It has been exactly 126 days since I last washed my hair with shampoo.
I started this experiment on a whim, I saw a blog post on the subject of 'no poo' and thought, that could be interesting, I'm gonna give that it a go and here I am 126 days later and I still haven't washed my hair with shampoo!
It's been quite difficult really as you have to find an alternative to shampoo that works best with you own hair type.
I started washing with an egg and lemon wash and it was working great. My hair was always lovely and soft afterwards and then about three weeks ago it all went wrong and I have no idea why? After I had used my egg and lemon wash my hair was heavy and almost waxy. It was very odd.
So I decided to start using bicarbonate of soda and apple cyder vinegar instead. That worked really well and I now use that instead.
The only problem with the cyder vinegar is that it smells, a lot! However once your hair is dry there is no smell at all, just don't get it wet again unless you are in your own shower. I took my kiddies swimming last week and forgot about the vinegar and got my hair wet, it was not good, I smelt like a mobile fish and chip van!
So aside from me going into major panic every time it rains and I have no umbrella, the new alternative to shampoo seems to be working well, for now!
Oh and I also finally caved and dyed my hair and yes it was with horrible toxin filled, really bad for you, bottled stuff. I searched for alternative dyes but there doesn't seem to be much out there (if you know of one please let me know) and a lot of products claim to be 'all natural' when in fact they are not, it's confusing! The plan was to wait until the sun came out and just put lemon on my hair to bleach it but the sun is still yet to make a proper apperance and I got fed up of waiting. I also thought that perhaps the cassia obovata that I have been using might of lightened it a bit. It didn't!
So there you have it my 'no poo' experience so far.
So there you have it my 'no poo' experience so far.
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Here I am again... I would love to talk to you some time. I stopped counting days but want to share with you my experiences!
ReplyDeleteHi Karin, nice to hear from you again. My email add is loveablelevi@aol.com if you would like to share experiences. Look forward to hearing from you x
DeleteHi! I also am a no poo'er. I havent used shampoo in 3 months. I have done the baking soda and apple cider vinegar method but found that it has a lot of alkalinity so then I went to raw honey which was great but hard to tell where I have washed. Now I use shampoo bars from chagrin valley soap and salve. AHHHHMAZING!!! I love that I get my lather but dont add the bad chemicals to my hair. I couldnt go back to commercial shampoo ever now. I love it.
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