We Indians have been using soapnuts for many years... we soak them overnight in an iron vessel with Amla (Indian gooseberry) as it makes the hair black/darker and enriches the hair with vitamins. Whether you boil or soak, make sure you strain it well as the tiny particles stuck on your clothes OR hair can be annoying if not rinsed well...as pets aren’t the most patient at bath times. The famous Indian shampoo uses equal parts of the following: Reetha (Soap nuts) Dry Amla (Indian Gooseberry) Shikakai (Acacia concinna)

Soap nuts work best when soaked in water for about a day or two,and then boiled for few minutes in water.. you get the best concoction.

In india we always used only soap nuts as a shampoo. I did not even know about shampoo bottles. BUT we always apply warm oil, lot of it, on hair a night before shampooing. This is important because soapnuts take out the oil, if you have extremely oily hair you may not need to oil your hair but otherwise you must oil your hair. Oiling hair is good in general for hair.

I have been using this for 3years... When u boil... U can also add lemon peels, basil leaves, orange peels for different types of aroma... Or fragrance...

This was the only way for us to shampoo the hair in our little town in India, when shampoos were not available then ( 40 years ago). It works great.

This is exactly what I needed for my zero waste transition! Thank you!!!!

I made the soapnuts concentrate today... Then I had the silly idea to try biting one to see how they taste. DON´T DO THAT.

In Pakistan our grand parents are using it many years ago...Happy to see you using this , I have made a shampo using this plus Amla , Seka Kai, every person on earth should use this and save our earth from chemicals...

This is how together we can save our sea waters n rivers from big giant chemical companies.....

Eco nuts or soap nuts are of Indian origin. It's eco friendly,pocket friendly,natural. It's been used in India from centuries. Homemade cleaners, shampoo, body wash, laundry detergent etc. Best part is you can compost the leftover. Proud Indian..

I LOVE soap nuts as shampoo! It's the best cleanser for my hair

so grateful for having a substainable product such as soap nuts! First time with them, and i am giving as gifts this christmas too!

I had no idea you could use it for so many things! I have been using them in my laundry and I get about 15 loads from a little bag of 5 nuts. I don't have hard water so that may be the difference in loads? I also use mostly cold water and have great results with them. I am going to try the concentrate for cleaning! So cool. Great video.

I have used it as body cleanser and it's amazing!!!

I am using tat nearly 1 month. My Amma told me to use the soap nut since they use to it from their childhood. It's awesome cleans the scalp very nice even so much of oil is applied to the scalp and hair.

thank you! just bhought some soap nuts its amazing to see it have more use than just cleaning my clothes

I saw them in the store today and was intrigued. Thanks for this video! As soon as I run out of my current soaps I will go for these soap nut since I want to decrease my waste production. Since these are so versatile I guess I can even say goodbye to shampoo bottles now!

Had never heard of these before! Definitely going online to buy some - thank you!!

EXACTLY what I was looking for in a video about soap nuts, thank you so so much!! I just subscribed. I hope you will make some new videos :) I live a more "traditional" life as you do so I love seeing channels that have a ton of things on them that are totally relevant to my life.

Omg this is SO cool. Imma start using this for everything. thank you for sharing!

Thank you for this amazing video !!!!! I have terrible skin and rashes to all sorts of detergents and a swollen itchy tongue/mouth after using some dish soaps. Also allergic to lots of shampoo and conditioners.

This is great! I've never tried these before. Thanks for sharing!

Bought soap nuts from Amazon and found they are an excellent product for lightly stained clothes.Has you say heavy duty they do not really work.They brought my wife's whites out beautiful and clean.Would like to thank you for giving some tips on other uses for them.Will give the concentrate a try and see how it goes.

Amazing! Thank you for all the great ideas!

thanks for sharing this, very informative especially the clothes washing x

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Omg in my country when I was a kid we had those trees growing in the woods and along side the river. We used to pick them and shower with them. I was just telling my kids about it. We called them soap berries. If only we knew that we could sell them and become rich lol.

I would like to point out that soapnut tree is basically a tropical tree and is native to southern India which is very hot atleast 9 months in a year. It is grows in the entire country. Although, I have to say that the Himalayan region is not very congenial weather for the soapnut tree to grow. Because the sunny months are very few in this region.

This was a REALLY great video. Thank you!

Thank you for making this informative and pleasant video!

Wow, thank you! I am just starting out with this nuts and that was a very good quick guide how to get started!!

Magic bean! It's so amazing.

This is brill very useful, thank you!

wow! Very rich and clear content! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I'm very glad I found your video

these treatments r really effective

I have an auto immune disorder (ulcerative colitis), which, one of my triggers, it turns out, is laundry detergent. Since then we have been using soap nuts and (funny you mention eczema), my boyfriend's eczema went away. This has been very informative.

Great video, can't wait to check these out!

It a really gud natural cleaning ingredient. As said, it's chemical free and anti bacterial.

Great alternative for you and the environment!

Yes.. it stings like CRAZY if you get in into your eyes, but otherwise it does a great job of cleaning the hair. I simply use it in its liquid form, but foaming it up is a great idea. Many thanks for sharing! ❤️

Indonesian has used this soap fruits dor may centuries until now

These things are amazing

GREAT video..Thank you..!!

thank you for a wonderful video

Thanks for this useful information

That was very informative.

Great video, thank you!

Nice video! Thanks!

