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I haven't used shampoo or conditioner in over a year now, so I couldn't recommend any good ones. I cleanse my hair with a water and baking soda blend, and rinse with a apple cider vinegar, water, and rosemary oil rinse.
Quote from: Bee-chan on February 15, 2013, 05:07:35 PMI haven't used shampoo or conditioner in over a year now, so I couldn't recommend any good ones. I cleanse my hair with a water and baking soda blend, and rinse with a apple cider vinegar, water, and rosemary oil rinse. May I ask what kind of hair you have? Fine, thick, curly, straight? I'd love to break my "vicious cycle" of having to wash it almost daily... it's become very thin recently, and I don't want to torture my last few strands with all those chemicals any more. Maybe your method works with them, too...Oh, and can rosemary oil be replaced by something else, say, a blend of orange or lemongrass and lavender oil or something like that? By the way: the one hair product I can kind of recommend is "American Cream" from Lush, which should be available in the US, too. This strange stuff seems to work with any kind of hair... but the big, nasty downside is: it costs a fortune. Thus I can only use it on very special occasions and have to stick with something more affordable for the regular use, where I tried many, many things but still haven't found the holy grail...
I have very fine sand blonde hair, and it's getting curlier as I get older, but I have a LOT of it and it's very long ( about mid back right now. ).I've noticed that since I've been using the baking soda / water, and ACV rinse, stopped using a hair dryer, and use nothing but a wide toothed comb and a paddle brush, I'm not getting the crazy split ends I used to get AND my hair feels like it's growing faster and has a thicker feel to it. I fiiiinally have my, "Princess Bride", hair that I've been longing for! I do need to go in for the annual trim soon, though, and maybe a coloring, before Big Apple Ponycon next month. You might really want to research that. I personally use the rosemary oil because it's helped add a bit of shine, body, and bounce, it's helped to darken my hair a little bit, and it also helps to get rid of dandruff and itchies. http://babyslime.livejournal.com/174054.htmlBabyslime on Livejournal has an AWESOME journal entry on going, "no 'poo", and she explains everything. Just a warning, though: if you DO decide to try this out, be prepared to stick with it for the first few weeks. The transition period can be crazy. It'll take your hair, scalp, and oil glands a bit of time to get used to not being stripped of all it's natural oils. And like with shampoos and conditioners, everyone is going to need to use a different recipe. My transition period gave me a rats nest of hair until my hair became used to having it's own natural oils and it calmed down. It also took several trial recipes before I came up with one that worked for me.Mine not work for you, so try out different ones until you find one that works for you. Everyone once in a blue moon, I'll even deep condition with a catnip tea rinse. My cat LOVES me when I do this and tries to nest in my hair at night, but my hair comes out soooooooo soft afterwards. Though since you do have fine hair, I'll warn against using avocado and olive oil. Don't do it. You'll become a grease truck and it takes having to use dish detergent to wash it out. Fine hair doesn't require a lot of conditioning, as our hair can't soak up moisture like thick hair can. It just ends up sitting on the strand. Google long hair community as well. They have an excellent subforum for natural hair home made products.
I've heard great things about Mane and Tail, but all the store here always sold out. I have bad timing or it really that good. I currently use Suave professional. I would take the kind you like and compare the ingredient list with others. Find one that has the same stuff in the same order. Most likely to get the same result. Herbal essence is a big let down. They had one product for frizz control that I like and they got rid of it; so I used another frizz control by them and loved it till they added some mango oil crap and it smells awful and leave my hair oily. Lots of bad review for them on there wed page cause they changed ingredient on their products.