Make your Own Gugo Shampoo

My mom has been living green for quite some time and have finally dispatched the use of shampoo and conditioner from her toiletries - but not without green replacement of course! She makes Gugo Shampoo, which is from the Gugo bark. Gugo is like the ancient native shampoo. Ask the old people and they know just what it is. My mom says that it softens hair and makes it shiny and healthy and that it even removes dandruff!

It's fairly easy to make and here's what you will need:

1 Gugo bark

Bowl of Water (size of bowl is completely up to you)

Old shampoo bottle/s

1 Kalamansi/ Philippine Lemon (per shampoo bottle)

1/2 tsp. vinegar (per shampoo bottle)

What to do:

Put Gugo bark into bowl of water and just leave it there for 30 minutes. At 30 minutes, you'll see that it's all lathered up. Transfer to shampoo bottles. Add juice of one squeezed Kalamansi/Philippine lemon and half a teaspoon vingear (any kind you have) per bottle. 

Usage:

Wet hair and massage into scalp. Rinse. 

My verdict:

I've been so used to using commercial shampoo that lathers up that this one didn't seem right at first but I have reason to believe that it might just be effective just as they say. I have a sensitive scalp, if a shampoo or conditioner does not work for me, I'd be sure to have dandruff in a couple of hours. And with the hot, hot weather here, I was half-expecting I would be itching up. But it turned out to be the opposite! 

My hair is soft, manageable and dandruff-free! Surprise, surprise!

CAUTION: Avoid contact with eyes.

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Baking Soda not just for your Teeth and Tiles

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I've known for the longest time that baking soda, apart from being a staple ingredient in cookies and anything baked and has chocolate in it, that it is also a great teeth whitener and even a great tile cleaner with vinegar. So, imagine my surprise when I read in Simple Mom that it is also a great substitute for shampoo too!

 What you will need:

1 cup of water

1 tablespoon of Baking Soda

Instructions:

Wet hair and pour mixture over scalp and massage scalp as you would with your shampoo and rinse. 

Simple Mom said that it can last about a week for her and her hubby but they have short hair while I have thick hair below my shoulders so when I tried this today, I literally poured everything out. Excited much? But I could tell you this much, my hair felt so much different upon dousing the mixture in my hair and as it went down the tips. 

It is highly recommended that you conditioner hair also using Apple Cider (preferably) o really any kind of vinegar as a vinegar hair rinse. Get the recipe here.  

I just air-dried my hair and I can tell you this much... I can stop touching it because it's soft and velvety and that's in hot weather. Goodbye fly-away. 

Eggs: Also for Bouncy Hair

My mom recently bought a book entitled Herbal Home Remedies by Jude Todd. 

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I totally worship this book! I mean it's amazing and I can't wait to try out all the interesting stuff written here and share it with all of you! And the best thing is my mom has this herbal garden business so getting my hands on those herbs are easy, breezy and free. I'm such a lucky girl!

Today, I'm posting a review on this book's shampoo substitute. And I bet every person reading this can do it as soon as they read it. 

What you need: 

Egg

Vinegar-rinse

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All you have to do is beat the egg before taking a bath. Massage it on your scalp. I like to leave it on while I soap myself and then rinse my hair with the vinegar-rinse and water.

As for the vinegar-rinse, use the recipe here. But instead of using everything, put it in your empty and clean shampoo bottles so you can use it every time you need it. Pour enough vinegar-rinse on your hair then rinse with water. Do this twice a week. 

So what I thought of it? After my bath, my hair already felt different. It felt thicker and heavier. I did this shampoo substitute for two consecutive days. If there is something to complain about this recipe, it is that the egg smell stays even with the vinegar. So you better wash really well.

I remember when I was a teenager, my mom and I would put mayonnaise on our hair and it would come out just beautiful. Mayo is basically eggs and olive oil. So maybe egg really is the secret! 

When making leche flan, we put  lemon or lime to remove the smell of eggs. Maybe I should try putting vanilla. Leche Flan scent on my hair. Hmm. 

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I didn't really notice the wonderful effects of this shampoo substitute until I was back to using my commercial shampoo. My hair was manageable even if it's just air-dried. I'm also doing DIY Highlights and after this shampoo substitute, I could see that my hair has really lightened! Biking under the sun has really paid off! And to add to this, my hair is shiny and tangle-free! And I don't brush because I have curly hair. 

All in all, I love this DIY shampoo. I'm definitely doing this twice a week and I'm adding lemons and vanilla.  Leche flan-scented hair anyone?