Waiting for transition phase...

[veggie_one]

So it's been 2 months since i've used shampoo. I tried w/o for 2 weeks, and i have hard water so it wasn't working. So I started using bs with distilled water and a citrus rinse. This was working ok, the bs never really felt slippery though, I'm not sure if it was something I was doing wrong but it didn't clean it well, it was still greasy/ sebum-y. I loved the citrus rinses though, it kept the minerals from building up. Now I have been using salt rinses, because I love the simplicity of it and it makes my hair soft, but also leaves it greasy. It is out of the sebum-y phase but it still looks greasy, though it feels a lot better I have to wear my hair up every day. It's been 2 months and I am getting very frusrtated. Is there something I'm missing? I want this to work, how long does the transition phase last?