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

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[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.)

Anyway, the type of tea doesn't really matter, except that it's actually the tea plant, or some other sort of tea that contains acid. I would avoid anything that's mostly lemon-based unless you want your hair lightened, plus citrus has a tendency to give you sun sensitivity on your skin.

When I used tea, I did one of two things-- either compiled the bags from tea I brewed to drink, or sometimes I used fresh bags. Either way I boiled water in the microwave, added the bags, and then microwaved it more (make sure your bags don't have those little staples holding the string or the tag). Then I let it sit around for a while. Until it cools enough to put on your head is fine, and I also would stick it all in a jar sometimes and let it sit in the fridge once cooled.

The thing I didn't like about tea was it was a bit drying. But if ACV makes you greasy, then you might not have problems with that. I have a tendency towards dry skin, dry hair, dry scalp, dry EVERYTHING, so your results may be better.

I did also really like the smell of the tea and the smell of my hair afterwards. Sometimes I used bags from chai and even added more cloves or ginger.

Oh, ginger! That's part of my next bit, the advice for your husband. My flake issues were horrible until I went no poo, and then they improved dramatically, but have not gone away (yet?). One thing I read that helps, and it did seem to for me, is ginger. You can get a ginger tea or just toss some ginger powder in water. Oddly enough, the reason it works is SUPPOSED to be because it's an antifungal (if I remember correctly), but no other antifungals work for me, including white vinegar.

I hope this helps. If I forgot something, I'll try to come back, and if anything I said didn't make sense, just let me know. :D

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.