Finding a natural shampoo without chemicals can be hard. Most of the time, when you do find a natural shampoo, it is more expensive than the cheap chemical-filled shampoos at the store. Making your own homemade shampoo bar recipe with beeswax is easy, only uses natural ingredients, and lasts a while. If you double or triple this homemade shampoo bar recipe you can have months’ worth of shampoo that won’t go bad.

Need a homemade conditioner to go with your easy shampoo bar recipe? Check out my post on how to make coconut milk hair conditioner right here.

The Natural Ingredients Used in Homemade Shampoo Bar Recipe With Beeswax are:

Although some of the ingredients used in the homemade shampoo bar recipe with beeswax may not be something you have on hand, purchasing these is well worth it for many reasons. I have a lot of recipes on my blog using all of the ingredients listed above so they have never gone to waste in my house.

check out these recipes to get an idea of how to use these ingredients more than once.

For this natural homemade shampoo bar recipe with beeswax, I used lavender essential oil. However, tons of essential oils are great for hair.

Essential Oils for Hair:

Is Beeswax Good for Your Hair?

You might get a little nervous when you see the word beeswax on a homemade shampoo bar recipe however I can assure you, beeswax is nothing like honey. There is no mess, it is not sticky, it melts and solidifies the same way coconut oil does, and it is super beneficial for hair.

Beeswax is moisturizing for our hair so if you deal with dry split ends, try incorporating beeswax into your haircare routine by incorporating this homemade shampoo bar recipe with beeswax.

Castile Soap in Shampoo:

Castile soap is a vegetable-derived natural soap. This is a great ingredient for shampoo because it can get rid of product build-up in hair but it is gentle so it will not leave you with a dry scalp.

Vitamin E Oil for Hair:

Vitamin E Oil is often used in skin care products because it has so many benefits, to learn more about the benefits of vitamin E oil for the skin, check out this post. As for hair, vitamin E oil is great for creating a shine without leaving your hair feeling greasy.

According to this article: “When the protective fat layer on the outside of the hair’s cuticle is removed, it loses its shine and becomes difficult to manage or style according to the Academy of Dermatology. A vitamin E-rich oil can help replace that protective layer and bring back shine. Oil in general also helps seal out moisture, reduce breakage, and protect the hair from damage

Shea Butter Benefits for Hair:

Shea butter is great for moisturizing the hair and scalp. If you deal with a dry flaky scalp, using hair care products with shea butter can be beneficial in moisturizing and rejuvenating a dry scalp.

How to Make a Homemade Shampoo Bar Recipe with Beeswax:

What you Need:

1 Cup Beeswax

1/4 Cup Shea Butter

1 Tsp Vitamin E Oil

1/3 Cup Unscented Liquid Castile Soap

15 Drops Lavender Essential Oil

Directions:

Start by creating a double boiler, this is a pot of water boiling on the stove (not too much water, I use about 2 cups), with a glass bowl set on top of the pot.
Add your beeswax and shea butter to the glass bowl, using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, mix every few minutes to ensure these ingredients are melting.
Once the beeswax and shea butter are completely melted, turn off the heat.
Add the vitamin E oil, unscented liquid Castile soap, and essential oils while the glass bowl is still on top of the pot with the stove turned off. The Castile soap will instantly turn into a solid, just stir it vigorously until it melts and mixes in with the other ingredients.
Working quickly, take a small measuring cup and pour the mixture into your molds. I used these silicone cupcake liners, filling them 1/3 of the way up, but you can also use this soap bar mold.
Once the mixture is in the molds you will notice it immediately starts to firm up. Allow the bars to cool for at least 1-2 hours to ensure they are completely set.
When set, they are ready to use. See notes for how to store the extra homemade shampoo bars.

Notes:

This recipe makes 6 shampoo bars for me, I typically take 1 bar to my shower and leave the rest in plastic bags in the freezer. When I need another one I will simply take it out of the freezer and begin using it immediately.

You could easily double this recipe to make a large batch that will last a while.

If using a different mold than what I used, you will get a different number of shampoo bars in the end, whether that is more or less.

Homemade Shampoo Bar Recipe with Beeswax

Equipment

Pot
Glass Bowl
Wooden Spoon or Rubber Spatula
Silicone Molds

Ingredients

Instructions

Start by creating a double boiler, this is a pot of water boiling on the stove (not too much water, I use about 2 cups), with a glass bowl set on top of the pot.
Add your beeswax and shea butter to the glass bowl, using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, mix every few minutes to ensure these ingredients are melting.
Once the beeswax and shea butter are completely melted, turn off the heat.
Add the vitamin E oil, unscented liquid Castile soap, and essential oils while the glass bowl is still on top of the pot with the stove turned off. The Castile soap will instantly turn into a solid, just stir it vigorously until it melts and mixes in with the other ingredients.
Working quickly, take a small measuring cup and pour the mixture into your molds. I used these silicone cupcake liners, filling them 1/3 of the way up, but you can also use this soap bar mold.
Once the mixture is in the molds you will notice it immediately starts to firm up. Allow the bars to cool for at least 1-2 hours to ensure they are completely set.
When set, they are ready to use. See notes for how to store the extra homemade shampoo bars.

Notes