While I love the idea of being more natural and making my own things to use for cleaning my body without chemicals, I feel that I wasn't liking how my hair felt after it was dry it still felt a bit like straw. It really worked well on my daughters hair but then again she hasn't had anything done to her hair like dying it darker or bleaching it. I've been using the Yes to Shampoo and giving that a try it organic and chemical free my hair is super soft and I've noticed my skin soft as well but I feel it really cleans better than normal body wash ever had. The only draw back to this is it's very expensive I think almost $9 a bottle oye vey right?!?! but I wanted to give it a shot. I think after I'm done with these I will go back to making my own but going to try and use the castile soaps and using essential oils with those. If you'd also like to try these out they have more than just shampoo, conditioner, and body wash here is a direct link to their site. http://www.yestocarrots.com_