tahitian vanilla which has a sweet sugar small that
is also light and clean. The formula is basic and
simple making it easy to make. It is for all hair types
and will match any Tahitian vanilla soap that you’ve
produced on your line. With sweet cakes the sweet
vanilla scent sells very well with a creative colorful
label.

What you will need:

 • 14 oz. of your pre made shampoo base
• 2 oz. of light virgin olive oil
• 1 oz. of Tahitian vanilla
• 1 gram of pink mica
• .5 oz. of liquid Germall plus

Combine the shampoo base with the

preservative. Blend the pink mica into the olive oil
completely before adding it to the shampoo base.
This will blend out the clumps and allow for the
color tint to spread smoothly. Add the fragrance oil
and mix well.
10 Conditioner Recipes
The conditioner recipes are the matching
counter parts to the first ten shampoo recipes.
These conditioners are simple basic recipes that
are tweaked mildly to match the treated hair type
and fragrances. In conditioner you will see an
ingredient labeled BTMS. This is a wax that you
cannot leave out of your conditioners. It is an
emulsifier that will keep your water and oils mixed
in the bottle and look like the commercial products
that you recognize.

1. Roses and Tea Herbal Conditioner

This is the matching conditioner to shampoo
number one. In this conditioner you will make an
oil tincture in the same way you made it for the
shampoo. This is the only fragrance in this product,
so the longer you let the oil steep into the oil the
more fragrant it will become.

What you will need:

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water
• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• 2 0z. of Sweet Almond Oil
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 1 oz. of shea butter
• .5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil
• 6 rose hip herbal tea bags
• 1 gram of pink mica

Before you begin making your conditioner you

must first make your herbal tincture. Empty the
contents of the 6 tea bags into the almond oil. Allow
the tea to absorb the oil and make an herb past out
of the tea leaves. Put this in the fridge with a tight
cover. Let this soak for three days. The longer you
let the herbs soak the stronger the fragrance will
become.
Now you are ready to start making your conditioner.
Before you begin make sure your bottles are
sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter
tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to
prevent any impurities from entering our products.

First melt your hard oils and wax over a low heat on
the stove top. Add your water and soft oils. Mix well
with your stick blender. You will need to mix this
for about three minutes. This will give the
emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil
together. Next add your herbal tincture and mica.
Continue mixing with your stick blender.

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add you preservative and
mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle.

Note: The outcome of your herbal fragrance will

vary depending on the brand of tea leaves you buy.
If the fragrance is too light for your liking add .25
ounces of geranium fragrance oil and this will give
it a soft background smell that will complement the
roses.
 2. Coconut Milk Conditioner

This beautiful conditioner will compliment

shampoo number two. The
What you will need:

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water

• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• .5 0z. of Coconut Oil
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 1 oz. of shea butter
• .5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil
• 4 oz of coconut milk
• 1 oz. of coconut fragrance oil

Before you begin make sure your bottles are

sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the
counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled
water to prevent any impurities from entering
our products.
First melt your hard oils and wax over a low heat
on the stove top. Make sure to blend the coconut
milk if it has separated in the can. You want to
make sure to get the water and the fat from the
can. Add your water and soft oils. Mix well with
your stick blender. You will need to mix this for
about three minutes. This will give the
emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil
together. If you see any separation continue to
blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing
with your stick blender.

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add you preservative and
mix well again. Your product is ready to bottle.

3. Aloe & Cucumber Conditioner

This is the matching conditioner to shampoo
number three. This fragrance is a light clean
smell, and we use lighter oils in this recipe. The
Vitamin E offers nourishment, while the light
almond oil won’t weigh down and keeps healthy
hair feeling bouncy.

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water

• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• 2 oz. of Sweet Almond Oil
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 1 oz. Cucumber and Almond Fragrance Oil
• .5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil

Before you begin make sure your bottles are

sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the
counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled
water to prevent any impurities from entering
our products.

First melt your wax over a low heat on the

stove top. Add the glycerin and almond oil. Add
the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You
will need to mix this for about three minutes.
This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond
the water and oil together. If you see any
separation continue to blend until it looks
smooth. Continue mixing with your stick
blender. Add the Vitamin E

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add you preservative and
fragrance oil and mix well again. Your product
is ready to bottle.

