Comments on: From the Pantry to the Bathroom: Pee and Cinnamon

By: dry scalp conditions

dry scalp conditions — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:53:36 +0000

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By: Will

Will — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:43:58 +0000

The greasiness you feel is the baking soda cleaning all the old basically chemicals and mineral oil that’s left in your hair from normal shampoo and conditioners. Try using the baking soda and if its your first time trying since you’ve been using regular shampoo/conditioner it will be, just keep using 1 tablespoon baking soda to one cup water as many times as necessary the first time you do it to get your hair feeling not greasy at all. After this proceed with using ACV or vinegar or lemon juice 1 tablespoon to one cup water. Then next wash follow standard 1tbsp baking soda mix/cup. This should solve your initial problem. For silky soft hair also try using one egg yolk beaten lightly as your conditioner one per week, but be sure to rinse with cool or cold water to remove the egg yolk.

By: Corinne Spencer

Corinne Spencer — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:38:11 +0000

Hey Carrie, I know you wrote this a while ago,but I’m hoping you’ll get this! I have tried so many times, but the SECOND the baking soda (even as little as 1 teaspoon!) touches my hair, it feels greasy (even in the shower), and like there’s a bunch of build-up and it feels like I can’t even get it out of my hair without shampoo. I scrub and scrub at my hair with my hands trying to rinse, and then use the ACV after, but it still feels build-up-y.
Then when I dry it, all the shine has been zapped from my hair and it looks dingy and feels terrible. I desperately want to do this, but it’s just not working! Has anyone else experienced this??

By: Petite » It Works: Washing Hair with Baking Soda and Vinegar

Petite » It Works: Washing Hair with Baking Soda and Vinegar — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:55:27 +0000

[...] This person at GreenAsAThistle has tips on how to mask the vinegar smell, among other things. Melinda at 1GreenGeneration has a very nice article about her transition from Shampoo to this sort of method. Christi at NatureMoms has a tone of information about the effects of harmful chemicals in shampoo, and other reasons to switch hair care methods. Similar reasons, different application method at HealthHomeHappy. Even more options discussed in an article at Suite101. [...]

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By: Recycle Your Day » My Journey to No Poo

Recycle Your Day » My Journey to No Poo — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:13:56 +0000

[...] if you like. I used Peppermint since I had some leftover from Christmas. You can also add in a stick of cinnamon or fresh rosemary to give your hair a lovely scent if you’re afraid of smelling like a [...]

By: Alyss

Alyss — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:39:40 +0000

I have been using the baking soda/vinegar no poo method since October and love it. I have fine, sorta wavy dark hair down to almost the small of my back (how did it get so long??) and live in an area with soft water.
My routine is about a tablespoon of baking soda in a cup of hot water and just a little less than a tablespoon apple cider vinegar in maybe a little more than a cup of hot water. I usually add a drop or two of rosemary or tea tree essential oil. Both are in bottles with squirt tops, like Dr. Bronner’s bottles. I squirt the baking soda mix onto the top of my head and rub, scrub and massage it into my scalp. The baking soda softens the water so it feels a little slimy, or wetter than normal. I rinse that well, wash my body, rinse my hair again and then apply the vinegar solution, focusing on the lenght of my hair rather than the scalp. Rinse rinse rinse and voila.. my hair is clean. I may catch a whiff of vinegar when it is still wet, but usually the rosemary overwhelms that smell.
I love no poo, and it even worked on my hair after I swam in a chlorinated pool!

By: Steelkitten

Steelkitten — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:45:54 +0000

Now I know where I was going wrong. I did the no ‘poo thing last year on my long hair, but just with small amounts of baking soda. I ended up switching back after a few weeks because I was vaguely dusty looking around the scalp no matter how much I rinsed and my hair had no life to it at all. I shall give it another go with the BS and the white vinegar.

Love Chile’s idea about steeping rosemary in the vingear.

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Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:25:25 +0000

[...] the No ‘Poo challenge seriously, I decided I’d follow her lead and, instead of just doing a one-off baking soda and vinegar experiment, I stuck with it. Well, it’s been a week and three washes without shampoo and while the [...]

By: Chile

Chile — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:57:33 +0000

I’ve been using those ingredients for over a year. I use about 3 tbs baking soda dissolved in about 1/2 cup of water. I wet my hair first and then slowly pour the solution over it, working it in with my other hand. After a couple minutes, I rinse thoroughly and use an old squirt bottle with diluted rosemary vinegar all over the hair.

The ‘apply paste’ method does not work for me. My hair doesn’t feel as clean and it stresses the roots so more comes out later. (I shed.) The other way works great and I only wash twice a week at most. With shampoo, I had to wash daily. If I go a week and my hair gets really grungy, I add a squirt of very diluted shampoo to the baking soda mix. Works great and uses minimal shampoo over time.

For the vinegar, I heated white vinegar and steeped rosemary branches in it for an hour. Smells great.

Also wanted to point out that you don’t need to use the baking soda stuff on anything but the scalp and very top of your hair. No need to do the length.