My kids love to make messes and this leads to lots of baths! The challenge is getting them clean, while not letting them soak in a chemical soup. We have used every “natural baby shampoo” on the market, and most of them work great. Unfortunately, I’m not such a huge fan of their prices! I decided to make my own because it saves some cash and I know exactly what my kids are bathing in. Plus, it makes their baby skin even softer! Need I say more?!
Now when you read the ingredient list below you might think “Dr. Bronners? That stuff is like $16 a bottle!” Have no fear, you only use 1 cup for each batch of shampoo…that means you can make 4 bottles of shampoo from one bottle of Dr. Bronners. These are big bottles of shampoo, and they last a long time. Coconut oil is cheap and the lavender oil is optional.
DIY Baby Shampoo
You will need:
- 1 cup Dr. Bronner’s soap — where to find
- 1 cup coconut oil — where to find
- 1 cup water
- Lavender essential oil — where to find
Directions:
- Mix everything together and put into a plastic container (no glass in the tub!)
- Shake it up
- Done!
- We re-used an old Burt’s Bee’s Baby Shampoo container
- *Note: Make sure to lather and rinse very well. I just lather, scrub and rinse right away. If not rinsed well enough, your kiddo will look like a greasy little monkey! But after soaking in that tub with the shampoo in the water, their skin is so soft!
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tiffany
July 23, 2013 at 10:35 pmhow important is it to get the baby mild soap? We have a lot of those soaps locally but not the baby mild. should I just order it online or is another scent ok too?
Kate
July 24, 2013 at 1:09 amThe baby mild is tear free. You can use the other kinds as long as you keep it from running into their eyes.
Meghan
October 18, 2013 at 12:56 pmHow do you keep the coconut oil from solidifying? Do you just hake it up really good? Live this idea. Thanks!
Kate
October 19, 2013 at 7:13 amIt is a complete mystery to me! I was worried about this and it has yet to happen. We live in Minnesota and our basement (where the bathtub is) gets cool in the winter….and the coconut oil still doesn’t solidify! Maybe the soap prevents it? I am not entirely sure. But, I am glad it doesn’t because this shampoo is wonderful and has saved us some serious cash!
Meghan Zeile
October 20, 2013 at 8:17 pmThanks Kate. Can’t wait to try it! 🙂
Kelsey Cox Messer
April 30, 2014 at 11:34 pmNevermind was thinking of something different
ashley
November 4, 2014 at 7:51 amHow do you keep your kiddos hair from looking greasy, I used it on my 3 and rinsed well but there hair still looked greasy, on the upside though they had soft skin and hair
Kate
November 5, 2014 at 8:53 amI found that my kids hair would look greasy if I left the shampoo in for a while. If I just soap up, lather and rinse right away their hair gets clean and is not left greasy.
Kristen
November 13, 2014 at 12:16 pmHi,
I tried this with my son but have noticed a white film all over everything. Also, everything has a greasy feeling to it now (the tub, his toys). Did anybody else experience this? Did I do something wrong?
Margie Hurd
February 19, 2016 at 9:04 pmDo you make your own shampoo as well? If so could you share your recipe?
Kate
February 20, 2016 at 4:31 pmHi Margie, No I buy my shampoo. I tried making my own and never made one that I liked well enough. Here is the kind I use (it’s non-toxic): https://realfoodrn.com/BCbody
Katie
November 12, 2016 at 12:35 amIf it’s too greasy you guys could add more water and less coconut oil that dr bronners goes a long way
Tina
July 8, 2017 at 9:30 pmHow many days last this shampoo recipe stay without fungi or mold n yeast without perservative . If want last then please suggest me perservative name which use in it .
Kate
July 13, 2017 at 5:52 amI have never had an issue with mold growth
Monica
May 15, 2018 at 1:51 amHow is it a 2-ingredient shampoo if the ingredients list is four items long?
G
January 17, 2019 at 12:02 pmHi, can we use this shampoo on the newborns as well? Also, can we use this as a baby wash or just a shampoo?
Kate
January 31, 2019 at 1:33 pmWe used it on our newborn babies and it works as a body wash too 🙂