4. Big Bloom Sea Salt Conditioner

This is the counterpart to shampoo number
four. Unlike in the shampoo we will not need to
add the salt to the conditioner part of the duo. We
will match the fragrance and give this an extra
moisturizing carrier oil to compensate for any
drying effect the baking soda might have.
Between the two it will give a nice balance while
allowing the shampoo to give its desired full
volume effect.

What you will need:

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water

• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 1 oz. Sun and Sand Fragrance Oil
• .5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil
• .25 oz. of spirulina powder

Before you begin make sure your bottles are

sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the
counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled
water to prevent any impurities from entering
our products.

First melt your wax over a low heat on the

stove top. Add the glycerin and olive oil. Add
the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You
will need to mix this for about three minutes.
This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond
the water and oil together. If you see any
separation continue to blend until it looks
smooth. Continue mixing with your stick
blender. Add the Vitamin E and spirulina
powder.

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add you preservative and
fragrance oil and mix well again. Your product
is ready to bottle.

5. Herbal Conditioner for Thinning Hair

This counterpart to the herbal shampoo for
thinning hair is a tingling reviving product that
leaves the skin feeling stimulated. You might
want to consider a warning on the label to keep
out of eyes. Although most people don’t seem to
have any issues with small amounts of essential
peppermint oil, some people report that it stings
the eyes. Peppermint oil is known for giving a
breeze tingle to the skin so you may want to try
this product on yourself first so you get an idea
of how to describe it to your customers. It will
depend on how many drops of essential oils you
use in your products.

What you will need:

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water

• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 10 drops of rosemary essential oil
• 10 drops of peppermint essential oil
• .5 oz. of Vitamin E Oil

Before you begin make sure your bottles are

sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the
counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled
water to prevent any impurities from entering
our products.

First melt your wax over a low heat on the

stove top. Add the glycerin and olive oil. Add
the water. Mix well with your stick blender. You
will need to mix this for about three minutes.
This will give the emulsifying wax time to bond
the water and oil together. If you see any
separation continue to blend until it looks
smooth. Continue mixing with your stick
blender. Add the Vitamin E.

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add the preservative and
essential oils now and mix well again. Your
product is ready to bottle.

6. Essential Oil Conditioner for Oily Hair

 Here we have the matching conditioner for
shampoo number six. Some essential oils are known
for aiding hair that is too oily. These usually tend to
be the citrus oils. Out of all the soaps we have made
grapefruit is the most popular choice from the
customers. Here we have made it a citrus and floral
smell with the combination of two essential oils.
Jojoba is a rich wax that is consistent with the oils
of the skin, so it will not over moisturize.

What you will need:

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water

• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of Sweet Almond Oil
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 10 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil
• 10 drops of grapefruit essential oil
• .5 oz. of jojoba E Oil
 Before you begin make sure your bottles are
sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the
counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled
water to prevent any impurities from entering
our products.

First melt your wax over a low heat on the

stove top. Add the glycerin and sweet almond
oil. Add the water. Mix well with your stick
blender. You will need to mix this for about three
minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time
to bond the water and oil together. If you see any
separation continue to blend until it looks
smooth. Continue mixing with your stick
blender. Add the Jojoba Oil.

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add the preservative and
essential oils now and mix well again. Your
product is ready to bottle.
7. Lavender Conditioner
The lavender conditioner is for all hair types. It
is a simple basic recipe without the bells and
whistles. This product is made with the Lavender
Flowers Fragrance oil and it is a popular scent
that is commonly requested. French Lavender
and Flowers are a softer fragrance than plain
lavender when choosing fragrances. We use the
oil “Lavender Flowers” to match our hot process
soap at the market tables. This is a very easy
recipe that always sells out.

What you will need:

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water

• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 1 oz. of Lavender Flower Fragrance Oil
 Before you begin make sure your bottles are
sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the
counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled
water to prevent any impurities from entering
our products.

First melt your wax over a low heat on the stove

top. Add the glycerin and extra virgin olive oil.
Add the water. Mix well with your stick blender.
You will need to mix this for about three
minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax time
to bond the water and oil together. If you see any
separation continue to blend until it looks
smooth. Continue mixing with your stick
blender.

