Let me back up a bit. The last few months, I've been researching better ways to care for my hair and face. All of these nasty chemicals they sell us CANNOT be healthy or safe. Plus, I'm too cheap to keep shelling out loads of cash for stuff that isn't working well.
Anyway, I decided that God had to have created stuff that is better in all ways. In my searching, I came across this post by a lady named Quinn on her blog, onjustacoupleacres.blogspot.com. She posted pics of her hair before she started her new routine, then at 3 weeks, and again at 9 weeks. It just kept getting prettier and curlier.
Are you ready for the secret? Baking soda. Yep, that's right. The stuff we use to keep our fridges from being stinky. You can use it 2 ways. 1) Mix it with water, pour the mix over your hair, then rinse. 2) Wet your hair, work a handful of the dry soda into your scalp and hair, then rinse. I use the 2nd method.
Oh, my gosh! My hair is so soft, smells so great, and seems healthier that it has in years. I am convinced. The baking soda cleans without stripping the healthy oils. That's right. No conditioner needed! Oh yeah, baby. Mama's got a new love!!!!
BTW, feel free to sniff my head when you see me next. :)
5 comments:
I read that blog post too and have been very intrigued by it. I mentioned it to Kari Ann and I think she might have had a mild stroke. Ha!! Next time you get your hair cut, don't mention it and see if your hairstylist notices a difference. ;) I'm considering doing it too.
Um, I refuse to sniff your head. Period. :)
I have also been wondering about the baking soda thing. I read about it a while back (somewhere). I just wondered how it would work for my naturally, very oily, hair. I maybe giving this one a try! We just won't tell Tiff anything. She'll never know the difference!
First off, yay for you blogging! And secondly, I'm doing this too! It's been 5 days since I've washed my hair with shampoo. Now, I will tell you, initially I felt like my hair was way too static-y. So what I've been doing is using about a dime size amount of really good conditioner all over my wet hair just too keep the static away. But yeah, it totally cleans good. How often do you wash?
Virge, bless her heart. Don't scare her like that.
Tiff, at no point have I asked you to sniff my hair. If you want to.....
Leslie, what have you found using this? I'm very interested.
Melissa, I "wash" about 2-3 times a week. Too often and my hair gets dry, not often enough and it gets oily. It's a fine line between crunchy and gross. ;)
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