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01/26/2010: Please check out this great interview with Planet Green this morning: How Plastic-Free Living is Done: An Interview with Beth Terry from Fake Plastic Fish. |
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Wait… didn’t I just write this post two days ago?
No, because this one my friend Axelle is doing. And a few days ago, I started to do it too. No, we’re not constipated. (Although that is the tagline for the No ‘poo forum.) We’re all just attempting to give up shampoo. And conditioner. And most hair products in general.
I’ve written about solid bar shampoos and how they can help us save plastic bottle packaging waste. But giving up shampoo altogether saves not only packaging but excess ingredients and a ton of money. And according to believers, it’s a lot better for our scalps and hair.
Inspired by Life Less Plastic once again, I asked Jeanne to write a few pointers on her experience going shampoo-free. This is what she had to say:
I know you’re probably feeling extremely skeptical right now. I was the same way. When I started my no ‘poo experiment, I kept thinking to myself, How could this possibly work? My hair is going to be so disgusting. I’m going to be hideous.
And to be honest, I was sort of right.
When I initially stopped shampooing, my scalp wasn’t used to my new routine, so my long hair got really oily. It was bad. Real bad. But in about two weeks, my scalp started to figure out that I’d made a change, and it stopped producing so much oil. That’s when things started to get good again.
Of course, that’s also when I started to feel completely deceived. All my life, I’ve thought that I needed to buy expensive shampoos and conditioners that generate mounds of plastic waste to have good hair, and it’s not true. I mean, I don’t even need ANY shampoo or conditioner. All I need to do is use a little baking soda and a vinegar solution now and again. Insane!
(My routine, by the way, is to shower as usual, and rub about a teaspoon or two of baking soda into my hair on Wednesdays and Sundays. You can also pre-mix a baking soda and water mixture, but I’m to lazy. Then I do a vinegar solution rinse on Sundays to condition.)
Anyways, now it’s been over a month since I stopped ‘pooing and my hair is pretty much back to the way it used to be. Sure, it feels a little greasy now and again, but in general it’s healthy, happy, and pretty nice-looking.
I can’t guarantee it, but I suspect you’ll have the same experience. If you thinking about ending your ‘poo days, please do! It’s worth it!
My routine so far (if you can call it that because I just started this experiment this past Sunday) is to use a premixed solution of baking soda and water (2 Tbsp baking soda mixed with 2 cups water in a sports bottle) and a premixed solution of apple cider vinegar and water (same proportions as the baking soda solution.) It’s a good use for the unused plastic sports bottles we had stashed in the cupboard once we switched to stainless steel Klean Kanteens for drinking. (Jeanne uses a glass pitcher, but we tend to be a little too spazzy to keep glass in the bathroom.)
I found organic apple cider vinegar in a glass bottle at Trader Joe’s, during the same shopping trip when I broke down and bought toothpaste. So while I may have given up the baking soda as toothpaste this week, I found another use for it in my personal care regimen.
The results so far are fine. Not brilliant or amazing. But I will say that for the first time, I have been able to style my hair without any holding product and have it keep it’s shape for the whole day. I have no idea why that should be, but it makes me happy. We’ll see what happens as I continue this process. I’m hoping to get to a point where I only have to wash my hair once or twice a week, like Jeanne does, and use the vinegar rinse once or twice a week as well.
Here is a post with much more detailed instructions for going “no ‘poo.” And once again, here’s the forum where participants discuss all the finer points and nuances of the practice.
Have you tried this method yet? If so, what’s been your experience with it? What kind of hair do you have? Jeanne’s a long-haired white girl. I’m a shorter-haired, white chick going gray on the sides (Yeah, I know, I didn’t add the gray bits to my little cartoon avatar. Sue me.) which is starting to add a bit of sexy older woman wiriness. No Impact Man’s a short-haired white dude. So I’d like to hear from folks of different ethnicities with different lengths and textures of hair. How can we all take care of our scalps and hair with as little environmental impact as possible. And still look hot? (Cuz you know that’s what’s really important.)
Ideas?
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I tried this awhile ago and really didn’t give it a chance. My hair was super long at the time and it just didn’t feel like it was working. Plus, the vinegar smell really got to me — although someone later told me that means I used too much. Now, I have major hair angst after donating my hair months ago and getting a truly awful haircut. I just can’t make myself go through the oily phase. When I can put my in a pony tail again, I may give it another try.
I can’t wait to hear how it works out for you.