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add the preservative and
fragrance oil now and mix well again. Your
product is ready to bottle.
 8. Oatmeal, Honey, and Goat’s Milk
Conditioner
The oatmeal, honey, and goats milk conditioner
won’t have exactly the same ingredients as the
shampoo, but we will give it the same rich
moisturizing feel. This is a heavier formula than the
other products and meant for a really luxurious
treatment that you won’t necessarily use every day.

What you will need:

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water

• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 oz. of shea butter
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 1 tbsp. of honey
• 1 oz. of Oatmeal, Honey, and Milk Fragrance
Oil
 Before you begin make sure your bottles are
sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the
counter tops are sterilized. We only use distilled
water to prevent any impurities from entering
our products.

First melt your wax and shea butter over a

low heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and
extra virgin olive oil. Add the water. Mix well
with your stick blender. You will need to mix
this for about three minutes. This will give the
emulsifying wax time to bond the water and oil
together. If you see any separation continue to
blend until it looks smooth. Continue mixing
with your stick blender.

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add the preservative and
fragrance oil now, and honey, and mix well
again. Your product is ready to bottle.
 9. Argon Conditioner for Dry Hair
Of all the oils in soap making the most
moisturizing carrier oil is olive oil. It soaks
right into the skin and is chock full of anti-
oxidants.

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water

• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 oz. of shea butter
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 1 oz. of Argon Oil
• 1 oz. of Almond Fragrance Oil

Before you begin make sure your bottles are

sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter
tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to
prevent any impurities from entering our products.

First melt your wax and shea butter over a low

heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and extra
virgin olive oil. Add the water. Mix well with your
stick blender. You will need to mix this for about
three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax
time to bond the water and oil together. If you see
any separation continue to blend until it looks
smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender.

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add the preservative and
fragrance oil now, and argon oil, and mix well
again. Your product is ready to bottle.

10. Sweet Cakes Conditioner

This is the matching conditioner to shampoo
number ten. This shampoo is geared toward the
younger customer who is looking for the pretty
candy like product. We often make some of our
matching soap cupcakes in the matching fragrance
oil to go along with this shampoo and conditioner
combination. (See the soap cupcake recipe in book
1) This is a very basic recipe that is for all hair types.

What you will need:

• 30 oz. of Distilled Water
• 2 oz. of Vegetable Glycerin
• 2 oz. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 oz. of shea butter
• 2 oz. of BTMS 25
• .5 oz. of Liquid Germall Plus
• 1 gram of pink mica
• 1 oz. of Tahitian Vanilla Fragrance Oil

Before you begin make sure your bottles are

sprayed down with rubbing alcohol on the counter
tops are sterilized. We only use distilled water to
prevent any impurities from entering our products.

First melt your wax and shea butter over a low

heat on the stove top. Add the glycerin and extra
virgin olive oil. Add the water. Mix well with your
stick blender. You will need to mix this for about
three minutes. This will give the emulsifying wax
time to bond the water and oil together. If you see
any separation continue to blend until it looks
smooth. Continue mixing with your stick blender.

Remove the heat from your conditioner and

continue mixing as the product cools. Once the
conditioner has cooled add the preservative and
fragrance oil now, and mica, and mix well again.
Your product is ready to bottle.
5 Additional Hair Care Products
These additional hair care products are supplements
to the shampoo and conditioner. They can be
fragranced in any way you choose. We find that
they sell the fastest at the market when you match
them to brightly colored or popular smelling artisan
soaps.

1. Curling Hair Gel

• 17 ounces of Distilled Water

• .25 ounces of Flax Seed Whole

• .1 ounce of Pink Himalayan Salt

• .1 ounce of Winter Spice Fragrance Oil (optional)

• 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus

First add your distilled water and flax seeds.

Simmer this over the stove top on low heat for 10
minutes. Remove the water from the heat and pour
it into a glass jar and allow it to set in the fridge
overnight. The next day place the seeds and water
back on the stove top. Add your pink salt and allow
this to simmer down again. Strain the seeds out of
the mixture. Allow this to cool. Once this mixture
has reached a temperature below 120 degrees add
your fragrance oil and preservative. Now you are
ready to spoon your curling gel into your pump
bottles. This recipe will make 2 eight ounce bottles.

