Some basics.gatorgirl7563October 10 2014, 16:14:59 UTC
I'm new at this, too, but I've been reading, researching, and collecting data like crazy. Here's some of it. BS baking soda ACV apple cider vinegar WV white vinegar WO water only wash BBB boar bristle brush TTO tea tree oil CO conditioner only
People go no-poo for many different reasons - to save money, protect the environment, keep strange and unnatural chemicals off themselves, traditional hair care isn't working for them - but the goal is always the same - a healthy, natural, great-looking hair and scalp.
The natural ph of your hair is 4. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH) Pure water's ph is 7 and hard water's ph can be as high as 9. Substances with a ph less than 7 are said to be acidic and substances/mixtures with a ph greater than 7 are basic or alkaline. As a no poo-er, you want to keep your scalp's ph as close to 4 as possible, while at the same time it stays moisturized, shiny, strong, de-tangled, supple, volume, etc. It's a balancing act.
Each ingredient you use to accomplish this balancing act does at least one thing you like and often has at least one effect on your hair you don't like. Oh, the ingredients can interact with each other.
Basic (aka alkaline) ingredients and mixtures are your shampoo, while acidic mixtures are your conditioner, bringing your hair back up to it's normal acidity, making it shiny and untangle easily.
BS baking soda
ACV apple cider vinegar
WV white vinegar
WO water only wash
BBB boar bristle brush
TTO tea tree oil
CO conditioner only
People go no-poo for many different reasons - to save money, protect the environment, keep strange and unnatural chemicals off themselves, traditional hair care isn't working for them - but the goal is always the same - a healthy, natural, great-looking hair and scalp.
The natural ph of your hair is 4. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH) Pure water's ph is 7 and hard water's ph can be as high as 9. Substances with a ph less than 7 are said to be acidic and substances/mixtures with a ph greater than 7 are basic or alkaline. As a no poo-er, you want to keep your scalp's ph as close to 4 as possible, while at the same time it stays moisturized, shiny, strong, de-tangled, supple, volume, etc. It's a balancing act.
Each ingredient you use to accomplish this balancing act does at least one thing you like and often has at least one effect on your hair you don't like. Oh, the ingredients can interact with each other.
Basic (aka alkaline) ingredients and mixtures are your shampoo, while acidic mixtures are your conditioner, bringing your hair back up to it's normal acidity, making it shiny and untangle easily.
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