Clean hair! \0/
Threns have gone no 'poo. Yes, I am officially an unwashed hippie. Or something like it. I tried it once a few years ago and it didn't stick. This time I'm hoping it will. For the uninitiated, this simply means washing one's hair either without shampoo at all, or at least with shampoo without sulfates and silicones. Some only wash with (silicone-free) conditioner. The gist is to break the cycle of drying out your hair with sulfates and alcohols, then sealing it up with silicones that need those heavy detergents if you're going to strip it off. And also to wash your hair less often, and to use fewer chemicals.
Frankly, if I can get away with never buying shampoo again I'll do it. Not only is the stuff expensive, but there's all kinds of stuff in there that is not healthy. And even if you only have it one your scalp for thirty seconds, that still adds up when you wash every day. Not to mention what it does to the environment. My hair causes me so much grief with its greasiness, and shampoos aren't really helping with that- I go about twelve hours and my hair is greasy to the point of being stringy. I'm hoping natural wash and rinse will help retrain the scalp to not be so freaking greasy.
I'm going the route of baking soda wash and cider vinegar rinse. I washed/rinsed on Saturday and Monday, water-washed on Tuesday with a white vinegar rinse. I'm having huge issues with itchy dry scalp, and white vinegar is supposed to help. Didn't do much for my hair and I did more research on it. Different concentration and done before you wash is supposed to help better. Also, I am quite proud that I went three days between washings. And it wasn't even that gross. Okay, it was this morning, but yesterday not so much. I *felt* gross, but it didn't *look* that bad. There's a transition period I'm hoping to be able to stick out, and honestly the hardest part about this is trying to beat the compulsion to wash my hair every day.
I'm trying to be committed to this, so I went out and got ingredients and containers- some jars for baking soda and corn starch (sprinkled on your fingertips and worked into the roots then combed through helps with the greasy look), a salt shaker for corn starch for easier application, some squirt bottles for easier application that I can keep in the shower.
Today was a wash day. A 1:1 white vinegar rinse for itchy, 1:2 (I have no idea what I was thinking) 1tbs :1c. water soda wash at the roots/scalp, and 1:2 1 tbs : 1c. water cider rinse *avoiding* the scalp. Result: non-itchy scalp, CLEAN hair. \0/
I have to go to Wally World to pick up a prescription, so I'm hoping to check out the beauty section for some stuff... Alligator clips holding up hair at the roots will help with volume on in-between days. Silicone-free conditioner so I have it around (Alberto VO5 and Suave Naturals are both without silicone). Looking into the possibility of a natural comb/brush. Brushes really don't do much for me except make me look like a grease bomb, so I'm investigating a bone comb which is supposed to help in some way. If I can get it cheap I will, if not plastic will have to do.
I'm really feeling good about this. My sister thinks I'm crazy, but right now my hair is soft and light and feels awesome. It's such a mood-boost for this experiment to be working out, and if I have to be unemployed I might as well go through transition when I don't have to show up to work greasy.
Frankly, if I can get away with never buying shampoo again I'll do it. Not only is the stuff expensive, but there's all kinds of stuff in there that is not healthy. And even if you only have it one your scalp for thirty seconds, that still adds up when you wash every day. Not to mention what it does to the environment. My hair causes me so much grief with its greasiness, and shampoos aren't really helping with that- I go about twelve hours and my hair is greasy to the point of being stringy. I'm hoping natural wash and rinse will help retrain the scalp to not be so freaking greasy.
I'm going the route of baking soda wash and cider vinegar rinse. I washed/rinsed on Saturday and Monday, water-washed on Tuesday with a white vinegar rinse. I'm having huge issues with itchy dry scalp, and white vinegar is supposed to help. Didn't do much for my hair and I did more research on it. Different concentration and done before you wash is supposed to help better. Also, I am quite proud that I went three days between washings. And it wasn't even that gross. Okay, it was this morning, but yesterday not so much. I *felt* gross, but it didn't *look* that bad. There's a transition period I'm hoping to be able to stick out, and honestly the hardest part about this is trying to beat the compulsion to wash my hair every day.
I'm trying to be committed to this, so I went out and got ingredients and containers- some jars for baking soda and corn starch (sprinkled on your fingertips and worked into the roots then combed through helps with the greasy look), a salt shaker for corn starch for easier application, some squirt bottles for easier application that I can keep in the shower.
Today was a wash day. A 1:1 white vinegar rinse for itchy, 1:2 (I have no idea what I was thinking) 1tbs :1c. water soda wash at the roots/scalp, and 1:2 1 tbs : 1c. water cider rinse *avoiding* the scalp. Result: non-itchy scalp, CLEAN hair. \0/
I have to go to Wally World to pick up a prescription, so I'm hoping to check out the beauty section for some stuff... Alligator clips holding up hair at the roots will help with volume on in-between days. Silicone-free conditioner so I have it around (Alberto VO5 and Suave Naturals are both without silicone). Looking into the possibility of a natural comb/brush. Brushes really don't do much for me except make me look like a grease bomb, so I'm investigating a bone comb which is supposed to help in some way. If I can get it cheap I will, if not plastic will have to do.
I'm really feeling good about this. My sister thinks I'm crazy, but right now my hair is soft and light and feels awesome. It's such a mood-boost for this experiment to be working out, and if I have to be unemployed I might as well go through transition when I don't have to show up to work greasy.