All ready to start! Reccomendations?

[holothuroidea]

Hello all! I have been testing the "no poo" waters for a couple weeks now. Today I found a pretty headscarf and a boar bristle brush and I'm ready to take the plunge! I'd just like to get some feedback before I begin my "adventure

Comments

[kaypgirl]

If your hair is brittle, careful with the boar bristle brush. Some people don't like it because they believe brushing your hair a lot promotes breakage and split ends (too lazy to look up if that's true or not), especially with a bbb.

If your hair likes a lemon and water rinse, go ahead. For some people regular distilled white vinegar works better instead of ACV. And you should do an acid rinse, because it closes the hair shaft and water isn't as acidic as your hair. Not sure about an acid rinse every day, though. I also don't do WO.

Experiment with what your hair likes best, but it probably doesn't need to do a full water-wash every day. And if your water is hard, you probably do need to use filtered water, although some people to manage to do WO with hard water. You will probably need to do a clarifying wash every so often when and if you get build up, if baking soda, shampoo or a clarifying shampoo works best.

You can add honey to your acid rinse. There are multiple ways to use it. I rub a little on wet hair and it cuts down on the frizzies a bit like pomade and feels like hair spray, along with feeling a little sticky if I use too much.

I use cornstarch to absorb grease but it does nothing for the wax. Some people use apple sauce or egg to wash their hair, but that isn't a dry hair rinse.

I'm leaning more towards soap than sebum if it was working at first. Soap never really works for me, it always feels waxy like there's still sebum, the same as when I don't use enough baking soda.

[holothuroidea]

I've heard that about the bbb, too. My hair is very short and doesn't need to be combed out (no knots) so it shouldn't require too much brushing to spread out the sebum. It seems essential for dryer hair to move the sebum around. I will watch out for breakage, though.

The honey doesn't really sound like a good idea for me. It's a really nice morning face wash, though!

[holothuroidea]

How will I know if my hair needs a clarifying wash? I'm expecting a lot of crazy waxy yucky hair for the first couple weeks.