I’ve not gone ‘no ‘poo’ but I have cut down to washing my hair only twice a week, using a solid shampoo and a vinegar rinse. I might start using baking soda or bicarb, but don’t feel any pressing need to change yet.
I think you need to play around with things for a bit to find what works for your hair. I found my hair was really greasy to start with, but I think that was because I wasn’t using the solid shampoo right. Also, apparently if you use too strong a cider vinegar solution, it can bizarrely make your hair greasy. When I diluted it more, it helped a lot. Cider vinegar as a rinse is FANTASTIC though, once you get the strength right – it gets rid of all the grease and everything and doesn’t make my hair smell like chips. I use it as deodorant too.
There’s a website Long Hair Community or something that has loads of tips on natural haircare.
Good luck. =)
I switched to solid-bar Lush shampoo/conditioner about a year ago. Loved the results.
This past month, I ran out of of Lush, couldn’t drive to DC to get more, and didn’t feel like ordering when we have Burt’s Bees shampoo bars at Ellwood Thompson’s. My hair has felt icky all month. It seems to create this clinging mess with my regular mousse or hair gel.
So, I’m considering the no ‘poo option. I have enough rosemary out here to use as fragrance if I like. The thing that worries me is that I have long, medium-body curls (not tight ringlets) that love to get gnatted and frizzed.
I have a lifetime supply of regular shampoo in the pantry from the days when I thought frugal meant buying on sale. I am really interested in trying the shampoo bar someday though. I have really, really long hair & I’m a white chick too.
I only wash my hair on average every 3 days or sometimes more. I put it up in a bun when I shower & let the mist freshen it up but washing, drying, and combing it is so much work that I put it off as long as I can. My hair doesn’t get very greasy at all. I usually get dandruff or hay in my hair long before it gets greasy. I can see how it would take a while for your hair to adjust because I do recall mine getting greasy when I was younger. A far as styling tips and whatnot I find that if I wear my hair up the first couple days then it smells fresh all over again when I take it down. Just be careful, if you have very thick hair like mine it can stay wet for days if you put it up wet, and I wouldn’t want it to mold!
I have cut down on washing my hair every three days (with the shampoo bar) and also use the vinegar rinse. I don’t think I’m up for a no poo yet. I’ll see how it works for you first.
I thought I could start no poo because I have been lazy and haven’t washed my hair for 4 days now. So I thought that would be a great start. BUT I am going to a water park today and will want to get all the harsh chemicals out. Can I just rinse them out or do I need more? Then I am going to a birthday party tomorrow. There is no way I am showing up to my friends house with greasy hair. No way! I think I will stick with every 2-3 days with BS and ACV.
My sister and I have been trying this out (see our post).
I go back and forth between the baking soda and bar soap, depending on my mood and level of greaseballness. Sometimes I use a little shampoo if I’m getting a little greasy and I have to be away from home for a few days. Now that I’m not ‘addicted’ to ‘poo I don’t have to bring so much stuff with and I know I won’t get greasy.
For those who are hesitant, it might be easier to transition to no poo. Add an extra day between your normal wash schedule, then another day, and so on. I’m not at no poo, but I am down to washing one day a week – and I never thought I’d get this far!
You’re on your own with that one. I make my own soap and use it as a shampoo bar. If I don’t have enough on hand, I’ll buy the cheapo shampoo bars that come in paper.
Since there are decent alternatives to commercial shampoo (like bar soap), I don’t quite get the fascination with the “no poo” method.
What exactly are you gaining over using shampoo bar soap? It sounds like the adjustment period for no poo is heinous and I can’t say I’m too excited about smelling like salad dressing.
Can someone ’splain it to me? It sounds an awful lot like hairshirt environmentalism to me
I have long curly hair – well varying degrees of curly, kind of like a shelter mutt, and not long since I cut it to medium two days ago.
For about 2 months (inspired by you Beth) I have gone the no poo route. I use 2 tablespoons aluminum free baking soda (AFBS) to about 2 cups hot water. I dissolve the AFBS in warm water before I get into the shower. I don’t wet my hair, I put the mixture on my head first to wet it. Didn’t worry about getting it on all my hair (which I have a TON of by the way), just worried about the scalp and hairline. Once I emptied the bottle of AFBS then I stuck my head quickly under the shower and scrubbed again. Rinsed with as warm of water as I could stand.
