Hair products homemade
Follow the proven industrial recipes below and make your own shampoo, hair gel and hair water.
Olive oil shampoo
| Recipe (early 1900's) |
| Olive oil |
4 dl |
| Oleic acid |
8 dl |
| Coconut fat |
8 dl |
| Potassium hydroxide (85%) |
5 dl |
| Alcohol |
10 dl |
| Water |
40-50 dl |
The potassium hydroxide is dissolved in water. The oils are heated and saponified with the potassium hydroxide solution. One must heat and stir until the soap is soluble in water. Then two-thirds of the alcohol is added.
In addition, the following solution is prepared:
| Glycerin |
1 dl |
| Borax |
1 dl |
| Potash |
0.5 dl |
| Oleic acid |
0.06 dl |
The oleic acid is dissolved in the rest of the alcohol, the borax and the potash in the rest of the water with the glycerin. The two solutions are now added to the soap. The oleic acid solution is used to neutralize any excess caustic. To do this, a small sample is taken, a drop of alcoholic phenolphthalein solution is added and the alkalinity is judged from the red color. The soap solution is left in a cool place for several days.
Milky shampoo
| Recipe 1936 |
| Triethanolamine stearate |
10 dl |
| Purified petroleum |
150 dl |
| Pine oil |
6 dl |
| Water |
250 dl |
The petroleum is heated to 60℃ with the stearate and stirred until everything is dissolved. After this, the pine oil is mixed with the solution. While stirring well, slowly add the water to this mixture. The shampoo is colored with the help of a harmless water-soluble aniline dye.
Powder shampoo
| Recipe 1936 |
| Coconut oil soap powder |
30 dl |
| Crystallized soda |
54 dl |
| Borax |
25 dl |
| Henna powder, a few tenths of a percent |
| Aniline yellow |
a trace |
The mixture is well mixed and sieved.
Shampoo without soap
| Recipe no. 1. (1936) |
| Sulphonated olive oil |
40 dl |
| Sulphonated castor oil |
10 dl |
| both highly concentrated |
| Paraffin oil |
15 dl |
| Water |
35 dl |
The ingredients are mixed and heated to 50°C. Subsequently, so much (1 to 2%) of a 25% caustic soda solution is added that the mass is completely clear and translucent.
| Recipe no. 2. (1936) |
| Turkish red |
10 dl |
| Paraffin oil |
10 dl |
| Oleic acid |
10 dl |
| Alcohol |
2 tot 10 dl |
| Perfume as desired |
The raw materials are mixed in the specified order. The shampoo can be made cheaper by adding water. The water is then gradually added while stirring well until no turbidity occurs.
These two shampoos are used in the following way: something is poured into the hand and enough water is added to create a creamy mass by rubbing. This cream is then rubbed on wet hair.
Shampoo without soap
| Recipe (1938) |
| Lamepon 4 B |
80 |
|
dl |
| 20-pcts zewa-oplossing |
20 |
|
dl |
Shampoo, without soap
| Recipe (1938) |
| Lamepon Ph S |
50 |
|
dl |
| Sulfonated Castor Oil |
15 |
|
dl |
| Distilled water |
35 |
|
dl |
| Lamepon 4 B |
95 |
|
dl |
| Glycerin |
5 |
|
dl |
| Perfume |
1 |
|
dl |
Distilled water as desired.
Shampoo
| Recipe (early 1900's) |
| Oleic acid |
55 dl |
| Coconut fatty acid |
40 dl |
| Triethanolamine |
50 dl |
| Diethylene glycol mono-ethyl ether |
55 dl |
| Perfume |
1 dl |
The product is a liquid soap, which can be diluted with water to any concentration and is extremely soft. The glycol ether can be replaced in whole or in part by glycerin and/or alcohol.
Lemon rinse aid for after the soap wash
| Recipe (1920's) |
| Lemon oil |
0.2 dl |
| Alcohol |
14.0 dl |
| Citric acid |
3.5 dl |
| Tartaric acid |
4.5 dl |
| Water |
16.0 dl |
The lemon oil is dissolved in the alcohol, the acids in the water and then the alcoholic solution is slowly added to the acid solution with stirring.
Hair fixative
| Recipe (early 1920's) |
| Water |
6000 dl |
| Tragacanth |
45 dl |
| Boric acid |
45 dl |
| Benzoic acid |
5 dl |
The mixture should stand until everything is dissolved. After this, the desired amount of perfume is added, possibly also some coloring agent.
Hair grease against baldness
| Recipe (early 1920's) |
| Pilocarpine hydrochloride |
20 dl |
| Precipitated sulfur |
120 dl |
| Glycol stearate |
60 dl |
| Balsam of Peru |
60 dl |
| Resorcin monoacetate |
30 dl |
| Vaseline |
900 dl |
| Water |
60 dl |
| Perfume at will |
The pilocarpine is first dissolved in the water and mixed with the glycol stearate. The sulfur and resorcin acetate are ground on an ointment mill with part of the petroleum jelly. The rest of the petroleum jelly is melted and mixed with the cream. The sulphurous mass is then added. The whole is passed through the ointment mill again.
Lactic acid hair water
| Recipe (1938) |
| Alcohol |
400 |
|
dl |
| Water |
480 |
|
dl |
| Menthol |
2 |
|
dl |
| Lactic acid 90% |
2 |
|
dl |
| Eau de cologne-olie |
5 |
|
dl |
Add some talcum, leave for a week and then filter. For very dry hair, add 3 dl of glycerin.
Petroleum hair water
| Recipe (1938) |
| Rectified Petroleum |
20 |
|
dl |
| Vaseline oil |
20 |
|
dl |
| Castor oil |
15 |
|
dl |
| Lavender oil |
2 |
|
dl |
| Hydrochloric acid quinine |
1 |
|
dl |
| Formalin |
2 |
|
dl |
| Lemon oil |
5 |
|
dl |
| Bergamot oil |
5 |
|
dl |
| Alcohol 96 % |
400 |
|
dl |
| Distilled water |
600 |
|
dl |
Camphor pomade
| Recipe (1938) |
| Bitter almond oil |
4 |
|
dl |
| Clove oil |
1 |
|
dl |
| Camphor |
45 |
|
dl |
| Bleached wax |
120 |
|
dl |
| Pork fat, preserved |
450 |
|
dl |
Hair pomade with sulfur
| Anti-Scales Recipe (1938) |
| Olive oil |
20 |
|
dl |
| Beeswax |
5 |
|
dl |
| Walrat |
5 |
|
dl |
| Lanolin |
5 |
|
dl |
| Water |
5 |
|
dl |
| Precipitated sulfur |
5 |
|
dl |
| Balsam of Peru |
4 |
|
dl |
Hair cream
| Recipe (1936) |
| Water |
610 dl |
| Paraffin oil |
230 dl |
| Emulsifier P&S |
65 dl |
| Wax |
35 dl |
| Rice starch |
30 dl |
The paraffin oil and wax are fused together: the temperature must not exceed 70°C. The solution is removed from the heat and the emulsifier is now added. In another pan, the starch is cooked to a transparent porridge. The two mixtures are now mixed, perfumed and stirred until the mass has completely cooled.
Brylcreem advert. 1930s
