Shampoo Formulation

[kittywings]

I'm looking at making a shampoo using some more "natural" surfactants, as I don't LOVE how my hair is with using soap, it's not bad but it's not quite the same. From what I've seen with most other formulations that I can find, they don't use oils and lye, etc. it's mostly the surfactants and other stuff, but most labels of stuff that I like all list oils AND surfactants, but no lye. Does anyone know how one would factor the oils into a formulation?

Am I making any sense? I'm really sleepy right now.

 

[dagmar88]

You say you want a liquid soap essentially?

 

[kittywings]

No, I don't think so... because there's no lye or saponified oils listed in the ingredients... and when I read formularies online they just use surfactants and no oils. I just don't know!