I mixed raw ACV with water – about 4 ounces ACV to 12 ounces water. I had it in a spray bottle but then the nozzle broke and since I’m so lazy I just started pouring it on my hair. With the rinse it’s more important to get it on the hair. And since I’m so lazy I eventually started leaving the “rinse” in and not rinsing it out. It did not smell at all. I even asked other people to smell my hair and tell me what it smelled like. I heard “nothing” repeatedly.
What I found was that my incredibly tangly hair was hardly tangly at all. Did I mention that I was lazy?! Well, I also found that I didn’t have to wash my hair until day 7. I could stretch it if I combed in some non-gmo corn starch at the roots! It’s the drying and styling that I am lazy about!
I stopped using all styling products as well. One thing that I started to try was boiling rosemary and sage to deal with the gray. Just kept adding more water to the pot until the juice was really dark. Then I put it in an old spray bottle and spritzed it on my roots for the gray hair (store the excess in the fridge). It was starting to work – you have to do it every day (the lazy factor really reared it’s ugly head here) and by the time I started the gray was taking over.
Two days ago I broke down and had it colored. I am going to keep an eye on the grays this time and am prepared with my rosemary/sage spray and am going to attack them quickly – hopefully I can keep a handle on them. One interesting thing I found from this spray was I would put it on dry hair and then let it dry, my hair was spruced up for a few days and I could put off washing even more (no style worries!).
I love no poo!!!
Remember the character Ricky in the TV show “My So-Called Life”? Sometimes on here I feel like Ricky, hanging out in the girls washroom.
Why not sham instead of poo? I’m not shammin’ sounds better than I’m not pooin’
To cut to the chase, though, I have survived a lifetime (almost 58 years) of using Zest bar soap only and I still have hair! My huggybear has a whole collection of bottles of stuff for her hair. I have to admit some of it makes her hair smell great but she’s probably spent zillions on all that stuff…almost as much as on shoes! I’m also suspicious that the hair goop is what requires me to clean the bathtub drain every few months.
Wow, I just posted on that today – along with no toilet paper and no paper towels – titled, Yuk Factor.
I stopped using shampoo 3 months ago on my white person short wavy hair and I am not going back. The hair and scalp were initially as confused and rebellious as an junkie without a fix. As with everything, the body adjusts.
The biggest obstacle for any of us (IMO)is the fastidious filter™ we are fitted with in our culture. It can be a shackle.
I am never ever running out of shampoo I don’t think. I still have shampoo leftover from my pre-green days, and I only wash my hair once (maybe twice at most) a week.
When I’m done with the shampoo, I’ll probably just wash my hair with my Dr. Bronner’s bar soap.
I don’t use conditioner.
I am not entirely sure about this, but I believe in the motherland, people just wash their hair with soap about once a week and do a hot oil massage in their hair once a week. I know it seems counterintuitive from a Western perspective to be putting oil in your hair but I think when you are only washing once a week and using soap, your hair does get dry.
this year my 13yo son’s face exploded in a salvo of teen angst and acne. after much experimentation we reasoned it was his shampoo routine (he has longish, “fluffy” bright blonde hair that after a washing sat atop his head like a dead rodent). he agreed to try baking soda and vinegar for a week. not only did his hair look, feel and smell much better but due to the reduced amount of oil on his scalp(i’m guessing), his forehead cleared up beautifully. for our vinegar rinse i mix up 3/4 C white vinegar, 4 C warm water, a sprig of fresh rosemary and a chamomile tea bag. i let it sit for at least 30 minutes before using to give the tea and the rosemary time to do their thing.
The Living Small house has been ‘poo free since February (see my revelatory post); it’s been fantastic. No more greasy hair, no more dry-straw hair, no more chemical-coated hair. Good stuff.
What’s more, I’m a curly-headed white girl whose curls have gotten softer and springier since the switch. I’m a convert, to be sure.
Good luck, Beth!
I never washed my hair in the summer time when I was growing up. We had a pool, and we went swimming every single day. My mom would tell us we didn’t need to shower if we swam, so obviously we opted to swim. Maybe that’s why we always wore bathing suits under our clothes in the summer… My hair was long, way past my waist, and blonde. In the summer, it was bleach blonde (probably a combo of the chlorine and sunshine), but never greasy. I still go by the rule that if I swim I don’t need to shampoo.
Now you’ve got me wondering, do I need to shampoo at all? Isn’t showering without shampoo the same as swimming?!?! Hmmm….
