Wednesday, July 30, 2014

No Poo Shampoo experiment week... uh...week 4??

Just a quickie tonight to update on the no poo progress.

The Hydrosols I ordered to fragrance my hair are AWFUL.  They smell like rotting vegetation with a slight smell of Lavender & rose.  Lucky they were inexpensive 3-4 bucks... but the spray bottles they came in are nice heavy glass, and I would have paid 3-4 bucks for them empty.  I'll be getting some essential oils and mixing with distilled water to make a hair mist in the bottles once I pour the stinky rotting vegetation stuff out.
I think my hair has adjusted, but I'm still looking for my perfect formula.  I have no trouble using the BP/ACV mix once every 3 days.  My hair does feel a bit dry on the ends however.  On in between days I have been using my cornstarch/cocoa mix, letting that sit for 10-15 minutes... then rinsing it out.  That has been working very well.

So this week I'm going to try the Aloe Vera/Honey "wash" in between BP/ACV washes to see how I like that.  I'll let you all know how that goes.

I also got Coconut Oil.  Today I rubbed a little on the ends of my hair and I think that makes for a nice "leave in" conditioner.  I've read it works well as a deep conditioner too, and will probably try that this week as well.  Gives my hair a nice beachy smell too.

Remember, my hair doesn't smell bad, it just doesn't smell like anything.  It is a mental thing for me that my hair needs to smell like flowers or SOMETHING.  

Lastly, I need a haircut BADLY.  Part of the dryness is due to that and I'm getting a trim on Friday.  So I'll report in next week with more progress.

I will say that I'm pretty happy.  Have I seen a huge change in my hair yet?  No... but I've seen small changes and I think they will start adding up.  Oh yea, It's almost time for me to color my hair.  I think I need to order some henna/indigo and give that a go.  :)

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