nopoo week 3 (yes, it makes me giggle every time too)

[moominmolly]

Wow! I just wrote a really long post about baking soda and vinegar shampooing, which I tried out last night for the first time. But my network connection died, and I don't actually feel self-indulgent enough to write a treatise about washing my hair TWICE, so I'll sum up: while I haven't shampooed for at least three weeks, I had previously just

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[veek]

Hey, yay for baking soda and vinegar! I have no recommendations because, um, you're the person who cuts my hair best. :)

[dancingwolfgrrl]

I've had good luck with whoever's available at Liquid. They pretty much just listen to me, even when what I want is a cut that is utterly unlike the aesthetic the stylist's own haircuts suggest, and I appreciate that.

[oneagain]

I would be very curious to know how adding essential oil to cider vinegar works out.

[youngwilliam]

And if it'd be any good on a salad.

[aroraborealis]

I'm doing JUST lemon juice (I like the lingering scent more than vinegar) in my hair these days (and a little dab of lotion I made, which gives it more nice scent) and really happy with it. I have baking soda in the shower for if/when my hair just feels like it's in desperate need of a deep cleaning.

I really like Christine at Salon Cu, who also has cut Sierra's and Michel's hair. She's punky, creative, has ideas, and is also happy to listen to you about what you want.

[entrope]

Yes yes! I loooooooove Christine.

[yagagriswold]

Twelve thumbs up for Salon Cu. I usually see Carlo. (Also, they're great neighbors.)

[coraline]

i know that lemon juice traditionally is used to lighten hair -- are you noticing any changes in dye fastness, or lightness of the rest of your hair?

[gretchens]

Weirdly, your original post was then followed by Dave mentioning something he'd read about no-poo and curly hair, and then on another forum I'm on, THEY were discussing it, so I've actually been trying out the 'curly girl' method which is no sulfate shampoo, and washing with conditioner, so I've used the new sulfate free stuff once in a week, and conditioner a few times and water every other time, and the conditioner wash is kind of nice in that I still have the ritual and the scent I like, but it's 'better.' I will totally confess to being more motivated by vanity than the planet, though. I love that I ended up with curly hair, so I try to maximize it, and if no/low-poo helps, I'm in. (Of course, I'm vain about my curls and my glasses and then I pretty much don't care about anything else.)