Life Less Plastic inspired me to go no poo. It’s been a very easy transition for me and I am pleased with the results. I just posted on my blog about my experience over the last couple of weeks.
I haven’t had a shower or used soap or shampoo or any kind of moisturizer on my body in a week. My skin feels great, my hair is great, I smell fine. It’s all about baking soda. I don’t use vinegar or lemon juice rinses. I wash my dishes, which include a lot of clear glass jars for storage, with baking soda and by golly, it works! My stainless steel kitchen sink stays shiny. Baking soda comes in a CARDBOARD BOX. No frills. We’re not paying for advertising. What do you bet that all this will change once the word gets out about bs…
Sarah on goingbananas.blogspot.com has done it too and because of her I started trying too
I’ve tried baking soda, apple cider vinegar, mint tea (from my garden), and diluted lemon juice (which works the best for me).
P.S. I wanted to the link to Sarah’s posts on no-poo and forgot: http://www.goingbananasblog.com/search/label/hair
They are very interesting and also great reads!
Ms. Chicken,
O.M.G.
You want us to give up toilet paper. You want us to pee on our plants. You want us to freeze our asses off in the winter and melt in the summer. And you think this is hairshirt environmentalism?
ROTFLMAO!
Okay, assuming you’re not kidding, I’ll list a few pluses:
1) You spend way less money on shampoo or soap.
2) Your hair and scalp end up much healthier after going through the transition period.
3) You spend much less time washing your hair because, after the transition period, you don’t have to do it very often.
4) No shampoo or soap residue.
Also, you don’t smell like a salad. Really. Vinegar is a great rinse, whether you wash with baking soda or not, and the smell dissipates very quickly as the hair dries.
You’ve challenged us. Now I’m challenging you. Try it with me for a month. I’m just a beginner too. If we end up hating it, we can rant about it on our blogs, but at least we will know whereof we speak. Whatya say?
Hey great minds look alike ! I’ve reduced the frequency of washing since I got my Barbie-like blond hair cut 2 years ago. Now one shampoo per week is enough – during last winter I made it to 17 days without shampoo.
I must confess I got addicted to Lush’s “the blonde” bar I recently adopted but I think I’ll try the vinegar rinse soon when the last drop of my organic conditioner is spent.
By the way my mum does it every week, it is a marvel on her short grey and very thin hair.
keep going you have such wonderful suggestions…
By the way do you have any ideas on make-up ?
Cheers
ecodea – I want to hear more about the mint, please share!
Thanks!!
Hi there
I stopped using shampoo altogether a year ago. I only use water and it works extremely well! You do not need anything at all, vinegar, bicarb etc – you are actually much better off using nothing but water. Mind you, I do use rainwater, so the water is very soft, not sure how well it works with hard water.
At first I had to wash my hair a bit more often (twice a week instead of once), but now I am back to my weekly hair wash. It take a couple of months until my skin had reached its natural state again.
I have long hair, and it does not get greasy or matted or dull at all now. I only wash it to get rid of dust or dirt.
I have been shampoo free for years- of course it helps that i have no hair, and what hair i do have i keep shaved. Good luck fishy!!!!
I have medium-short, thick, mostly straight with a little wave when it gets humid red hair (with some “yellow” — the redhead’s version of gray). I’ve been using the baking soda/apple cider vinegar method for over six months now and will not go back. My hair has more body than it did before and needs “washing” far less frequently. I did try a shampoo bar in the middle there for a couple of weeks and it cleaned okay but I found it left my hair far too straight and limp looking. If anybody is considering trying it, I say go for it. I didn’t even really have much of an “icky” phase, but I may just have been lucky.
Ms. Crunch, To respond to your question about the benefits over soap from my experience…
Everyone’s hair is differnt, but mine just doesn’t seem to like bar soap, and I’ve tried several different brands. They all seemed to leave residue on my hair (excluding the Lush brand bar soap, which unfortunately has SLS in it). After several consecutive days of washing with any of them, my hair would get a bit crazy–and almost wet-looking sometimes it was so filmy. Twasn’t good, and I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to get better (although I guess I have no evidence since I haven’t tried).
A lot of people really like washing with bar soap, though, so it’s definitely just my own hair issue. Maybe I needed to be washing less?
Anyways, I don’t have this problem with baking soda now that my hair has adjusted. Also, it seems a lot of people don’t really have such a serious oil slick while the’re getting used to it like I did.
I hope that helps make sense of why one person has a no ‘poo fascination.
