Comments on: Giving up on ‘no poo’

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:59:46 +0000

I also think you should of kept up with the boar bristle brush. Have you tried using almond oil on the ends to help keep the hair moisturized? In theory it seems like it might help the scalp with oil production because the ends will already be lubricated and the scalp can stop producing so much. It also seems to help me go quite a while between shampoos.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:30:24 +0000

Grandpas pine tar soap works really good on hair and good in hard water as well. They have shampoo bars on amazon that I have also seen in my local health food store.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:20:30 +0000

That's great anonymous! I think we do suffer from hard water in my area, so that probably didn't help…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:17:42 +0000

I had very similar problems...I didn't wash my hair at all for 2 weeks, then I tried a bicarb soda and water wash with apple cider vinegar, but my hair was just icky. My roots weren't greasy anymore, but the lengths were waxy and full of strange dusty stuff. I've got very fine, wavy hair so I didn't think i would encounter any of these problems. However, I researched all of this, discovered that hard water plus bicarb soda create this weird gunky grey dusty waxy stuff!

I decided to give it a wash with egg yolk, apple cider vinegar, and lemon juice, with chamomile tea for conditioner and OH MY GOD!! Yay! I have hair again that I am proud to wear down and free! (It's been scarped up in a bun for the past 5 weeks!) So to anyone who is struggling with the no poo method, try eggs! As gross as it sounds it actually feels nice, and almost like shampoo, and the results are amazing. My hair is light, shiny and not in the slightest greasy or waxy. Finally!!

By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:56:04 +0000

Good luck Gina – hope it works for you!

By: gina caro

gina caro — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:45:58 +0000

I'm currently going 'no poo' at the moment, I'm only two weeks in though. So far I'm not really sure what I think of it. Well done for lasting 6 months though, not sure if I will x

By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:30:22 +0000

Thanks for your comments Lisa, Amy and Rebecca. Not sure if I can face trying bicarb of soda and vinegar/ lemon juice at the moment, but might look out for the Dr Bronner soap bars!

By: Natural Mothers Network

Natural Mothers Network — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:00:46 +0000

Hi Zoe, You could try leaving the soda on for around 20 minutes before rinsing off with lemon water or vinegar. If you leave it on for a while, it helps? Thanks so much for sharing at Wednesday's Seasonal Celebration! Have a good week:-)Rebecca@ Natural Mothers Network x

By: Amy (aka The Library Lady and Modernish Homemaker)

Amy (aka The Library Lady and Modernish Homemaker) — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:37:04 +0000

I tried going without shampoo and I didn't even last this long. I have a similar hair type to you, only my hair is curly/wavy and tends towards greasiness (less so now than when I was younger, perhaps partly because of how I've changed my shampooing) and dandruff (esp. in the winter) . . . Now just try to wash my hair less frequently. If I'm not going to be around other people for a few days I've gone as long as a week without washing my hair. During my no-poo trial I used apple cider vinegar and aloe of cleansing and corns starch to help with the greasies.

Now, once a week, I will use a thick all-natural conditioner mixed with coconut oil and olive oil as a hair mask. Then I'll rinse with warm water and apple cider vinegar before shampooing.

I moved to sulfate and paraben free shampoo and use a small dolup of a low chemical conventional brand(sulfate free and low parabens, since it's not going on my scalp, only on "dead" hair, I feel a little better about that) and that is working for me. My hair is super soft and, I think, getting thicker too (though part of that is almost certainly diet changes).

By: Lisa Lynn

Lisa Lynn — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:01:54 +0000

I wonder if the Dr. Bronner bars would work for you as a shampoo? Worth a try and you can always use it for hand soap if it dries you hair :)

Thanks so much for sharing this on The HomeAcre Hop!!!