Best Homemade Shampoo and Conditioner Recipe?

I'm aching for a good recipe! I have been searching for a GOOD homemade shampoo and conditioner recipe.

I wash my hair with a very dilute baking soda and water mixture, then rinse with even more diluted lemon juice. My kids' shampoo is liquified (unscented) castille soap, like most homemade "shampoo" bars are made of. I find I no longer need conditioner since I quit damaging my hair and scalp with commercial shampoo products. Every now and then I'll use a tiny bit of raw unrefined cocoa butter, just melt a teensy crumb in the palms of my hands and then rub my fingers through my hair.

Thanks so much for your help! I'm ready to get this crap out of my hair!

I bought some Hemp Peppermint Pure Castile liquid Soap today. I want to start using it tomorrow. What should I rinse with afterward? I heard vinegar is good??

I wouldn't rinse with vinegar unless you are certain you have soft water. If you have hard water, a vinegar rinse after using soap will leave scummy residue behind, but lemon juice might work well. I'd just use the liquid soap, and give it at least a few weeks for your scalp to adjust before deciding how well it works for you. I'd probably dillute it way down first, too.

I dunno... here's an interesting link or two:
http://reactor-core.org/shampoo-scam.html
http://motowngirl.com/no_shampoo.php (yes, it works on "white girl" hair as well, unless you have really oily hair like I do)

How much baking soda and water do you use to make the mixture?

I use like a rounded tablespoonful of baking soda in a coffee mug of really really hot water. It took some adjusting to figure out the right amount for my hair and the local water supply. I scrub that in real good, massaging my scalp all over and then rinse. Then I take the same mug and fill it up with water and a few squirts of lemon juice. Pour that over my head, massage it in and rinse it out real well. Before I bleached and colored my hair, I used more baking soda and less lemon juice, it takes some experimenting to find the right combo.

last year i was given a bottle of hemp oil tea tree shampoo, hippie made,,, and i absolutely loved it,, havent found anything since that i can compare to it and am looking for the recipe in order to make some,,,, it just left my hair n me so awake n didnt need conditioners n such anymore,,,(like mamaB said,,,, it aint something ya need once yer hairs get all the crud out from commercial crap).... i just gotta find me the recipe for this so if anyone runs across it please lemme know...

I'm gonna try the baking soda and water thing mamaboogie. I hope it works well for me. I have a hard time getting past not having suds. We are so conditioned to think that suds= clean.

i used to do the baking soda thing, and it got my hair and scalp really clean. i'll still use it from time to time to clarify

BUT

and this is big

both my ex and i started loosing a lot of hair after using it for a few months. if it was just me, i'd say it was probably my pcos flaring up again, but he was loosing handfuls of hair too (he's not balding, he has super thick, luxurious hair)

i think it was clogging the follicles or something.

there's an herb called soapwort that's supposed to make a nice suds. havnt tried it yet, but i want to
or the castille soaps,
or soap bars made from 'real' soap

a lot of homemade conditioners use honey and egg yolk, a smidge of light oil (like jojoba), that type of thing

i love to use a can of coconut milk (the kind for baking with the thick coconut oil) as a conditioning treatment for my hair. it smells lovely and is so nice in the bath