This study evaluated the hair-cleansing performance, foam power, and foam stability of mucilage solutions made from fresh and dried Litsea glutinosa leaves. L. glutinosa, a rainforest tree, has been used as a traditional shampoo. Its leaves are rubbed together with water to create mucilage for cleaning the hair and scalp. Mucilage from fresh and dried L. glutinosa leaves were extracted with water and then concentrated using a rotary evaporator to remove water, producing a mucilage solution with varying solid concentrations. All mucilage solutions were evaluated for foam power and foam stability and hair cleansing performance. The mucilage extract from fresh leaves had a higher solid content; it produced better foam power and stability and hair-cleansing performance than dried leaves using the same extraction method. The fresh leaves mucilage solution containing 9.2% solid content removed the most sebum (79.2%), compared to 1% Sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) (83.5%). The mucilage from fresh leaves showed the potential to be a natural shampoo with good foam stability and hair-cleansing performance compared to synthetic shampoos. Furthermore, mucilage from fresh leaves exceeded the hair-cleansing performance of dried leaves