Washing the Hair

Experimenting with different ways to wash my hair, was something I have done in the past.  See oatmeal shampoo.

It's not my favorite thing to do, but sometimes the opportunity presents itself:

So I ran out of my favorite conditioner earlier in the week and did not want to run to the store- I avoid that place.

Anyway, the other conditioner left my hair feeling gross, plus I realized there are probably a lot of hard water and soap build up on my hair.  Time to experiment!

I mixed baking soda with my shampoo until I had a paste. Washing your hair with this supposedly takes out the junk.  I then did a vinegar rinse.  About 1-2 Tbsps apple cider vinegar mixed in about a cup of warm water.  One site said not to wash this out, but I didn't want to leave it.  Even though people say it doesn't smell after it has dried.  Couldn't do it.

The results-

My hair soft, even without conditioner, but incredibly frizzy.  (Perhaps because I washed the vinegar out, perhaps because of weather.)

Conclusion-

Fun experiment, nice to get the junk out, now where's the conditioner bottle thank you.



No Shampoo-
There is all sorts of things floating around the internet about washing you hair without shampoo (baking soda and vinegar are big, so is just conditioner.)  I tried just conditioner for a while and, yes, it gets your hair clean, but I was using twice as much to do it.  Back to the old shampoo and conditioner routine.

Unless anyone has anything better?