So, I'm very happy with my sulfate free hair life.
My current routine is a baking soda rinse, followed by a soak with apple cider vinegar. (Both are diluted with water - my non-scientific recipe will follow).
What I've noticed is that my hair feels softer and it does seem to curl a little better.
Unscientific Recipes:
Baking Soda rinse: About 1-2 tablespoons baking soda to 6-8oz of water.
Apple Cider Vinegar: Somewhere between 1 part ACV to 3 parts water and 1 part ACV to 2 parts water.
You should play with it and discover what works best for your own hair if you decide to try it - that's what I did.
If anyone reads this and has any questions they want me to answer, leave them in the comments and I'll answer them in a new blog!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
A small change in plans
Okay... so I'm finding that I REALLY don't like my hair on the baking soda days. I mean, it's still soft, but it gets frizzy and difficult to manage. I think for right now I'm going to switch to an every other day conditioner only/shampoo and conditioner regimen.
I'm considering the thought that I might need to use more diluted baking soda to get the desired effects, but I'm going to slow my roll a little here (so to speak), and let my hair gradually adjust to this new process. The one thing that I have noticed is that my scalp feels nicer and I'm having less flakes, so that's good news, but I seriously can't deal with ugly hair - I spent way too many of my teenage years hating my hair to go back to having it be unruly.
As I have said, this experiment is a work in progress. Experiments require adjustments, so it is not outside of the realm of possibility that I may not ditch shampoo, but merely shampoo which contains sulfates. I may carry this experiment all the way to hand soaps and body washes. I'm just not sure. But for now, I'm not 100% shampoo free, and I'm pretty okay with that.
I'm considering the thought that I might need to use more diluted baking soda to get the desired effects, but I'm going to slow my roll a little here (so to speak), and let my hair gradually adjust to this new process. The one thing that I have noticed is that my scalp feels nicer and I'm having less flakes, so that's good news, but I seriously can't deal with ugly hair - I spent way too many of my teenage years hating my hair to go back to having it be unruly.
As I have said, this experiment is a work in progress. Experiments require adjustments, so it is not outside of the realm of possibility that I may not ditch shampoo, but merely shampoo which contains sulfates. I may carry this experiment all the way to hand soaps and body washes. I'm just not sure. But for now, I'm not 100% shampoo free, and I'm pretty okay with that.
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