appropos of nothing previously mentioned...
Paul and I went for hair cuts this afternoon. I should have had her thin my hair, from the feel of it, but... yeah, I just went for trimmed and layered.
Paul got his usual military short summer haircut, and spent about ten minutes discussing with the gal what he's been using on his hair because she was exclaiming at how THICK the hair on top of his head is now and that he has hair growing back in his receding hair line!
Borax. 1 tablespoon of borax in a quart of water, gently squeezed through your hair (or massaged over your scalp if you have very short hair) and rinsed out. I thought it was nuts when I first ran into it, and having heard all the hysteria about Borax being toxic I did some research on it first, but yeah... most of the toxicity reports come from studies which don't distinguish between borax and boric acid, and ALL of them are for ingested borax, and I'm not in the habit of eating my shampoo. (besides, it's a HELL of a lot less toxic than what IS in shampoo. Seriously, have you looked at that stuff?)
So, yeah. Weird stuff, but it works. Well enough that his stylist was going to go get some after work and start using it.
My hair has always tended to tangle if you look at it cross eyed. I have, for years, had to use conditioning shampoo AND conditioner. If I didn't, I couldn't get a rake through it, wet. When I was a kid I had to use baby detangler and, usually, wait until my hair was dry to try to comb it. Now, I brush my hair before I get in the shower, gently squeeze this stuff through my hair, rinse and comb my hair under the running water, and I'm done. It combs out when I get out, and when the ends start catching I know it's time for a split ends trim. I'm honestly shocked at how well it works. And, hey, fewer chemicals running down my skin makes me happy.
So, yeah. FWIW, if anyone's interested. If not - we now return you to your day, already in progress. ;)
Paul got his usual military short summer haircut, and spent about ten minutes discussing with the gal what he's been using on his hair because she was exclaiming at how THICK the hair on top of his head is now and that he has hair growing back in his receding hair line!
Borax. 1 tablespoon of borax in a quart of water, gently squeezed through your hair (or massaged over your scalp if you have very short hair) and rinsed out. I thought it was nuts when I first ran into it, and having heard all the hysteria about Borax being toxic I did some research on it first, but yeah... most of the toxicity reports come from studies which don't distinguish between borax and boric acid, and ALL of them are for ingested borax, and I'm not in the habit of eating my shampoo. (besides, it's a HELL of a lot less toxic than what IS in shampoo. Seriously, have you looked at that stuff?)
So, yeah. Weird stuff, but it works. Well enough that his stylist was going to go get some after work and start using it.
My hair has always tended to tangle if you look at it cross eyed. I have, for years, had to use conditioning shampoo AND conditioner. If I didn't, I couldn't get a rake through it, wet. When I was a kid I had to use baby detangler and, usually, wait until my hair was dry to try to comb it. Now, I brush my hair before I get in the shower, gently squeeze this stuff through my hair, rinse and comb my hair under the running water, and I'm done. It combs out when I get out, and when the ends start catching I know it's time for a split ends trim. I'm honestly shocked at how well it works. And, hey, fewer chemicals running down my skin makes me happy.
So, yeah. FWIW, if anyone's interested. If not - we now return you to your day, already in progress. ;)