Not wanting to belabor the debate from last month, I have completed my first full month without using shampoo. After my visit to the barber yesterday, she said I have a beautiful head of clean and healthy hair.
No Shampoo to me does not mean not cleaning, but it does mean not using any of the mass-produced common brands of shampoo available on the shelves of the local store. Instead using alternative natural, organic and eco-friendly methods for clean healthy hair. This also includes using a natural boar hair bristle hairbrush multiple times daily as required to spread the natural sebum along the shaft of the hair.
My typical weekly pattern has been:
Sunday I use a mix of Baking Soda (1 Tblsp) rubbed through the scalp and roots with a shampoo brush followed by spraying a mix of 3-part water, 1-part vinegar, 1-part fresh lemon juice, massage the mix into the hair and scalp with the shampoo brush and rinse well.
Monday I use about a nickel size squirt of an organic Shikakai soap made with Organic White Grape Juice, Organic Sucrose, Organic Coconut Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Organic Olive Oil, Organic Shikakai Powder, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Citric Acid, and Tocopherol (vitamin E);
Tuesday is just a water only day, rinsing the hair with a shampoo brush to massage the scalp;
Wednesday I go back to the Baking soda, water/vinegar/lemon mix;
Thursday is another Shikakai soap day;
Friday another water only day;
Saturday is a day for any of the above, or if camping a day without and use Shikakai soap upon return from camp.
After one month, I have noticed the expected initial increase of sebum production has been minimal and it seems like I have reached a good natural balance fairly quick. The baking soda, water, vinegar, lemon juice mix does tingle a little as I massage it through the hair, but feels really good after I rinse.
Is this cheaper than mass produced? I believe so.
Does this have a lower ecological impact? Again, I believe so.
Does my hair stay clean? Yes it does.
Do I feel good about this? I most certainly do!
Is this for everyone? Obviously not, but like everything else YMMV
No Shampoo to me does not mean not cleaning, but it does mean not using any of the mass-produced common brands of shampoo available on the shelves of the local store. Instead using alternative natural, organic and eco-friendly methods for clean healthy hair. This also includes using a natural boar hair bristle hairbrush multiple times daily as required to spread the natural sebum along the shaft of the hair.
My typical weekly pattern has been:
Sunday I use a mix of Baking Soda (1 Tblsp) rubbed through the scalp and roots with a shampoo brush followed by spraying a mix of 3-part water, 1-part vinegar, 1-part fresh lemon juice, massage the mix into the hair and scalp with the shampoo brush and rinse well.
Monday I use about a nickel size squirt of an organic Shikakai soap made with Organic White Grape Juice, Organic Sucrose, Organic Coconut Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Organic Olive Oil, Organic Shikakai Powder, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Citric Acid, and Tocopherol (vitamin E);
Tuesday is just a water only day, rinsing the hair with a shampoo brush to massage the scalp;
Wednesday I go back to the Baking soda, water/vinegar/lemon mix;
Thursday is another Shikakai soap day;
Friday another water only day;
Saturday is a day for any of the above, or if camping a day without and use Shikakai soap upon return from camp.
After one month, I have noticed the expected initial increase of sebum production has been minimal and it seems like I have reached a good natural balance fairly quick. The baking soda, water, vinegar, lemon juice mix does tingle a little as I massage it through the hair, but feels really good after I rinse.
Is this cheaper than mass produced? I believe so.
Does this have a lower ecological impact? Again, I believe so.
Does my hair stay clean? Yes it does.
Do I feel good about this? I most certainly do!
Is this for everyone? Obviously not, but like everything else YMMV
