Comments on: Giving Up Shampoo?

By: Home-Steeped Hope » The Long-Awaited Shampoo Update

Home-Steeped Hope » The Long-Awaited Shampoo Update — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:47:23 +0000

[...] any newbies to the blog, here’s the link to my first post on the subject. It outlines the basic how-to’s and whys of going “no poo”. If you check it out, [...]

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:21:16 +0000

Good for you for trying it for a week, Andrea! I agree that the “moral of this story” is that commercial shampoos aren’t doing us any favors in the long run. I have more to this “no-shampoo” saga, and it sounds kind of similar to what you shared above! I’ll update in a post soon!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:58:46 +0000

I tried this for a week. My hair was oily all week but i started with oily hair. I don’t know what I did when I shampooed but my hair was not clean. I thought I should give it a try. I do however think you are on to something with the no shampoo however.The things that they put in it to extend the shelf life and make it stay a liquid can’t be good for you. Not to mention the harsh detergent. It seems to me the answer lies more in plain soap however. I have started to use plain Ivory soap on my girls instead of baby shampoo’s. The ingredients in that is the same as in adult shampoo.I have not noticed any soap scum and their hair is still nice and soft. The other day I did rinse it in vinegar to help make sure they were not getting any build up but it was very week, about 1/2 T to one cup of water. My problem with buying the “organic shampoo” is that it is very expensive and I’m not a chemist to know what all the ingredients are, just because it comes from a plant and not a lab does not necessarily make it better for you. At the store I saw 15- 20 bars of Ivory soap for $4, that would last a long time. I knew a kid growing up who was allergic to soap and that is what he used.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:02:02 +0000

Wow, to your waist? Sounds beautiful. Doesn’t everyone (except those of you with curly hair!!) dream of having long dark curly hair? Hope someone can answer your question, Gina. My hair is definitely not curly, nor waist length! Now my daughter’s is waist length, and thick with some wave, but not curly.

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:21:35 +0000

I’m jumping in here late, but this also interests me. Not to the point of trying it yet because my hair tends to be dry and longer than Mary’s (down to my waste now) and it’s curly. I only ever brush it out once a day and that’s right after I condition it with tons of cream rinse. My mom is a hairdresser and I haven’t asked her about the vinegar/ baking soda routine yet, but I’m wondering if this wash works better on certain types of hair. I’d love to hear from someone with long, curly, can’t brush through it kind of hair.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:15:31 +0000

Cena, my first 4 days were wonderful, but then, as I mentioned, I did the shampoo “cheat” and for a week my hair was awful! Heavy, gritty-feeling…but I stuck it out and FINALLY, yesterday’s baking soda/vinegar process left my hair nice again. I have no idea if it was just a transitioning thing, or what. I kind of think it was like “outsmarting the feminine fat cell” only with hair! My hair caught on to me trying to go natural and wasn’t going to give in so easily the second time around! I still haven’t tried it on my girls…3 girls with long hair…call me a wimp! It does comb out awesome, but the application process…I will probably wait till we use up this new bottle of kid’s shampoo!

Jessica, lol, at your comment! That’d be a terrible side effect!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:33:19 +0000

This is so interesting–I’m going to try it tomorrow!

Incidentally, I use Burt’s Bees for my babies as it’s 98% natural, but this will be WAY cheaper!

And, at our house, we WILL NOT be calling it a No-Poo experiment, because that would be something we’d need to remedy with some extra fiber.

By: Cena Dunfee

Cena Dunfee — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:51:57 +0000

Okay, I admit I only did this for three days, as my hair felt nasty, oily, dirty on the third day. Did any one go thru an icky transition period? On the fourth day I had a business Christmas party to go to and I couldn’t go with the icky hair, so I went back to shampoo. Should I try it again when I have a “homey” week after the holidays? We have hard (very) water, and I have oily hair. I’d love for this to work.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:01:38 +0000

No offense at all, Haley, that’s completely understandable! I hated that I didn’t have time to wash it out in between church and Awanas, but it wouldn’t have done any good! I’ve been using only the baking soda and vinegar since Sunday and my hair is still icky after shampooing Saturday! My dh is teasing me that it’s the baking soda/vinegar’s fault, but it was so soft and wonderful before the shampoo cheat! I keep hoping it will forgive me…so far it “ain’t” looking good! Sheesh.

I think it’s hilarious, and am very glad I shared WHY it looked so icky. Lol.

Good luck with the “no poo”! It does take some getting used to, not having suds! But it’s so easy…

By: Haley

Haley — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:03:30 +0000

Oh, Mary I am laughing so hard! I hope I don’t offend you by sharing this, but I’m so glad you shared about your “shampoo cheat” because I’ve been keeping an eye on your hair, curious to see if it looks “good” or “bad” with this no-poo experiment. I have been so impressed - it never looked greasy until Sunday! I walked by you once in church, and thought “Ooh, the baking soda isn’t doing so good!” hee hee! That’s so interesting that you hair looked worse for going back to the shampoo!! I definitely need to try this - we do have a water softener, which makes it harder to feel like hair is all the way rinsed, and I’ve been very unhappy with my hair for a long time. Plus, my internet hasn’t worked for over a week, so I’m so glad to be caught up, and I’m writing down the recipe to try it tomorrow! Have a great day my friend!