Tea rinse

[weepingmoonblue]

i've been doing the APV rinse, and though it makes my hair very soft, it seems to be bad about making my roots and top of head very oily feeling. (and looking) Someone mentioned using a tea-rinse instead, i think it was green tea, but i can't find it. Has anyone tried this? How did it work out? How do you do it, just make a cup of green tea and

Comments

[rovylern]

CV's Neem and Tea Tree shampoo bar does much better for my very dry, flaky scalp. The Nettle bar didn't help much for me, either.

[weepingmoonblue]

Thank you! i ordered some as soon as i saw your reply, and it came today! :) Hopefully i can get Him to try it tonight!

[rovylern]

I'm waiting impatiently for my latest order to come before I scratch my poor head bloody. :p

[wingsfromashes]

I did tea for a very long time because I couldn't stand the ACV smell. (Finally I found Eden brand, which doesn't bother me hardly at all and on days when I'm in a particularly strange mood, I like it

Chai

[naturescure]

When I use chai tea on my hair it seems a bit dried out and waxy, but I think it just depends on how my hair's behaving, because last time I used it it made my hair beautiful. My hair still looks nice, just feels a little dry.

[weepingmoonblue]

THANKS! :) i'm going to look for some powdered ginger, and maybe try that in a witch-hazel rinse for Him...in the meantime, ginger-tea sounds like a good idea. That's a really good tip i would never have thought of, thank you!

[wingsfromashes]

One thing about the powdered ginger I might note... you (or he) should definitely rinse with water afterwards. I haven't had a LOT of trouble with it (not like when I used to use orange-rind water >_>) but the powder will sit in the hair if you don't rinse.

[ceruleanblue3]

For your husband, try a rinse using rosemary - I use the EO, about 1-2 drops.

I used the green tea rinse once, and keep forgetting to try it again! It worked pretty well for me that once though. I used two teabags in about half a litre/ a pint of water.

[sarahpel]

I haven't used tea, but I having been using lime juice with good success.

I suffer from seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp (ie bad dandruff), and I've finally found something that helps - vitamin C powder! I just put a bit of ascorbic acid powder in a spray bottle with some cold water, and spray it all over my scalp, parting the hair, at least once a day, if not twice.

[naturescure]

Wow...how did you even think of that! Was it recommended?

[sarahpel]

I can't take the credit for the vitamin C cure, other than for a lot of patient Googling!

Seriously, my scalp has been absolutely terrible this winter, and had reached the point where the dandruff was really interfering with my life/getting me down. I've been looking on the internet for natural cures, and tried all sorts of things that didn't work (coconut oil etc). Then I came across someone who had also tried everything, but had tried vitamin C powder solution with some success. I've been using it for about 3 weeks now, and it hasn't cured my problem, but has made it a lot better, and I'm able to live with it.

The best part about it is that I'm able to carry on the no shampoo thing, as it's non-gloopy. With things like coconut oil, I obviously had to revert back to shampoo to get them out of my hair, and my hair went really dry again. The only strange effect I've had with it is that it can make the flakes go a bit orangey in colour, but my hair still looks the same colour.

[naturescure]

I might try that when my scalp gets a bit flaky. What action is the Vit C actually meant to have on your scalp then?

If you had ginger hair then the flakes going orangey wouldn't be a problem ;). Where do you get your vitamin C? I've only ever seen supplement which contain a load of sweet flavouring cr*p...
Thanks :)

[mspurrmeow]

I have red hair, so I use variations of Red (rooibos) tea and Chai. Yogi Tea makes a really nice Red Chai that smells fabulous.

I heat water and end up with one tea bag for 32 ounces. That lasts two or three rinses. My hair is hip-length.

When my scalp is bothered by itching and skin stuff, I'll use a tea with ginger or other herbs for relief. Ginger is definitely a good choice as an antifungal. I make my "treatment" tea rinses stronger. I've also just boiled some ginger down for a rinse that works well for feet, too.

[weepingmoonblue]

Thanks! i have red tea here in the house now...maybe i'll give it a try! If you kept your tea for 2 or 3 days, (that's what i understood as 2 or 3 rinses) how did you do it? Did you keep it in a jar in the fridge, or just out in a jar in the bathroom until you used it all?

[wingsfromashes]

If you leave it in your bathroom, assuming your bathroom is warm (even 60 degrees Fahrenheit is probably too warm), your tea will just get funky.

Then again, if she's using one tea bag for 32 ounces, that's some weak tea.

[mspurrmeow]

I kept it in the bathroom. It was not weak tea and it did not get funky at all. The was during the winter, though. As the weather gets warmer, I'm planning on using it all each time, or keeping it in the fridge. (It gets drunk, though.)