Or shall I say a no sham’ fascination for clif?
I’m a 65-year-old mostly bald guy, and my head (including the bit of fringe of hair I’ve got left) gets the same soap I use for the rest of my shower. Works fine.
My understanding is that the raw versions of apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, orange juice, and honey work better on hair–due to their enzyme content–than the cooked/pasteurized versions.
I’ve been doing this with mixed success. A little tired of the routine, I started washing my hair with regular shampoo once a week recently. This worked for a while, and allowed me days when I had very light, very non-greasy hair (which didn’t hold it’s style as well, though). Now, my hair seems to want me to go either all shampoo or none. I’m going to try none.
I have very thick curly hair and skin allergies that make many cosmetic products off limits for me. This is an unhappy combination. There are not a lot of fragrance free/hypoallergenic hair products out there to choose from, especially not for curly hair.
Shampoo bars gave me the most miserable skin rash of my life. “Normal” commercial hair products often give me eczema and cause my eyes to swell shut. There are a million and one hair products for curly haired people but I can’t use most of them, and I’m not convinced they’d really work in the long run anyway. (I feel that trying lots of different kinds of chemical goop on my hair throughout my life is what helped bring on these severe cosmetic allergies in my late 20s. The pain this has caused me makes me think long and hard about how toxic we have let our environment become.)
For about a year I’ve been using conditioner-only “shampooing” with fragrance free conditioner, which has helped some, but my hair is still unruly. I’m going to try going with the no poo option since some people report this helps the condition of their curly hair, and I really don’t have a lot of other options left besides cutting it all off.
Intuitively it seems right that restoring the natural oil balance should be the best thing for my hair, if I can get there without too much grossness in between.
Very good post, I like how you got into detail about what you did and why. I have not gone ‘no poo’ but have drastically cut down my shampoo usage and looking into making my own shampoo. I do the vinegar rinse occasionally, which is awesome for my very long and thick dreadlocks.
I’ve been poo free for about 6 months now. It was a bit icky for the first few weeks and i did squeeze a little poo at neck level just to break it up. (For the record I have long fine grey hair.) After that I have only needed to use baking soda twice a week – I never got around to the rinse and haven’t missed it. My itchy allergic scalp is now itch free…Yay!!!
I use baking soda for shampoo and cider vinegar for conditioner, too, and I love it. I’m trying to transition to using is less often. I currently do it about 3x/week and am experimenting with just rinsing with water sometimes instead.
On a related note, if you’re looking for a very natural, no-plastic-involved styling product, try making your own flaxseed hair gel. It’s so easy. I just boil about 1 c. of water, then add about 1 T of whole flaxseeds. I simmer it, stirring, until it has a consistency about like hair gel (but not too thick), then strain out the seeds with a tea strainer. I keep the remaining liquid, which works exactly like regular hair gel on my wavy hair, in a container in the fridge. It took me a few batches to get the timing right–if you let it simmer too long, it becomes so thick that you can’t strain the seeds out and have to toss it and start over. But once you figure out at what point to take it off the heat and strain it, you have a styling product that’s dirt cheap and, if you buy your flaxseeds in bulk, has absolutely no disposable packaging. And apparently, this is what women in the 1920’s used on their bobs. I highly recommend giving it a try if you’re looking for a styling product.
I’ve been using a tablespoon of baking soda in water, followed by a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in water for about two months, and I love it. I’ve had no transitions problems whatsoever, although I do use it pretty much every day.
I gave up conditioner two years ago. I realized that the small improvement it was doing for my hair (fairly straight brown hair) did not compensate for the horrible breakouts on my face and back. With the new routine, my hair is softer than it’s been since I gave up conditioner, and totally tangle-free.
I was completely skeptical and planned to do this exactly once. At this point, I can honestly say that I’ve adopted it because of its effectiveness rather than environmental benefit. And the unexpected benefit of having a cleaner bathtub and never-clogged drain is a just a bonus!
I’ve been having really horrible dandruff ever since last year. It was a very stressful year for me, though I’m not sure if stress was the only
(or root) cause of the dandruff.
I’m willing to try anything, but having two weeks to make the transition is an issue. Oh well.
Regarding plastic – I was eating out and the bartender spoke to a couple sitting next to me that the tangerine juice he uses which comes in a carton no longer sports a plastic gabletop spout fitment (not his exact words but the industry uses those terms.)
