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Better options Help for newbie

Jul 19, 2013 18:32

I am getting so frustrated with this! Please help!? I have been shampoo free for a month now. Beforehand I shampooed every other day. I have very greasy, fine, thin medium length hair. I started no-pooing two months ago but I shampooed twice during my first month. Which from what I understand starts your no-pooing and transition period over every ( Read more... )

baby powder/talcum powder, baking soda, *the basics, removing gunk, detox period, hair types - fine and straight

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secret_gyoza July 20 2013, 20:01:25 UTC

okay, everyone is a little different but more BS is probably just stripping your hair of natural oils just as the shampoo was.

my suggestion would be to stop using BS/ACV and try water only with corn starch on dry hair before going to sleep. a shitton of cornstarch because the excess will basically disappear in the night. maybe use lemon water rinses twice a week with a WO wash between.

secret_gyoza July 20 2013, 20:03:36 UTC

basically if this isn't working try something else. BS/ACV didn't work for me either other stuff does. lemon/lime/oj are different types of acids, vinegar left me waxy.

ooomphalos July 20 2013, 23:09:42 UTC

It really sounds like you're in a hard water area so your BS solution isn't working. When you put the water&bs on your hair it should make your hair feel slippery. If it's not doing that then you should boil a cup of water and mix in the bs straight away so that it dissolves and gently fizzes. As the poster above says, adding a little salt can help the bs activate even better ( ... )

loveexhumed August 6 2013, 03:31:05 UTC

I second the boiling water bit.

hausfrau007 September 17 2013, 00:43:02 UTC

We seem to have the same hair, you and I, so maybe I can help. I'm no-poo for just over 9 months, and it's been a terrible journey. Just now, I think I've reached some sort of end to the transition phase.

During the past nine months, I've had some gawd awful hair. I've stopped using the baking soda/vinegar thing pretty much after a week or two and have been stubbornly working on my water only routine. Until one day I couldn't take it no more, and I washed my hair with silicone free conditioner. That was my salvation. My hair turned out clean and soft. I've been stretching my once-a-week conditioner washes to once every two weeks and now am able to eliminate them all together. My routine right now is two water-only washes a week.

We have to remember to be patient, and yes: it does get better (although I wouldn't have believed it after six or even eight months). If I can survive a nine-month transition period, so can you.