No "poo" hair washing. Week 1

On my quest to become toiletry snob extrodinaire, I have decided that I shall no longer use the devils sauce shampoo and conditioner. I had become a product snob, thanks entirely to Saramae and her hair stylist clan, using the best products I could afford. Well, I learned that my tightly curled frizzy fried hair dosent care if I spend 1 dollar, or 50 dollars on shampoo. Its going to be frizzy and uncontrollable no matter what I use. FINE, have it your way hair. I stumbled on a pictoral of a girl whos hair was slightly less curly than mine, using baking soda for shampoo and a vinegar rinse to condition. Hrmmmm... I must try this. I only wash my hair once a week to start with, so I figured my hair is used to producing less oils anyhow. This shouldnt be too much of a shell shock. Right?

So, I used her recipe for shampoo. A quart of boiling water and a quarter cup of baking soda. I splashed this on my crown and let it drizzle down to my ends. (my hair only goes slightly past my shoulder) I rubbed and scrubbed from top to ends and rinsed very well. It felt squeeky clean, like I had just finished washing with a normal shampoo. I thought, OMG I LOVE THIS!!!

Next stop, vinegar rinse. ewwww I wasnt really looking forward to this part. I used a slightly modified version of her recipe. Which was 3/4 cup of water, 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar, a tsp of aloe gel, few drops of peppermint, and a few drops of tea tree. Well, my aloe is in oil form and I had spearmint not peppermint, so I changed it up a bit with spearmint oil tea tree oil and a bit of 5x orange essential oil. I also threw in a tsp of rice bran oil for good measure. This was a bit harder to tell how much I was actually getting smooshed around in my hair. So I probably used way more than I needed to. But whatevs, it still felt smooth. There were a few tangles left when I rinsed it out. (I dont brush my curls for a week either) the salon shampoo I was usually typically made all the tangles fall right out, but the vinegar rinse just mostly got em out.

Brushing my wet hair with those few tangles posed a slight problem. Mainly because I am not used to it. I didnt have the same glide to my hair that I usually did but I dont think that is such a big deal. Tangles and glide are not yet a deal breaker.

So, now I am parked back on my couch with season 8 of NCIS and will sit here, upright, until my hair naturally dries. I am anxious to see what the curls will do to show approval or distaste for my new routine.

Pictures to come!