Thanks a lot

Yes I m using soapnuts for my laundry. 1st I boiled some soapnuts n water along with lemon(juice extracted) & made a concentrate & after that I added vinegar

Thank you for sharing. I have always wanted to try these. I make my own shampoo bars & would like more lather without the high cleansing from the coconut i.m gonna try adding some of the soap nut concentrate to my formula & see how it is. I also want to see if if helps boost my 100% coconut oil laundry soap that i make as well. my hubby has some stubborn stains & stink from doing lawn services. :)

Beautiful presentation Dear Green Monger 😄Even I am using it since from 4 years and written a blog on it,and I have connected the drain water pit to rain water collecting pit to restore ,recollect,reuse,recycle the pre cious water by not contaminating with harsh synthetic detergent, I am saving water around 300litres per wash around 9,000litre in a month ,around 1,00,000 litres per year.so blissfull enjoying the process

Well i am an indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 and we use only organic natural shampoo made with soap nuts, shikakai and indian gooseberries

cool now I have to get some soap nuts

LOVE how you made the shampoo. It looks super high quality. Do you think a regular blender could work?

Great full thought

Refreshing video❤

Excellent mam... thanks

Thanks 🌹❤

thx for this great video

I use them as a laundry soap but I wanna try it as shampoo, thanks for recipes

Wow! I am so trying this. I wonder if the cleaning solution, if sprayed on my sunflowers would stop leaf spot (aka rust, a fungus)?

Wow that is amazing!!! Thank you for the info. Can we grow that here in the US? How could you get the seedlings?

I must try as I soapnut trees in my estate

Great! Do i have to divide the seed from the shell when i boil the nuts??

are they the same as the laundry soap ones can you use the laundry soap nuts for all this too cause I would love to make shampoo for my kids they have super sensitive skin and most shampoo drys out my oldest hair

Great video. Thank you! Do you know how long the shampoo lasts? And if i make the concentrate and freeze in normal sized ice cubes how long does it last? Is it one ice cube for a full load? And does it have to be hot then or is 40 degrees ok? Really want to try these !

that hesitant pause when you mentioned, "....place your nuts in a little bag..." lol!

Hi! Thank you for the great video! Just one small thing... you CAN put them in cold water, and they will work realy good then as well. I always wash my clothes at 30 or 40 degrees, and it's no problem, you can actually use the nuts more often in cold water then in hot water. I have also had them foam in regular cold tapwater as well...

Soapnuts are amazing Try blend of eco enzyme with soapnuts But You are buying soapnuts extremely expensive They just grow in flowerpots easily In Indian villages people dont even charge for kilos of these things

how to store soapnuts soap? will the foam go away after a few hours? I need it for shampoo

I have been using soapnuts since 2006 for laundry and find them very effective. I am going to try the cleaner with a little bit of lavender oil instead of tea-tree oil; I like the idea of using vinegar in the cleaner because the concentrate on its own does spoil eventually and the vinegar has stopped this from being a problem. I look forward to also trying the shampoo.

In my country Indonesia,we use soapnut for wash batik it's our traditional fabric.

I have never heard of soap nuts until today. How do you get them? Will the soap nut tree grow in SouthWest Arizona?

May I know is vinger Gud for hair cleanser.and due to vineger is it becomes so creamy?

Thank you so m uch for this video! How many soapnuts did you put in each load of laundry? Also, do you think you can use the concentrate in laundry since the actual nuts don't work in cold water? It seems to me the cleaning agents are activated with the concentrate so they wouldn't need the hot water to activate them. Thank you again! From Missouri :D

What ratio do you recommend for making the shampoo?

We have in Brazil I'll use it.

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I bought some soap nut powder, and does the powder work same way?

So can you use these in an HE washer with tap water cold? I like to wash things with cold water and am trying to find something that works in cold water that is all natural? I also have hard water does that affect it?

Is there any natural preservatives you would recommend for longer shelf life?

Does it work in a front loading washer? You can't take them out once it starts. Does anyone know if the foam lasts for the shampoo?

They have these at the 99¢ only store where I work..a good size box for only..yup only a dollar

Hello darling! I am from Brasil so my english is not very good... Hehehe First, I want to thank you for this video. It helps me a lot. I was not able to find some recipe of soapnut shampoo until I find your video. For now, I already simmered the soapnuts and I'm wainting it cool down... \o/ Well, I was wondering here, watching your video again, that my "soapnuts concetrate" results in less liquid than yours... And I would like to ask you: in this video, what is the proportion of fruits and water? And another question... did you let the pan opened or closed while the fruits were simmering? In some moment of "my simmering", the soap nuts was in so little water than I had to pass it for another pan! hahahaha I tryied 2 hands of soanuts and 3 cups of water! Well, thank you a lot for your share, and when I find my "ideal recipe" I will make a video and make sure you will be in the description, with a mention of thanks! Kisses and see ya!

wow its amazing .I am proud to be nepali..

wow wow wow. cool

I first heard about this nut. It's amazing🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

How long can we keep the shampoo outside for? and in the fridge... TY

Super nice 👍

Are the soapnuts still reusable after using them to make the concentrate? When are they spent?

old video but do they work in a european style washing machine in soft water?

Does anyone know what this whipper is.? Can someone share a link.?

can you use them after you boiled them?

very nice...... I like it😱😱😱😱😱👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏

Fantastic video bravo

Can we use This in front load washing machine

Hi! I am a new subscriber from Portugal! I was looking for alternatives than compensate €€€ As a housewife it is important to save but to protect and care for not only the environment at home (house, clothes etc), but outside asl well. So, i was wondering, if it does work... Honestly I never tried this. I am afraid if won't work on the clothes well even with hot water has you suggested? Can i use any essential oil for the clothes to smell nice or the nuts are enough? I ask this because we are used to "if it doesn't smell nice it is not ok"...

I am a nurse and have to boil wash my uniforms above 60 degrees for over 30minutes minimum. Would these be any good for that?

For how long we can store it without decaying