2. Silkening Hair Gel

This recipe is similar to the curling gel without the

salt. This recipe has only minor changes but it will
give a slightly different effect.

What you will need:

• 17 ounces of Distilled Water

• .25 ounces of Flax Seed Whole

• .25 oz. of slippery elm powder

• .1 ounce of Winter Spice Fragrance Oil (optional)

• 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus

 First add your distilled water and flax seeds.
Simmer this over the stove top on low heat for 10
minutes. Remove the water from the heat and pour
it into a glass jar and allow it to set in the fridge
overnight. The next day place the seeds and water
back on the stove top. Strain the seeds out of the
mixture. Add your slippery elm powder and blend
once again. Allow this to cool. Once this mixture
has reached a temperature below 120 degrees add
your fragrance oil and preservative. Now you are
ready to spoon your curling gel into your pump
bottles. This recipe will make 2 eight ounce bottles.

3. Moisturizing Hair Gel

This is another flaxseed based hair gel which

works wonderfully as a natural hair product. This
combination offers an additional moisturizer along
with the gel product.

What you will need:

• 17 ounces of Distilled Water

• .25 ounces of Flax Seed Whole

• .5 oz. of shea butter

• 1 ounce of Aloe and Cucumber Fragrance Oil (optional)

• 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus

First add your distilled water and flax seeds.

Simmer this over the stove top on low heat for 10
minutes. Remove the water from the heat and pour
it into a glass jar and allow it to set in the fridge
overnight. The next day place the seeds and water
back on the stove top. Strain the seeds out of the
mixture. Melt your shea butter into a liquid and
blend into the mixture. Allow this to cool. Once this
mixture has reached a temperature below 120
degrees add your fragrance oil and preservative.
Now you are ready to spoon your curling gel into
your pump bottles. This recipe will make 2 eight
ounce bottles.
4. Sea Salt Hair Spray

This is an alternate product to the big bloom sea salt

shampoo. You can still get a tussled beachy look
after you shower with your normal shampoo and
conditioner with this lighter spray.

What you will need:

• 17 ounces of Distilled Water

• 2 ounces of sea salt

• 1 oz. of BTMS 25

• .5 oz. of shea butter

• 1 ounce of Sun and Sand Fragrance Oil (optional)

• 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus

Melt the emulsifying wax and shea butter together.

Add your distilled water over a low heat and melt

the salt into the water slowly. Blend well for three
full minutes with your stick blender. Remove your
spray from the heat and allow to cool. Add the
fragrance and preservative after the temperature has
fallen below 120 degrees. Blend well and pour into
4-ounce pump bottles.

5. Leave in Oil Moisturizer

This is a simple leave in conditioner. Pour this into

a 4 ounce pump spray bottle and fragrance as
desired.

What you will need:

• 17 ounces of Distilled Water

• .5 oz. of jojoba oil

• 1 oz. of extra virgin olive oil

• 1 oz. of BTMS 25 E-wax

• 1 ounce of Coconut Fragrance Oil (optional)

• 3 grams of liquid Germall Plus

Melt the e-wax into the virgin olive oil over low
heat on the stove top. Add distilled water and
jojoba. Blend well with a stick blender and continue
to blend until the water and oils appear smooth.
Remove this from the heat and allow it to cool. Add
the fragrance and the preservative and blend with
the stick blender again. Pour this conditioner into 4
ounce spray pump bottles.
Where to Get the Ingredients
My daughter and I own the store
ThermalMermaid.com which makes soaps and
cosmetics. We are not suppliers and we do not own
these stores that we recommend. This is the list of
suppliers I use and trust based on my experience. I
am not related to any of these store owners and have
never met them, so I can not 100% guarantee your
experience but I am happy to share my resources
and information with you.

TheSage.com – Majestic Mountain Sage – We buy

dried flowers and herbs here. I have bought from
other places online including overseas and the
quality is always the best along with the price from
this company. I have not bought anything other than
dried roses, calendula, and chamomile flower buds,
but I have watched many hours of videos from other
craft makers online and I have only heard excellent
recommendations from their products.
EssentialDepot.com – Essential Depot is a great
place to get items such as Essential Oils,
Fragrances, Oils, Butters, Molds. Essential Depot
offers some of the most competitive prices and best
shipping offers. This is the first website we shop at
before any others. The quality of their product has
never disappointed. Essential depot is an excellent
source for fragrance oils.

