Oil control help?
Hello!
I've been a passionate and successful no-pooer however in the past 5 weeks I've been having trouble with oil all of a sudden. I used to do my routine every 7-10 days with water washes in the meantime, and now I have to do it every 3-5 days. My hair had been perfect, but then I went dancing and put a bunch of product in my hair and had to strip it to get everything out. I've been struggling ever since where usually I can get my hair back to its voluminous condition pretty fast.
What I miss the most is that the oil used to be lighter, I could get it out with water washes easily, it added volume and texture, and now it's heavier, doesn't come out, and looks greasy. I miss my old oil!!
• No-poo since May 26, 2011
• 1cFii Normal hair; fine but a lot of it, mid-back length, slight wave when I put my damp hair in a bun, dark brunette
• Current routine: I wash with about 1/8c of bs & acv. I massage in my scalp and let sit, the standard BS solution of 1 tablespoon/1 cup boiling water, and 1.5 tablespoon unfiltered ACV/c + 1c of tarragon, nettle, oat straw, rosehips infusion from 1 tablespoon each dried, the rinse also worked into the length. Occasionally as needed before my ACV rinse I massage in GSE to my dermatitis.
I log all my washes so this is what it looks like:
3/31 wash and products for dancing -- volumizing powder, Onesta hairspray, John Masters Organics volumizer
4/2 bs + white vinegar rinse to remove hair products. Hair is pretty stripped, smooth, flat, no body but soft.
4/4 light bs wash and my standard rinse (1 tblsp tarragon, nettle, oat straw, rose hips, ACV) to kind of start over building back from the stripped hair.
4/7 wash -- hair was heavy from not washing immediately after Bikram for 2 days
4/14 wash -- base of hair feels back to normal. Not so stripped so it takes just another 8 day cycle to restore hair. Didn't have enough BS, made do, crown of head is a bit greasier than usual.
4/20 wash -- doesn't feel as clean as usual. In the shower it never got textured as if the oils were rinsing out enough, it stayed too smooth. The BS never got slippery.
4/23 wash, spilled my infusion leaving only 3/4c >> a bit diluted. Bs would not get slippery again. Used 1/4c+ BS solution. Hair is not dried out. Something wrong w my bs?.
4/26 Did a spot wash/straight acv standard rinse on the top/crown of my head just where I see the grease; crown, hair part and a bit to the sides of the part, scrubbed, . Didn't let either sit. My hair has been stinking. The oils aren't as rough they're heavy flat... The spot cleaning was great. My hair has body, lift, and the length was unaffected. Maybe the rinse is too heavy. My hair today is perfect.
4/29 standard bs & ACV wash - no herbs
5/2 bs + herb rinse. The oils were heavy and not rinsing out. Don't know what's going on. The bs wouldn't get slippery either. Used quite a bit.
So I don't know what is happening. I feel like it's something with the BS not getting to the slippery texture or something. What can I do to better control this oil? Maybe it's stress or I need to change my shower filter? Do I need to go water only for awhile to reset these oils? Is my hair getting used to the routine and now I need less acv?
Help! Ideas? Thank you all!
I've been a passionate and successful no-pooer however in the past 5 weeks I've been having trouble with oil all of a sudden. I used to do my routine every 7-10 days with water washes in the meantime, and now I have to do it every 3-5 days. My hair had been perfect, but then I went dancing and put a bunch of product in my hair and had to strip it to get everything out. I've been struggling ever since where usually I can get my hair back to its voluminous condition pretty fast.
What I miss the most is that the oil used to be lighter, I could get it out with water washes easily, it added volume and texture, and now it's heavier, doesn't come out, and looks greasy. I miss my old oil!!
• No-poo since May 26, 2011
• 1cFii Normal hair; fine but a lot of it, mid-back length, slight wave when I put my damp hair in a bun, dark brunette
• Current routine: I wash with about 1/8c of bs & acv. I massage in my scalp and let sit, the standard BS solution of 1 tablespoon/1 cup boiling water, and 1.5 tablespoon unfiltered ACV/c + 1c of tarragon, nettle, oat straw, rosehips infusion from 1 tablespoon each dried, the rinse also worked into the length. Occasionally as needed before my ACV rinse I massage in GSE to my dermatitis.
I log all my washes so this is what it looks like:
3/31 wash and products for dancing -- volumizing powder, Onesta hairspray, John Masters Organics volumizer
4/2 bs + white vinegar rinse to remove hair products. Hair is pretty stripped, smooth, flat, no body but soft.
4/4 light bs wash and my standard rinse (1 tblsp tarragon, nettle, oat straw, rose hips, ACV) to kind of start over building back from the stripped hair.
4/7 wash -- hair was heavy from not washing immediately after Bikram for 2 days
4/14 wash -- base of hair feels back to normal. Not so stripped so it takes just another 8 day cycle to restore hair. Didn't have enough BS, made do, crown of head is a bit greasier than usual.
4/20 wash -- doesn't feel as clean as usual. In the shower it never got textured as if the oils were rinsing out enough, it stayed too smooth. The BS never got slippery.
4/23 wash, spilled my infusion leaving only 3/4c >> a bit diluted. Bs would not get slippery again. Used 1/4c+ BS solution. Hair is not dried out. Something wrong w my bs?.
4/26 Did a spot wash/straight acv standard rinse on the top/crown of my head just where I see the grease; crown, hair part and a bit to the sides of the part, scrubbed, . Didn't let either sit. My hair has been stinking. The oils aren't as rough they're heavy flat... The spot cleaning was great. My hair has body, lift, and the length was unaffected. Maybe the rinse is too heavy. My hair today is perfect.
4/29 standard bs & ACV wash - no herbs
5/2 bs + herb rinse. The oils were heavy and not rinsing out. Don't know what's going on. The bs wouldn't get slippery either. Used quite a bit.
So I don't know what is happening. I feel like it's something with the BS not getting to the slippery texture or something. What can I do to better control this oil? Maybe it's stress or I need to change my shower filter? Do I need to go water only for awhile to reset these oils? Is my hair getting used to the routine and now I need less acv?
Help! Ideas? Thank you all!