In my world whenever a vendor discontinues an optional plastic item from some packaging I chalk it up to oil going from $20/bbl to $140/bbl and the impact on the price of plastic that results. If they have a campaign about what great environmentalists they are being I think they are just getting their marketing departments to put a spin on the fact they are being forced to take something away from their customers. I call it “green smoke” as in “green smoke and mirrors” where you hide behind environmentalism to cover up the price effects of The Peak and Decline of World Oil Production Rates (“Peak Oil”.)
blondeoverboard–I can second the comment about shampoo and acne. I had awful acne as a teen and going on the pill finally fixed that. But after going off the pill, I began washing my hair just every other day, with no conditioner. That took care of it, with exception of about 3 days out of every month, which is little enough to handle.
I’m a late-20s white chick with a very light complexion and very dark hair in a pixie cut. No way can I do the no-shampoo thing. Any oil on my head and it’s instantly obvious, because the oil works like gel for me. I’m too vain, I guess. The washing-every-other-day thing has worked with both long hair and short. The oil-as-gel went for both long hair and short, too.
For people who don’t cook their own soaps and other things, you could try using aloe on your hair. I find it works pretty well, but I rarely use it. Two birds with one (admittedly plastic) bottle: the sunburn and the hair!
I went no ‘poo a couple months back, and my hair has never been better. I’m still using the rinses nearly every day, but my stringy curly white girl frizz has calmed into curls with far, far fewer flyaways… so in addition to being just as clean as ever, I also don’t feel the need to add gel or other styling product to keep the frizz down. I am so happy I heard about this and tried it. I anticipate doing it forever and ever. peace.
I have been doing the “no poo” thing for about 2 weeks. I am excited about doing it but am not enthused about my hair – yet. It is brown curly white girl hair and looks very dry and frizzy. I am determined to stick with this until my hair and scalp become accustomed to the new routine.
I want to write about “no poo” in my blog but figure I must walk the walk first. I see this as another case of the consumer being marketed into thinking we need a useless product, like bottled water.
You found some great information. I was apparently using WAY too high a concentration of apple cider vinegar. I also read somewhere that the baking soda is only for the roots.
But I noticed instant results when I switched to using baking soda on my whole hair (I’ve got short hair), and a lower concentration of ACV. My hair is much lighter now, more like when I use shampoo, but more manageable. It also doesn’t get as much greasy buildup, and I think it dries quicker, but I haven’t been paying much attention to that (it’s summer and 85 degrees out).
I’ve got typical straight, fine, white girl hair, and I’ve been going no shampoo for 3 weeks strong! I miss lathering up a little bit, but it feels so good to break free from another consumer trap, so it’s worth it. I do a little BS every other day and then ACV rinse once a week. My hair gets a little greasy by day 2, but I think it actually feels worse than it looks… so no one knows! I’ve been brushing and using a wash cloth to try to distribute the natural emollients down the length of my hair. I’ve been doing water only for my son (1 yr old). He definitely doesn’t need any chemicals on his hair. Good luck to you all, and enjoy laughing at shampoo ads!
I haven’t tried the baking soda, but I rinse my hair with vineger every time I wash it. I have light brown hair the is past my waist.
I have long, newly curly hair. After I had a baby my hair became straighter and limper, and I missed my old hair of crazy curls. No shampoo is a lot easier for me, and it gave me back my hair =). For me that is the fascination; it was not just hormonal changes that made my hair limp and flat, but my beauty routine. Like so often in life, less is more.
I do bs and acv about 3 times a month, brush with a wooden brush to move oils, and use olive oil on the ends. I wet it down about every other day to restore the curl and rinse the dirt out. Easy Peasy.
Thanks for sending me over here. I might try it…I was just discussing with someone how showering and all that goes with it (like shampooing and conditioning) can be really boring if it's not what you're in the mood to do, which I'm often not.
And several good hairstylists have told me that the key to good hair is washing it less often. Maybe the key to *great* hair is washing it not at all.
At any rate I love the thought that maybe the whole fancy shampoo and conditioner industry is basically unnecessary.
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About a year ago, I dyed my hair blazing flame red. A totally unnatural color that would wash out if I put any product on it. To keep it bright, I gave up shampooing or conditioning my hair for a few months. Guess what? turns out that after a few days of not being washed, my hair naturally settles on the texture and style I used to use shampoo, conditioner, and three different stying products to achieve.
I think I’ve washed my hair with shampoo maybe a dozen times since discovering this.
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