We have handpicked and dried horsetail, nettle, and yarrow, all of which are good herbs for hair and scalp:
💚 Elderberry can strengthen hair, make it shinier, and remove excess oil from hair and skin.
💚 Yarrow stimulates blood circulation and is cleansing.
💚 Nettle also cleanses the hair and can be used for hair loss, dandruff, eczema, itching and psoriasis of the scalp.
💚 With jojoba oil, guar beans and honey together with the herbs, the hair receives additional protection and moisture.
It's about making sure to stock up and pick enough, because it's really hard to run out before the new growing season starts in May! This shampoo is herbal magic for your hair, and I'm getting so many touching feedback on it 👇👇
Thank you to everyone who shares their experiences! 🧡It is perhaps the product I am most proud of, as it is one of the very few shampoos on the market that has a health focus, is environmentally friendly and ethical.
History behind the herbal shampoo:
I had been researching and trying to make good shampoo recipes for a long time, wandering around the incredible, diverse meadows here, and wondering what herbs to use. The research went pretty well, but I didn't feel like it was 110%. Then I saw there was a course in London led by a man with long experience in natural hair products, and I immediately booked a plane ticket and shortly after sat down at the school in Fulham. I learned a lot, but there was one thing in particular that I wondered about at the end:
🤔 What is the best herb for hair?
With nearly 40 years of experience in natural hair care, he was the right man to ask! His answer made me so happy, because horsetail was the absolute best herb, he said, and I had a large field of it at home on Vossabiagarden!
The answer surprised me a bit, because I knew this herb mostly as a super herb for urinary tract problems, gums and mouth ulcers, but it also has fantastic properties for hair and scalp! Now the meadow full of beautiful and strong horsetail has been named the Shampoo Field!😊
About eight years ago I started producing the shampoo , and it wasn't launched until I thought it was absolutely perfect. There were many things I wanted to have in place before I could endorse it: It had to provide good care and nourishment for hair and scalp, give strong and shiny hair, be ethical, have locally sourced (unprocessed) ingredients that used the farm's resources, and make the hair clean (of course), soft, and eliminate the need for conditioner. Not a small thing in other words😉
I sold it for the first time at the Bergen Food Festival, and soon positive feedback from customers started pouring in. How fantastic!💚
🧡 Thanks again to Linda, who shares her enthusiasm for the shampoo with us: "Together with the hair serum, it's an unbeatable combo and protects against sun and salt water."
But why is this particular shampoo so good? My shampoo teacher actually said that it is impossible to make a good shampoo without herbs, 🌿which this one has A LOT of! The shampoos you find in the store can't boast of that. I actually learned an incredible amount about the shampoo industry when I was in London, and the environmental aspect and the ethical aspect only became even more important to me when I learned the dirty facts about industrial shampoo. But anyway, these herbs, the most important of all, I would like to share a little more about the main characters in Vossabia's shampoo :
🌿Cowweed/field horsetail plays a key role in this shampoo. The plant is incredibly rich in minerals, and contains silicon, which is super important for hair, skin and nails. It is also rich in calcium, magnesium and manganese. This can increase both flexibility and elasticity in the connective tissue in hair and skin, and is also great for the immune system. Cowweed is also known to be antibacterial and antifungal. Another good reason to include it in shampoo is that it removes excess fat from the scalp and hair. The water-soluble silicates from cowweed can also help make hair strong and shiny. In fact, I sometimes get feedback from customers who say that their hairdressers notice that their hair has become fuller and shinier. It's pretty fun! Cowweed can give dull and dead hair vitality and life back. As you can see from some of the feedback, the plant can also help with eczema and dry skin, and it can be good for those who suffer a lot from itching or psoriasis on the scalp.
🌿The super herb nettle is also found in this herbal orchestra in the shampoo. Nettle is also very rich in minerals, in fact it has 20% minerals in it! This is an incredibly strengthening plant, both for the immune system, blood flow and hair. It can stimulate hair growth and reduce hair loss, and can help with dandruff, itching. A super duper herb, which gives strong and shiny hair! It is also extra good for oily hair, as it, like horsetail, reduces fat from the scalp. I pick this super herb right outside the house and our gardens, and what is nice is that we can harvest it several times throughout spring, summer and late summer, because it gives new shoots after it is picked.
🌿Last but not least, yarrow ! This herb is known in herbal medicine for strengthening blood circulation, it is nourishing and has antiseptic properties. I add yarrow to the shampoo pot at the very end, because unlike horsetail and nettle which need to be boiled for a long time, this one only needs to be steeped. When I add this, the most amazing aroma comes out, filling the whole room with a wonderful spicy scent!
It is actually a very difficult process to make shampoo. First, the horsetail and nettle must be boiled (or first ALL THE PICKING!), to extract all the good properties. Then, before I go to bed at night, I add the yarrow to infuse. When I get up, everything has melted together into a fantastic herbal extract that in the final product makes up about 70% of the shampoo.
It may not sound that heavy, until I mention the stirring! I stand with both arms and stir, and stir, and stir some more, to mix it all up. It's so incredibly heavy, but so incredibly important to me that it's properly handled, so that I have control (and get a good workout 💪😅).
One last thing I want to mention about the shampoo is the conditioner effect. In other words, you don't actually need to use conditioner when you wash your hair with the herbal shampoo! 👱♀️ 💫That's incredibly cool, because conditioners usually have some nasty ingredients that aren't so good for your hair or the environment.
Today there will be a new batch of super herbs that will be used as shampoo, so all I have to do is roll up my sleeves and stir until I get the lactic acid!
Shampoo with wild herbs is of course included on vacation too!
Both the shampoo and the forest soap are available in a 25 ml travel set. ☀️🧳 They are perfect to take with you on trips and travels, short or long! And great for refills too if you also have the big sisters Shampoo and Forest Soap .
The shampoo with his family 💚😂
Summer greetings from Renate
🐝 Vossabia