Comments on: A ‘poo’ free haircut! https://ecothriftyliving.com/2014/02/a-poo-free-haircu.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-poo-free-haircu Change your life by saving money and the environment! Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:01:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Zoe https://ecothriftyliving.com/2014/02/a-poo-free-haircu.html#comment-667 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:43:12 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/a-poo-free-haircu/#comment-667 Hi Sandy, I don't wash my hair very often at all. Sometimes I let it go a few weeks between washes and sometimes I wash it within a week (usually if I have been swimming). I have been washing my hair with olive oil soap every few weeks, but have generally been stretching out the length of time between olive oil soap washes (the last stint of 5 weeks without olive oil soap was a personal best!)

My hair has not been looking very good for the last few months, most of the time it is passable, but it photographs better than it looks in real life. To start off with it did get pretty greasy after a week or so of not being washed with soap, but it is definitely getting better over time…

I tried combing my hair last time I went no poo to see if that would help, but I found too much brushing/ combing was damaging my hair and it didn't work well for me…

I totally agree with you about taking one step at a time – that is what I have been doing and I find it is working well for me!

]]> By: Sandy https://ecothriftyliving.com/2014/02/a-poo-free-haircu.html#comment-664 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:44:39 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/a-poo-free-haircu/#comment-664 Wow! Your hair looks so thick and healthy! I know it's daft but I am convinced that if I tried it my hair would look like it had been smothered in vaseline or something, and we wouldn't want that because it's made from paraffin, a fossil fuel (there have to be better eco jokes) o_O

I have tried unsuccessfully to create my own shampoo. I tried various different methods. I didn't throw it away, though, as it made a good household cleaner! I ended up with SLS and paraben-free shampoo from the Body Shop that was on sale and will go back to Mother Nature's Goodies' organic shampoo base. I suppose I could at least buy the 5 litre version and save some plastic. I have found that it's kind of 'one step at a time' with these choices – it's your thinking that has to change first. The 'consumer' thinking is so hard to break.

How often do you wash your hair with water and how often do you use the olive oil soap?

Also, I recall that the Tudors didn't have shampoo (of course) but that ladies would comb their hair with a fine tooth comb morning and evening and this made the hair stay healthy and muck-free. I have no idea if this would really work or not!

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