I had made a Shea Coconut Hair Shampoo Bar last time, I love how it was bubbly and creamy during the wash. But I still need a hair conditioning bar, one that can leave my hair smooth and moisturised right after the wash. So I came out with this lovely bergamot tea tree hair conditioning bar. It is a fairly simple recipe with mango butter and virgin coconut oil base, stars with the fragrance from bergamot and tea tree essential oil, it sounds downright delicious.
Ingredients
I had briefly mentioned the benefits of using bergamot essential oil for our hair care in my citrus hair-fortifying hair lotion spray post. It is one of the essential oil that I can’t recommend enough. So here it is I have included it again in my new hair conditioning bar recipe. Together with tea tree essential oil, they provide antimicrobial properties [source]to this hair conditioning bar. In the formulation, we have mango butter and coconut oil as a carrier oil. They are the perfect emollients in the recipe and helps to enhance the conditioning power of BTMS-50.
The conditioning power of the hair shampoo bar comes from BTMS-50. It is a cationic conditioner obtained from rapeseed and palm oil. BTMS works as a conditioner to soften our skin and scalp. Together with stearic acid and cetyl alcohol, they create a creamy base for cleaning and conditioning properties. All these ingredients are plant-based, they are popular for botanic skincare.
DIY Hair Conditioning Bar Formulation
| Phase | Ingredients | % w/w |
|---|---|---|
| A | Mango Butter | 30% |
| A | Virgin Coconut Oil [ US / Europe ] | 17% |
| A | BTMS-50 [ US / Europe ] | 20% |
| A | Stearic Acid [ US / Europe ] | 7% |
| A | Cetyl Alcohol [ US / Europe ] | 25% |
| B | Bergamot Essential Oil | 0.5% |
| B | Tea Tree Essential Oil | 0.5% |
| B | Preservative | 1% |
| 100% |
DIY Tools for Hair Condtioning Bar
- double-boiler [US / Europe]
- electronic balance precision 0.01g [US / Europe]
- mini inox whisk [ US / Europe ]
- mini silicon spatula [ US / Europe ]
- 2 x50 soap mold
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Bergamot Tea Tree Hair Conditioning Bar
Course: Beauty RecipesDifficulty: Easy2
50g30
minutesPhase A – Heating Phase; Phase B – Post-Heating Phase
This recipe is to prepare 2 x 50g hair conditioning shampoo bar
Ingredients
Phase A/ 30g Mango Butter
Phase B/ 0.5g Bergamot Essential Oil
Phase B/ 0.5g Tea Tree Essential Oil
Phase B/ 1g Preservative Geogard or Ā Optiphen or Germaben II
Directions
- Weigh and transfer all the ingredients of phase A into a double-boiler. Place the double-boiler over a barely-simmering water bath. Stir and mix until all the ingredients are melted and truly incorporated.
- In the mean time, prepare and weigh the phase B into a small glass bowl.
- Remove the double-boiler from the warm water bath. Continue stirring until slightly cool down, quickly pour in the phase C ingredients, stir and mix.
- Quickly decant the mixture into two 50g soap mold.
Notes
- At step 3, the mixture solidifies very fast. make sure you decant the mixture into the mold before it thickens up.
- This hair shampoo bar contains no water but I still include a preservative in my recipe as this bar will be let in a humid environment between uses. However, if it can be dry properly between each use, you can leave out the preservative.
I use this shampoo bar right after a hair wash, I apply it from hair scalp to hair ends and let it sits for at least 5 minutes. And I usually do a foot and body scrub during waiting. Enjoy!
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Calleigh
Hi, I am Calleigh, MEng Chemical Engineering and a process engineer, and I'm here to show you how to DIY your skincare and household products with the correct formulation and using only natural ingredients. I believe that eating good food (Yes I have cooking recipes too!) and living in a chemical-free environment are the keys to having a healthy lifestyle. And that doesn't need to be expensive.
