Hi, what do we really mean when we say pick
a green or eco friendly hair and body product?
Well there's a couple of things. The first
thing is you want to make sure there's no
chemicals in the product. It's very important
to do some research online and become an informed
consumer. Use your consumer power. Don't buy
the products from the companies that are still
using the old chemicals that are harmful for
our bodies, they're not good for the environment,
they get into the water supply, they get into
our rivers, our lakes, and you don't want
to be using those products, so be a detective
and pick up the label. Even if a company puts
natural on the front of it, make sure that
you're not getting a product that has mineral
oil for example. That is not good. Or a product
that is petroleum based. Or a product that
has parabens. Parabens are known to mimic
estrogen in the body. Another item that you
want to avoid is sodium laurel sulfate which
we find in a lot of children and baby products.
You just want to ditch those because now there
are a lot of eco friendly companies that are
using high grade quality organic botanicals,
flowers and plant based hair and body products.
They're using a hundred percent pure essential
oils of wheat germ, sweet almond oil, hohoba
oil, and even in your make up, look for mineral
make ups, look for mineral lipsticks. This
is a beautiful one right here. You know your
skin is your largest organ of the body and
you want to make sure that you give it ingredients
that are truly natural and truly green. Another
thing is make sure the company is using recycled
containers. So these are a few things that
you can look for and learn about so that you
can truly select a green eco friendly hair
and body product. Okay, now that I've convinced
you to ditch all the products using chemicals,
I'm going to show you how easy it is to make
a natural green shampoo right in your own
home. It's inexpensive and it's easy to make
and you'll love it. The first couple things
you'll have to buy is either an unscented
shampoo or you can use a pure liquid castile
soap like the one I have here. Then you'll
need a half a cup of distilled water, four
tablespoons of lemon juice. Now I'm a very
busy mom so I don't have time to squeeze those
lemons so I'm just using organic concentrated
lemon juice right here. Then you can take
your essential oil, either wheat germ, almond
oil or hohoba oil. Then you take your plastic
container and your funnel. The first thing
you'll do is pour the water in just like that.
Then you'll want to add the half a cup of
your liquid castile soap. Mmmm, smells so
good, this one has an extra lavender essential
oil, gives it a nice pleasant scent. Put the
oil in like that, and then you'll add your
lemon juice. Lemon juice will help bring out
the highlights of your hair too. And then
I will add just a little bit of hohoba oil,
just a drop. And five drops of noroly oil.
Noroly oil has a wonderful scent and the essential
oil is very nourishing for our body, our skin
and our hair. Five drops. Make sure you use
one hundred percent pure essential oils. We
don't want anything synthetic. Then what you'll
do is you'll store this in a cool dry place
for a couple of days and every day give it
a few shakes, maybe twice a day, and then
you can start using it on your hair and you
can also make it and give it to your family
and friends. Now because there's no preservative
in here, you could put a drop of vitamin E
as a natural preservative or the best thing
is, don't make a lot of it because you want
to be able to use it rather quickly, I would
say a week at the most. You see, anything
that's natural, you can use your nose to tell
when it's going bad, just smell it, and if
you feel like it's going bad, then you would
stop using it. And that's all there is to
it. I just showed you how to make a natural
green eco friendly hair shampoo.