what's your no-poo routine? - Page 4

[Teenytoona]

I've got a little glass jar that I keep it in. The lid is about a tablespoon, so I fill that up and mix it in with a cup or more of water (in an old yogurt tub). I've never checked for little broken hairs by my scalp... I will do that. By the way, thanks!!

OH, I also wondered, can a rosemary infusion be used instead of/ inaddition to the ACV rinse?

[sprouthead]

I'm not sure about the rosemary infusion.. try it!

[LionessMom]

Originally Posted by LionessMom

i keep reading everybody using acv but what about distilled white? is it ok to use that instead if that is all you have at the moment?

Originally Posted by Arwyn

I would imagine so, though I haven't tried it. I think the smell would be the main "problem" with it.

You could always try it and report back how it works!

Originally Posted by LionessMom

And i used white distilled vinegar. after looking at some threads around here about seborrheic dermatitis (which i have) i decided to go for it. my hair feel great....and it doesnt itch! the doc wanted to give me steroid cream and prescription shampoo. when i told her i think that the sodium lauryl sulfate in everything makes it worse she agreed. when i told her i was going to try the bs route she asked me to let her know how it works. i also started brushing my teeth with bs b/c the sodium lauryl sulfate was aggravating my gum tissues. my gums no longer bleed! the white distilled vinegar does not smell funny either. i diluted it in 12 oz of warm water first. my hair fells so soft. my face too where the vinegar rinse got it. i have the seborrheic dermatitis real bad. sore and everything and it goes down my forehead. but everything feels great right now. yeah!!!!!

i have been no-pooing for a month or so now. i tried acv and wdv. i like wdv better. acv seems to make my hair feel funny. it is heavier. and it smells worse. the wdv smells better to me. i have been using tto and bs for a wash and i put tto in my wdv to rinse. my hair feel great. i have no split ends and it doesnt even look dry. it looks like i used expensive cream to smooth it. i am saving so much money.
also my seb. derm. is better. it hardly itches. and i dont have a lot of flakes. the eczema cleared up in my ear canals and on my forehead. i just use the bs/tto mix to scrub my face as well.

[jrabbit]

how do you convince a child to "wash" hair in vinegar? We just ran out of shampoo, so this is the time! (they only washed their hair once a week ever anyway)

-janis

[MamaGlow]

re hair falling out

I read in one of the stickies at the top that some of that (hair falling out/'breakage') can actually be because of the silicones finally coming off your hair, that they were being sort-of glued in place!
Could be the normal post-partum thing too maybe?

I see you posted a while ago-- how's it going now?

[Jaysfamily]

How does the no-poo method work if you have hard water?

[Teenytoona]

Originally Posted by MamaGlow

I read in one of the stickies at the top that some of that (hair falling out/'breakage') can actually be because of the silicones finally coming off your hair, that they were being sort-of glued in place!
Could be the normal post-partum thing too maybe?

I see you posted a while ago-- how's it going now?

well, my hair is not coming out in clumps anymore so woot! I also read somewhere that with a major change in cleaning routine your hair falls out, so it could be a combination of those factors.

[yitlan]

Any reason I couldn't mix up a big batch of bs dissolved in water and leave it in a dispenser bottle of some kind. Then I could just shake it up and put some in my hair. Would it be bad to have it sit for a long time?

So far bs with occasional acv is working great for me. I can see this allowing me to go longer between washings, except for when I sweat when I exercise. What do others do? Just rinse with water? Try to get your scalp to adjust to the sweaty periods?

[Kyamo]

Originally Posted by sprouthead

i think if i tried conditioner only my hair would be a greasy mess!

Actually, I have a very greasy scalp/hair. When I used to use shampoo, I had to wash it every day because it would get so greasy and itchy in just one day. With conditioner only, I can wash my hair every 3 days, WAY less itchy scalp even when it does get greasy. Plus I don't get staticky hair anymore. I think its been about 2 years now since I switched.

Originally Posted by Limabean1975

Does anyone have a list of no-silicone conditioners?

I use Suave Naturals conditioner. I believe V05 and White Rain are also no-silicone, but of course read the label before you buy.

Originally Posted by LionessMom

i keep reading everybody using acv but what about distilled white? is it ok to use that instead if that is all you have at the moment?

I use white because I've heard ACV can affect the colour of blonde hair.

[Konur's Mom]

I have curly thick red hair and use 1tbsp soda in a cup of water, rinse. Then 1 tbsp acv or lemon juice in a cup of water, rinse. Then a few drops of essential oil in a cup of water, pour over my head and dont rinse.

For a leave in, I sometimes use aloe vera gel, 100% not the alcohol stuff. I makes my hair very fluffy. I have used this routine for 3 months and woudlnt go back to poo.

No poo

Its a lot easier to do this than shampoo for the kids as well. They took to it easily.

[Smokering]

Ooh hey, just found this thread.

I have long (hip length) hair, which I henna. I've been no-pooing for--gosh, about sixteen months now! Cool. (I was buying EXPENSIVE salon formulas before that, so I've saved a ton).

My routine is: Scritch and scrub under the shower for quite a while. Then dunk my hair in a chamomile tea brew (in a big Pyrex measuring jug, just because!) and swirl it around for maximum effect before tipping the tea over my head. Then I add about a tablespoon of ACV to the jug, half fill it with water and do the same swirl-tip-rinse routine. I have to rinse the ACV out, otherwise it makes my skin feel itchy; I know some people happily leave it on. Then, depending on my mental fortitude that day, I may or may not finish with a blast of cold water to seal the cuticle. (If not, I cheat and dip my braid in cold water afterwards).

In between washes, which are distressingly infrequent now I have a baby, I use a boar bristle brush to spread the sebum down the hair shaft. At least, in theory I do--my hair's been kinda gross lately, I've been so busy! I'm also one of those unfortunate mortals for whom henna does not improve hair--my hair likes moisture, not protein. So after a henna I give my hair a moisture treatment. Last time's treatment, which worked quite nicely, was honey mixed with a tiny bit of very strong chamomile tea, and some milk powder mixed in. I slathered it on and left it for a bit while I cleaned the bathroom. Honey is good--I'd use it more often, but it's so expensive.

Things that haven't worked for me include aloe vera gel and jojoba oil. I used the latter for ages, fondly hoping it was helping, but it just made my hair feel crunchy and greasy without being moisturised. Works for lots of people, just not for me!

I'd like to try a rosemary brew sometime, we have a bush of the stuff in the garden. The trouble is, I'm never sure where red hair fits into the 'rosemary for dark, chamomile for blonde' scheme! My hair is naturally a sort of blondey brown, so that doesn't help; and my hennaed hair probably errs towards dark rather than light, but there's not much in it...