I made a New Years resolution to get back to blogging regularly. January came and went. Seriously, where did it go?! The groundhog has seen his shadow, and we're in for six more weeks of winter. Of course, here in upstate South Carolina, we haven't had much of a winter. It's been in the 50's lately, and it's even supposed to get up to 64 on Sunday. I'm not a fan of this weather in January/February, but what can you do?
So I've been curious about this whole "no 'poo" thing that's been going on for awhile now. I never had any interest in trying it. I like my shampoo. I like the way my hair smells after I wash it with shampoo. I also had a very difficult time believing that my hair wouldn't smell like vinegar if I rinsed it with vinegar. Then a couple of weeks ago, someone posted all the benefits of just doing a regular apple cider vinegar rinse - not in relation to no 'poo. One of them was that it gets rid of dandruff. I don't like to use dandruff shampoo often, and I find that if I don't use it every day, it doesn't control my dandruff to my satisfaction. So I thought I'd give it a try. I washed my hair with shampoo and rinsed with the acv. Lo and behold, my scalp was a whole lot less flaky than it was before. And my hair didn't smell like vinegar, either.
I decided to give no 'poo a try. Just for a month. Let me clarify - I'm not going the no washing your hair at all route. I'm going the wash with baking soda, condition with acv route. Everything I've read said that it makes your hair healthier and happier, you'll need to wash it less, etc, etc, benefits, benefits, benefits. My hair doesn't seem to fit any kind of common mold. I read that people with thick hair generally have to wash it less often because it just doesn't get greasy. I don't know anyone who has thicker hair than I do, and I cannot go more than 36 hours without washing it. Beyond 36 hours, it looks like it hasn't been washed in months. So just to err on the side of caution, I wash it every day, which you aren't supposed to do.
I am hoping that going no 'poo will allow me to wash it less often. Everyone claims this will be the case, but again, my hair doesn't seem to be "normal." I've switched to washing it every 36 hours instead of every 24, in hopes that that will help as well. Here's how it's gone so far.
Day 1: Washed in the evening. I let it dry on its own, and afterwards it felt very dry. (As in, not moisturized.)
Day 2: Did not wash. My hair was already greasy when I woke up, but it was Sunday and I had no plans, so I let it be.
Day 3: Washed in the morning. Blow dried it. By the time I went to bed, it had started to feel greasy.
Day 4: When I woke up, it felt greasy but didn't look like it? Washed in the evening. Let it dry on its own.
Day 5: Did not wash. My hair felt greasy but did not look like it.
I'm wondering if on days 3-5, I was just feeling a texture that is new and different to me. It feels greasy, but not the way it normally feels when it's greasy? It's strange and difficult to explain. It looks dry (again, in the sense of opposite of moisturized, not the opposite of wet). My hair has also been extremely flat. To be honest, this isn't a problem for me because I am always struggling with my excessive volume.
I've already added more water to my water/vinegar solution. I think I will try diluting the vinegar even more, and if that doesn't help, I'll switch to white vinegar. So far, I'm not liking this at all, but everyone says the first few days or weeks can be a rough transition. We'll see!
Today is day 6, and I intended to wash it this morning. However, it looked okay to me.
It's not a great picture of my actual hair, but it's the best I could do. So I decided to push it to tonight. Hopefully I don't regret that decision!
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