Solid Conditioner Bars

Learn how to make a solid shampoo bar from scratch. Ditch the plastic and dive into the fun of making your own solid shampoo bars! They're perfect for travel, the gym, or just simplifying your life. Ready to get crafty? Let's do this!

About the Ingredients

We know some of these ingredients are unfamiliar so here's a quick summary of what they are and what they do.

Conditioner pellets - Often seen in recipes as BTMS-25. Derived from rapeseed oil and sustainably sourced RSPO mass balance certified palm oil, these pellets make a luxurious hair conditioner (the best we've ever come across) and hair detangler for leave-on and rinse-off products.

Hydrolysed quinoa - considered a complete protein, it is packed with vitamins and minerals as well as 17 amino acids which help repair damage to the hair shaft while its proteins coat and strengthen the hair. It can help to gently cleanse and nourish your hair while aiding in hair colour retention, conditioning and protection. It is also said to aid in hair growth while preventing breakage, increasing shine and the overall healthy appearance of the hair.

Organic glycerin - palm oil free, vegetable oil based, mainly soybean and coconut oil. Glycerin is a sugar alcohol which acts as a moisturiser (emollient) and humectant, meaning it absorbs water from the air. Most glycerins are palm-oil based, so please beware.

Geogard 221 - Ecocert approved preservative.

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Solid Conditioner Bars Formula

Ingredients

Makes 400g or 6 bars with a Guest square moulds - Adjust batch volume with Go Native NZ’s Batch Size Calculator

Phase A

82% | 287g Conditioner pellets
11% | 38.5g Cocoa butter, certified organic, deodorised

Phase B

3% | 10.5g Glycerin, certified organic
1% | 3.5g Hydrolysed quinoa
2% | 7g Essential oil or Fragrance oil of your choice.
1% | 3.5g preservative (Geogard 221 or Microcare DB)

Method

In a pot gently melt Phase A ingredients.
Prepare Phase B ingredients by weighing them out together.
Once Step 1 is melted, take off the heat and stir in Step 2.
Pour into moulds and leave to set.
Refrigerate to speed up the process.

Note

The video tutorial below contains an old formula. Our formula has been tweaked slightly since the making of this video. Please refer to ratios on this page rather than in the video.