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moominmollyWow! I just wrote a really long post about baking soda and vinegar shampooing, which I tried out last night for the first time. But my network connection died, and I don't actually feel self-indulgent enough to write a treatise about washing my hair TWICE, so I'll sum up: while I haven't shampooed for at least three weeks, I had previously just been rinsing and massaging my head every day. Last night I tried a baking soda 'wash' and a conditioning vinegar 'rinse', and I have to say, it does everything they said it would do.
The baking soda clearly cleaned my hair, and after I rinsed it out, my hair felt so unpleasantly squeaky clean that I nearly put on normal conditioner. I stuck it out and did a dilute cider vinegar rinse, though, and this morning I have soft hair that feels like it was just shampooed. Kind of anticlimactic. So, I gotta say, if you're one of those people who's strongly committed to shampooing a lot (which is totally fine), but you're bored one night? Try washing with a tablespoon of baking soda in a cup of water and conditioning with a similarly dilute apple cider vinegar solution. I betcha it'll feel just like normal.
I find that I miss the SMELL of my conditioner -- I might try putting a few drops of an essential oil in the vinegar rinse next time. Other than that, well, it all worked surprisingly boringly well.
In other news, I desperately need a haircut, and I don't feel like doing it myself. Do you have a person you particularly like, who's local, good with superfine hair, and willing to use clippers and listen when I say that I don't want the girly fringey bits?
The baking soda clearly cleaned my hair, and after I rinsed it out, my hair felt so unpleasantly squeaky clean that I nearly put on normal conditioner. I stuck it out and did a dilute cider vinegar rinse, though, and this morning I have soft hair that feels like it was just shampooed. Kind of anticlimactic. So, I gotta say, if you're one of those people who's strongly committed to shampooing a lot (which is totally fine), but you're bored one night? Try washing with a tablespoon of baking soda in a cup of water and conditioning with a similarly dilute apple cider vinegar solution. I betcha it'll feel just like normal.
I find that I miss the SMELL of my conditioner -- I might try putting a few drops of an essential oil in the vinegar rinse next time. Other than that, well, it all worked surprisingly boringly well.
In other news, I desperately need a haircut, and I don't feel like doing it myself. Do you have a person you particularly like, who's local, good with superfine hair, and willing to use clippers and listen when I say that I don't want the girly fringey bits?
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Date: 2010-07-20 03:38 pm (UTC)she's now at Revive Salon in the South End. Megan & Cheryl are also good, but Wendy is Amazing.
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Date: 2010-07-20 04:11 pm (UTC)I really like Christine at Salon Cu, who also has cut Sierra's and Michel's hair. She's punky, creative, has ideas, and is also happy to listen to you about what you want.
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Date: 2010-07-20 04:49 pm (UTC)I'm not planning to have my hair cut anytime soon (like ever) but I love what you've written about no-poo. Teehee. ;-D
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Date: 2010-07-20 07:15 pm (UTC)I think that in reality I have *bad* hair for the no-poo thing -- people I know who are into it seem to have thick, long, curly hair. But hey, it works so far!
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Date: 2010-07-23 10:52 pm (UTC)Probably there's even a way to get high off it.
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Date: 2010-07-21 04:53 pm (UTC)Disaster! First I was confused by how I could wash my hair with the mix in the first place, since that dilute, it was still pretty much like water. But I gave it a go, pouring half of it over my head and trying to massage it in, then doing the rest. I wasn't sure if it really got all over. Is there a trick to this?
Then I rinsed. And rinsed. And rinsed. And my hair still felt like it weighed a ton and felt dirty like it hadn't been washed in ages. I rinsed more, no dice. It was like my hair and scalp were coated in a thin layer of concrete. So I thought, maybe it just needs conditioning... Tried some conditioner, but it just exacerbated the issue.
After 10 or 15 minutes, I finally washed with some diluted shampoo and joy! It was like a 5-lb weight fell off of my head. My hair felt lighter and silkier and no longer stayed in place if I bent it.
So, uh, any thoughts on what I did completely wrong here?
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