My No Poo Method

A lot of people have heard of the no-poo method. For those of you who don't know what it is it's essentially not using shampoo. There are a number of different methods for this that can include only using water, only using conditioner, and baking soda/vinegar (which is what I use for now), among a number of other variations. I hope to make the switch to a more pH balanced formula this summer but am working myself up to do it because it inevitably give me a couple weeks of really sketchy looking hair while my scalp adjusts to the change.

I've been shampoo-less (fore the most part ... I've had 1 or 2 'slips') for about 9 months now. It was a bit of trial and error to find the method that worked best for me. I feel like that baking soda method isn't too terrible for my hair because I actually only 'wash' my hair every 5-6 days, which is not nearly as gross as it may sound (I will rinse if needed when I'm having a shower).

So for my method?

I use about 1 or 2 tablespoons of baking soda in a kids tupperware juice jug (maybe 2 cups?) filled with water and give it a little stir to make sure it's dissolved (it likes to settle at the bottom so do this just before you use it). I read lots of methods before and all of them, in my opinion, used too much baking soda and made my scalp and back (wherever the water ran) feel super itchy so I scaled back. I have hair just past my shoulders. I don't know if maybe

I pour the jug over my scalp starting at my forehead down my part and then the rest along my hairline, then massage it into your scalp. This is not NEARLY as satisfying as the sudsing shampoo feeling but you get over that.

And then I rinse. Your hair will feel kind of slippery after.

For conditioner I use apple cider vinegar. I pour a small amount in the same tupperware container and add some water. Then I dip the ends of my hair in the jug for a minute before I dump the container over my head and promptly rinse with water.

It took a few weeks of pretty gross looking hair (be prepared to wear a hat and lots of pony tails) to adjust to not using conventional shampoo but my hair is so much less out of control now. And like I said, I only actually have to wash it every 5-6 days now because it isn't greasy looking within 24 hours so that's a huge bonus.

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