I've looked through the waxy tags here, and nothing really comes close to how my hair's been behaving ( Read more... )

 I have had great results with a flax seed recipe posted by  westcoastred a while back. However, I wanted to try to modify it a little with rose hips, sage, rosemary,  hibiscus and burdock root. I used chamomile the first time but read that it can lighten your hair (I am trying to redden/darken it as well as decrease itchiness and help the texture ( Read more... )

I followed a recipe posted by westcoastred - under the tag for flax seed. I didn't have all the herbs she used, but i boiled my flax with cloves, cinnamon, rosemary from the garden, then added chamomile (in a teabag) and a few drops of peppermint oil ( Read more... )

I posted pretty recently, here's a quick recap ( Read more... )

I've been experimenting with shikakai since November, trying out different recipes, and have finally come up with one that works consistently:

In a small saucepan, combine:

1-1.5 cups water
1 tbsp whole flaxseeds
2 tbsp shikakai
1/2 to 1 tbsp amla

Optional spices:
5 whole cloves
3 cardamom pods
1 tsp coriander

Boil this on medium-high heat for 10 minutes, ( Read more... )

Yesterday I tried washing my hair with flaxseed.... and I totally failed. =(  I doubt it's just because it doesn't work for my hair type or anything, because it just didn't seem to make my hair any cleaner at all. So think it must have been something I did wrong. Can you tell me what it is ( Read more... )

it had been about 2.5 months since i first started using the flax mucilage stuff. (and yesterday was my 3 year anniversary of no'poo. yaaay!)

since my last post on jan 28th, i had stopped using ACV, because i thought that might have been linked, and my dandruff isn't really getting any better. (and i've also noticed a bunch of hair loss at the ( Read more... )

I've been no poo-ing for over a month now, and it's been a beautiful thing!   The only issue is that my ends have been really frizzy and it's been tough for me to wait long enough (which, for me, should be at least 4-5 days) between washes (partly because I'm home and I have nothing to do while waiting for my new job to start in March, and partly ( Read more... )

ever since westcoastred posted about her experience with flaxseed mucilage, i've been checking it out ( Read more... )

I've been radically inspired by the posts recently on flax-seed method, and a bit underwhelmed by my BS/ACV routine. So i went ahead and made a batch just now (its still infusing, smells yummy, of mint and rosemary ( Read more... )