BulkApothecary.com – This website will provide

you with mica, colorant, and jars with lids. Bottles
with pumps can be found here in 8 oz. and 16 oz.
sizes. Also fragrance oils are excellent from this
resource.
About The Author

Jennifer Tynan grew up on the New England

seaboard. She spent 10 years sub-contracting as an
archeological field tech for environmental
companies throughout the United States. She
received a bachelor in Anthropology from the
University of Connecticut.

With her daughter, Hannah, Jennifer spends

some of her time making handmade artisan soap for
her Bath and Body Company, Thermal Mermaid.
Thermal Mermaid is an outdoor market found at
summer vendors and renaissance fairs in New
England. For those who are far away, products from
Thermal Mermaid can be found on line. Many of
the same recipes in this book are found on their
product line.

Hannah is co-owner of Thermal Mermaid. At

sixteen years old she is active in preparing and
creating new product as well as organizing and
developing her recipes. Hannah can often be found
proudly sitting behind her market tables on the
weekends while she studies her normal school work
during the week. Hannah is a natural artist and is
always working at designing creative packaging
along with her soap recipes.

Hannah Sits behind her market display on a cold

New England morning in early April.

Find us on Periscope and snapchat

@ThermalMermaid where we go live and make
our soaps and cosmetics for everyone. During this
time, we can interact live.
Or Look us up on Facebook under Thermal
Mermaid also
Sneak Peak

If you found the information in this book

helpful, please explore a sneak peek at our first
publication. This is a much longer book that goes
into detail about safety and ingredients. You will
find other lotion recipes in this book, but we do not
repeat our recipes in the actual book itself.

90 Homemade Soap & Bath Recipes: Thermal

Mermaid's Artisan Soap Makers Book

The Artisan Soap Makers Book is more than

just a ‘how to’ on soap making for the beginner. It
is a step by step introduction of creating an item that
can be prepared, packaged, and sold for the purpose
of building a small hobby business. The information
in this book will provide hands on step by step
instructions on how to make detergent free bath
products at home, but the ultimate goal of this book
is to provide the properly motivated type to have
access to ideas that will allow them to run a small
business with a low barrier to entry and provide a
potential income so that one can be a little more
self-sufficient tomorrow than they are today.

What you will find in this book:

1. A step by step guide on soaps and bath

products made at a quality that one can sell in
their community.
2. A description of the bare bones cheapest way
to make the basics for the beginner.
3. Over 100 recipes that you can use and tweak
to make your products
4. A breakdown of everything you will need to
get started.
5. A dictionary and explanation of all the
possible ingredients you can use and how to
use them.
6. Where to sell your products and how to
prepare yourself to run a business.
 7. Thinking about your profit. How to price
your items.
This guide has an additional workbook
available where you can write down your recipe
pages and calculate costs. See the paper back
copy version of this book to get the attached
workbook. It will save you time and help you see
the big picture in your business when you can
see your calculations on pages side by side.

How to Use this Book

Soap making has become an increasingly

popular hobby in the last few years, and one will
find many great books on the shelves with hundreds
of homemade recipes. This book is meant for the
beginner who is looking for an affordable start up
business and finds soap making in their realm of
interest, and will hold your hand with explanations
on how to create a product and how to start a
business from almost nothing.
 This book is meant to be a resource to be kept
for easy access, but it will also go one step further
than an average soap “cookbook”. This resource
will show you how to break down and record your
recipes so that you know exactly how much you are
spending on each individual product you create so
you know exactly how much you need to price each
item at in order to run your business. This book is
for the heart of the business man, not the at home
mom looking for an afterschool activity with the
kids. If you are the latter, simply go over to your
local craft and hobby shop and find the one or two
small shelves with melt and pour glycerin and
plastic disposable molds and read the back of the
package for instructions. You can make a few bars
of soap with the kids for fun and be cleaned up in
less than an hour. If you are interested in making
this a small on the side business that could turn into
something else, read on.